List of Famous people named Mikhail

Mikhail Viktorovich Zygar is a Russian journalist, writer and filmmaker, and the founding editor-in-chief of the only Russian independent news TV-channel, Dozhd (2010–2015). Under Zygar's leadership, Dozhd provided an alternative to Kremlin-controlled federal TV channels by focusing on news content and giving a platform to opposition voices. The channel's coverage of politically sensitive issues, like the Moscow street protests in 2011 and 2012 as well as the conflict in Ukraine, has been dramatically different from the official coverage by Russia's national television stations. Zygar is also the author of the book All the Kremlin's Men, the history of Putin's Russia, based on interviews with Russian politicians from Putin's inner circle. The book has become an outstanding best-seller in Russia.

Mikhail Andreyevich Gluzsky was a Soviet film actor of Ukrainian origin who acted in many Russian movies. He starred in the 1972 film, Monologue, which was entered into the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. An actor in more than 130 films between his film debut 1939 and death in 2001, he was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1983.

Mikha'il Nu'ayma, better known in English by his pen name Mikhail Naimy, was a Lebanese Greek Orthodox poet, novelist, and philosopher, famous for his spiritual writings, notably The Book of Mirdad. He is widely recognized as one of the most important figures in modern Arabic literature and one of the most important spiritual writers of the 20th century.

Mikhail Sergeyevich Litvin is a Kazakhstani sprinter specialising in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Asian Indoor Championships.

Mikhail Pavlovich Bestuzhev-Ryumin was a Russian officer, one of the organizers of the Decembrist revolt. He was the youngest of the five hanged Decembrists.

Mikhail Yurevich Barshchevsky is the plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Federation in the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the Higher Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation.

Mikhail Mikhailovich Roshchin was a Russian playwright, screenwriter and short story writer.

Mikhail Leonidovich Agranovich is a Soviet and Russian cinematographer, director and teacher. He became an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1987).

Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov was a Soviet actor.

Mikhail Vasilyevich Zhigalov is a Soviet and Russian actor of the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre and cinema. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991).