List of Famous people named Mikhail

Mikhail Babushkin was a Soviet polar aviator and a Hero of the Soviet Union. Together with Mikhail Vodopyanov, he was the first to land an airplane on the North Pole.

Mikhail Pavlov was a Belarusian statesman, and was Mayor of Minsk.

Mikhail Vasilyevich Ostrogradsky was a mathematician, mechanician and physicist of Ukrainian Cossack ethnicity working in the Russian Empire. Ostrogradsky was a student of Timofei Osipovsky and is considered to be a disciple of Leonhard Euler, who was known as one of the leading mathematicians of Imperial Russia.

Mikhail Borisovich Ignatiev is a former Russian professional track and road bicycle racer. He recently rode for UCI ProTour team Team Katusha, as well as participating in various track events. He is known as a time trial specialist, and also has a reputation for making the breakaway in road races and trying, often with success, to solo to victory.