What is "michael"

masc. proper name, name of an archangel, from Late Latin Michael (source of French Michel, Spanish Miguel), from Greek Mikhael, from Hebrew Mikha-el, literally "Who is like God?"

Michael is a male given name that comes from (Mīkhāʼēl, pronounced ), derived from the question מי כאל mī kāʼēl, meaning " Who is like God?". In English, it is sometimes shortened to Mike, Mikey, Mickey, Micha, or Mick.

Female forms of Michael include Michelle, Michele, Michaela, Mechelle, Micheline, and Michaelle, although Michael is occasionally seen as a female name; women named Michael include actresses Michael Learned and Michael Michele. Another form is Mychal, which can either be a male or female name.

Patronymic surnames that come from Michael include Michaels, Carmichael, MacMichael, McMichael, Micallef, Michaelson, Mikkelsen, DiMichele, Mikhaylov, Mykhaylenko, Mikeladze, Michels, and Mitchell.

Michael (; ; ; ; ) is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and Lutheran traditions, he is called "Saint Michael the Archangel" and "Saint Michael". In the Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox traditions, he is called " Taxiarch Archangel Michael" or simply "Archangel Michael".

Michael is mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel, once as a "great prince who stands up for the children of your people". The idea that Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent that, in spite of the rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between God and his people, Michael came to occupy a certain place in the Jewish liturgy.

In the New Testament Michael leads God's armies against Satan's forces in the Book of Revelation, where during the war in heaven he defeats Satan. In the Epistle of Jude Michael is specifically referred to as "the archangel Michael". Christian sanctuaries to Michael appeared in the 4th century, when he was first seen as a healing angel, and then over time as a protector and the leader of the army of God against the forces of evil. By the 6th century, devotions to Archangel Michael were widespread both in the Eastern and Western Churches. Over time, teachings on Michael began to vary among Christian denominations.

"Michael" is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the fourth single from their eponymous debut studio album on 16 August 2004 through Domino Records. The song was notable for its homoerotic lyrics such as "stubble on my sticky lips" and "beautiful boys on a beautiful dancefloor". It was released in multiple formats, including a 7" vinyl, two 12" vinyls, and two CDs. The second CD that was released was pulled from stores a day after its release due to chart ineligibility as it had three tracks on it instead of two, which is the allowed amount of tracks for the CD2 format. It was later re-released with only two tracks. The song had significant chart performance as it peaked at number 17 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 39 on the Irish Singles Chart. The song has been featured in the soundtracks for the video games Gran Turismo 4 and Dancing Stage Max.

Michael is a 1996 American fantasy film directed by Nora Ephron. The film stars John Travolta as the Archangel Michael, who is sent to Earth to do various tasks, including mending some wounded hearts. The cast includes Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Joey Lauren Adams and Robert Pastorelli as people who cross Michael's path. This was the last Turner Pictures film to be distributed by New Line Cinema; Warner Home Video distributed the home video release of Michael (1996) and the theatrical release of Fallen (1998).

The original music score was composed by Randy Newman. The dance scene and other location shots were filmed at the community center of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Cornhill, Texas, and on country roads near Walburg, Texas, as well as at Texas's Gruene Hall.

Contrary to popular depictions of angels, Michael is portrayed as a boozing, smoking slob – yet capable of imparting unexpected wisdom.

The same year Travolta appeared in another film, Phenomenon, also as a character with supernatural powers who profoundly affects those around him.

Michael Puig (March 17, 1973, Cameroon – April 19, 2000) was the first male 'talking' gorilla. He had a working vocabulary of over 600 signs in American Sign Language, taught to him by Koko, a female gorilla; Dr. Francine Patterson (to whom the gorillas referred using the sign "penny"); and other staff of Stanford University. Michael, an orphan, spent most of his life in Woodside, California, where he became a local celebrity and well-known painter, creating vividly colourful abstract works.

Michael is a common given name.

Michael may also refer to:

Metropolitan Michael, (secular name Theodot Nykyforovych Khoroshy; 10 July 1885, Fyodorovka, near Chigirin, Russian Empire – May 5, 1977, Toronto) was a bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada from 1951–1977, and the Church's Metropolitan from 1973 until his resignation in 1975.

Michael (also known as Mikaël, Chained: The Story of the Third Sex, and Heart's Desire) was a German silent film released in 1924, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, director of other notable silents such as The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), Master of the House (1925), and Leaves from Satan's Book (1921). The film stars Walter Slezak as the titular Michael, the young assistant and model to the artist Claude Zoret ( Benjamin Christensen). Along with Different From the Others (1919) and Sex in Chains (1928), Michael is widely considered a landmark in gay silent cinema.

The film is based on Herman Bang's 1902 novel Mikaël. It is the second screen adaptation of the book, the first being The Wings, made eight years prior by director Mauritz Stiller. Michael, however, follows Bang's storyline much more closely than the earlier film version.

Michael was a Bulgarian nobleman, the son of Tsar Konstantin Tih of Bulgaria and Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene, niece of emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos of the Byzantine Empire. He was born in 1270, was declared porphyrogennetos (perhaps to block any older sons of Constantine from inheriting the throne), and was crowned co-emperor by his parents in or before 1272.

When his fatherwas killed in battle against Ivailo in 1277, Michael was left as the nominal legitimate emperor of Bulgaria, but he ruled under the guidance of his mother, and his control was quickly restricted to the capital Tărnovo. While much of the provinces fell into the hands of Ivailo, his great-uncle Michael VIII put forward his own pretender to the throne, Ivan Asen III, a son of Mitso Asen of Bulgaria and Maria of Bulgaria.

With Byzantine armies marching north intent on placing Ivan Asen III on the throne, Maria Kantakouzene came to an arrangement with Ivailo, whereby she married her husband's murderer and associated him on the throne together with her son. Ivailo was successful in resisting the Byzantine encroachments until he was blockaded by the Golden Horde of Nogai Khan inside Drăstăr ( Silistra) for three months in 1279. Assuming that he was dead, the city nobles opened the gates of Tărnovo to the besieging Byzantine army and accepted Ivan Asen III as emperor.

Together with his mother Maria, Michael was sent into captivity in the Byzantine Empire. He reappeared on the pages of history only about 1302, when a faction of the Bulgarian nobility invited him to recover his throne from Theodore Svetoslav. Although provided with Byzantine military support, Michael proved unable to assert himself in Bulgaria. The date of his death is unknown.

Michael was a medieval Bishop of Hereford elect. He was a canon of Lichfield Cathedral before being elected by the cathedral chapter of Hereford Cathedral to succeed Ralph de Maidstone, but the election was quashed in August 1240.

"Michael" is a pastoral poem, written by William Wordsworth in 1800 and first published in the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads. The poem is one of William Wordsworth's best known poems and the subject of much critical literature. It tells the story of an aging shepherd, Michael, and his only child Luke.

Michael lost half his land when he used it as a surety for a nephew who had met with financial misfortune. When Luke reaches the age of 18, Michael sends Luke to stay with a merchant that he might learn a trade and acquire sufficient wealth to regain the land that Michael has lost. It breaks Michael's heart to send Luke away and he makes Luke lay the first stone of a sheepfold as a covenant between them that Luke will return. However, Luke is corrupted in the city and is forced to flee the country and Michael must live out his life without his son. He returns sometimes to the sheepfold but no longer has the heart to complete it....

The epigraph of George Eliot's Silas Marner is taken from the poem.

The story of "Michael" may derive in part from the famous "Parable of the Prodigal Son" in the Bible.

Michael: A German Destiny in Diary Form (ISBN 0941693007) is a semi-autobiographical novel authored by the German propagandist Joseph Goebbels and published in 1929. It is a three-part work of which only Parts I and III have survived. The novel is a combination of Goebbels' own thoughts and the life of his best friend Richard Flisges who had actually fought in World War I, and later ended his college studies to work in a mine where he died in an accident. That is what happens to the novel's protagonist Michael who meets his "sacrificial death" on 29 January 1921.

Michael is a 2011 Austrian drama film directed by Markus Schleinzer which resembles the famous Natascha Kampusch case from the offender's viewpoint. It premiered In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It is Schleinzer's directorial debut.

Michael Bishop is a fictional character of the CW television series Nikita, portrayed by Shane West. He is the primary romantic interest to Nikita.

Michael is a 2011 Indian psychological thriller film directed by Ribhu Dasgupta and produced by Anurag Kashyap.

Michael is the first posthumous album of previously unreleased tracks by American singer Michael Jackson.

• It is his seventh album released through Epic Records, and it was released on December 10, 2010 by Epic Records and Sony Music Entertainment. Michael was the first release of all new Michael Jackson material in nine years since Invincible in 2001. Production of the album was handled by several producers such as Teddy Riley, Theron "Neff-U" Feemster, C. "Tricky" Stewart, Eddie Cascio, among others and features guest performances by Akon, 50 Cent and Lenny Kravitz. Michael is the seventh Jackson album to be released by Sony and Motown/Universal since Jackson's death in June 2009.

The album produced four singles: " Hold My Hand", released on November 15, 2010, which reached number 39 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, " Hollywood Tonight", released on February 11, 2011, and " Behind the Mask" released on February 21, 2011. The music video for "Hold My Hand" was directed by Mark Pellington, and had its worldwide debut on December 9, 2010. The music video for "Hollywood Tonight" was directed by Wayne Isham, who also directed the video for Michael Jackson's " You Are Not Alone" in 1995 at one of the very same locations where he filmed it—the Pantages Theatre near the famed corner of Hollywood and Vine. The video had its worldwide debut on March 10, 2011. " (I Like) The Way You Love Me" was released in South Korea as a digital single on January 18, 2011, and released to Italian and Chinese radio stations in July 2011.

On Friday, December 10, 2010, a poster depicting the Michael album artwork was erected at the Rectory Farm in Middlesex, England, which broke a Guinness World Record for the largest poster in the world.

"Michael (the Lover)" is a soul song originally performed by American Chicago soul group the C.O.D.'s.

The song was written by the group's lead singer Larry Brownlee who was murdered in 1978. It was released as a single on Kellmac Records in the United States and Stateside in the United Kingdom and made it to number 5 on the Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles chart in 1965. The song was produced by Leon Singleton and arranged by Pete Matthews.

The song was later remade by the Mad Lads, appearing on their 1966 album The Mad Lads In Action (Volt 414), and by the Northern soul Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band (Piccadilly 7N 35359). Washington's version reached #39 on the UK charts. The 1980 song " Geno", a tribute to Washington and his band, notes "You were Michael the lover, the fighter that won".

"Michael" is the eleventh episode of the third season of the American musical television series Glee, and the fifty-fifth overall. Written by co-creator Ryan Murphy and directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, the episode aired on Fox in the United States on January 31, 2012. It is a special tribute episode to Michael Jackson, and features eight of his songs as a solo artist, and one he sang as part of The Jackson 5.

Reviews were widely varied for the episode: some felt it was the best of the third season to date, and others were quite critical, though the overall mix was somewhat more positive than negative. A number of reviewers noted that tribute episodes have tended to be light on plot, though several felt that this episode had surmounted the usual storyline problems that had plagued past tributes.

The episode's musical performances were viewed more favorably, with many of the nine performances given high praise, including " Wanna Be Startin' Somethin', " Human Nature", " Smooth Criminal", and " Scream", the last of these primarily for Kevin McHale's dancing. Five of the songs—the first three above plus " Bad" and " Black or White"—charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100, while the other four were also released as singles but did not chart.

Upon its initial airing, this episode was viewed by 9.07 million American viewers and received a 3.7/10 Nielsen rating/share in the 18–49 demographic. The total viewership was up over 20% from the previous episode, " Yes/No".

Michael is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan Michael (born 1967), Scottish artist
• Ali Michael (born 1990), American fashion model
• Alun Michael (born 1943), British politician
• Andrew Michael (entrepreneur) (born 1980), British entrepreneur
• Arky Michael, Australian actor and writer
• Asot Michael, Antigua and Barbuda politician
• Barry Michael (born 1955), Australian boxer
• Bill Michael (born 1935), American football coach
• Bill Michael (footballer) (1874–?), Scottish footballer
• Blake Michael (born 1996), American actor
• Christine Michael (born 1990), American football player
• Christopher Michael, American actor
• Chrysis Michael (born 1977), Cypriot footballer
• Clem Michael (born 1976), Australian rules footballer
• Con Michael (born 1953), Australian cricketer
• Danny Michael, American audio engineer
• Edge Michael, Jamaican singer-songwriter
• El Moreno Michael (born 1967), Venezuelan singer
• Ernest Michael (1925–2013), American mathematician
• Gene Michael (born 1938), American baseball player, manager and executive
• George Michael (disambiguation), multiple people
  • George Michael (born 1963), English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
• Georgios Michael, Greek industrial designer
• Glen Michael (born 1926), English television presenter and radio personality
• Gregory Michael (born 1981), American actor
• Harold Michael (born 1943), American politician
• Holger Michael (born 1954), German diplomat
• Ib Michael (born 1945), Danish novelist and poet
• Jack Michael, American psychologist
• James Michael (born 1968), American singer, musician and record producer
• Jere Michael (born 1977), American figure skater
• John Michael (disambiguation), multiple people
• Jonathan Michael, British civil servant
• Jörg Michael (born 1963), German drummer
• Judith Michael, American writer
• Juliet Raphael Michael, South Sudanese politician
• Junior Michael (born 1971), Samoan footballer
• Kamran Michael, Pakistani politician
• Kate Michael (born 1982), American beauty pageant winner
• Keith Michael (born 1972), American fashion designer
• Ken Michael (born 1938), Australian politician
• Kevin Michael (born 1985), American musician
• Levi Michael (born 1991), American baseball player
• Livi Michael (born 1960), English writer
• Lorraine Michael (born 1943), Canadian politician
• Magali Cornier Michael, American literary critic
• Mal Michael (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
• Marcos Michael (born 1991), Cypriot footballer
• Michael Michael (born 1957), English criminal
• Michalis Michael (born 1987), Cypriot footballer
• Mick Michael (born 1922), Australian politician
• Nadja Michael (born 1969), German opera singer
• Nancy Michael, American politician
• Natasha Michael, South African politician
• Peter Michael (disambiguation), multiple people
• Philip Michael, English actor
• Riad Michael, German musician and music producer
• Rich Michael (born 1938), American football player
• Rod Michael (born 1985), American singer
• Roger Michael, British nightlife consultant
• Sam Michael (born 1971), Australian Formula One sporting director
• Sami Michael (born 1926), Israeli writer
• Sarah Michael (born 1990), Nigerian footballer
• Sean Michael (disambiguation), multiple people
• Sinead Michael (born 1998), English actress
• Stephen Michael (born 1956), Australian rules footballer
• Wijdan Michael, Iraqi politician
• Yegizaw Michael, Eritrean artist

Michael ( 1042–58) was a Byzantine patrikios, magistros and doux of the Theme of Dyrrhachium. He was sent in 1042 by Emperor Constantine IX to attack the Serbian rebel Stefan Vojislav, but was defeated. In 1048, he was the doux of Paristrion. George Cedrenus later mentions magistros Michael, patrikios Theodore Chryselios and patrikios Christopher Pyrrhos as supporting Patriarch Michael Keroularios in his dispute with Emperor Isaac I Komnenos (1058). He was the son of logothetes Anastasios.