# Michael

Michael may refer to:

## People

* Michael (given name), a given name
* Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael

### Given name

* Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect
* Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
* Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael"
* Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer
* Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer
* Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer
* Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer
* Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer
* Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer

### Rulers
#### Byzantine emperors

* Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I
* Michael II (770–829), called "the Stammerer" and "the Amorian"
* Michael III (840–867), called "the Drunkard", youngest child of Theophilos
* Michael IV the Paphlagonian (1010–1041), husband of Zoë, came from a peasant family
* Michael V Kalaphates (1015–1042), or "the Caulker", nephew of Michael IV
* Michael VI Bringas (d. 1059), called "Stratiotikos", chosen by Theodora
* Michael VII Doukas (c. 1050–1078), called "Parapinakes", eldest son of Constantine X
* Michael VIII Palaiologos (1223–1282), founder of the Palaeologan dynasty
* Michael IX Palaiologos (1277–1320), eldest son of Andronikos II

#### Russian rulers

* Michael of Russia (1596–1645), first Russian Tsar of the house of Romanov
* Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878–1918), the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II

#### Bulgarian rulers

* Michael II Asen (1238/41–1256), tsar of Bulgaria, son of Ivan Asen II
* Michael (1270–after 1302), only known son of Constantine Tikh
* Michael III Shishman (after 1280–1330), tsar founder of the House of Shishman

#### Other rulers and noblemen

* Michael (son of Anastasios the logothete) (fl. 1042–58), Byzantine general and governor
* Michael I of Romania (1921-2017)
* Michael the Brave (1558–1601), Prince of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania for a year.
* Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (born 1939)
* Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (born 1946)

## Arts and entertainment
### Film

* Michael (1924 film), a German silent film directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
* Michael (1996 film), an American fantasy film directed by Nora Ephron
* Michael (2011 Austrian film), a drama film directed by Markus Schleinzer
* Michael (2011 Indian film), a psychological thriller film directed by Ribhu Dasgupta
* I Am Michael (working title Michael), a 2015 American film by Justin Kelly
* Mikhael (film), a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language film
* Michael (2023 film), a 2023 action film directed by Ranjit Jeyakodi
* Michael (2025 film), a biopic based on the life and career of Michael Jackson

### Literature

* Michael (novel), a 1929 semi-autobiographical novel by Joseph Goebbels
* "Michael" (poem), an 1880 poem by William Wordsworth

### Music

* Michael (Michael Jackson album), by Michael Jackson, 2010
* Michael (Killer Mike album), 2023
* "Michael" (Franz Ferdinand song), 2004
* "Michael (the Lover)", a song by the C.O.D.'s, 1965; covered by Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band, 1967
* "Michael", a song by Rob Zombie from Hellbilly Deluxe 2, 2010
* "Michael", a song by Suzi Quatro from Your Mamma Won't Like Me, 1975

### Television

* "Michael" (Glee), a 2012 episode
* "Michael" (Stargate Atlantis), a 2006 episode

## Other uses

* Michael (archangel), first of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions
* Michael (ship), a list of ships
* Michael (gorilla), the first male gorilla to use American Sign Language
* Michael, Isle of Man, an administrative sheading (district)
* MICHAEL, a message integrity check used in the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
* Operation Michael, a German attack in the Spring Offensive of World War I