Michele
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Michele, pronounced ‘mee-shell’, is an English female given name that comes from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically pronounced) name Michelle.
Michele, pronounced ‘mee-KEH-leh’, is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name Michael
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Both names derive from the Latin Michaelem referring to archangel Michael
, and originally derive from the biblical Hebrew name מיכאל meaning "Who is like God?".
Michele, pronounced ‘mee-KEH-leh’, is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name 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...
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Both names derive from the Latin Michaelem referring to archangel Michael
Michael (archangel)
Michael , Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl; , Mikhaḗl; or Míchaël; , Mīkhā'īl) is an archangel in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic teachings. Roman Catholics, Anglicans, and Lutherans refer to him as Saint Michael the Archangel and also simply as Saint Michael...
, and originally derive from the biblical Hebrew name מיכאל meaning "Who is like God?".
People with the given name Michele
- Michele AbbruzzoMichele AbbruzzoMichele Abbruzzo was an Italian actor.He made his first appearance in the 1920 film A Legge.-External links:...
, Italian actor - Michele AlboretoMichele AlboretoMichele Alboreto was an Italian racing driver. He is famous for finishing runner up to Alain Prost in the 1985 Formula One World Championship, as well as winning the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans and 2001 12 Hours of Sebring sports car races...
, Italian Grand Prix racing driver - Michèle Alliot-MarieMichèle Alliot-MarieMichèle Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie, born 10 September 1946 and nicknamed MAM, is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement . A member of all but one right-wing governments of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, she was the first woman in France to hold the portfolios of Defense , the...
, French politician - Michele AmariMichele AmariMichele Amari was an Italian patriot and historian. Born at Palermo, he devoted a great part of his life to the history of Sicily, and took part in its emancipation...
, Italian politician and historian - Michele AndreoloMichele AndreoloMiguel Andreolo Frodella was a Uruguay-born Italian footballer.-Club career:Andreolo played for Nacional in Uruguay before joining Serie A team Bologna F.C. 1909 ahead of the 1935–36 season and helping them win the league title...
, Italian football (soccer) player - Michele BachmannMichele BachmannMichele Marie Bachmann is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing , a post she has held since 2007. The district includes several of the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities, such as Woodbury, and Blaine as well as Stillwater and St. Cloud.She is currently a...
, U.S. Representative from MinnesotaMinnesotaMinnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state... - Michele BianchiMichele BianchiMichele Bianchi was an Italian revolutionary syndicalist leader. He was among the founding members of the Fascist movement. He was widely seen as the dominant leader of the leftist, syndicalist wing of the National Fascist Party, and one of the most influential politicians of the regime before his...
, Italian journalist and revolutionary - Chrisette MicheleChrisette MicheleChrisette Michele Payne , known professionally as Chrisette Michele, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter....
, American neo-soul singer - Michele CaniniMichele CaniniMichele Canini is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender. He currently plays for Cagliari Calcio in Serie A league....
, Italian football (soccer) player - Michele Ferrero, businessman, leading figure of Italian chocolate maker Ferrero SpAFerrero SpAFerrero SpA is an Italian manufacturer of chocolate and other confectionery products, founded by confectioner Pietro Ferrero in 1946 and based in Alba, Piedmont, Italy. The company achieved success headed by Pietro's son Michele Ferrero, then Michele's son Pietro , who oversaw global business...
, - Michele GrecoMichele GrecoMichele Greco was a member of the Sicilian Mafia, previously incarcerated for multiple murders. His nickname was "il Papa" because of his ability to mediate between different Mafia families...
, mafioso - Michele LeeMichele LeeMichele Lee is an American singer, dancer, actress, producer, director and frequent game show panelist of the 1970s. She is best-known for her role as Karen Cooper Fairgate MacKenzie on the 1980s prime-time soap opera, Knots Landing...
, American actress - Michele MacNaughtonMichele MacNaughtonMichele MacNaughton is a retired female field hockey player from South Africa, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she was a member of the women's national team that finished in tenth place.-References:*...
, South African field hockey player - Michele MerkinMichele MerkinMichele Merkin is an American model and television host.-Early life and beginnings:Merkin was born in San Francisco, California of Swedish and Russian Jewish descent as the youngest child and only daughter of four children. She attended boarding school in England...
, American model and television host - Michele MitchellMichele MitchellMichele Mitchell is an American journalist and author who covers politics and social issues for PBS, CNN Headline News and, currently, Film@11....
, American diver - Michele PasinatoMichele PasinatoMichele Pasinato is a former Italian volleyball player, who earned a total number of 256 caps for the Men's National Team in the 1990s. Nicknamed Paso and Micky he was on the side that won the title at the 1998 World Championships in Japan.-References:...
, Italian volleyball player - Michele PlacidoMichele PlacidoMichele Placido is an internationally known Italian actor and director. He is best known for the role of Corrado Cattani in the TV series La Piovra.-Life and career:...
, Italian actor - Michele RüfenachtMichele RüfenachtMichele Rüfenacht is a retired decathlete from Switzerland, who finished in tenth place at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He is a three-time national champion in the men's decathlon.-Achievements:-References:* *...
, Swiss decathlete - Michele SantoroMichele SantoroMichele Santoro is an Italian journalist, anchorman, television host and presenter.He also served till October 2005 as Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy with the Olive Tree, part of the Socialist Group and sat on the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice...
, Italian anchorman/journalist - Michele ScarabelliMichele ScarabelliMichele Scarabelli is a Canadian actress. She is probably best known for her role as Tenctonese Newcomer Susan Francisco on the Fox Network science fiction series Alien Nation and the 5 television movies that followed....
, Canadian actress - Michele SepeMichele SepeMichele Sepe is an Italian rugby union player. Sepe, who is a wing, plays club rugby for Benetton Treviso. He made his debut for Italy against Japan on 11 June 2006....
, Italian rugby union player - Michele SerraMichele SerraMichele Serra is an Italian writer, journalist and satirist.-Biography:Serra was born in Rome, but moved to Milan in 1959. In 1975 he began to work for L'Unità, then the official newspaper of the Italian Communist Party , of which he had become a member one year before...
, Italian writer and journalist - Michele SindonaMichele SindonaMichele Sindona was an Italian banker and convicted felon. Known in banking circles as "The Shark", Sindona was a member of Propaganda Due , a secret lodge of Italian Freemasonry, and had clear connections to the Mafia...
, banker - Michele SoaviMichele SoaviMichele Soavi, sometimes known as Michael Soavi is an Italian filmmaker.-Career:Michele Soavi was born in Milan. As a teenager, Soavi enrolled in creative arts classes and developed into a talented actor. He took acting lessons at Milan's Fersen Studios, but his greatest talent was working behind...
, director - Michele TafoyaMichele TafoyaMichele Tafoya is an American sportscaster.-Early life and career:Tafoya received a B.A...
, American sports journalist - Michele TimmsMichele TimmsMichele Margaret Timms is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played for the Phoenix Mercury in the Women's National Basketball Association...
(born 1965), Australian basketball player