Mikhail
Michail is a male given name .
Origin and meaning
The name is the Russian (Михаил) and Eastern European variant of the first name Michael .
Name bearer
- Mikhail Alexejew (1857-1918), Russian general
- Michail Alpatow (1902–1986), Russian art historian
- Michail Alperin (1956–2018), Russian jazz pianist
- Michail Bakhtin (1895–1975), Russian literary scholar
- Michail Bakunin (1814–1876), Russian anarchist
- Michail Botvinnik (1911–1995), Russian world chess champion
- Michail Bukinik (1872–1947), Ukrainian cellist and composer
- Mikhail Bulgakov (1891-1940), Russian writer
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky (* 1963), Russian entrepreneur
- Michail Fradkow (* 1950), Russian politician
- Michail Frunze (1885–1925), Soviet officer
- Michail Glinka (1804-1857), Russian composer
- Michail Gnessin (1883–1957), Russian composer
- Mikhail Gorbachev (* 1931), Russian politician
- Mikhail Gromov (1899–1985), Russian pilot
- Michail Gromow (* 1943), Russian mathematician
- Mikhail Gribanov (1906–1987), Russian politician
- Mikhail Gurevich alias Mikhail J osifowitsch Gurevich (1893-1976), Soviet aircraft designer
- Mikhail Ivanov (* 1977), Russian cross-country skier
- Michail Jaroslawitsch (1271-1318), Grand Duke of Vladimir
- Mikhail Yefremov (* 1963), Russian film actor and theater director
- Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013), Russian weapons designer
- Michail Kamensky (1738–1809), Russian field marshal
- Michail Kassyanow (* 1957), Russian politician
- Michail Kobalija (* 1978), Russian chess player
- Michail Kolzow (1898–1940 / 1942), Soviet journalist
- Michail Krausnick (1943–2019), German writer
- Michail Kutuzov (1745–1813), Russian Field Marshal General
- Michail Larionow (1881–1964), Russian painter
- Mikhail Lazarev (1788-1851), Russian admiral
- Michail Lavrentjew (1900–1980), Russian mathematician and physicist
- Michail Lermontow (1814–1841), Russian poet
- Michail Lomonossow (1711–1765), Russian writer, chemist, and astronomer
- Michail Mamlejew (* 1975), Russian orienteer, since 2006 Italian, see Mikhail Mamleev
- Michail Matjuschin (1861-1934), German painter
- Michail Mil (1909–1970), Russian helicopter designer
- Michail Nesterow (1862–1942), Russian painter
- Mikhail Nossyrew or Nosyre v (1824–1881), Russian composer
- Michail Pletnjow (* 1957), Russian composer
- Michail Prodan (1912–2002), Romanian-Austrian-German forest scientist
- Mikhail Romanov (1878–1918), Tsar of Russia
- Michail Ryklin (* 1948), Russian philosopher and essayist
- Mikhail Saizew (* 1971), Russian chess player
- Michail Scholochow alias Michail Sholokhov (1905–1984), Russian writer (Nobel Prize 1965)
- Michail Sinar (* 1951), Ukrainian chess composer
- Michail Siwakou (* 1988), Belarusian football player
- Michail Somow (1908–1973), Russian oceanologist
- Michail Sorokin (* 1981), Russian-Kazakh orienteer skier
- Michail Soschtschenko alias Michail So st Schenko (1894–1958), Russian writer
- Michail Tal (1936–1992), Latvian world chess champion
- Mikhail Tyurin (* 1960), Russian cosmonaut
- Michail Tschigorin (1850–1908), Russian chess player
- Michail Tukhachevsky (1893–1937), Russian officer
- Michail Umansky (1952–2010), German-Russian chess player
- Michail Wassiljew (1857–1904), Russian officer
- Michail Wolkenstein (1912–1992), Russian biophysicist
- Mikhail Voronin (1945-2004), Russian gymnast
- Mikhail Voronzow (1782-1856), Russian officer and politician
- Michail Wrubel (1856–1910), Russian painter, sculptor, ceramist and set designer