Namesakes
Brazilian Presidents:
1 president
Michel Temer 2016-2018 
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Michel Strogoff 1876 Michel Strogoff
Fictional Characters from Television:
1 character
Michel Gerard 2000 Gilmore Girls
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
3 prime ministers, 1 president
(prime minister) Michel Debré 1959-1962
(prime minister) Michel Rocard 1988-1991
(president) Emmanuel Macron (middle name Michel) 2017-
(prime minister) Michel Barnier 2024
Haitian Presidents:
4 presidents
(president) Michel Domingue 1874-1876
(president) Cincinnatus Leconte (middle name Michel) 1911-1912
(president) Michel Oreste 1913-1914
(president) Michel Martelly 2011-2016
Hall-of-Famers:
1 ice hockey
(ice hockey) Michel Goulet 1998
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 medicine, 1 physics
(medicine) André Michel Lwoff 1965
(physics) Michel Mayor 2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
5 actors
Michel Bouquet 1925-2022
Michel Piccoli 1925-2020
Michel Serrault 1928-2007
Michael Lonsdale (a.k.a. Michel) 1931-2020
Omar Sharif (a.k.a. Michel) 1932-2015
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Jean-Michel Basquiat 1960-1988
Notable Athletes:
3 soccer, 1 ice hockey
(soccer) Michel Platini 1955-
(soccer) Michel van de Korput 1956-
(ice hockey) Michel Goulet 1960-
(soccer) Michel Vorm 1983-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
Michel Hazanavicius 1967-
Notable Military Figures:
1 general
Michel Ney 1769-1815
Notable Musicians:
1 composer, 1 musician
Michel Blavet 1700-1768
Jean-Michel Jarre 1948-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 philosopher
Michel Foucault 1926-1984
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 astronomer, 1 naturalist
Michel Adanson 1727-1806
Michel Mayor 1942-
Notable Writers:
2 authors, 1 essayist
Michel de Nostredame 1503-1566
Michel de Montaigne 1533-1592
Michel Houellebecq 1956-
Olympic Medalists:
4 silver, 1 bronze/gold, 1 gold, 1 gold/silver
(gold) Michel Théato 1900 marathon
(silver) Michel Bonnevie 1948 basketball
(silver) Michel Jazy 1960 1500 m
(silver) Laurent Sciarra (middle name Michel) 2000 basketball
(gold/silver) Michel Enríquez 2004; 2008 baseball
(bronze/gold) Michel Mulder 2014 speed skating
(silver) Mathias Lessort (middle name Michel) 2024 basketball
Oscar Award Winners:
1 director
(director) Michel Hazanavicius 2012 The Artist
Other Leaders:
2 presidents, 2 prime ministers
Prime Minister Michel Lévêque 1997-2000 Monaco
President Michel Suleiman 2008-2014 Lebanon
Prime Minister Michel Roger 2010-2015 Monaco
President Michel Aoun 2016-2022 Lebanon
Saints:
2 blessed, 1 saint
Blessed Jean-Michel Langevin 1731-1793
Blessed Pierre-Michel Noël ?-1794
Saint Michel Garicoïts 1797-1863