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Michael Cohen (lawyer)
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's personal lawyer and fixer from 2006 to 2018, pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax evasion, bank fraud, and campaign finance violations over $130,000 hush money payments, was disbarred, testified against Trump, and reconciled with him in 2026.
Michael Cole (actor)
Michael Cole (1940-2024), American actor, played Pete Cochran on ABC's The Mod Squad (1968-73), later Harlan Barrett on General Hospital and Henry Bowers in It; distinct from the WWE commentator and the children's TV writer of the same name.
Michael Cole (wrestling)
Michael Cole, WWE's lead play-by-play announcer since 1997, is a former CBS Radio journalist who covered Waco, Sarajevo, and Oklahoma City before becoming SmackDown's and later Raw's lead voice.
Michael Colgan (nutritionist)
Michael Colgan (born c. 1938) is an American research scientist, author of Optimum Sports Nutrition, and founder of the 1983 Colgan Institute, known for individualized megadose supplementation for athletes and for unpublished athlete studies criticized by mainstream nutritionists.
Michael Collins (astronaut)
Michael Collins was an American astronaut who served as Apollo 11 command module pilot, orbiting the Moon in 1969 while crewmates Armstrong and Aldrin made the first crewed lunar landing.
Michael Collins (film)
Michael Collins (1996) is Neil Jordan's biographical war drama starring Liam Neeson as the Irish revolutionary, with Aidan Quinn, Alan Rickman, and Julia Roberts. It won the 1996 Venice Golden Lion, earned two Oscar nominations, and sparked controversy over its de Valera and Bloody Sunday portrayals.
Michael Collins (Irish leader)
Michael Collins (Ó Coileáin, 1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader: IRA Director of Intelligence in the War of Independence, Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiator, Chairman of the Provisional Government, killed at Béal na mBláth in the Civil War.
Michael Condrey
Michael Condrey is a video game executive who co-founded Activision's Sledgehammer Games in 2009, directing Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and WWII, and later founded 2K's 31st Union studio.
Michael Conforto
Michael Conforto, born 1993 in Seattle, is an MLB outfielder/DH for the Chicago Cubs; drafted 10th overall by the Mets in 2014, a 2017 All-Star, career .245 with 194 home runs across Mets, Giants, Dodgers, and Cubs.
Michael Conlan (boxer)
Michael Conlan, Belfast boxer born 1991, Olympic bronze (London 2012), 2015 amateur world champion, two-time pro world featherweight title challenger (Wood, Lopez), retired March 2026 at 20-4.
Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly, born in 1956, is an American crime novelist and former newspaper reporter best known for the Harry Bosch series and the Lincoln Lawyer legal thrillers.
Michael Conrad
Michael Conrad (1925–1983), American character actor and Sgt. Phil Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues, two-time Emmy winner (1981, 1982) whose roll-call catchphrase "Let's be careful out there" became famous; also Nate Scarboro in The Longest Yard.
Michael Constantine
Michael Constantine (Constantine Joanides), 1927–2021, American character actor of Greek descent; Emmy-winning principal on Room 222 and Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding and its 2016 sequel.
Michael Cook (historian of Islam)
Michael Allan Cook, born 1940 in Nottinghamshire, is a British historian of Islam at Princeton University known for Hagarism and the Holberg and Balzan Prizes.
Michael Cooper
Michael Cooper, Lakers guard 1978-90, five-time NBA champion, 1987 Defensive Player of the Year, eight All-Defensive teams, originator of the 3-and-D role; later WNBA champion coach, 2024 Hall of Fame inductee.
Michael Copon
Michael Sowell Copon (born 1982, Chesapeake, Virginia) is an American actor and producer, the Blue Time Force Ranger Lucas Kendall in Power Rangers Time Force (2001) and Felix Taggaro on One Tree Hill, later starring as Mathayus in The Scorpion King 2.
Michael Coren
Michael Coren (born 1959, Essex, England) is a British-Canadian journalist, broadcaster, and Anglican priest, author of 20 books including Why Catholics Are Right, formerly a conservative Catholic TV and radio host who converted to Anglicanism over LGBTQ inclusion; distinct from Washington Post columnist Michael J. Coren.
Michael Corleone
Michael Corleone is the fictional protagonist of Mario Puzo's The Godfather novel and Coppola's film trilogy, portrayed by Al Pacino, tracing his rise from World War II Marine to ruthless Don of the Corleone crime family.
Michael Costello (fashion designer)
Michael Costello, American fashion designer and Project Runway season 8 contestant (2010, fourth place), known for celebrity-worn evening gowns, his Revolve and Saks Fifth Avenue lines, and 2023 photo-alteration allegations.
Michael Cowpland
Michael Cowpland is a British-born Canadian software entrepreneur who co-founded Mitel in 1973 and founded Corel of Ottawa, building CorelDRAW before resigning as CEO in 2000.
Michael Crabtree
Michael Crabtree, NFL wide receiver (2009-2019), two-time Biletnikoff Award winner at Texas Tech, drafted 10th overall by the 49ers; 637 catches, 7,499 yards, 54 touchdowns; College Football Hall of Fame 2022.
Michael Craig (actor)
Michael Craig, the professional name of Michael Francis Gregson, is a British actor and screenwriter known for 1950s and 1960s Rank films and the Australian series G.P.
Michael Crawford
Michael Crawford (Michael Patrick Dumble-Smith, born 1942), English actor and singer, OBE, original Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera (London 1986, Broadway 1988, Tony Award) and 2025 Kennedy Center Honoree.
Michael Cretu
Michael Cretu (Mihai Crețu), born 1957 in Bucharest, is the Romanian-German producer who created Enigma in 1990; MCMXC a.D. and Sadeness sold over 70 million records, credited as Curly M.C.
Michael Crichton
Michael Crichton (John Michael Crichton, 1942–2008) was an American writer, physician, and filmmaker who wrote techno-thrillers like Jurassic Park and created the television series ER.
Michael Crider
Michael Crider is an American politician, a Republican member of the Indiana Senate representing District 28 since 2012, and the Senate Majority Whip. He represents Hancock County and portions of Shelby and Marion counties.
Michael Cristofer
Michael Cristofer, born Michael Procaccino in 1945, is an American playwright, screenwriter, actor, and director who won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for The Shadow Box and wrote The Witches of Eastwick.
Michael Croft
Michael Croft is an immunologist at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in San Diego known for discovering how OX40 and LIGHT control T cells, work that led to clinical therapies.
Michael Crommie
Michael F. Crommie is an American condensed matter physicist, professor at UC Berkeley and senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, known for quantum corrals and graphene nanoribbons.
Michael Cudlitz
Michael Cudlitz (born 1964) is an American actor and director known as Bull Randleman in Band of Brothers, John Cooper in Southland (2013 Critics' Choice Award), and Abraham Ford in The Walking Dead; later Lex Luthor in Superman & Lois.