Michel is both a given name

Given name

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 and a surname

Surname

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. The given name is an English

England

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 and German

Germany

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 form of the personal name

Personal name

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 Michael

Michael

Michael is a given name that comes from the , derived from the Hebrew question מי כמו אלוהים? meaning "Who is like God?" In English, it is sometimes shortened to Mike, Mikey, or, especially in Ireland, Mick...

. The surname has several different origins. When the name originates from France

France

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, Germany and the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 it is also a form of the personal name Michael. The Basque name is a variant of the personal name Mitxel which is also an equivalent of Michael. When of Polish origin it is a variant of the personal name Michal

Michal

Michal was a daughter of Saul, king of Israel, who loved and became the wife of David, who later became king of Judah, and later still of the united Kingdom of Israel....

. When of Greek

Greece

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 origin, the surname Michel is a shortened form of various patronymic

Patronymic

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 derivatives of Michael. Examples of such are Michelakis, Michelakakis, or Michelakos.

Surname

• Henri Michel
  Henri Michel (historian)
  Henri Michel is a French historian, who studied the Second World War. He created the Comité d'Histoire de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale and the Revue d'Histoire de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale....
  
   (1907–1986), a French historian
• Hermann Michel
  Hermann Michel
  Hermann Michel, sometimes referred to as "Preacher" , was a Nazi and SS-Oberscharführer . During World War II, he participated in the extermination of Jews at the Sobibor extermination camp during the Nazi operation known as Aktion Reinhard...
  
   (born 1912), a German Nazi SS officer
• Robert H. Michel
  Robert H. Michel
  Robert Henry "Bob" Michel is an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives for 38 years. He represented central Illinois' 18th congressional district, and was the GOP leader in Congress, serving as Minority Leader for 14 years during an era...
  
   (born 1928), a United States politician
• Pierre Michel
  Pierre Michel
  Pierre Michel , is a literature professor and a scholar specializing in the French writer Octave Mirbeau.Michel was born in Toulon, the son of the historian Henri Michel....
  
   (born 1942), a French literary scholar
• Pras Michel
  Pras
  Prakazrel Samuel Michel, known as Pras, is a Grammy Award-winning Haitian-American rapper, actor, film producer, and member of the hip hop trio The Fugees.-Early life:...
  
   (born 1972), an American musician
• Rolf Michel
  Rolf Michel
  Rolf Michel is a German physicist. He studied physics at the University of Cologne and became in 1984 Professor for Radiation Protection at the Leibniz-University Hanover....
  
   (born 1945), a German physicist
• Anneliese Michel
  Anneliese Michel
  Anneliese Michel was a German Catholic woman who was said to be possessed by demons and subsequently underwent an exorcism. Two motion pictures, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Requiem, are loosely based on Michel's story.-Early life:Anneliese Michel was born on 21 September 1952, in Leiblfing,...
  
   (1952–1976), a German woman said to be possessed by demons
• Luis Ernesto Michel
  Luis Ernesto Michel
  Luis Ernesto Michel Vergara is a Mexican professional footballer who currently plays in Guadalajara of Primera División de México as a goalkeeper. Michel stands at and weighs 75 kilos.-Club career:...
  
  (born 1979), a Mexican professional footballer