List of Famous people named Mikhail

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Mokhnatkin is a Russian Combat Sambo and mixed martial arts practitioner. He is a World and European Champion in 100 kg. In mixed martial arts, Mokhnatkin leads 11–2–2 by fights.

Mikhail Yaroslavich, also known as Michael of Tver, was a Prince of Tver who ruled as Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1304 until 1314 and again from 1315–1318. He was canonized and counted among the saints of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Mikhail Valerevich Yurevich is the former governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast (2010–2014). He was also a deputy of the 3rd and 4th State Duma of the Russian Federation, mayor of Chelyabinsk (2005–2010).

Prince Mikhail Mikhailovitch Golitsyn or Galitzin was a Russian admiral and diplomat.

Mikhail Pavlovich Shishkin is a Russian writer and the only author to have won the Russian Booker Prize (2000), the Russian National Bestseller (2005), and Big Book Prize (2010). His books have been translated into 30 languages. He also writes in German.

Mikhail Izrailevich Fichtenholz was a Soviet violinist. A pupil of the eminent pedagogue Pyotr Stolyarsky, he won the national competition for young performers in Leningrad at the age of 15.

Mikhail Pavlovich Lysov is a Russian former professional football player who played as a left back.

Marshal of Armoured Troops Mikhail Yefimovich Katukov served as a commander of armored troops in the Red Army during and following World War II. He is viewed as one of the most talented Soviet armor commanders. His most notable command during the German-Soviet War was that of 1st Guards Tank Army, which he commanded during the Battle of Kursk (1943), the Proskurov-Chernovtsy Operation (1944), the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation (1944), the Vistula Oder Operation (1945), and the Battle of Berlin (1945). He also commanded 1st Guards Tank Brigade during the Battle of Moscow (1941), and 3rd Mechanised Corps during Operation Mars (1942).

Count Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov was a Russian statesman and diplomat, who laid foundations for the fortunes of the Vorontsov family.

Mikhail Ivanovich Burtsev was a Soviet sabre fencer. He won two gold medals and two silvers at three different Olympic Games.