Michael Scott
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Michael Scott, Michael Scot, or Mike Scott may refer to:
- Michael Scott (The Office)Michael Scott (The Office)Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character on NBC's The Office, portrayed by Steve Carell, and based on David Brent from the original British version. Michael, the central character of the series, was the manager of the Scranton branch of paper and printer distribution company Dunder Mifflin Inc...
, former regional manager of Dunder Mifflin Scranton in the U.S. TV series The Office
Academics
- Michael ScotMichael ScotMichael Scot was a medieval mathematician and scholar.- Early life and education :He was born in Scotland, and studied first at the cathedral school of Durham and then at Oxford and Paris, devoting himself to philosophy, mathematics, and astrology...
(1175–c. 1232), mathematician & astrologer - Michael L. ScottMichael L. ScottMichael Lee Scott is a professor of computer science at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.-Education and teaching:...
(born 1959), American academic & computer scientist - Michael R. Scott, designer of WordSmithWordSmithWordSmith Tools is a collection of corpus linguistics tools for looking for patterns in a language. The software was devised by Mike Scott at the University of Liverpool and for versions 1 to 4 was sold by Oxford University Press...
Tools and academic at Aston University, Birmingham, UK. - Michael Scott (academic)Michael Scott (academic)Michael Scott is a British academic and university administrator. A Professor of English literature, he is currently Vice-Chancellor of Glyndŵr University in Wrexham, Wales....
(fl. c. 2000), British academic at the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education - J. Michael ScottJ. Michael ScottDr. J. Michael Scott, a senior scientist, distinguished emeritus professor, environmentalist and author, was born in 1941 in San Diego, California.-Education:A graduate of San Diego County's Helix High School, Dr...
(born 1941), scientist, environmentalist and author
Athletes
- Michael Scott (golfer)Michael Scott (golfer)The Hon. Michael Scott OBE was an English amateur golfer, most famous for being the oldest winner of The Amateur Championship....
(1878–1959), English amateur golfer - Mick ScottMick ScottMichael "Mick" Scott is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s who at club level has played for Halifax , and Wigan, playing at , i.e. number 11 or 12.-Challenge Cup final appearances:...
, rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s for Wigan, and Halifax RLFC - Michael Scott (rugby league)Michael Scott (rugby league)Michael "Mick" Scott is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s who at representative level has played for England, and at club level for Hull, and was captain of Hull during the 1955–56, and 1956–57 seasons....
, rugby league footballer of the 1950s for England, and Hull F.C. - Mickey ScottMickey ScottRalph Robert Scott was a left-handed specialist pitcher in North American Major League Baseball who played in portions of five seasons with the Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos and California Angels from 1972 to 1977...
(born 1947), retired professional baseball player - Mike Scott (baseball)Mike Scott (baseball)Michael Warren "Mike" Scott is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. He won the National League Cy Young Award in...
(born 1955), American pitcher - Mike Scott (ice hockey) (born 1977), Canadian born American ice hockey player
Authors
- Michael Scott (novelist)Michael Scott (novelist)Michael Scott , British author, was born at Cowlairs, near Glasgow, the son of a Glasgow merchant.In 1806 he went to Jamaica, first managing some estates, and afterwards joining a business firm in Kingston...
(1789–1835), Scottish author - Michael Scott (Irish author)Michael Scott (Irish author)Michael Scott is an Irish author.Michael Scott is a seasoned and prolific writer of over 100 books during his 25 plus years of writing thus far...
(born 1959), prolific Irish author - Michael Scott RohanMichael Scott RohanMichael Scott Rohan is a Scottish fantasy and science fiction author.He had a number of short stories published before his first books, the science fiction novel Run to the Stars and the non-fiction First Byte. He then collaborated with Allan J...
(born 1951), Scottish fantasy and science fiction author
Entertainment
- Michael Scott (artistic director)Michael Scott (artistic director)Michael Scott is the founder of the London Opera Society. In his role as the society's sole artistic director, he brought to London Marilyn Horne, Joan Sutherland, and Boris Christoff. He was also responsible for introducing Sherrill Milnes, Ruggero Raimondi, and Montserrat Caballe...
, founder of the London Opera Society - Michael Scott (filmmaker)Michael Scott (filmmaker)Michael "Dorkman" Scott is a Los Angeles-based independent filmmaker, best known for his visual effects work in Star Wars-related films Ryan vs. Dorkman and its sequel Ryan vs. Dorkman 2 , which he co-created with Ryan Wieber...
(born 1983), American independent filmmaker - Michael Scott (musician)Michael Scott (musician)Michael Scott is an American musician most notably known for playing in Godspeed with former teen idol Leif Garrett, Deadtime Stories, and The Distortions. He has also worked with members of Marilyn Manson, David Bowie's band, and Lavender Diamond...
(born 1966), American musician - Mike Scott (musician)Mike Scott (musician)Michael 'Mike' Scott is the founding member, lead singer and chief songwriter of rock band The Waterboys. He has also produced two solo albums, Bring 'em All In and Still Burning...
(born 1958), Scottish musician/songwriter, founder of The Waterboys - Mike Scott (broadcaster) (1932–2008), British TV presenter
- Mike Scott (English musician)Mike Scott (English musician)Mike Scott was bassist for melodic punk/hardcore band Phinius Gage from 2003-2007. He turned to acoustic music in 2007 when the band went on hiatus. His music, like much of the acoustic punk scene is based on liberal politics...
, hardcore/punk bass guitarist - Michael Scott, early stage name for famous actor Michael CaineMichael CaineSir Michael Caine, CBE is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules ....
Politicians
- Michael Scott (British Army officer)Michael Scott (British Army officer)Major-General Michael Ian Eldon Scott CB CBE DSO is a British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.-Military career:...
(born 1941), former U.K. Military Secretary - Mike Scott (sheriff), sheriff of Lee County, FL
- Mike Scott (politician)Mike Scott (politician)Mike Scott was a Reform Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the Canadian House of Commons from 1993-2000. Scott represented the riding of Skeena , in Northwestern British Columbia....
(fl. 1990s), Canadian parliamentarian
Other people
- Michael Scott (architect)Michael Scott (architect)Michael Scott was an Irish architect whose buildings included the Busáras building in Dublin, the Abbey Theatre, and Tullamore Hospital....
(1905–1989), Irish architect - Michael Scott (Apple) (born 1943), first CEO of Apple Computer
- Michael Scott (activist) (1907–1983), Anti-Apartheid activist
- Michael Dishington ScottMichael Dishington ScottMichael Dishington Scott is Chief Justice of Tonga.Scott is a British national with a long career in the Pacific. He has previously served as a judge in Kiribati and the Solomon Islands, and served for 14 years as a judge on the High Court of Fiji...
, Chief Justice of Tonga