Mischa is a diminutive form of the name Mikhail.

Men

Mischa Auer Mischa Auer (born Mikhail Semyonovich Unkovsky, ; 17 November 1905 – 5 March 1967) was a Russian-American actor who moved to Hollywood in the late 1920s. He first appeared in film in 1928. Auer had a long career playing in many of the era's ...

(1905–1967), Russian actor born Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky * Mikhail

Mischa Bakaleinikoff Mikhail Romanovich "Mischa" Bakaleinikov (also spelled Bakaleynikov and Bakaleinikoff; ; November 10, 1890, Moscow – August 10, 1960, Los Angeles) was a noted musical director, film composer and conductor. Personal life Brother to Constan ...

(1890–1960), Russian-born musical director, Hollywood film composer and conductor *

Mischa Berlinski Mischa Berlinski (born 1973 in New York, United States) is an American author. His first novel, ''Fieldwork'', was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award. In 2008 Berlinski won a $50,000 Whiting Award, given to writers showing early promise ...

(born 1973), American writer *

Mischa Boelens Mischa Boelens (born 23 February 1995) is a Curaçaoan former footballer who plays as a right back. He also holds Dutch citizenship. Club career He made his professional debut in the Eerste Divisie for Achilles '29 on 7 August 2015 in a game ag ...

(born 1995), Curaçaoan footballer * Mischa Cotlar (1913–2007), Ukrainian mathematician * Mischa Daniels, Dutch music producer * Mischa Dohler (born 1975), Fellow of the

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE has a corporate office ...

and the

Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a learned society that champions innovation and progress across a multitude of sectors by fostering creativity, s ...

* Mikhail

Mischa Elman Mischa (Mikhail Saulovich) Elman (; January 20, 1891April 5, 1967) was a Russian-American violinist famed for his passionate style, beautiful tone, and impeccable artistry and musicality. Early life Moses or Moishe Elman was born to a Jewish fa ...

(1891–1967), Ukrainian-born Jewish-American violinist *

Mischa Hausserman Mischa Hausserman (October 31, 1941 – August 30, 2021) was an Austrian-born American film and television actor. Hausserman was born in Vienna, Austria on October 31, 1941. He moved to the United States in 1965, and studied acting at the Herb ...

(born 1941), Austrian-American actor *

Mischa Hiller Mischa Hiller (born 1962) is a British novelist. His novel ''Sabra Zoo'' won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, best first book prize, presented in Sydney, Australia in May 2011. Personal life He grew up in the United Kingdom and Dar es Salaam, ...

(born 1962), British novelist *

Mischa Maisky Mischa Maisky (, , ; born 10 January 1948) is a Soviet-born Israeli cellist. Biography Mischa Maisky was born in 1948 in Riga and is the younger brother of organist, harpsichordist and musicologist Valery Maisky (1942–1981). He was taught by ...

, Soviet-born Israeli cellist * Mischa Markow (1854–1934), pioneering Mormon missionary in Europe *

Mischa Mischakoff Mischa Mischakoff (April 16, 1895 – February 1, 1981, born Mykhailo Isaakovych Fishberg) was an outstanding violin, violinist who, as a concertmaster, led many of America's greatest orchestras from the 1920s to the 1960s. Mischakoff was born ...

(1895–1981), Ukrainian-born American violinist and concertmaster * Mischa Portnoff (1901–1979), German-born American composer and teacher *

Mischa Richter Mischa Richter (1910 – March 23, 2001) was an American cartoonist best known for his numerous cartoons published in ''The New Yorker'' over decades. Early life Richter was born in Kharkov, Russian Empire, where his father was the city's C ...

(1910–2001), American cartoonist best known for his work in ''The New Yorker'' * Mischa Schwartz (born 1926), professor emeritus of electrical engineering at

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

Mischa Spoliansky Mischa Spoliansky (28 December 1898 – 28 June 1985) was a Russian-born composer who made his name writing cabaret and revue songs in the Weimar Republic of the 1920s and early 1930s. He was forced to emigrate to London in 1933 when Hitler ro ...

(1898–1985), Russian-born composer *

Markus Wolf Markus Johannes Wolf (19 January 1923 – 9 November 2006), also known as Mischa, was a German spymaster who served as the head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for Sta ...

(1923–2006), East German spymaster * Mikhail

Mischa Zverev Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev. (born 22 August 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 24 July 2017. At the 2017 Australian Open, Zverev defeated world No. 1 An ...

(born 1987), German tennis player

Women

Mischa Barton Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born 24 January 1986) is a British-American film, television, and stage actress. She began her career on the stage, appearing in Tony Kushner's '' Slavs!'' and took the lead in James Lapine's '' Twelve Dreams'' at ...

(born 1986), British-American actress and former child model *

Mischa Merz Mischa Merz (born 1964) is an Australian boxer, painter and journalist and the owner of Mischa's Boxing Central in Footscray where she has been head coach since 2013. She became part of a pioneering cohort of female boxers when she started compe ...

(born 1957), Australian boxer, painter and journalist

Fictional characters

* Mischa, a tomcat in the 1996 Japanese anime TV series ''

The Story of Cinderella is a Japanese 1996 anime television series based on the fairytale of the same name by Charles Perrault and The Brothers Grimm. It was produced by Tatsunoko Production. The series originally aired from April 4 to October 3, 1996, comprising 26 ...

'' by

Hiroshi Sasagawa is a Japanese creator of several anime and manga series. His name is romanized in some sources as ''Hiroshi Sasakawa''. Sasagawa is better known for directing several anime series including Time Bokan, Speed Racer, The Genie Family, Ninja Hatto ...

* Mischa Fox, in the 1956 novel ''

The Flight from the Enchanter ''The Flight from the Enchanter'' is a 1956 novel by Iris Murdoch Dame Jean Iris Murdoch ( ; 15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish and British novelist and philosopher. Murdoch is best known for her novels about good and evil, sexu ...

'' by Iris Murdoch * Mischa Lecter, in the novel ''

Hannibal Hannibal (; ; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Punic people, Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Ancient Carthage, Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War. Hannibal's fat ...

'', sister of Hannibal Lecter * Mischa Bachinski, in the Canadian musical ''

Ride the Cyclone ''Ride the Cyclone'' is a 2008 musical with music, lyrics and book by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell. It is the second installment in Richmond's "Uranium Teen Scream Trilogy", a collection of three theatrical works, one not yet written, that t ...

'' with music and lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell.

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