List of Famous people named Mikhail

Mikhail Nikolayevich Tukhachevsky nicknamed the Red Napoleon by foreign newspapers, was prominent between 1918 and 1937 as a Soviet military officer and theoretician.

Mikhail Albertovich Murashko is a Russian physician and a politician, serving as the Minister of Health of the Russian Federation since 21 January 2020.

Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. He served as one of the finest military officers and diplomats of Russia under the reign of three Romanov Tsars: Catherine II, Paul I and Alexander I. His military career was closely associated with the rising period of Russia from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. Kutuzov is considered to have been one of the best Russian generals.

Mikhail Yuriyevich Lesin was a Russian political figure, media executive and adviser to president Vladimir Putin. In 2006, he was awarded the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", one of Russia's highest state decorations for civilians. Lesin was nicknamed the Bulldozer because of his ability to get virtually all Russian media outlets under the Kremlin's control, and for being combative in person.

Mikhail Shatrov (1932-2010) was a Soviet playwright. In 1958 he was admitted to the Union of Soviet Writers. Member of the CPSU since 1961. In a series of historical plays, he shook up the genre of Leniniana.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Kasyanov is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 2000 to 2004. Previously he had served as First Deputy Prime Minister in 2000 and Minister of Finance from 1999 to 2000. During the 1990s he worked in President Boris Yeltsin's administration in different positions before joining President Vladimir Putin's first administration. Since leaving the government over disagreements on economic policy, he has become one of the leading critics of President Putin and an opposition leader.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Kozakov was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli film and theatre director and actor.

Mikhail Anatolyevich Abyzov is a manager in the Russian energy and engineering industry, He is chairman of the board of directors of Russia's biggest engineering company, E4 Group.

Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin was a Soviet and Russian comic actor named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1988.

Mikhail Semyonovich Svetin was a Soviet, Russian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films.