Michel

Gender:
Origin: Hebrew
3822 famous people named Michel found on Wikipedia.
10349 male, 3494 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 3932-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 459-th in year 1957
Used in: Dutch, French, German

Meanings

Michel is originally a French name. It can be both a given name and a surname 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, 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.

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Famous People: 3822 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Michel Foucault 1926 French philosopher
2 Anneliese Michel 1952 German homicide victim
3 Michel Trudeau 1975 Youngest son of Pierre Trudeau; killed in an avalanche in 1998
4 Michel Platini 1955 French former footballer and President of UEFA
5 Michel Temer 1940 President of Brazil
6 Michel Cymes 1957 French physician, television presenter and journalist
7 Michel de Montaigne 1533 (1533-1592) French-Occitan author, humanistic philosopher, statesman
8 Michel Gill 1960 American actor
9 Michel Lotito 1950 French artist
10 Michel Qissi 1962 Actor
11 Michel Houellebecq 1956 Writer
12 Michel Gondry 1963 French film director, screenwriter and producer
13 Michel Ney 1769 French soldier and military commander
14 Pierre Michel 1943 French examining magistrate and teacher
15 Michel Aoun 1935 Lebanese Army Commander, politician
16 Michel Martelly 1961 President of Haiti, musician
17 Michel Roux, Jr. 1960 French-English two-star Michelin chef
18 Michel Noher 1983 Argentinian actor
19 Michel Roux 1941 French chef
20 Charles Michel 1975 Belgian politician
21 Michel Vorm 1983 Dutch footballer
22 Majid Michel 1980 Ghanaian actor
23 Alex Michel 1971 American businessman, producer, and television personality
24 Michel Legrand 1932 French composer
25 Michel Sarran 1961
26 Michel Leeb 1947 French actor
27 Benoît Michel 1988 French actor
28 Michel Therrien 1963 Canadian ice hockey player
29 Michel Bastos 1983 Brazilian footballer
30 Michel Aflaq 1910 Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist
31 Michel Preud'homme 1959 Belgian footballer
32 Michel Neyret 1956 French police officer
33 Michel Teló 1981 Singer
34 Michel Hazanavicius 1967 French film director, producer and screenwriter
35 Michel Petrucciani 1962 French jazz pianist
36 Michel Brown 1976 Argentine actor
37 Michel Duval 1994 Mexican actor and singer
38 Michel Henry 1922 French writer
39 Michel Onfray 1959 French philosopher
40 Michel Chossudovsky 1946 Canadian economist
41 Michel Piccoli 1925 French actor
42 Michel Faber 1960 Novelist
43 Michel Ancel 1972 French video game designer
44 Michel Baroin 1930 French crime writer, high-ranking civil servant in France and businessperson (1930-1987)
45 Robert H. Michel 1923 U.S. congressman from Illinois
46 Michel Melamed 1976 Brazilian actor and writer
47 Michel Barnier 1951 French politician
48 Michel Suleiman 1948 Lebanese politician
49 James Michel 1944 3rd President of Seychelles
50 Michel Polnareff 1944 French singer
51 Michel Thomas 1914 American linguist and language teacher
52 Michel de Certeau 1925 French Jesuit and scholar
53 Michel Ferracci 1967 French actor
54 Michel Sardou 1947 French singer
55 Michel Papineschi French actor
56 Michel Fourniret 1942 Serial killer
57 Louise Michel 1830 French author and anarchist
58 Michel Kafando 1942 Burkinabé diplomat
59 Michel Gohou 1959 Ivorian film producer, film director and screenwriter
60 Michel de Carvalho 1944 Financier, former Olympian, former child actor
61 Michel Prazeres 1983 Brazilian martial artist
62 Michel Galabru 1922 French actor
63 Jaydy Michel 1975 Mexican model
64 Michel Cordes 1945 French actor
65 Michel Rocard 1930 French politician
66 Michel Delpech 1946 French singer
67 Michel Gurfi 1982 Argentinian actor
68 Michel Berger 1947 French singer
69 Michel Marcel Navratil 1908 Titanic survivor
70 Michel Abdollahi 1981 Iranian painter and television presenter
71 Michel Djotodia 1949 Central African politician and military leader
72 Michel Sapin 1952 French politician
73 Michel Admette 1937 French singer
74 Michel Chevalet 1939 French journalist
75 Michel Le Royer 1932 French actor
76 Michel Eugène Chevreul 1786 French chemist
77 Michel Fokine 1880 Russian ballet dancer and choreographer
78 Michel Serrault 1928 French actor
79 Michel Crémadès 1955 French actor
80 Michel Guillaume 1967 German actor
81 Michel Brière 1949 Canadian ice hockey player
82 Michel Tournier 1924 French writer
83 Michel Serres 1930 French philosopher and author
84 Michel Cadot 1954 French high-ranking civil servant in France
85 Michel Ardouin 1943
86 Michel Bolloré 1922
87 Luis Ernesto Michel 1979 Mexican footballer
88 Michel Cardoze 1942 French journalist
89 Michel Guérard 1933 French chef
90 Hermann Michel 1912 German SS officer
91 Anette Michel 1971 Mexican actor and model
92 Michel Camilo 1954 Dominican pianist and composer
93 Michel Dussauge 1994 Mexican actor, model and musician, son of the mexican actress Consuelo Duval
94 Michel Debré 1912 French politician
95 Deutscher Michel Fictional human
96 Michel Tremblay 1942 Canadian writer
97 Michel Simon 1895 Swiss actor
98 Henri Michel 1947 French footballer
99 Michel de Lorgeril 1950 French cardiologist
100 Michel Dussuyer 1959 Footballer
101 Michel Martin American journalist
102 Michel Elias 1948 French actor
103 Michel Joelsas 1995 Brazilian actor
104 Michel Jaouen 1920 French catholic priest
105 Michel Richard 1948 Breton chef
106 Michel Faulkner 1957 American politician
107 Michel Scourneau Belgian actor
108 Michel Pagliaro 1948 Singer/Songwriter
109 Michel Micombero 1940 President of Burundi
110 Michel Peyrelon 1936 French comedian
111 Michel Ocelot 1943 French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television
112 Susanne Michel 1965 Austrian actress
113 Michel Drucker 1942 French journalist
114 Michel Goulet 1960 Canadian ice hockey player
115 Michel Blanc 1952 French actor, film director and screenwriter
116 Michel Der Zakarian 1963 Association football player and manager
117 Michel Adam Lisowski 1950 French businessman
118 Michel Fortin 1947 French actor
119 Charles D. Michel 1963
120 Michel Bras 1946 French chef
121 Michel Virlogeux 1946 French structural engineer and bridge specialist
122 Michel Siffre 1939 French cave explorer
123 Michel Albertini 1953 French actor
124 Louis Michel 1947 Belgian politician
125 Michel Fugain 1942 French singer
126 Michèl van Dyke 1961 German songwriter
127 Michel Verne 1861 French writer
128 Michel Colombier 1939 French composer
129 Michel Lodewijks 1930 Dutch politician (1930-2005)
130 Michel Leclercq
131 Michel Breistroff 1971 French ice hockey player
132 Michel Clemenceau 1873 French politician
133 Michel Ricaud 1944 French film director
134 Michel Pinçon 1942 French sociologist
135 Michel van der Aa 1970 Dutch composer
136 Michel Rolland 1947 French winemaker
137 Michel Mella 1950 French actor
138 Michel Butor 1926 French writer
139 Michel Leiris 1901 French surrealist writer and ethnographer
140 Michel Mallory 1941 French singer-songwriter
141 Michel van Egmond 1968 Dutch writer, columnist and journalist
142 Michel Wuyts 1956 Belgian journalist
143 Michel Vigné 1956 French actor
144 Odile Michel 1959 French actress
145 Michel Elefteriades 1970 Lebanese activist and producer
146 Michel Garbini Pereira 1981 Brazilian footballer
147 Michel Chasles 1793 French mathematician
148 Michel Auder 1945 French artist
149 Michel de Decker 1948 French historian and journalist
150 Michel Oliver 1932 French cook, television presenter and writer
151 Michel Morganella 1989 Swiss footballer
152 Michel Franco 1979 Film director, producer
153 Michel Roger Lafosse 1958 Pretender to the Scottish throne
154 Michel Camdessus 1933 French economist
155 Michel Hidalgo 1933 French footballer
156 Michel Gatineau French actor
157 Michel Langevin 1963 Canadian musician
158 Michel Lucas 1939 French engineer and private banker
159 Michel David 1944 Canadian writer
160 Michel Bouquet 1925 French actor
161 Michel Monet 1878 Son of Claude Monet
162 Michel Tomi 1947
163 Michel Alliot 1924 French jurist (1924-2014)
164 Michel Déon 1919 French writer
165 Michel Combes 1962 French businessman
166 Michel Macedo Rocha Machado 1990 Brazilian footballer
167 Michel Mayor 1942 Swiss astrophysicist
168 Michel Chion 1947 French composer
169 Michel Rolle 1652 French mathematician
170 Michel Adanson 1727 French naturalist
171 Michel Bergeron 1946 Canadian ice hockey coach
172 Michel Desmurget French neuroscientist
173 Michel Vaujour 1951 French robber and jail breaker
174 Michel Weber 1963 Belgian philosopher
175 Michel Seydoux 1947 French film producer
176 Michel Vitold 1914 French actor and director born in Ukraine
177 Michel Navratil 1880 RMS Titanic casualty
178 Michel Danino 1956 Indian writer
179 Michel Prud'homme French actor
180 Christopher Michel 1967 American CEO, investor and photographer
181 Michel Lussault 1960 Academic French geographer
182 Michel Richard Delalande 1657 French composer
183 Michel Dodane 1961 French actor
184 Michel David-Weill 1932 French banker
185 Michel Goya 1962 French officer
186 Michel Robert 1964 French writer
187 Michel Friedman 1956 German politician
188 Michel Renaud 1945 French journalist
189 Jacques Michel 1941 Canadian composer and musician
190 Michel Auclair 1922 French actor of Serbian descent
191 Michel Samaha 1948 Lebanese politician
192 Hartmut Michel 1948 German biochemist
193 Michel Couvelard
194 Michel Odent 1930 French surgeon, obstetrician and childbirth specialist
195 Michel Callon 1945 French sociologist
196 Danny Michel 1970 Musician
197 Michel Lelièvre 1971 Belgian criminal
198 Michel Soro 1987 French boxer
199 Michel Crozier 1922 French sociologist
200 Michel Godet 1948 French economist