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Miguel Antonio Caro

Miguel Antonio Caro (1843–1909) was a Colombian Conservative politician, philologist, and jurist who served as president from 1894 to 1898 and was the main drafter of the Constitution of 1886.

Miguel B. Araújo

Miguel B. Araújo, also known as Miguel Bastos Araújo, is a Portuguese biogeographer at the Spanish National Research Council in Madrid who studies climate change effects on biodiversity.

Miguel Beato

Miguel Beato is a Spanish molecular biologist known for work on steroid hormone gene regulation through chromatin; he founded and directed the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona until 2011.

Miguel Bosé

Miguel Bosé (born 1956, Panama City) is a Spanish singer and actor, son of bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín and actress Lucía Bosé. Hits include Linda, Super Superman, Amante Bandido, and Nena; albums Linda (1977), Bandido (1984), Salamandra (1986), Papito (2007).

Miguel C. Seabra

Miguel C. Seabra (Miguel Pedro Pires Cardoso de Seabra), born 1962, is a Portuguese cell biologist at NOVA Medical School known for choroideremia gene therapy.

Miguel Cabello de Balboa

Miguel Cabello Valboa, who signed himself so rather than Cabello de Balboa, was a Spanish cleric and chronicler best known for the Miscelánea Antártica of 1586.

Miguel Cabrera

Miguel Cabrera (Miggy), Venezuelan MLB first baseman for Marlins and Tigers; 2012 AL Triple Crown (.330, 44 HR, 139 RBI), 2012-13 MVP, 511 HR, 3,000 hits, retired 2023.

Miguel Cairo

Miguel Cairo (Miguel Jesús Cairo, born 1974, Anaco, Venezuela), Venezuelan former MLB utility infielder, 17 seasons, 1,490 games, .264 average; later White Sox and Nationals interim manager, now Orioles infield coach and Gigantes del Cibao LIDOM manager.

Miguel Caldes

Miguel Caldés (Miguel Caldés Luis), Cuban baseball outfielder born 1970, won Olympic gold in 1996 and silver in 2000 with Cuba, led the Serie Nacional with 20 home runs in 1994-95, and died in a car accident in December 2000 at age 30.

Miguel Campbell

Miguel Campbell is a British house producer and DJ from Leeds who founded Outcross Records in 2006 and released "Something Special", 2011's best-selling Beatport track.

Miguel Cardona

Miguel Cardona (born 1975) is an American educator who served as the 12th U.S. Secretary of Education from 2021 to 2025, the third Hispanic in that role.

Miguel Caro Quintero

Miguel Ángel Caro Quintero is a Mexican drug trafficker who led the Sonora Cartel, brother of Rafael Caro Quintero, and was extradited to the United States in 2009.

Miguel Costas

Miguel Costas, also known as Miquel Costas, is a Spanish inorganic chemist and full professor at the University of Girona known for bioinspired iron and manganese oxidation catalysis.

Miguel Cotto

Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rican boxer from Caguas, six-time world champion in four divisions (first Puerto Rican four-division champion), 41-6 (33 KOs), Hall of Fame Class of 2022.

Miguel Covarrubias

Miguel Covarrubias (1904–1957) was a Mexican painter and caricaturist who made his name in Jazz Age New York and wrote the classic Island of Bali.

Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal

Miguel Cruchaga Tocornal was a Chilean Conservative lawyer and statesman who held several ministries, served as President of the Senate, and helped introduce the bill granting Chilean women the vote.

Miguel Cubo

Miguel Cubo (Miguel Llorente Cubo), Spanish forward born 2008 in Segovia; Atlético Madrid academy product who debuted in LaLiga with a goal in May 2026 and renewed to 2029.

Miguel de Castro

Miguel de Castro, or Dom Miguel de Castro, was a Kongo noble who served as ambassador from Sonho to Dutch Brazil and the Dutch Republic in 1642–43.

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547–1616), Spanish author of Don Quixote (two parts, 1605 and 1615), also wrote the twelve Exemplary Novels; fought at Lepanto in 1571, returned from captivity in 1580, and is honored by the April 23 Cervantes Prize.

Miguel de Cervantes Prize

The Miguel de Cervantes Prize (Premio Cervantes) is an annual Spanish literary prize, the highest honor for literature in Spanish, awarded for a writer's complete body of work.

Miguel de Icaza

Miguel de Icaza is a Mexican software engineer who co-founded the GNOME desktop project in 1997 and founded the Mono project and Xamarin, acquired by Microsoft in 2016.

Miguel de la Madrid

Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, PRI president of Mexico 1982-1988, led austerity after the 1982 debt crisis, joined GATT, led the Contadora Group, faced the 1985 earthquake, and handed power to Salinas after the disputed 1988 election.

Miguel de Molinos

Miguel de Molinos, also rendered Miquel de Molinos, was a Spanish priest whose Spiritual Guide (1675) made him the central figure of the Quietist controversy.

Miguel de San Román

Miguel de San Román (Miguel San Román Meza) was a Peruvian Grand Marshal who served as President of Peru from October 1862 until his death in 1863.

Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (1864 to 1936) was a Spanish writer and philosopher of the Generation of '98, rector of the University of Salamanca.

Miguel Delibes

Miguel Delibes (Miguel Delibes Setién, 1920–2010) was a Spanish novelist and journalist whose work centers on rural Castile; he won the Premio Cervantes in 1993.

Miguel Díaz-Canel

Miguel Díaz-Canel, born Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez in 1960, is a Cuban politician serving as president since 2018 and Communist Party first secretary since 2021.

Miguel Facusse

Miguel Facusse, full name Miguel Facussé Barjum, was a Honduran businessman who founded consumer-products and palm-oil company Corporación Dinant in 1960 and died in 2015.

Miguel Ferrer

Miguel Ferrer (1955-2017), American character actor, son of José Ferrer and Rosemary Clooney; played Bob Morton in RoboCop, FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks, Dr. Garret Macy in Crossing Jordan, and Owen Granger in NCIS: Los Angeles; began as a session drummer.

Miguel Freckleton

Miguel Freckleton, born 2003 in Bristol, is an English-Jamaican left-footed centre-back for LASK. Ex-Sheffield United, loans at Wealdstone, Yeovil, Chesterfield (National League title), Swindon; St Mirren 2025/26 League Cup winner; Jamaica international.