Michael Young may refer to:

Academics

Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington Michael Dunlop Young, Baron Young of Dartington (9 August 1915 – 14 January 2002), was a British sociologist, social activist and left-wing politician. Young was an Urbanism, urbanist, known as an academic researcher, polemicist and instituti ...

(1915–2002), British life peer, sociologist and social activist * Michael Young (educationalist), British educational theorist and sociologist * Michael K. Young (born 1949), former president of Texas A&M University * Michael W. Young (born 1949), American geneticist and chrono biologist (Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine) * Michael W. Young (anthropologist) (born 1937), British anthropologist * Mike Young (economist), Australian economist * Mike Young (Royal Navy officer) (born 1967), British consultant and academic

Arts and entertainment

* Michael Young (actor) (born 1952), host of ''Diaries of a Xenophobe'' and ''How to Make Love to an Immigrant'' *

Michael Young (industrial designer) Michael Young (born 23 August 1966) is a British industrial designer and creative director based in Hong Kong. He works in the areas of product, furniture and interior design with studios in Hong Kong and Brussels. He is known for unconvention ...

(born 1966), British product and furniture designer *

Mike Young (producer) Michael Emlyn Young (born 16 October 1945) is a Welsh Emmy Award, Emmy and British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA Award-winning producer. He is the founder of two animation companies in both the UK and the US. His company in 2015 cha ...

(born 1945), Welsh television producer and founder of Mike Young Productions * Mike Young (game designer), American game designer, author, and entrepreneur * Mike Young (''Misfits''), fictional character on British TV programme * Mike Young (''Neighbours''), Australian soap opera character

Politics

(1915–2002), British life peer, sociologist and social activist * Michael Young (businessman) (1945–2023), British executive who facilitated the political process which led to the end of apartheid in South Africa * Michael Young (Canadian politician) (1934–2010), Canadian mayor of Victoria, British Columbia * R. Michael Young (born 1951), member of the Indiana Senate * Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens (1912–1980), British army officer and politician *

Mike Young (agriculture official) Michael L. Young is an American government official. He served as the acting United States secretary of agriculture from January 20, 2017, when Donald Trump took office as president of the United States, to April 25, 2017, when the United State ...

, American government official *

Mick Young Michael Jerome Young (9 October 1936 − 8 April 1996) was an Australian politician. He rose through the Australian Labor Party (ALP) to become its National Secretary, before serving as a Labor member of the House of Representatives from the ...

(1936–1996), Australian House of Representatives

Sports

American football

* Mike Young (American football) (born 1962), American football wide receiver * Michael Young Jr. (born 1999), American football wide receiver

Baseball

Michael Young (baseball) Michael Brian Young (born October 19, 1976) is an American former professional baseball infielder who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, and Los Angeles Dodge ...

(born 1976), American baseball player *

Mike Young (baseball) Michael Darren Young (March 20, 1960 – May 28, 2023) was an American professional baseball player. Career Young played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1982 to 1989, mostly as an outfielder and designated hitter. H ...

(1960–2023), American baseball player *

Mike Young (cricket) Mike Young (born December 21, 1955) is a former Australian cricket team fielding coach, as well as a former US minor league and Australian baseball manager, player and coach. Playing career Young attended the University of Wisconsin-River Fal ...

(born 1955), Australian cricket coach and baseball manager

Basketball

Michael Young (basketball, born 1961) Michael Wayne Young (born January 2, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Silent Assassin", he had a 12-year playing career spent in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and overseas. He was most rec ...

, American basketball player *

Michael Young (basketball, born 1994) Michael Lamor Young (born September 5, 1994) is an American basketball player for Galatasaray of the Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL). Young played college basketball for the Pittsburgh Panthers of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Early years Young w ...

, American basketball player *

Mike Young (basketball) Michael Kent Young (born May 1, 1963) is an American college basketball coach and currently the head men's basketball coach at Virginia Tech. He was hired on April 7, 2019, after a 17-year stint where he went 299–244 () as the head coach at ...

(born 1963), American basketball coach

Rugby

Michael Young (rugby league) Michael Young (born 11 February 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League. He played as a and was used as a utility player. Background Young was ...

(born 1984), Australian rugby league player *

Micky Young Michael Young (born 31 December 1988) is an English Scrum half Rugby Union player for Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby. He is a product of West Hartlepool Rugby Club junior academy. Club career He played for the Newcastle Falcons Middles ...

(born 1988), English rugby union player

Other sports

Michael Young (bobsleigh) Michael Darcy Young (born August 15, 1944) is a Canadian former bobsledder who competed in the 1960s. He won two medals at the 1965 FIBT World Championships in St. Moritz with a gold in the four-man event and a bronze in the two-man event. In 1 ...

(born 1944), Canadian bobsledder *

Michael Young (Australian rules footballer) Michael Young (16 December 1958 – 16 September 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club and Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was also listed at the Essendon Football ...

(1958–2018), Australian rules footballer *

Michael Young (judoka) Michael Young (born 26 March 1958) is an Australian judoka. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) ...

(born 1958), Australian judoka

Other

* Michael Young-Suk Oh (born 1971), Korean American evangelical {{hndis, Young, Michael