Namesakes
Finnish Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) Toivo Kivimäki (a.k.a. Mikael) 1932-1936 
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
1 actor
Michael Nyqvist (a.k.a. Mikael) 1960-2017
Notable Athletes:
2 soccer, 1 handball, 1 tennis
(tennis) Mikael Pernfors 1963-
(soccer) Kim Källström (a.k.a. Mikael) 1982-
(soccer) Mikael Lustig 1986-
(handball) Johan Jakobsson (a.k.a. Mikael) 1987-
Olympic Medalists:
5 bronze, 2 silver, 1 gold
(bronze) Gösta Holmér (a.k.a. Mikael) 1912 decathlon
(gold) Gunnar Höckert (a.k.a. Mikael) 1936 5000 m
(bronze) Sture Andersson (a.k.a. Mikael) 1980 ice hockey
(bronze) Mikael Örn 1984 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(silver) Johan Jakobsson (a.k.a. Mikael) 2012 handball
(bronze) Tuukka Rask (a.k.a. Mikael) 2014 ice hockey
(bronze) Mikael Granlund 2014 ice hockey
(silver) Mikaël Kingsbury 2014 freestyle skiing
Saints:
2 saints
Saint Michael of Ulumbo (a.k.a. Mikael) 5xx-?
Saint Gobron (a.k.a. Mikael) ?-914