List of Famous people named Michael

Michael Seymour Blankfort was an American screenwriter, writer of books and playwright. He served as a front for the blacklisted Albert Maltz on the Academy Award-nominated screenplay of Broken Arrow (1950). He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles.

Mihalis "Michael" Valkanis is a Greek Australian former football (soccer) player and was previously a manager of Melbourne City FC.

Michael Damian Weir is an American actor, recording artist and producer, best known for his role as Danny Romalotti on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, which he played from 1980 to 1998 and again in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2013.

Michael C. Williams is an American actor, best known for his role in the movie The Blair Witch Project. Williams also acted in the television program Law & Order during February 2000 as a man whose ex-wife killed their son. In 2008 Williams appeared in the movie The Objective.

Michael Benaroya is an American film producer. He is chief executive officer at Benaroya Pictures.

Michael Bradley is a former Munster and Irish rugby union player. He is the current head coach of Italian Pro14 side Zebre.

Michael Adams is an English chess grandmaster. His highest ranking is world No. 4, achieved several times from October 2000 to October 2002. His peak Elo rating is 2761.

Michael Graves was a noted American architect, designer of consumer products, and educator. As well as principal of Michael Graves and Associates and Michael Graves Design Group, he was of a member of The New York Five and the Memphis Group – and professor of architecture at Princeton University for nearly forty years. Following his own partial paralysis in 2003, Graves became an internationally recognized advocate of health care design.

Michael Mark Applebaum is a Canadian former politician who served as interim Mayor of Montreal between his appointment by the city council on November 16, 2012, and his resignation on June 18, 2013. He was the first anglophone to hold the post in over a century.