Michel-Rolph Trouillot, PhD, Johns Hopkins 1985 (1949– 2012), was a Haitian American academic and anthropologist. He was Professor of Anthropology and of Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. He was best known for his books Open the Social Science (1990), Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History (1995), and Global Transformations (2003), which explored the origins and application of social science in academia and its implications in the world. Trouillot has been one of the most influential thinkers of Afro-Caribbean diaspora, because he developed wide-ranging academic work centered on Caribbean issues. Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall holds that "Trouillot was one of the most original and thoughtful voices in academia. His writings influenced scholars worldwide in many fields, from anthropology to history to Caribbean studies".
Also one of the Romansh forms of Michael: Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars Https://sursassiala.ch/2015/01/15/familienforschung/ Https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=107 Http://www.annalas.ch/persunas/display/q:Michel
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Michel Aoun is the current president of Lebanon.
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With 1 117 828 bearers, Michel is the 3rd most common masculine given name in France (2014 Data). With 92 933 bearers, Michel is the 4th most common masculine given name in Belgium (2014 Data). With 2 583 bearers, Michel is the 3rd most common masculine given name in Tahiti/French Polynesia (2014 Data). With 917 bearers, Michel is the 2nd most common masculine given name in the Seychelles (2014 Data). With 188 bearers, Michel is the 10th most common masculine given name in Monaco (2014 Data). With 96 bearers, Michel is the 2nd most common masculine given name in Saint Pierre and Miquelon (2014 Data). Source: https://forebears.io/forenames/michel
The name Michel was in use but rare until about the 1940's in France, and remained extremely popular for about 20 years. It is now relatively uncommon and considered a bit middle-aged.
Origin of the name Michael: Saint Michael is the name of one of the 7 archangels. His name was the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against the enemy and his followers. Hebrew translation "Who is like God".