Mikhail Baryshnikov
Principal ballet dancer, defected from USSR, choreographer
A legendary Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer considered one of the greatest dancers of the 20th century. He defected from the Soviet Union to the West in 1974.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Russian oligarch, Yukos founder, imprisoned by Putin regime
Mikhail Gorbachev
Last Soviet leader, ended Cold War, glasnost and perestroika
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle
Mikhail Lomonosov
Polymath, chemist, physicist, founder of Moscow State University
Entertainment
American
1948
Thinking about the name
Mikail
Hebrew origin
“A Slavic or Eastern European form of Michael, derived from Hebrew 'who is like God?' Mikail has a distinctly European, intellectual character that appeals to families with Eastern Orthodox or Slavic heritage. The name maintains the spiritual weight of Michael while offering a more cosmopolitan, worldly quality.”