List of Famous people named Mikhail

Name Mikhail is among the most common names in Russia. Similar names: Mykhailo, Mykhaylo, Mikhaylo. Here are some famous Mikhails:

Mikhail Gorbachev

Михаил Сергеевич Горбачёв
First Name Mikhail
Last Name Gorbachev
Born on March 2, 1931
Died on August 30, 2022 (aged 91)

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a Russian and former Soviet politician. The eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, he was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. He was also the country's head of state from 1988 until 1991, serving as the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet from 1988 to 1989, chairman of the Supreme Soviet from 1989 to 1990, and president of the Soviet Union from 1990 to 1991. Ideologically, Gorbachev initially adhered to Marxism–Leninism, although he had moved towards social democracy by the early 1990s.

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Mikhail Lermontov

First Name Mikhail
Last Name Lermontov
Died on July 15, 1841
Born in Russia

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837 and the greatest figure in Russian Romanticism. His influence on later Russian literature is still felt in modern times, not only through his poetry, but also through his prose, which founded the tradition of the Russian psychological novel.

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Mikhail Vassilyevich Lomonosov

First Name Mikhail
Last Name Lomonosov
Died on April 4, 1765

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries were the atmosphere of Venus and the law of conservation of mass in chemical reactions. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology, optical devices and others. Lomonosov was also a poet and influenced the formation of the modern Russian literary language.

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Mikhail Bulgakov

First Name Mikhail
Last Name Bulgakov
Born on May 3, 1891
Died on March 10, 1940 (aged 48)
Born in Ukraine

Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov was a Russian writer, medical doctor and playwright active in the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his novel The Master and Margarita, published posthumously, which has been called one of the masterpieces of the 20th century.
He is also known of magnificent plays The White Guard, Ivan Vasilievich (play), Flight (play), The Days of the Turbins and other works of the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote mostly about bout the horrors of a fratricidal Russian Civil War and about the fate of Russian intellectuals and officers of the Tsarist Army caught up in revolution and Civil War.
Some of his works were banned by Soviet government and personally by Joseph Stalin after by them was decided that they "glorified emigration and White generals". On the other hand, Stalin loved The Days of the Turbins very much and reportedly saw it at least 15 times.

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Mikhail Gorsheniov

First Name Mikhail
Last Name Gorsheniov
Born on August 7, 1973
Died on July 19, 2013 (aged 39)

Mikhail "The Pot" Gorsheniov was a lead singer and composer of Russian horror punk/hard rock band Korol i Shut.

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Mikhail Yefremov

Михаил Олегович Ефремов
First Name Mikhail
Last Name Yefremov
Born on November 10, 1963 (age 61)
Born in Russia

Mikhail Olegovich Yefremov is a Russian film and stage actor, Meritorious Artist of Russian Federation (1995).

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Mikhail Mishustin

First Name Mikhail
Last Name Mishustin
Born on March 3, 1966 (age 58)

Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin is a Russian politician and economist serving as Prime Minister of Russia since 16 January 2020. He previously served as Director of the Federal Taxation Service from 2010 to 2020.

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Mikhail Porechenkov

Михаил Евгеньевич Пореченков
First Name Mikhail
Last Name Porechenkov
Born on March 2, 1969 (age 55)
Born in Russia

Mikhail Evgenevich Porechenkov is a Russian film actor, producer, director. He became famous after his lead role as FSB Agent Alexey Nikolayev in the TV series National Security Agent (1999–2005). In 2008, Porechenkov produced, directed and starred in D-Day, a Russian remake of the 1985 American action film Commando.

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Mikhail Kalashnikov

Михаил Тимофеевич Калашников
First Name Mikhail
Last Name Kalashnikov
Born on November 10, 1919
Died on December 23, 2013 (aged 94)

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov was a Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer. He is most famous for developing the AK-47 assault rifle and its improvements, the AKM and AK-74, as well as the PK machine gun and RPK light machine gun.

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Mikhail Vrubel

First Name Mikhail
Last Name Vrubel
Died on April 1, 1910
Born in Russia, Omsk Oblast

Mikhail Vrubel – a 19th–20th century Russian painter who worked in all genres of art, including painting, graphics, decorative sculpture, and theatrical art. In 1896, Vrubel married the famous singer Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel whom he regularly painted.

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