Top Celebrity Names Starting With Michel

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   Michel Platini

   Age 56 Male
   

   Football Player

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   Michel François Platini is a former French football player and manager, and the president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) since 2007. During his professional footballing career, Platini played for the clubs Nancy, Saint-Étienne, and Juventus, and was a member of the French national team that won the 1984 European Championship, a tournament in which he was the top goalscorer and voted the best player.… read more

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   Michel Legrand

   Age 80 Male
   

   Composer, Conductor, Pianist

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   Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist. His father Raymond Legrand was a conductor and composer renowned for hits such as Irma la douce and his mother, Marcelle Der Mikaëlian (sister of conductor Jacques Hélian), who married Legrand Senior in 1929, was descended from the Armenian bourgeoisie.… read more

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   Michel Henry

   1922 - 2002 Male
   

   Philosopher, Novelist, Writer

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   Michel Henry was a French philosopher and novelist. He wrote five novels and numerous philosophical works. He also lectured at universities in France, Belgium, the United States of America, and Japan.

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   Michel Suleiman

   Age 63 Male
   

   Lebanese Politician

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   Michel Suleiman or Sleiman is the President of Lebanon. Before assuming office as President, he held the position of commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces. After LAF commander Émile Lahoud took office as president in November 1998, Suleiman succeeded him, taking his place in December. Suleiman was later elected President and was sworn into office on May 25, 2008.… read more

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   Michel Barnier

   Age 61 Male
   

   Politician, Umpire, Vice President

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   Michel Barnier is a French politician of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) and Vice President of the European People's Party (EPP). He is the current European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services. He was named Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries on 18 June 2007 and resigned on 7 June 2009 after being elected to the European Parliament. Michel Barnier was born in La Tronche in the Isère département of the Rhône-Alpes région, in France.… read more

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   Michel Rivard

   Age 60 Male
   

   Singer, Songwriter, Musician

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   For the Quebec politician, see Michel Rivard. Michel Rivard (born September 27, 1951), is a singer-songwriter and musician from Quebec. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His father was an actor, Robert Rivard. Michel began his career at an early age appearing in a Canadian television series and in TV commercials. Rivard's career as a writer and composer began in earnest when he became a member of the theatrical group Quenouille Bleue, established in 1970.… read more

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   Michel Rocard

   Age 81 Male
   

   Socialist, Politician, Civil Servant

   
   

   Michel Rocard is a French politician, member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991, during which he created the Revenu minimum d'insertion (RMI), a social minimum welfare program for indigents, and led the Matignon Accords regarding the status of New Caledonia. He is currently a member of the European Parliament, and has been strongly involved in European policies.… read more

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   Michel Aoun

   Age 78 Male
   

   Politician, Ally, Rival

   
   

   Michel Naim Aoun is a former Lebanese Army Commander and currently one of the political allies of Hezbollah. From 22 September 1988 to 13 October 1990, he has served as Prime Minister of the illegal one of two rival governments that contended for power. He declared "The Liberation War" against the Syrian Occupation on the 14th of March 1989.… read more

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   Michel Ocelot

   Age 68 Male
   

   Writer, Director, Scriptwriter

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   Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs and a former president of the International Animated Film Association.

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    Michel Petrucciani

    1962 - 1999 Male
    

    Musician, Pianist

    
    

    Michel Petrucciani was a French jazz pianist.

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    Michel Serres

    Age 81 Male
    

    Philosopher

    
    

    Michel Serres is a French philosopher and author, celebrated for his unusual career.

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    Michel Szulc-Krzyzanowski

    Age 63 Male
    

    Scholar

    
    

    Michel Szulc-Krzyzanowski is a Dutch photographic artist. Beginning as a student, he has traveled all over the world in search of picturesque locations for his autonomous-conceptual photographs of special people or situations for his social-documentary projects. At the beginning of his career, he became famous for his photo-sequences, which have been exhibited and published widely since the early seventies.… read more

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    Michel Aflaq

    1910 - 1989 Male
    

    Philosopher, Politician, Founder

    
    

    Michel Aflaq was a Syrian philosopher, sociologist and Arab nationalist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of Ba'athism and its political movement; he is considered by several Ba'athists to be the principal founder of Ba'athist thought. He published various books during his lifetime, the most notable being The Battle for One Destiny and The Struggle Against Distorting the Movement of Arab Revolution (1975).… read more

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    Michel Foucault

    1926 - 1984 Male
    

    Philosopher

    
    

    Michel Foucault, born Paul-Michel Foucault, was a French philosopher, social theorist and historian of ideas. He held a chair at the Collège de France with the title "History of Systems of Thought," and lectured at the University at Buffalo and the University of California, Berkeley.… read more

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    Michel Montecrossa

    Age 66 Male
    

    Entrepreneur, Musician, Painter

    
    

    Michel Montecrossa is a German media entrepreneur, author, musician, painter, film-maker, futurist, consciousness researcher and founder of Mirapuri, the City of Peace and Futureman in Europe

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    Michel Onfray

    Age 53 Male
    

    Politician, Philosopher, Author

    
    

    Michel Onfray is a contemporary French philosopher who adheres to hedonism, atheism and anarchism. He is a highly prolific author on philosophy with more than 50 written books.

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    Michel Pagé

    Age 62 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Michel Pagé is a businessman and former politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1973 to 1992 as a Liberal and was a cabinet minister in the government of Robert Bourassa. He is not to be confused with another Michel Pagé who has written about the linguistic integration of immigrants in Quebec.… read more

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    Michel Faulkner

    Age 54 Male
    

    Politician, Soccer Player, Campaigner

    
    

    Michel J. Faulkner is a former New York Jets football player and was the 2010 Republican nominee for U.S. Representative for . He is the pastor for New Horizon Church in New York City.

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    Michel Debré

    1912 - 1996 Male
    

    Politician, Lawyer, Prime Minister

    
    

    Michel Jean-Pierre Debré was a French Gaullist politician. He is considered the "father" of the current Constitution of France, and was the first Prime Minister of the Fifth Republic. He served under President Charles de Gaulle from 1959 to 1962.… read more

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    Michel Polnareff

    Age 67 Male
    

    Singer, Songwriter, Dancer

    
    

    Michel Polnareff, born in Nérac on 3 July 1944, is a French singer-songwriter who was very popular from the mid-1960s until the early 1980s. While his commercial success is considerably smaller nowadays, he is still active and critically respected. Michel was born into an artistic family: his mother, Simone Lane, was a dancer and his father, Leib Polnareff or Léo Poll worked with Édith Piaf. He learned piano by age five and was a very good music student.… read more

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    Michel Elefteriades

    Age 41 Male
    

    Lebanese Producer

    
    

    Michel Elefteriades (born 22 June 1970) is a Greek-Lebanese politician, artist, producer and businessman. He is noted in the Arab world for his eclectic style, as well as his unorthodox beliefs and opinions, which have generated controversy and ignited passionate responses from his supporters and detractors alike.… read more

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    Michel Teló

    Age 31 Male
    

    Singer

    
    

    Michel Teló, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter. Before his solo act, he was a vocalist in various bands, most notably Grupo Tradição. His biggest national and international hit is "Ai se eu te pego!", a number one in most European countries, Latin America and the province of Québec, Canada.… read more

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    Michel Chartrand

    1916 - 2010 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Michel Chartrand was an union activist and leader from Quebec. Born in Outremont and trained as a typography and print worker, Chartrand become involved in union activism in the 1940s. During the Grande Noirceur, he took part in major strike actions such as the Asbestos Strike in 1949, the Louiseville Strike in 1952 and the Murdochville Strike in 1957.… read more

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    Michel Sardou

    Age 65 Male
    

    Singer, Songwriter, Actor

    
    

    Michel Sardou is a French singer. He was born in Paris, the son of Fernand Sardou and Jackie Rollin. Contrary to claims common towards the beginning of his career, he is not the grandson of the dramatist Victorien Sardou. However, he is the father of the French novelist Romain Sardou, and the actor Davy Sardou.… read more

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    Michel Colombier

    1939 - 2004 Male
    

    Composer, Songwriter, Conductor

    
    

    Michel Colombier was a French composer, songwriter, arranger, and conductor.