List of Famous people named Michael

Michael Martin Hefele is a German professional footballer who plays as a defender for English Championship club Nottingham Forest.

Michael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian author, academic and former politician. He was the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Known for his work as a historian, Ignatieff has held senior academic posts at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, and Toronto. He is currently rector and President of Central European University.

Michael Edward Novogratz is an ex-hedge fund manager, formerly of the investment firm Fortress Investment Group. He is current CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners which focuses on cryptocurrency investments such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. He was ranked a billionaire by Forbes in 2007 prior to the financial crisis of 2007–2008 and then regained his fortune after investing in cryptocurrencies.

Michaël Cohen is a French actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1991.

Michael Madhu was an Indian film actor in the Kannada film industry. Some of the notable films of Michael Madhu as an actor include Bhajarangi (2013), Shhh! (1993), and Ashwamedha (1990).

Michael Peter Fay is an American citizen who caused a temporary strain in Singapore–United States relations in 1994 when he was sentenced to six strokes of the cane for theft and vandalism at the age of 18 and lived in the country. Fay pleaded guilty, but he later claimed that he was advised that such a plea would preclude caning and that his confession was false, that he never vandalized any cars, and that the only crime he committed was stealing road signs.

Michael Miu Kiu-wai is a Hong Kong actor. He was considered as one of the most popular young actors of the 1980s, and along with Tony Leung, Andy Lau, Felix Wong and Kent Tong, he was the eldest tiger of TVB's Five Tigers. Miu's trade mark role was as the dashing and suave wuxia Knight-errant, though he is perhaps best known for the villainous Yeung Hong in the 1983 TV drama The Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Major Michael John O'Leary VC was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. O'Leary achieved his award for single-handedly charging and destroying two German barricades defended by machine gun positions near the French village of Cuinchy, in a localised operation on the Western Front during the First World War.

Michael Peter "Micky" Spilotro was the younger brother of Anthony "Tony the Ant" Spilotro and was an associate of the Chicago organized crime organization referred to as "The Outfit".

Michael Zorc is a German football executive and former player who played as a central midfielder.