Miguel

For other uses, see Michel.

Miguel
Pronunciation	Spanish: [miˈɣel] European Portuguese: [miˈɣɛɫ] Brazilian Portuguese: [miˈgɛw]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל / מיכאל‎‎ [ˌmixäˈʔel]
Meaning	Who Is Like God?
Region of origin	Spain, Portugal, Latin America, Brazil
Other names
Related names	Michael, Michel, Mykhailo, Mitchell

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Miguel is the Portuguese and Spanish form of the name Michael (Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל). It may refer to:

Places

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

Miguel (singer) (born 1985), full name Miguel Jontel Pimentel, American recording artist
Miguel Córcega (1929–2008), Mexican actor and director
Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616), Spanish author
Miguel Delibes (1920–2010), Spanish novelist
Miguel Ferrer (born 1955), American actor
Miguel Galvan (1957–2008), Mexican actor
Miguel Ángel Landa (born 1938), Venezuelan actor, stand-up comedian, and television personality
Miguel Mihura (1905–1977), Spanish absurdist playwright
Miguel Morayta (1907-2013), Spanish film director and screenwriter, Spanish Civil War veter

Miguel Boyer (born 1939), retired Spanish politician
Miguel Hidalgo (1753–1811), Mexican priest and revolutionary rebel leader
Miguel Portas (1958-2012), Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament
Miguel Malvar y Carpio, Filipino revolutionary and a disputed former president of the Philippines

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
Infante Miguel, Duke of Viseu (born 1946), brother of Duarte Pio, current Duke of Braganza
Miguel, Prince of Beira

Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro (born 1980), Portuguese footballer, usually known simply as Miguel
Nigel Miguel (born 1963), Belizean/American actor, film producer, film commissioner, former basketball player
Miguel Cabrera (born 1983), Venezuelan baseball player
Miguel Comminges (born 1982), Guadeloupean footballer
Miguel Cotto (born 1980), Puerto Rican professional boxer
- José Miguel Cotto (born 1977), Puerto Rican professional boxer, brother of Miguel Cotto
Miguel Duhamel (born 1968), Canadian motorcycle racer
Miguel Indurain (born 1964), Spanish cyclist
Miguel Maia (born 1971), Portuguese beach volleyball player
Miguel Monteiro (born 1980), Portuguese footballer, known as "Miguel"
Miguel Montes (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 Angel Sano, Dominican baseball player
Miguel Ubeto (born 1976), Venezuelan road cyclist
Miguel Veloso (born 1986), Portuguese footballer

Miguel, a bullfighter in the fighting game Human Killing Machine
Miguel, protagonist in the DreamWorks animated film The Road to El Dorado
Miguel, a character in The Walking Dead (TV series)
Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, regular character on the soap opera Passions
Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-Man of 2099
Miguel Prado, character played by Jimmy Smits during the third season of the TV series Dexter
Miguel Caballero Rojo, character from the Tekken video game series
Miguel Santos, Maya's brother in the PBS animated series Maya & Miguel
Don Miguel, a notorious 19th-century whale mentioned in Moby-Dick

Miguel Street, semi-autobiographical novel by V. S. Naipaul, published in 1959