Miguel
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Miguel is the Portuguese and Spanish form of the name Michael (Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל / מיכאל). It may refer to:
People
Portuguese royalty
- Miguel of Portugal (1802–1866), King of Portugal
- Miguel II, 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
Arts and entertainment
- 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) is a Venezuelan actor, stand-up comedian, and television personality
- Miguel Mihura (1905–1977), Spanish absurdist playwright
Politics
- 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
Sports
- Luís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro (born 1980), Portuguese footballer, usually known simply as Miguel
- 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
Others
- Miguel de Icaza (born 1972), Mexican software developer and GNOME founder
- Miguel Sánchez (1594–1674), novohispanic priest, writer and theologician
- Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936), Spanish philosopher
Fictional
- Miguel, protagonist in the DreamWorks animated film The Road to El Dorado
- Miguel Santos, Maya's brother in the PBS animated series Maya & Miguel
- Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald, regular character on the soap opera Passions
- Miguel Caballero Rojo, character from the Tekken video game series
- Miguel Prado, character played by Jimmy Smits during the third season of the TV series Dexter
- Miguel, a bullfighter in the fighting game Human Killing Machine
- Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-Man of 2099
- Miguel, a character in The Walking Dead.
- Don Miguel, a notorious 19th-century whale mentioned in Moby-Dick
Other subjects
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
Books
- Miguel Street, semi-autobiographical novel by V. S. Naipaul, published in 1959
Music
- Miguel (Dalida album), 1957
- Miguel (Miguel Bosé album), 1980