Michel

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Michel is both a given name and a surname. The given name is an English and German form of the personal name Michael. The surname has several different origins but is common in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and South Africa. When the name originates from France, Germany and the Netherlands it is also a form of the personal name Michael. The Basque name is a variant of the personal name Mitxel which is also an equivalent of Michael. When of Polish origin it is a variant of the personal name Michal. When of Greek origin, the surname Michel is a shortened form of various patronymic derivatives of Michael. Examples of such are Michelakis, Michelakakis, or Michelakos.^[1]

Surname

• Henri Michel (1907–1986), a French historian
• Hermann Michel (born 1912), a German Nazi SS officer
• Jean Michel (died 1501), a French dramatic poet
• Robert H. Michel (born 1928), a United States politician
• Pierre Michel (born 1942), a French literary scholar
• Pras Michel (born 1972), an American musician
• Rolf Michel (born 1945), a German physicist
• Anneliese Michel (1952–1976), a German woman said to be possessed by demons
• Luis Ernesto Michel (born 1979), a Mexican professional footballer

Given name

• Carlos Michel Lopes Vargas known as just Michel (b. 1982), Brazilian footballer
• Jean Michel Jarre (b. 1948), French composer, performer and music producer
• Jean-Michel Pilc (b. 1960), French-born jazz pianist
• Michel (hip hop producer), from Ticino, Switzerland
• Michel Aflaq (1910 - 1989, Syrian founder of the Ba'ath ideology
• Michel Bernanos (1923–1964), French poet and fantasy writer
• Michel Bakhoum (1913 - 1981), Egyptian consulting civil engineer, university professor, and a researcher in concrete structures
• Michel Brunet, a disambiguation page
• Michel Cadotte (1764 - 1837), Canadian Métis fur trader
• Michel Camilo (b. 1954), pianist and composer from Dominican Republic
• Michel Chiha (1891 - 1954), Lebanese thinker, banker, politician, writer and journalist
• Michel Corneille the Younger (1642 – 1708), French painter, etcher and engraver
• Michel Corrette (1707 – 1795) French organist, composer and author of musical method books
• Michel de Certeau (1925 - 1986), French Jesuit and scholar
• Michel Drucker (b. 1942), French journalist and TV host
• Michel Foucault (1926 - 1984), French philosopher, historian and sociologist.
• Michel Galabru (b. 1924), French actor
• Michel Godard (b. 1960), French tuba player and jazz musician
• Michel Godbout, Canadian news anchor
• Michel Gondry (b. 1963), French Academy Award winning screenwriter, film, commercial and music video director
• Michel Henry (1922 - 2002), French philosopher and novelist
• Michel Houellebecq (b. 1958), a French writer
• Michel Joachim Marie Raymond (1755 - 1798), French General
• Michel Legrand (b. 1932), French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist
• Michel Ney (1769 – 1815), French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars
• Michel van Oostrum (b. 1966), Dutch footballer
• Michel Petrucciani (1962 - 1999), French Jazz pianist
• Michel Polnareff (b. 1944), French singer
• Michel Platini (b. 1955), is a French former football manager and midfielder, and current president of the Union of European Football Associations
• Michel Rocard (b. 1930), French politician
• Michel Rojkind (b. 1969), Mexican architect
• Michel Sikyea (1901 - 2002), Canadian, respected Dene elder from the Yellowknife area who fought for aboriginal rights,
• Michel Sulaiman (b. 1948), General, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces
• Michel Tapié (1909 - 1987), French critic, curator, and collector of art
• Michel Teló (b.1981),Brazilian singer
• Michel Therrien (b. 1963), Canadian, head coach of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins, former head coach of the Montreal Canadians
• Michel Thomas, language teacher
• Michel Tremblay (disambiguation), disambiguation page
• Michel Verne (1861 - 1925), French writer; son of Jules Verne
• Yechiel Michel Feinstein (1906 - 2003), Rabbi, Haredi rosh yeshiva in Israel

References

See also

• Saint-Michel

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