Michiel

Michiel is a Dutch masculine given name equivalent to Michael and a Venetian surname.

Given name

 * Michiel Andrieszoon (died 1684), Dutch pirate
 * Michiel Bartman (born 1967), Dutch rower
 * Michiel Borstlap (born 1966), Dutch pianist and composer
 * Michiel van den Bos (born 1975), Dutch video game composer
 * Michiel Josias Botha (born 1947), South African diamond cutter
 * Michiel Bothma (born 1973), South African golfer
 * Michiel Braam (born 1964), Dutch jazz pianist and composer
 * Michiel Carree (1657–1727), Dutch painter
 * Michiel Coignet (1549–1623), Flemish polymath
 * Michiel II Coignet (1618–1663), Flemish painter, son of the above
 * Michiel Coxie (1499–1592), Flemish painter
 * Michiel Driessen (born 1959), Dutch fencer
 * Michiel Dudok van Heel (1924–2003), Dutch Olympic sailor
 * Michiel Elijzen (born 1982), Dutch road bicycle racer
 * Michiel G. Eman (born 1961), Aruban Prime Minister
 * Michiel van der Gucht (1660–1725), Flemish engraver
 * Michiel Hazewinkel (born 1943), Dutch mathematician
 * Michiel van der Heijden (born 1992), Dutch mountain biker and cyclo-cross rider
 * Michiel Hemmen (born 1987), Dutch footballer
 * Michiel Heyns (born 1943), South African author and translator
 * Michiel Holtackers (born 1956), Dutch politician, police officer and trade unionist
 * Michiel Horn (born 1939), Dutch-born Canadian historian
 * Michiel ten Hove (1640–1689), Grand Pensionary of Holland
 * Michiel Huisman (born 1981), Dutch actor and musician
 * Michiel van Hulten (born 1969), Dutch Labour Party politician
 * Michiel Engel Immenraet (1621–1683), Flemish history and portrait painter
 * Michiel Jonckheere (born 1990), Belgian footballer
 * Michiel van Kampen (born 1976), Dutch baseball player
 * Michiel van Kempen (born 1957), Dutch writer, art historian and literary critic
 * Michiel van der Klis (born 1953), Dutch astronomer
 * Michiel Hendrik de Kock (1898–1976), South African banker
 * Michiel Kramer (born 1988), Dutch footballer
 * Michiel van Lambalgen (born 1954), Dutch logician and cognitive scientist
 * Michiel Maddersteg (1662–1708), Dutch painter
 * Michiel Meyer Cohen (1877–1968), Dutch military commander
 * Michiel Jansz van Middelhoven (1562–1638), Dutch theologian portrayed by Frans Hals
 * Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt (1565–1641), Dutch painter and draftsman
 * Michiel Mol (born 1969), Dutch businessman and Formula One team owner
 * Michiel van Musscher (1645–1705), Dutch painter
 * Michiel van Nispen (born 1982), Dutch Socialist Party politician
 * Michiel Daniel Overbeek (1920–2001), South African amateur astronomer
 * Michiel Reyniersz Pauw (1590–1640), Dutch mayor of Amsterdam and Dutch West India Company director
 * Michiel Pesman (1887–1962), Dutch-born American engineer, author and landscape architect
 * Michiel Riedijk (born 1964), Dutch architect
 * Michiel de Ruyter (1607–1676), Dutch admiral, a.o. famous for the Raid on the Medway
 * Michiel Schapers (born 1959), Dutch tennis player
 * Michiel Servaes (born 1972), Dutch Labour Party politician
 * Michiel Smit (born 1976), Dutch nationalist politician
 * Michiel de Swaen (1654–1707), Flemish surgeon and rhetorician
 * Michiel Sweerts (1618–1664), Flemish painter and printmaker
 * Michiel Thomassen (born 1979), Dutch DJ, music producer and record label owner
 * Michiel de Vaan (born 1973), Dutch linguist
 * Michiel van Veen (born 1971), Dutch VVD politician
 * Michiel Veenstra (born 1976), Dutch radio DJ
 * Tijs Michiel Verwest (born 1969), Dutch DJ and music producer known as Tiësto
 * Michiel Victor (1910–1998), South African sports shooter
 * Michiel Vos (born 1970), Dutch-born American journalist, lawyer, and jurist
 * Michiel de Wael (1596–1659), Dutch brewer portrayed by Frans Hals

Surname
The Michiel family was one of the families of the Venetian patriciate:
 * Giovanni Michiel (fl. 1220s–1240s), Venetian merchant and administrator
 * Giovanni Michiel (1447–1503), Venetian cardinal and bishop
 * Marcantonio Michiel (1484–1552), Venetian nobleman, and amateur art critic
 * Giustina Renier Michiel (1755–1832), Venetian noblewoman