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Introduction
Mike is a masculine given name. It is also encountered as an abbreviation or shorthand for Michael. Notable people with the name include:
People
- Mike Adenuga, Nigerian billionaire businessman
- Mike Affleck, American football player
- Mike Akiu (born 1962)
- Mike Alford (born 1943), American football player
- Mike Alstott, American football player
- Mike Wazowski, Green one eyed monster from Monsters Inc.,
- Mike Ashley, British businessman
- Mike Beebe, American attorney
- Mike Bercovici, American football player
- Mike Boone, American football player
- Mike Breen, American sportscaster
- Mike Brown (basketball, born 1970), American basketball coach
- Mike Brown (fighter), American mixed martial artist
- Mike Brown (ice hockey, born 1985), American National Hockey League player
- Mike Bryan, American professional tennis player
- Mike Burkhead, American football player
- Mike Cameron, American baseball player
- Mike Carp, American Major League Baseball player
- Mike Conley Jr., American basketball player
- Mike Corneau (born 1979), Canadian former professional ice hockey player
- Michael Cox (disambiguation), several people
- Mike Crumb (born 1970), Canadian football player
- Mike DeWine, American politician and 70th Governor of Ohio
- Mike Dirnt (born 1972), bassist for Green Day
- Mike Dierickx, aka M.I.K.E., Belgian progressive trance DJ/Producer
- Mike Enriquez, Filipino journalist
- Mike Enzi, American politician
- Mike Epstein, American Major League Baseball first baseman
- Mike Franks (tennis), American tennis player
- Mike Friede, American football player
- Mike George, British radio presenter
- Mike Gesicki, American football player
- Mike Hartman, American National Hockey League player
- Mike Hibler, American football player
- Mike Huckabee, American politician
- Mike Hughes (American football) (born 1997), American football player
- Mike Ilitch, American entrepreneur
- Mike Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mike Joyce (musician) (born 1963), English drummer for The Smiths
- Mike Judge (born 1962), American cartoonist, animator, voice actor and comedian
- Mike Kellogg (American football), American football player
- Mike Kennerty, guitarist of the band The All-American Rejects
- Mike Kreger, former drummer for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross
- Mike Lenzly, former British basketball player
- Mike Levenseller, American football player
- Mike Lieberthal, American Major League Baseball catcher
- Mike Little, British web developer, co-founder of WordPress Doraemon
- Mike Love, American singer and songwriter who co-founded The Beach Boys.
- Mike Love (defensive lineman) (born 1994), American football player
- Mike Lynn (basketball) (born 1945), American basketball player
- Mike McCready, guitarist of the band Pearl Jam
- Mike McGlinchey (offensive lineman), American football player
- Mike Mizanin, American professional wrestler who is better known by his ring name "The Miz"
- Mike Morrison (basketball player, born 1989)
- Mike Moser (born 1990), American basketball player
- Mike Moura, Portuguese professional footballer
- Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist
- Mike Muscala, Philadelphia 76ers player
- Mike Myers, Canadian-British-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, and film producer
- Mike Napoli, catcher, first baseman in Major League Baseball
- Mike Nott, American football player
- Mike Oldfield, English multi-instrumentalist, known for his 1973 album Tubular Bells
- Mike O'Malley, American game show host
- Mike Ozdowski, American football player
- Mike Parson, American politician
- Mike Pegg, British author
- Mike Pence, American politician
- Mike Polk, American comedian
- Mike Pollock, American voice actor
- Mike Portnoy, drummer for Neal Morse band and former drummer and founding member of Dream Theater
- Mike Posner, American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
- Mike Purcell, American football player
- Mike Rawlings, American politician
- Mike Rhodes, American football player
- Mike Rosenberg, better known by his stage name, Passenger (singer), English singer-songwriter and musician
- Mike Rosenthal (born 1977), American football player
- Mike Rossman (Michael Albert DiPiano) (born 1955), American world champion light heavyweight boxer
- Mike Rowe (born 1962), American television personality
- Mike Rowe (ice hockey) (born 1965), Canadian retired ice hockey player
- Mike Rowe (racing), American racing driver
- Mike Rutherford (born 1950), British progressive rock guitarist
- Mike Sanders (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player and coach
- Mike Seidman, American National Football League player
- Mike Shinoda, the vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the band Linkin Park
- Mike Taylor (basketball coach), American basketball coach
- Mike Townsend, American football player
- Mike Trigg, American football player
- Mike Trout, Major League Baseball player
- Mike Tyson, American world champion heavyweight boxer
- Mike Tyson (American football) (born 1993), American football player
- Mike Veisor (born 1952), Canadian National Hockey League player
- Mike Vick (born 1980), American football player
- Mike Wallace, American journalist, game show host, and media personality
- Mike Weber (American football) (born 1997), American football player
- Mike White (quarterback) (born 1995), American football player
- Mike Whitmarsh (1962–2009) American volleyball and basketball player
- Mike Whitwell, American football player
- Mike Williams (wide receiver, born 1994) (born 1994), American football player
- Mike Will Made It, American music producer and rapper
- Mike Witteck, American football player
- Mike Zambidis, Greek kickboxing wrestler notable for the high number of KO wins
Maidhc
- Maidhc Ó Flaithearta, Irish Fenian and Land-Leaguer
- Maidhc Ó Sé, Irish sportsman
Fictional characters
- The Green Ranger in Power Rangers Samurai
- Mike, in the anime Attack on Titan
- Mike, in the videogame Warioware:Touched!
- Mike, the main character in Nintendo video games such as StarTropics Series and Battle Clash/Metal Combat: Falcon's Revenge.
- Mike, in the animated television series Total Drama: Revenge of the Island and Total Drama All-Stars
- MIKE, a character from Twin Peaks
- Mike Corbett/Magna Defender, in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
- Mike Dallas in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Mike Lane (Magic Mike), male stripper
- Michael "Mike" Munroe, one of the primary protagonists in the video game Until Dawn
- Mike Ross, a main character in the television series Suits
- Mike the Small Red railway engine, in The Railway Series by the Rev W. Awdry and the spin-off television series Thomas and Friends
- Mike Schmidt, protagonist of the horror game Five Nights at Freddy's
- Mike Teevee, a child character played by Paris Themmen in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- Mike Wazowski, a green, one-eyed monster, a main character in the animated films Monsters, Inc. and Monsters University
- Mike Wheeler, a main character in the television series Stranger Things
- Mike Harper, a character from the game Call of Duty: Black Ops II