Michelangelo is a
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that is a
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of the
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Michael
Michael may refer to:
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(he who resembles God) and the Greek name
Angelo (messenger). The name itself is most commonly believed to be of Italian origin.
Michelangelo
thinkbabynames.com. The best known of that name is Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspi ...
(1475–1564), the Tuscan sculptor, architect, painter, and poet.
People with the given name
* Michelangelo Anselmi (c. 1492 – c. 1554), Italian painter in Parma
* Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni ( ; ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents", ''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and '' ...
(1912–2007), Italian film director and writer
* Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspi ...
(1475-1564), Italian sculptor
* Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger (1568-1646), Florentine poet and playwright, his grandnephew
* Michelangelo Carducci (fl. 1560s), Italian painter active in Umbria
* Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631), Italian lutanist and composer, younger brother of the astronomer
* Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), Italian painter active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily
* Michelangelo Messina, founder and artistic director of the Ischia Film Festival
* Michaelangelo Meucci (1840–1890), Italian painter
* Michelangelo Minieri (born 1981), Italian footballer
* Michelangelo Signorile
Michelangelo Signorile (; born December 19, 1960) is an American journalist, author and talk radio host. His radio program is aired each weekday across the United States and Canada on Sirius XM Radio and globally online. Signorile was editor ...
(born 1960), American writer and talk show host
Fictional characters with the given name
* Michelangelo
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6March 147518February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. Born in the Republic of Florence, his work was inspir ...
, ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' character
See also
* Michael Angelo Batio (born 1956), rock guitarist from Chicago
* Michael Angelo Pergolesi, 18th century Italian decorative artist in London
References
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