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Mikael Simons

Mikael Simons is a neurologist and neuroscientist, professor and institute director at TU Munich since 2016, known for work on myelin formation and a 2020 Science paper on SARS-CoV-2 cell entry.

Mikael Tellqvist

Mikael Tellqvist (Karl Mikael Tellqvist), Swedish goaltender born 1979 in Sundbyberg; 113 NHL games with Toronto, Phoenix, and Buffalo, and 2006 Turin Olympic gold with Sweden as a non-starter.

Mikael Ymer

Mikael Ymer (born 1998), Swedish tennis player, brother of Elias Ymer; career-high ATP No. 50 in 2023, 2021 Winston-Salem finalist, 2016 Stockholm doubles champion, 18-month doping ban, returned January 2025.

Mikaela Davis

Mikaela Davis (born 1992, Rochester, NY) is an American harpist, singer, and songwriter blending folk, country-rock, psychedelia, and indie rock; albums Delivery (2018), Southern Star (2023), After Sunrise (2024), Graceland Way (2026); frequent Bob Weir collaborator.

Mikaela Hoover

Mikaela Mehrizi Hoover (born 1984, Spokane, Washington) is an American actress and producer, a frequent James Gunn collaborator, Cat Grant in Superman (2025), and Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece season 2.

Mikaela Shiffrin

Mikaela Shiffrin, American alpine ski racer born 1995, record holder for most World Cup wins (108+, passing Ingemar Stenmark in 2023), three Olympic golds in slalom and giant slalom.

Mikaeri Amida of Eikan-dō

The Mikaeri Amida (見返り阿弥陀, "Amitābha looking back") is a wooden statue of Amida at Eikan-dō temple in Kyoto, whose head turns back over its shoulder in a pose found in almost no other Buddha image.

Mikail Kamara

Mikail Kamara (muh-KYLE kuh-MARR-uh), born 2001, American defensive end from Ashburn, Virginia; James Madison and Indiana standout, 2024 first-team All-Big Ten, blocked punt in 2026 CFP title game, signed undrafted by the 49ers.

Mikail Yüksel

Mikail Yüksel, Swedish politician of Turkish origin from Kulu, Konya; expelled from the Centre Party in 2018 over Grey Wolves contacts, founded and led Partiet Nyans (Nuance Party) from 2019, led it to 0.44 percent in 2022, and resigned after the 2026 election.

Mikako Komatsu (小松 未可子)

Mikako Komatsu (小松未可子, born 1988) is a Japanese voice actress and singer from Mie Prefecture, Hirata Office. Debuted 2010 as Joey in HEROMAN; known for Maki Zenin (Jujutsu Kaisen), Rebecca (EDENS ZERO), Cat's Eye's Hitomi; 2012 singer debut with Black Holy; 16th Seiyu Awards supporting actress winner.

Mikal Bridges

Mikal Bridges (born 1996) is an NBA guard-forward for the New York Knicks, formerly Phoenix and Brooklyn. Villanova's 2016 and 2018 NCAA champion, drafted 10th in 2018, known for never missing a game and the 2026 Knicks title.

Mikal Mahdi

Mikal Deen Mahdi was an American spree killer executed by firing squad in South Carolina on April 11, 2025, for the 2004 murder of Captain James Myers.

Mikala Egeblad

Mikala Egeblad is a Danish cancer biologist known for studies of the tumor microenvironment and neutrophils in metastasis, and for co-developing intravital microscopy of living tumors.

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis

Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911) was a Lithuanian painter and composer who laid the foundations of professional Lithuanian art and music, fusing painting with musical forms like sonatas and fugues.

Mikamycin

Mikamycin, also called mikamycins, is a two-component streptogramin antibiotic complex from Streptomyces mitakaensis, discovered in 1956, made of mikamycin A (macrolactone) and mikamycin B (cyclic hexadepsipeptide), ribosomal protein-synthesis inhibitors active mainly against Gram-positive bacteria; distinct from the macrolide miocamycin.

Mikania

Mikania Willd. (guaco) is a large genus of climbing Asteraceae in tribe Eupatorieae, about 447 accepted species, mostly neotropical, recognized by four-floret heads with four phyllaries; includes the invasive mile-a-minute weed Mikania micrantha.

Mikania micrantha

Mikania micrantha (mile-a-minute weed, mikania vine, Chinese creeper), an Asteraceae vine native to tropical America, is an IUCN top-100 worst invasive species growing up to 20 cm per day, smothering crops and forests across Asia, the Pacific, and Florida, and controlled with the rust fungus Puccinia spegazzinii.

Mikasa Sports

Mikasa Sports is the sports-equipment brand of Mikasa Corporation, a Japanese maker of athletic balls founded in Hiroshima in 1917, best known as the official game-ball supplier of the FIVB.

Mikasa Tetsudou Mura

Mikasa Tetsudou Mura (三笠鉄道村, Mikasa Railway Village) is a 1987-opened railway preservation park in Mikasa, Hokkaido, commemorating the 1882 Horonai Railway, Hokkaido's first, with the Mikasa Railway Memorial Museum, running steam locomotive S-304, and SL driving experiences.

Mikayil Jabbarov

Mikayil Jabbarov, also known as Mikayil Chingiz oglu Jabbarov, is an Azerbaijani politician serving as Minister of Economy since 2019, the public face of diversifying the economy away from oil and gas.

Mikayla Geier

Mikayla Geier, born 1999 in Vancouver, is a Canadian indie/baroque pop singer-songwriter and former ballerina. Albums Here We Go Again... (2024) and HOT POT! (2025); hit "piano in the sky"; Spotify Artists to Watch 2026; opened for MARINA.

Mikayla Nogueira

Mikayla Nogueira (born 1998) is an American beauty influencer and makeup artist from East Freetown, Massachusetts, known for TikTok makeup reviews in a Boston accent, the 2023 L'Oréal mascara "Lashgate" controversy, and co-founding POV Beauty (2025), sold at Sephora from 2026.

Mikayla Raines

Mikayla Raines, founder of SaveAFox Rescue in Minnesota, rescued foxes from fur farms and documented them for over 2 million YouTube subscribers; she died by suicide on 20 June 2025 after online harassment.

Mike

Mike is Hulu's 2022 eight-episode unauthorized limited series about boxer Mike Tyson, created by Steven Rogers, starring Trevante Rhodes, framed by Tyson's Undisputed Truth stage show, with a 41% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Mike & Molly

Mike & Molly is an American CBS sitcom (2010–2016) created by Mark Roberts and produced by Chuck Lorre, starring Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy as a Chicago couple who meet at Overeaters Anonymous; 6 seasons, 2 Emmy wins.

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice is a 2026 R-rated action comedy directed by BenDavid Grabinski, starring Vince Vaughn in a dual role, James Marsden, and Eiza González, about a gangster who time-travels to save his friend; it premiered at SXSW and streamed on Hulu and Disney+ from March 27, 2026.

MIKE 11

MIKE 11 is a one-dimensional river modeling software package developed by the Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) for simulating water levels, flows, and water quality in rivers and estuaries.

Mike Adam

Mike Adam (Michael B. Adam), Canadian curler born 1981 in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador; substitute on Brad Gushue's team that won men's curling gold at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, playing one match.

Mike Adenuga

Mike Adenuga, born in full Michael Adenuga Jr. in 1953, is a Nigerian billionaire businessman who founded Globacom and Conoil, with a Forbes-estimated fortune of about $6.5 billion.

Mike Agostini

Mike Agostini (Michael George Raymond Agostini, 1935-2016), Trinidadian sprinter, 1954 Commonwealth 100 yards gold, 1956 Olympic 100m/200m finalist, later Australian publisher and Trinidad and Tobago consul-general in Australia.