List of Famous people named Michael

Michael Paul Pillsbury is an author, and former public official in the United States. He has been the Director of the Center on Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. since 2014. Before Hudson, he held various postings in the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Senate. He has been called a "China-hawk", and an "architect" of Trump's signature policy on China.

Michael Tolan was an American actor.

Michael K. Moe is an American experimental physicist, specializing in particle physics and nuclear physics. He is known his role in 1987 in the direct detection of two neutrino double beta decay in ⁸²Se.

Michael Mills is a British-born Canadian producer and director of short films. He has received two Oscar nominations. He also made the Canadian Anthem Animation for Television stations, still being used by Ici Radio-Canada Télé

Michaël Borremans is a Belgian painter and filmmaker who lives and works in Ghent. His painting technique draws on 18th-century art as well as the works of Édouard Manet and Degas. The artist also cites the Spanish court painter Diego Velázquez as an important influence. In recent years, he has been using photographs he has made himself or made-to-order sculptures as the basis for his paintings.

Michael van Praag is a Dutch football administrator and former referee. He was the President of the Royal Dutch Football Association since 27 August 2008 to December 2019 and a Vice President of the UEFA since 30 June 2015. Van Praag previously served as Chairman of AFC Ajax from 1989 until 2003.

Michael Ronald Grenda, OAM is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Australia, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4000m team pursuit, alongside Dean Woods, Kevin Nichols, and Michael Turtur. He was a professional cyclist from 1986 to 1991. He graduated from the Tasmanian Police Academy in 2014.