# Michiel

Michiel is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to Michael and a Venetian surname.

## Given name

* Michiel Andrieszoon (died 1684), Dutch pirate
* Michiel Bartman (born 1967), Dutch rower
* Michiel Borstlap (born 1966), Dutch pianist and composer
* Michiel van den Bos (born 1975), Dutch video game composer
* Michiel Josias Botha (born 1947), South African diamond cutter
* Michiel Bothma (born 1973), South African golfer
* Michiel Braam (born 1964), Dutch jazz pianist and composer
* Michiel Carree (1657–1727), Dutch painter
* Michiel Coignet (1549–1623), Flemish polymath
* Michiel II Coignet (1618–1663), Flemish painter, son of the above
* Michiel Coxie (1499–1592), Flemish painter
* Michiel Driessen (born 1959), Dutch fencer
* Michiel Dudok van Heel (1924–2003), Dutch Olympic sailor
* Michiel Elijzen (born 1982), Dutch road bicycle racer
* Michiel G. Eman (born 1961), Aruban Prime Minister
* Michiel van der Gucht (1660–1725), Flemish engraver
* Michiel Hazewinkel (born 1943), Dutch mathematician
* Michiel van der Heijden (born 1992), Dutch mountain biker and cyclo-cross rider
* Michiel Hemmen (born 1987), Dutch footballer
* Michiel Heyns (born 1943), South African author and translator
* Michiel Holtackers (born 1956), Dutch politician, police officer and trade unionist
* Michiel Horn (born 1939), Dutch-born Canadian historian
* Michiel ten Hove (1640–1689), Grand Pensionary of Holland
* Michiel Huisman (born 1981), Dutch actor and musician
* Michiel van Hulten (born 1969), Dutch Labour Party politician
* Michiel Engel Immenraet (1621–1683), Flemish history and portrait painter
* Michiel Jonckheere (born 1990), Belgian footballer
* Michiel van Kampen (born 1976), Dutch baseball player
* Michiel van Kempen (born 1957), Dutch writer, art historian and literary critic
* Michiel van der Klis (born 1953), Dutch astronomer
* Michiel Hendrik de Kock (1898–1976), South African banker
* Michiel Kramer (born 1988), Dutch footballer
* Michiel van Lambalgen (born 1954), Dutch logician and cognitive scientist
* Michiel Maddersteg (1662–1708), Dutch painter
* Michiel Meyer Cohen (1877–1968), Dutch military commander
* Michiel Jansz van Middelhoven (1562–1638), Dutch theologian portrayed by Frans Hals
* Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1565–1641), Dutch painter and draftsman
* Michiel Mol (born 1969), Dutch businessman and Formula One team owner
* Michiel van Musscher (1645–1705), Dutch painter
* Michiel van Nispen (born 1982), Dutch Socialist Party politician
* Michiel Daniel Overbeek (1920–2001), South African amateur astronomer
* Michiel Reyniersz Pauw (1590–1640), Dutch mayor of Amsterdam and Dutch West India Company director
* Michiel Pesman (1887–1962), Dutch-born American engineer, author and landscape architect
* Michiel Riedijk (born 1964), Dutch architect
* Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676), Dutch admiral, a.o. famous for the Raid on the Medway
* Michiel Schapers (born 1959), Dutch tennis player
* Michiel Servaes (born 1972), Dutch Labour Party politician
* Michiel Smit (born 1976), Dutch nationalist politician
* Michiel de Swaen (1654–1707), Flemish surgeon and rhetorician
* Michiel Sweerts (1618–1664), Flemish painter and printmaker
* Michiel Thomassen (born 1979), Dutch DJ, music producer and record label owner
* Michiel de Vaan (born 1973), Dutch linguist
* Michiel van Veen (born 1971), Dutch VVD politician
* Michiel Veenstra (born 1976), Dutch radio DJ
* Tijs Michiel Verwest (born 1969), Dutch DJ and music producer known as Tiësto
* Michiel Victor (1910–1998), South African sports shooter
* Michiel Vos (born 1970), Dutch-born American journalist, lawyer, and jurist
* Michiel de Wael (1596–1659), Dutch brewer portrayed by Frans Hals

## Surname

The Michiel family [it] was one of the families of the Venetian patriciate:
* Giovanni Michiel (fl. 1220s–1240s), Venetian merchant and administrator
* Giovanni Michiel (1447–1503), Venetian cardinal and bishop
* Marcantonio Michiel (1484–1552), Venetian nobleman, and amateur art critic
* Giustina Renier Michiel (1755–1832), Venetian noblewoman