Michele () is an Italian male given name, akin to the English male name

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. Michele (usually pronounced ), is also an English female given name that is derived from the French Michèle. It is a variant spelling of the more common (and identically pronounced) name Michelle. Michele can also be a surname. The names are ultimately derived from the

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מִיכָאֵל, through the Greek Μιχαήλ and the Latin Michael meaning "

Who is like God? ' (or '), a Latin sentence meaning "Who slike God?", is a literal translation of the name Michael (, transliterated ''Micha'el'' or ''Mîkhā'ēl''). The sentence ' is particularly associated with Archangel Michael. In art, St. Michael is often ...

Men with the given name Michele

Michele (singer) Gianfranco Michele Maisano, best known as Michele (born 22 June 1944) is an Italian singer and occasional actor. Background Born in Vigevano, as a child Maisano moved to Genoa, where he attended the Nautical Institute. He recorded his first si ...

(born 1944), Italian pop singer * Michele Abruzzo (1904–1996), Italian actor *

Michele Alboreto Michele Alboreto (; 23 December 1956 – 25 April 2001) was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to . Alboreto was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in with Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari, and won five F ...

(1956–2001), Italian Grand Prix racing driver *

Michele Amari Michele Benedetto Gaetano Amari (7 July 1806 in Palermo – 16 July 1889 in Florence) was a Sicilian patriot, liberal revolutionary and politician of aristocratic background, historian and orientalist. He rose to prominence as a champion of ...

(1806–1889), Italian politician and historian *

Michele Andreolo Miguel Ángel Andreolo Frodella (6 September 1912 – 14 May 1981), known as Michele Andreolo (), was a Uruguayan Italian footballer who played as a midfielder. He was born in Dolores, Uruguay but his family was from Valle dell'Angelo in the pr ...

(1912–1981), Italian footballer *

Michele Bianchi Michele Bianchi (22 July 1883 – 3 February 1930) was an Italian revolutionary syndicalist leader who took a position in the Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL). He was among the founding members of the Fascist movement. He was widely seen as ...

(1883–1930), Italian journalist and revolutionary *

Michele Bravi Michele Bravi (born 19 December 1994) is an Italian singer, songwriter, and actor. He rose to fame after winning the X Factor (Italian season 7), seventh season of the X Factor (Italian TV series), Italian ''X Factor''. His coronation song, "La v ...

(born 1994), Italian singer *

Michele Cachia Michele Cachia (; 30 September 1760 – 24 January 1839) was a Maltese people, Maltese architect and military engineer. He is also known for his role during the Siege of Malta (1798–1800), Maltese uprising of 1798–1800. Life Michele Cachia ...

(1760–1839), Maltese architect and military engineer *

Michele Canini Michele Canini (born 5 June 1985) is an Italian former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Cagliari & early career After a loan spell in Serie C1 team Sambenedettese, his first club Atalanta sold him to Cagliari Calcio in co-owner ...

(born 1985), Italian footballer *

Michele Dell'Orco Michele Dell'Orco (born 7 September 1985) is an Italian politician. He was Undersecretary to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport from 2018 to 2019. References Living people 1985 births Deputies of Legislature XVII of Italy Fi ...

(born 1985), Italian politician *

Michele Emiliano Michele Emiliano (born 23 July 1959) is an Italian politician and former judge. He is the incumbent president of Apulia Region since June 2015, and he previously served as mayor of Bari from 2004 to 2014. Emiliano has often been considered a pop ...

(born 1959), Italian politician and former judge *

Michele Ferrero Michele Ferrero (; 26 April 1925 – 14 February 2015) was an Italian billionaire businessman. He owned the chocolate manufacturer Ferrero SpA, Europe's second-largest confectionery company (at the time of his death), which he developed from th ...

(1925–2015), Italian businessman, owner of chocolate maker

Ferrero SpA Ferrero International SpA ( , ), more commonly known as Ferrero Group or simply Ferrero, is an Italian multinational company with headquarters in Alba. Ferrero is a manufacturer of branded chocolate and confectionery products, and the second ...

Michele Greco Michele Greco (; 12 May 1924 – 13 February 2008) was a member of the Sicilian Mafia and a convicted murderer. Greco died in prison while serving multiple life sentences. His nickname was ''Il Papa'' ("The Pope") due to his ability to mediate b ...

(1924–2008), Sicilian mafioso * Mikelangelo (Michele) Loconte (born 1973), Italian musician and author *

Michele Monti Michele Monti (5 June 1970 – 8 December 2018) was an Italian judoka. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded a ...

(1970–2018), Italian judoka *

Michele Morrone Michele Morrone (; born 3 October 1990) is an Italian actor and singer. He gained international recognition after portraying the lead role in the 2020 erotic thriller '' 365 Days'' and its sequels, '' 365 Days: This Day'' and '' The Next 365 Da ...

(born 1990), Italian actor * Michele Paolucci (born 1986), Italian footballer * Michele Pasinato (1969–2021), Italian volleyball player *

Michele De Pietro Michele De Pietro (1884–1967) was an Italian lawyer and politician. He was the vice president of the Italian Senate for two terms and the minister of justice in the period 1954–1956. Early life and education De Pietro was born in Cursi, Le ...

(1884–1967), Italian lawyer and politician *

Michele Placido Michele Placido (; born 19 May 1946) is an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Belloc ...

(born 1946), Italian actor *

Michele Rüfenacht Michele Rüfenacht (born September 15, 1959) is a retired decathlete from Switzerland, who finished in tenth place (7924 points) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He is a three-time national champion (1980, 1984 and 1987) in ...

(born 1959), Swiss decathlete *

Michele Santoro Michele Santoro (born 2 July 1951) is an Italian journalist, television host and presenter. He also served till October 2005 as Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy with the United in the Olive Tree list, part of the Socialis ...

(born 1951), Italian anchorman/journalist *

Michele Scarponi Michele Scarponi (25 September 1979 – 22 April 2017) was an Italian road bicycle racer who rode professionally for the , Aurum Hotels, Domina Vacanze–Elitron, , , , and teams from 2002 until his death in 2017. During his career, Scarponi h ...

(1979–2017), Italian professional bicyclist * Michele Sepe (born 1986), Italian rugby union player * Michele Serra (born 1954), Italian writer and journalist *

Michele Sindona Michele Sindona (; 8 May 1920 – 22 March 1986) was an Italian banker and convicted felon. Known in banking circles as "The Shark", Sindona was a banker for the Sicilian Mafia and the Vatican. Sindona was a member of the fascist Propagand ...

(1920–1986), Italian banker *

Michele Soavi Michele Soavi, sometimes known as Michael Soavi (born 3 July 1957)Baldassarre, Angela (1999) "The Great Dictators: Interviews with Filmmakers of Italian Descent", Guernica Editions, is an Italian filmmaker, actor, and screenwriter best known f ...

(born 1957), Italian film director

Women with the given name Michele

Michèle Alliot-Marie Michèle Yvette Marie-Thérèse Jeanne Honorine Alliot-Marie (; born 10 September 1946), known in France as MAM, is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from France. She is a member of the The Republicans (France), Rep ...

(born 1946), French politician * Michele Amas (1961–2016), New Zealand actress, playwright and poet * Michèle Artigue (born 1946), French mathematics educator * Michèle Audin (born 1954), French mathematician *

Michele Bachmann Michele Marie Bachmann (; née Amble; born April 6, 1956) is an American politician who was the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for from 2007 until 2015. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican P ...

(born 1956), former

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* Michele Baldwin (1966–2012) also known as Lady Ganga, stand up paddled 700 miles down the Ganges River to raise awareness of cervical cancer * Michele Beevors, Australian sculptor * Michele Bullock (born 1962/1963), Australian economist * Michele Di Menna (born 1980), Canadian artist *

Michele Dotrice Michele Dotrice (born 27 September 1948) is an English actress. She played Betty Spencer, the long-suffering wife of Frank Spencer (Michael Crawford), Frank Spencer, portrayed by Michael Crawford, in the BBC sitcom ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'', ...

(born 1948), English actress of ''

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC1, created and written by Raymond Allen (scriptwriter), Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice. It was first broadcast in 1973 and ran for two series, inc ...

'' fame *

Michele Elliott Michele Irmiter Elliott OBE is an author, psychologist, teacher and the founder and director of child protection charity Kidscape. She has chaired World Health Organization and Home Office working groups and is a Winston Churchill fellow. Earl ...

, British author, psychologist, teacher and the founder child protection charity Kidscape * Michele K. Evans, American internist and medical oncologist * Michele Fitzgerald Winner of Survivor: Kaoh Rong and contestant on The Challenge *

Michele Gumabao Michele Theresa Imperial Gumabao-Panlilio (; born September 2, 1992) is a Filipino volleyball player and beauty pageant titleholder. She is currently signed to the Creamline Cool Smashers of the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), and has previo ...

(born 1992), Filipina volleyball player and beauty queen * Michèle Lalonde (1937–2021), Canadian dramatist, essayist, playwright and poet *

Michele Lee Michele Lee (born June 24, 1942) is an American actress, singer, dancer, producer and director. She is known for her role as Karen Fairgate MacKenzie on the prime-time soap opera ''Knots Landing'', for which she was nominated for a 1982 Emmy A ...

(born 1942), American actress * Michele MacNaughton (born 1973), South African field hockey player * Michèle Magny (born 1944), Canadian actress, playwright, and director *

Michele Merkin Michele Merkin (born June 25, 1975) is an American former model (profession), model and television presenter, television host. Early life and beginnings Merkin was born in Santa Clara County, California, of Swedish and Russian Jewish descent a ...

(born 1975), American model and television host * Michele Meyer, American politician *Chrisette Michele Payne, known as

Chrisette Michele Chrisette Michele Payne (born December 8, 1982) is an American R&B and soul singer. She won a Grammy Award for Best Urban/Alternative Performance in 2009 for her song " Be OK" (featuring will.i.am). She was previously signed to Motown Recor ...

, American neo-soul singer *Lea Michele Sarfati, known as

Lea Michele Lea Michele Sarfati ( ; born August 29, 1986) is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She began her career as a child actress on Broadway, appearing in productions of ''Les Misérables'' (1995–1996), ''Ragtime'' (1997–1999), ''Fid ...

(born 1986), American actress * Michele Mitchell (born 1962), American diver *

Michèle Mouton Michèle Hélène Raymonde Mouton (born 23 June 1951) is a French former rally driver. Competing in the World Rally Championship for the Audi factory team, she took four victories and finished runner-up in the drivers' world championship in 198 ...

(born 1951), French former rally driver * Michèle Plomer (born 1965), Canadian writer and translator *

Michèle Renouf Michele Suzanne Renouf ( Mainwaring; born 1946) is an Australian-born British political activist. An article in ''The Sunday Telegraph'' in February 2009 described her as a "one-time actress" and "former model and beauty queen" who since the la ...

(born 1946), Australian socialite and Holocaust denier * Michele Romanow (born 1985), Canadian entrepreneur *

Michèle Rosier Michèle Rosier (; born Michèle Raudnitz, 3 June 1929 – 2 April 2017) was a French fashion journalist and designer who founded the V de V sportswear label. In addition to this, she worked as a film director and screenwriter since 1973. Early ...

(1930–2017), French director, screenwriter, and fashion designer * Michèle Sarde (born 1939), French writer * Michele Scarabelli (born 1955), Canadian actress * Michèle Sebag, French computer scientist *

Michèle Stephenson Michèle Stephenson is a Haitian filmmaker and former human rights attorney. Career With spouse Joe Brewster, Stephenson founded the Rada Film Group. While raising a family in Brooklyn, New York, they directed and produced documentary and fict ...

Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

an filmmaker and former human rights attorney *

Michele Tafoya Michele Tafoya (born 1964/1965) is an American reporter and retired sports broadcaster for CBS and NBC. Most notably, from 2011 to 2022, she worked primarily as a sideline reporter for ''NBC Sunday Night Football''. Over the course of her career ...

, American sports journalist *

Michele Timms Michele Margaret Timms (born 28 June 1965) is an Australian basketball coach and former player. She played five seasons for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was inducted into the Women's Basketball ...

(born 1965), Australian basketball player *

Michele Waagaard Michele Waagaard (Thai มิเชล วอกอร์ด, born 1980) is a Norwegian-Thai model, pop star, MTV VJ, and radio host. In 1995 she won the title as Model of the Year for the Thai teen magazine ''The Boy''. Michele studied at Bang ...

(born 1980), Thai model, singer and radio host * Michele Zappavigna (born 1978), Australian linguist

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Alessandro Michele Alessandro Michele (; born 25 November 1972) is an Italian fashion designer and creative director of Valentino. He grew to international recognition as the creative director of Gucci, the Italian fashion luxury house where he worked from 2002 to ...

, Italian fashion designer * Draya Michele, American media personality *

, American actress, singer and songwriter *

Michael Michele Michael Michele Williams (born August 30, 1966) is an American actress and fashion designer. She began her career on stage before appearing opposite Wesley Snipes in the 1991 film ''New Jack City''. In the 1990s, Michele had leading roles in t ...

, American actress *

Riki Michele Riki Michele (born Michele Bunch, currently Michele Palmer) started her musical career as a female Christian alternative rock artist. Best known as one of the vocalists for Adam Again, she has also recorded four eclectic solo albums. A reviewer fo ...

, American singer *

Alicia Michele Alicia or Adelasa (d. ''after'' 1156) was the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Domenico Michiel (r. 1117–1130) and the mother of the Doge Vital II Michiel. She was politically active during the reign of her spouse, continued to be a p ...

, Dogaressa of Venice 1117–1130

Men with the given name Michele

Women with the given name Michele

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