List of Famous people named Mike
Mike Gartner
Michael Alfred Gartner is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, Minnesota North Stars, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Phoenix Coyotes. He also played one season in the defunct World Hockey Association for the Cincinnati Stingers. In 2017 Gartner was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history.
Mike Brown
Michael Steven Brown is an American former professional ice hockey right winger.
Mike Inez
Mike Inez is an American rock musician best known for his role as the bassist of Alice in Chains since 1993. He is also recognized for his work with Ozzy Osbourne from 1989–1993. Inez has also been associated with Slash's Snakepit, Black Label Society, Spys4Darwin, and Heart. He is of Filipino descent.
Mike Frantz
Mike Frantz is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hannover 96 in the 2. Bundesliga.
Mike Reilly
Michael J. Reilly Jr. is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was originally selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the fourth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft and previously played in the NHL for the Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators.
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh is an English film and theatre director, screenwriter and playwright. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), East 15 Acting School and further at the Camberwell School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design and the London School of Film Technique. He began his career as a theatre director and playwright in the mid-1960s, before transitioning to making televised plays and films for BBC Television in the 1970s and '80s. Leigh is known for his lengthy rehearsal and improvisation techniques with actors to build characters and narrative for his films. His purpose is to capture reality and present "emotional, subjective, intuitive, instinctive, vulnerable films." His films and stage plays, according to critic Michael Coveney, "comprise a distinctive, homogenous body of work which stands comparison with anyone's in the British theatre and cinema over the same period."
Mike Scott
Michael Warren Scott is an American former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in 1986. Scott is part of a select group of pitchers that have thrown a no-hitter and struck out 300 batters in the same season.
Mike Sylvester
Michael "Mike" Joseph Sylvester is an Italian-American retired basketball player who is currently coach at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy. Due to the United States boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics, he was the only American to win a medal at those games, using a dual citizenship to play for Italy.
Mike Di Meglio
Mike Di Meglio is a French Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and 2008 World Champion in the 125cc class. In 2019, he will compete in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Of Italian descent, his paternal grandfather was born in Lentini.
Mike Diaz
Michael Anthony Diaz is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball between 1983 and 1988, for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago White Sox. He also played four seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 1989 to 1992. After starting his career as a catcher, he split his time about equally between first base and the outfield.