Michelangelo (given name)
Michelangelo is a given name of Italian origin that evokes Michael the Archangel and is ultimately a combination of the Hebrew name Michael and the Italian name Angelo. The best known of that name is Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Tuscan sculptor, architect, painter, and poet.
People with the given name
- Michelangelo Anselmi, Italian painter in Parma
- Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian film director and writer
- Michael Angelo Batio, rock guitarist from Chicago
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor
- Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger, Florentine poet and playwright, his grandnephew
- Michelangelo Carducci, Italian painter active in Umbria
- Michelagnolo Galilei, Italian lutanist and composer, younger brother of the astronomer
- Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Italian painter active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily
- Michelangelo Messina, founder and artistic director of the Ischia Film Festival
- Michaelangelo Meucci, Italian painter
- Michelangelo Minieri, Italian footballer
- Michael Angelo Pergolesi, 18th century Italian decorative artist in London
- Michelangelo Rossi Italian composer
- Michelangelo Signorile, American writer and talk show host
Fictional characters with the given name
- Michelangelo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character