Miguel
Appearance
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Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to:
Places
[edit]- Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands
- São Miguel (disambiguation), various locations in Azores, Portugal, Brazil and Cape Verde
People
[edit]Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Miguel (singer) (born 1985), Miguel Jontel Pimentel, American recording artist
- Miguel Bosé (born 1956), Spanish pop new wave musician and actor
- Miguel Calderón (born 1971), artist and writer
- Miguel Cancel (born 1968), former American singer
- Miguel Córcega (1929–2008), Mexican actor and director
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Spanish author
- Miguel Delibes (1920–2010), Spanish novelist
- Miguel Ferrer (1955–2017), American actor
- Miguel Galván (1957–2008), Mexican actor
- Miguel Gómez (photographer) (born 1974), Colombian / American photographer.
- Miguel Ángel Landa (born 1936), Venezuelan actor, stand-up comedian, and television personality
- Miguel Mihura (1905–1977), Spanish absurdist playwright
- Miguel Morayta (1907–2013), Spanish film director and screenwriter
- Miguel Ocampo (1922–2015), Argentine painter and diplomat
- Miguel Ríos (born 1944), Spanish singer and actor
- Miguel Sandoval (born 1951), American film and televisionactor
Politics
[edit]- Miguel Boyer (1939–2014), Spanish politician
- Miguel Brugueras (1939–2006), Cuban politician and diplomat
- Miguel Díaz-Canel (born 1960), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba since 2021
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753–1811), Mexican priest and revolutionary rebel leader
- Miguel Malvar (1865–1911), Filipino revolutionary and president of the Philippines
- Miguel Maura (1887–1971), Spanish politician
- Miguel Portas (1958–2012), Portuguese politician
- Miguel Santa Lucía Ojopi Sosa (born 1967), Bolivian businessman and politician
- Middle name
- Juan Miguel "Migz" Fernandez Zubiri (born 1969), Filipino politician
Portuguese royalty
[edit]- Miguel of Portugal (1802–1866), King of Portugal
- Miguel, Duke of Braganza (1853–1927), Portuguese pretender, son of King Miguel I
- Prince Miguel, Duke of Viseu (1878–1923), Portuguese prince, older son of Miguel II
- Miguel da Paz (1498–1500), older son of King Manuel I of Portugal
- Infante Miguel de Bragança (1699–1724), natural son of King Pedro II of Portugal
- Miguel, Prince of Beira
Sports
[edit]- Nigel Miguel (born 1963), Belizean/American actor, film producer, film commissioner, former basketball player
- Miguel Andújar (born 1995), Dominican Republic professional baseball player
- Miguel Cabrera (born 1983), Venezuelan professional baseball player
- Miguel Comminges (born 1982), Guadeloupean footballer
- Miguel Cotto (born 1980), Puerto Rican boxer
- Miguel Duhamel (born 1968), Canadian motorcycle racer
- Miguel González (pitcher) (born 1984), Mexican professional baseball player
- Miguel Hiraldo (born 2000), Dominican Republic professional baseball player
- Miguel Induráin (born 1964), Spanish cyclist
- Miguel Maia (born 1971), Portuguese beach volleyball player
- Miguel Molina (footballer) (born 1993), Spanish football coach
- Miguel Monteiro (born 1980), Portuguese footballer, known as "Miguel"
- Miguel Montero (born 1983), Venezuelan-American former professional baseball player
- Miguel Montes (footballer, born 1980) (born 1980), Salvadoran footballer
- Miguel Ángel Niño (born 1968), Colombian road cyclist
- Miguel Ponce (born 1971), Chilean footballer
- Miguel Sanabria (born 1964), Paraguayan footballer
- Miguel Ángel Sanabria (1967–2006), Colombian road cyclist
- Miguel Sanó (born 1993), Dominican Republic professional baseball player
- Miguel Tejada (born 1974), Dominican Republic former professional baseball player
- Miguel Ubeto (born 1976), Venezuelan road cyclist
- Miguel Veloso (born 1986), Portuguese footballer
- Miguel Yajure (born 1998), Venezuelan professional baseball player
Others
[edit]- Miguel Vicente de Abreu (1827–1883), Goan historian
- Miguel Benzo Perea (born 1951), Spanish journalist and diplomat
- Miguel Dongil y Sánchez (born 1987), Spanish historian
- Miguel de Icaza (born 1972), Mexican software developer and GNOME founder
- Wanigamuni Miguel Mendes Wimalarathna (1823–1890), Sri Lankan Sinhala Buddhist orator
- Miguel Patricio (born 1966/1967), Portuguese businessman
- Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela (born 1943), cofounder of the Cali cartel
- Miguel Sánchez (1594–1674), novohispanic priest, writer and theologician
- Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936), Spanish philosopher
- Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (born 1946), Mexican drug lord
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Fictional entities
[edit]- Miguel, a character in the animated series Beyblade G Revolution
- Miguel, a bullfighter in the fighting game Human Killing Machine
- Miguel, a protagonist in the DreamWorks animated film The Road to El Dorado
- Miguel, a character in the TV series The Walking Dead
- Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, a regular character on the soap opera Passions
- Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-Man of 2099
- Miguel Cassidy, the youngest Cassidy child from Dino Ranch
- Miguel Prado, a character played by Jimmy Smits during the third season of the TV series Dexter
- Miguel Caballero Rojo, a character from the Tekken video game series
- Miguel Diaz from Cobra Kai
- Miguel Santos, Maya's brother in the PBS animated series Maya & Miguel
- Don Miguel, a notorious 19th-century whale mentioned in Moby-Dick
- Miguel Rivera, the protagonist in the Pixar animated film Coco
- Miguel, a blue down-to-earth, active and energetic Anubis chihuahua from Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty
Other
[edit]- Miguel Street, a semi-autobiographical novel by V. S. Naipaul, published in 1959
- Miguel (album), a 1957 album by Dalida
- Miguel (TV series), an Israeli drama television series