List of Famous people named Mikhail

Mikhail Fyodorovich Vilkov is a Russian former professional football referee.

Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin was a Russian revolutionary anarchist, socialist and founder of collectivist anarchism. He is considered among the most influential figures of anarchism and a major founder of the revolutionary socialist and social anarchist tradition. Bakunin's prestige as a revolutionary also made him one of the most famous ideologues in Europe, gaining substantial influence among radicals throughout Russia and Europe.

Mikhail Matveyevich Kheraskov was Russian poet and playwright. A leading figure of the Russian Enlightenment, Kheraskov was regarded as the most important Russian poet by Catherine the Great and her contemporaries.

Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev was a Russian general famous for his conquest of Central Asia and heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Dressed in white uniform and mounted on a white horse, and always in the thickest of the fray, he was known and adored by his soldiers as the "White General". During a campaign in Khiva, his Turkmen opponents called him goz ganly or "Bloody Eyes". British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery wrote that Skobelev was the world's "ablest single commander" between 1870 and 1914 and called him a "skilful and inspiring" leader.

Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev was a Russian fleet commander and an explorer.

Mikhail Vasilyevich Motsak was a high-ranking career officer of the Soviet and Russian Navies.

Mikhail Sergeevich Igolnikov is a Russian judoka. Igolnikov competes at the -90kg category, representing Russia and is currently a two-time European Champion; winning his first European title in 2018, and second in 2020.

Mikhail Emmanuilovich (Mendelevich) Plisetski was a Soviet diplomat.

Lieutenant General Mikhail Grigoryevich Yefremov was a military commander of the Soviet Union. He took part in the October Revolution, joined the Bolshevik Party in 1919, and became a division commander in 1921. He also became a military advisor to the National Government of China in 1928. During World War II, he commanded the Soviet Central Front in August 1941, and the Soviet 33rd Army from October 1941.

Mikhail Vyacheslavovich Anisin is a Russian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing with SC Csíkszereda in the Erste Liga.