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Mickey
Mickey: English diminutive of Michael (Hebrew "Who is like God?"), also feminine form of Michaela and Michelle. Known for Mickey Mouse (1928, originally Mortimer Mouse), mid-century US peak in 1957, and slang uses including Mickey Finn and take the mickey.
Mickey (1918 film)
Mickey (1918 film), silent comedy-drama starring Mabel Normand, the only film of her Mabel Normand Feature Film Co., directed by F. Richard Jones and James Young, produced by Mack Sennett; released 11 August 1918, it was 1918's highest-grossing feature and survives on 16mm.
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway
Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway is Disney's trackless 2.5D dark ride through a Mickey Mouse cartoon short, opened March 4, 2020 at Hollywood Studios and January 27, 2023 at Disneyland, replacing The Great Movie Ride.
Mickey 17
Mickey 17 is a 2025 science-fiction film written and directed by Bong Joon Ho, starring Robert Pattinson as an expendable laborer who is killed and reprinted.
Mickey 3D
Mickey 3D is a French alternative-rock group formed in 1996 in Montbrison in the Loire around singer Mickaël Furnon, best known for the 2003 ecological song "Respire".
Mickey Arthur
Mickey Arthur (John Michael Arthur), South African cricket coach and former first-class batsman; head coach of South Africa, Australia, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka; won 2017 Champions Trophy with Pakistan; now Derbyshire Head of Cricket to 2028.
Mickey Avalon
Mickey Avalon, real name Yeshe Perl (born 1975), is a Hollywood glam rapper whose 2006 self-titled debut, first MySpace Records release, spawned "Jane Fonda" and "My Dick"; albums Loaded (2012) and Motel California (2025).
Mickey Blue Eyes
Mickey Blue Eyes is a 1999 romantic comedy directed by Kelly Makin, starring Hugh Grant as an English art auctioneer drawn into his fiancée's mob family.
Mickey Chopra
Mickey Chopra is a physician and global-health specialist who leads service delivery in the World Bank's health practice, previously Chief of Health at UNICEF and a South African Medical Research Council researcher.
Mickey Cobras
The Mickey Cobras, historically the Egyptian Cobras and Cobra Stones, are a Chicago street gang allied with the Black P. Stones and named for Henry "Mickey" Cogwell.
Mickey Cohen
Mickey Cohen (Meyer Harris Cohen, 1913–1976) was a Brooklyn-born Los Angeles mobster, featherweight boxer, and West Coast crime boss who took over Bugsy Siegel's rackets in 1947, feuded with Jack Dragna, and was twice convicted of tax evasion.
Mickey Deans
Mickey Deans (Michael DeVinko, 1934-2003), American pianist and nightclub manager from Garfield, New Jersey; fifth and final husband of Judy Garland, married March 15, 1969 in London; found her dead June 22, 1969; wrote Weep No More, My Lady (1972); later bought Cleveland's Franklin Castle.
Mickey Faerch
Mickey Faerch (born 1956), who performs as Mickey Mae and Yung Mae, is a Danish-Canadian burlesque dancer, actress, writer, and rapper with more than 90 acting credits.
Mickey Finn (drugs)
Mickey Finn, or slipping someone a mickey, is slang for a drink secretly spiked with an incapacitating drug, classically chloral hydrate. Named for Chicago bartender Michael Finn, whose Lone Star Saloon closed in 1903 amid drugging-and-robbery allegations.
Mickey Finn (percussionist)
Mickey Finn (Michael Norman Finn, 1947–2003), English percussionist in Marc Bolan's Tyrannosaurus Rex and T. Rex (1969–1974), later leader of Mickey Finn's T-Rex; ten UK top-10 hits.
Mickey G. Chiu
Mickey G. Chiu is a nuclear physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory who studies the strong force with the PHENIX detector and won a 2007 PECASE award.
Mickey Galitzen
Mickey Galitzen, full name Michael Riley Galitzen, was an American springboard and platform diver who won a medal in all four Olympic events he entered, 1928 and 1932.
Mickey Gall
Mickey Gall (born 1992), American UFC welterweight from Green Brook, New Jersey. 7-7 record, six rear-naked-choke submissions; famous for submitting CM Punk at UFC 203 in 2016 after calling him out at 1-0.
Mickey Gilley
Mickey Gilley (1936-2022), American country singer-pianist and cousin of Jerry Lee Lewis, co-owned Gilley's Club in Pasadena, Texas, the honky-tonk featured in Urban Cowboy; 17 No. 1 country hits including "Room Full of Roses" and "Stand by Me."
Mickey Goldmill
Mickey Goldmill is the fictional boxing trainer created by Sylvester Stallone and played by Burgess Meredith in the Rocky films; Rocky Balboa's mentor, owner of Mighty Mick's Gym, who dies in Rocky III.
Mickey Guyton
Mickey Guyton (Candace Mycale Guyton, born 1983) is an American country singer-songwriter from Arlington, Texas, signed to Capitol Nashville since 2011; first Black female solo artist nominated in a Grammy country category and first Black artist nominated for Best Country Album.
Mickey Haller
Mickey Haller (J. Michael Haller, Jr.) is Michael Connelly's fictional Los Angeles defense attorney, the Lincoln Lawyer, who works from his Lincoln car and is Harry Bosch's paternal half-brother; portrayed by Matthew McConaughey (2011 film) and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (Netflix series).
Mickey Hargitay
Mickey Hargitay (Miklós Károly Hargitay), Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor; 1955 Mr. Universe, Mae West Revue musclemen, husband of Jayne Mansfield (1958–1964), father of Mariska Hargitay; died 2006 in Los Angeles.
Mickey Hart
Mickey Hart (born 1943, Brooklyn, as Michael Steven Hartman) is the Grateful Dead's second drummer, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and founder of Planet Drum, whose 1991 album won the first Grammy for Best World Music Album.
Mickey Jones
Mickey Jones (1941-2018), American drummer and character actor from Houston; drummer for Trini Lopez, Johnny Rivers, Bob Dylan's 1966 tour, and Kenny Rogers' First Edition; later Pete Bilker on Home Improvement and Rodney Dunham on Justified.
Mickey Madden
Mickey Madden (Michael Allen Madden), American bassist born 1979 in Austin, Texas; founding member and bassist of Maroon 5 from the Kara's Flowers era through Songs About Jane until his 2020 departure, replaced by Sam Farrar.
Mickey Maguire (Shameless)
Mickey (Micky) Maguire is a fictional character in UK Shameless, played by Ciaran Griffiths in series 4-9; a Maguire crime family son whose secret homosexuality and fling with Ian Gallagher distinguish him from US counterpart Mickey Milkovich.
Mickey Mantle
Mickey Mantle (1931-1995), "The Commerce Comet," Yankees switch-hitting center fielder 1951-1968; 536 home runs, .298 average, 1956 Triple Crown, three AL MVPs, seven World Series titles, Hall of Fame 1974.
Mickey Moniak
Mickey Moniak (McKenzie Matthew Moniak) is an MLB outfielder, first overall 2016 draft pick of the Phillies, later with the Angels, now a Colorado Rockies outfielder with a 24-homer 2025 season and a 2027-28 extension.
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, who debuted in Steamboat Willie and became the mascot of The Walt Disney Company.