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Michaela Coel

Michaela Coel (Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson, born 1987, London) is a British-Ghanaian actress, writer and director, creator of Chewing Gum and I May Destroy You, first Black woman to win the limited series writing Emmy, and author of Misfits.

Michaela Conlin

Michaela Conlin (born 1978, Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, Angela Montenegro on Fox's Bones (2005–2017, 245–246 episodes), later in Yellowstone, For All Mankind, Bad Trip, and One True Loves; Tisch School of the Arts BFA.

Michaela DePrince

Michaela Mabinty DePrince (Mabinty Bangura, 1995–2024) was a Sierra Leonean-American ballerina, a soloist with the Dutch National Ballet and Boston Ballet second soloist, known for First Position, her memoir Taking Flight, and War Child advocacy.

Michaela Dorfmeister

Michaela Dorfmeister, born 1973 in Vienna, Austrian alpine skier; double Olympic gold 2006 Torino downhill and super-G, 1998 super-G silver, world champion 2001 and 2003, 2002 overall World Cup winner, 25 World Cup wins.

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (formerly Mj Rodriguez), American actress and singer born 1991 in Newark, NJ; first trans actress to win a Golden Globe (2022) and first trans woman nominated for a lead acting Emmy, for Blanca on Pose; also stars in Loot and releases music as Michaela Jaé.

Michaela Jill Murphy

Michaela Jill Murphy (born 1994), also known as Jessie Flower, is an American voice, film, and stage actress, the voice of Toph Beifong in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Chaca in The Emperor's New School, and Nasse in Platinum End.

Michaela McManus

Michaela McManus, born in 1983, is an American actress known for roles on One Tree Hill and Law & Order: SVU, and her leading film Redux (2025).

Michaela Strachan

Michaela Strachan (Michaela Evelyn Ann Strachan), born in 1966, is a British television presenter best known as a regular co-host of the BBC wildlife programs Springwatch, Autumnwatch, and Winterwatch.

Michaela Ulrike Gack

Michaela Ulrike Gack, who publishes as Michaela U. Gack, is a German-born virologist and innate immunologist who leads the Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center in Port St. Lucie.

Michaela Watkins

Michaela Suzanne Watkins (born 1971, Syracuse, New York) is an American actress, comedian, and writer, a Groundlings main company member and one-season SNL featured player (2008-2009), best known for lead role Valerie on Hulu's Casual and roles in Trophy Wife, Transparent, and Hacks.

Michaele Salahi

Michaele Salahi, born Michaele Ann Holt, is an American reality television personality known for her appearance at President Obama's 2009 state dinner, later marrying Journey guitarist Neal Schon.

Michaelia Cash

Michaelia Cash (born 1970, Subiaco) is a Liberal Senator for Western Australia since 2007, a former Employment Minister and Attorney-General (2021–2022), and current Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and Shadow Attorney-General.

Michaelis–Arbuzov reaction

The Michaelis–Arbuzov reaction, or Arbuzov reaction, is an organic reaction in which a trialkyl phosphite reacts with an alkyl halide to form an alkylphosphonate ester, reported in 1898.

Michaelis–Menten kinetics

Michaelis–Menten kinetics, from the 1913 Michaelis–Menten paper Die Kinetik der Invertinwirkung, is the hyperbolic v = Vmax[S]/(Km+[S]) model of enzyme saturation, with Km defined at half-maximal velocity and fitted today by nonlinear regression.

Michaëlle Jean

Michaëlle Jean, Haitian-born Canadian broadcaster and stateswoman, 27th Governor General of Canada (2005-2010), first Black person and third woman in the post; Radio-Canada journalist, 2008 prorogation decision, UNESCO Haiti envoy and Francophonie Secretary General.

Michaelle Solages

Michaelle Solages is an American politician, a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the 22nd district on Long Island since 2012, the first Haitian-descent legislator.

Michaelmas

Michaelmas, also called Michaelmas Day or the Feast of St. Michael, is the Christian feast of Saint Michael and All Angels, kept on 29 September and once one of four English quarter days.

Michaels

Michaels, also known as Michaels Stores, is the largest arts and crafts specialty retailer in North America, with over 1,300 stores in 49 states and Canada.

Michail Antonio

Michail Gregory Antonio (born 1990, London) is a Jamaican striker, West Ham United's all-time Premier League top scorer with 68 goals in 268 games, later of Al-Sailiya and Watford after a December 2024 car crash.

Michail Mouroutsos

Michail Mouroutsos (Μιχαήλ Μουρούτσος), born 1980, Greek taekwondo fighter who won the first Olympic taekwondo gold, men's −58 kg, Sydney 2000; Hellenic Olympic Committee vice president.

Michail S. Lionakis

Michail S. Lionakis is a Greek-born American infectious diseases physician-scientist who is Chief of the Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology at NIAID, studying immunity to fungi such as Candida and Aspergillus.

Michal (מיכל)

Michal (מִיכַל, Mikal) is a biblical figure, the younger daughter of King Saul who became David's wife, helped him escape Saul, and died childless after quarreling with David.

Michał Boym

Michał Boym (卜弥格, Bu Mige) was a Polish Jesuit missionary who served the last Ming emperor as envoy to the pope and pioneered European sinology.

Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski

Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski (1696–1775) was a Polish-Lithuanian prince, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania from 1752, and with his brother August Aleksander a leader of the Familia party.

Michał Gryziński

Michał Gryziński was a Polish physicist at the Institute of Nuclear Research in Świerk near Otwock, best known for a classical theory of atomic collisions and the free-fall atomic model.

Michał Kamieński

Michał Kamieński (1879–1973) was a Polish astronomer, remembered as the nestor of Polish astronomy and founder of the Polish school of cometary research, who directed the University of Warsaw Observatory from 1923.

Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski

Michał Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski (1893–1964) was a Polish general who founded Służba Zwycięstwu Polski in 1939, the first armed underground organization of occupied Poland, and later served the government-in-exile in London.

Michał Kazimierz Pac

Michał Kazimierz Pac (Mykolas Kazimieras Pacas, c. 1624–1682) was a Lithuanian magnate who served as Grand Hetman and founded Vilnius' Church of Sts. Peter and Paul.

Michał Kleofas Ogiński

Michał Kleofas Ogiński (Mykolas Kleopas Oginskis, 1765–1833) was a Polish-Lithuanian composer, violinist, and statesman who served as Grand Treasurer of Lithuania and joined the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794.

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki (1640 to 1673) was King of Poland from 1669 to 1673, elected after Jan II Kazimierz's abdication and succeeded by his rival Jan III Sobieski.