Michel (name)

Michel is originally a French name. It can be both a given name and a surname ultimately of Hebrew origin, derived from Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל / מיכאל‎ [ˌmixäˈʔel], meaning Who Is Like God? The name is particularly common in French (from where the standard English pronunciation is derived), German (already in Middle High German), Dutch, and Afrikaans. In these instances Michel is equivalent to the English personal name Michael. Mitxel which is also an equivalent of Michael. When of Czech, Slovak or Polish origin it is a variant of the personal name Michal. When of Greek origin, the surname Michel is a shortened form of various patronymic derivatives of Michael. Examples of such are Michelakis, Michelakakis, or Michelakos.^[1]

Persons with the surname

• Anneliese Michel (1952–1976), a German woman said to be possessed by demons
• Augustin Michel (1855-1931), a Belgian World War I general
• Charles Michel (politician) (born 1975), Belgian politician and current Prime Minister of Belgium
• Charles D. Michel (born 1963), Admiral and 30th Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
• Hartmut Michel (born 1948), German biochemist
• Henri Michel (historian) (1907–1986), a French historian
• Hermann Michel (1912–1984), a German Nazi SS officer
• Jean Michel (poet) (died 1501), 15th-century French dramatic poet
• Jean Michel (politician) (born 1949), French politician
• Joseph Eugène Michel (1821–1885), French lawyer who was Representative, then Senator of Basses-Alpes
• Luis Ernesto Michel (born 1979), a Mexican professional footballer
• Paul Redmond Michel (born 1941), an American former federal judge
• Pierre Michel (born 1942), a French literary scholar
• Pras Michel (born 1972), an American musician
• Robert H. Michel (1928-2017), a United States politician
• Rolf Michel (born 1945), a German physicist
• Sony Michel, (born 1995), NFL football player
• Thomas Michel (basketball) (born 1995), a German basketball player

Persons with the given name

• Carlos Michel Lopes Vargas known as just Michel (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
• Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), Visual Artist from New York
• Jean Michel Jarre (born 1948), French composer, performer and music producer
• Jean-Michel Pilc (born 1960), French-born jazz pianist
• Michel Aflaq (1910–1989), Syrian founder of the Ba'ath ideology
• Michel Aoun, (born 1935), former Lebanese Army Commander and currently political leader of the Free Patriotic Movement
• Michel Bernanos (1923–1964), French poet and fantasy writer
• Michel Bakhoum (1913–1981), Egyptian consulting civil engineer, university professor, and a researcher in concrete structures
• Michel Brunet (disambiguation), several persons
• Michel Cadotte (1764–1837), Canadian Métis fur trader
• Michel Camilo (born 1954), pianist and composer from Dominican Republic
• Michel Chiha (1891–1954), Lebanese thinker, banker, politician, writer and journalist
• Michel Corneille the Younger (1642 – 1708), French painter, etcher and engraver
• Michel Corrette (1707–1795) French organist, composer and author of musical method books
• Michel de Certeau (1925–1986), French Jesuit and scholar
• Michel Drucker (born 1942), French journalist and TV host
• Michel Ferrari (born 1954), Swiss neurologist
• Michel Field (born 1954), French journalist
• Michel Foucault (1926–1984), French philosopher, historian and sociologist.
• Michel Galabru (1922-2016), French actor.
• Michel Garbini Pereira (born 1981), Brazilian footballer
• Michel Godard (born 1960), French tuba player and jazz musician
• Michel Godbout, Canadian news anchor
• Michel Gondry (born 1963), French Academy Award-winning screenwriter, film, commercial and music video director
• Michel Hamaide (born 1936), French politician.
• Michel Henry (1922–2002), French philosopher and novelist
• Michel Houellebecq (b. 1958), a French writer
• Michel Joachim Marie Raymond (1755–1798), French General
• Michel Legrand (born 1932), French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist
• Michel Macquet (1932–2002), French javelin thrower
• Michel Moore, LAPD Chief
• Michel Ney (1769–1815), French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars
• Michel van Oostrum (b. 1966), Dutch footballer
• Michel Pastor (1944-2014), businessman and art collector from Monaco.
• Michel Petrucciani (1962–1999), French Jazz pianist
• Michel Pezet (born 1942), French politician
• Michel Polnareff (born 1944), French singer
• Michel Platini (born 1955), is a French former football manager and midfielder, and current president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
• Michel Rabagliati, Canadian cartoonist
• Michel Rocard (born 1930), French politician
• Michel Rojkind (born 1969), Mexican architect
• Michel Samaha (born 1948), Lebanese politician
• Michel Sikyea (1901–2002), Canadian, respected Dene elder from the Yellowknife area who fought for aboriginal rights
• Michel Sulaiman (born 1948), General, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces
• Michel Tapié (1909–1987), French critic, curator, and collector of art
• Michel Teló (born 1981), Brazilian singer
• Michel Temer (born 1940), Brazilian politician
• Michel Therrien (born 1963), Canadian, former head coach of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens (twice) and of the Pittsburgh Penguins
• Michel Thomas, language teacher
• Michel Tremblay (disambiguation), several persons
• Michel Tromont (1937–2018), Belgian politician
• Michel Vaxès (1940–2016), French politician.
• Michel Verne (1861–1925), French writer; son of Jules Verne
• Taylor Momsen (born 1993), American musician, actress, model (middle name)
• Yechiel Michel Feinstein (1906–2003), Rabbi, Haredi rosh yeshiva in Israel

Fictional characters

• Deutscher Michel, personification of the German nation, usually depicted wearing a nightcap and nightgown
• Michel Bollinger, a character from the visual novel The House in Fata Morgana
• Michel Gerard, a concierge from the TV series Gilmore Girls
• Michel Vaillant, a French comic book character
• Michel Volban de Cabelle, a character from the 2006 anime Glass Fleet

See also

• Saint-Michel (disambiguation)

References