Michiel
Introduction '''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  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
See also *Michiels, a Dutch-language patronymic surname *Sint Michiel, village on Curaçao*Machiel (given name)*Chiel, a short version of this name