Mike (given name)

Mike is a masculine given name, most commonly encountered as a short form of Michael. Notable people with the name include:

People

• Mike (Brazilian footballer) (born 1993), full name Mike dos Santos Nenatarvicius, Brazilian football forward
• Mike Adenuga (born 1953), Nigerian billionaire businessman
• Mike Affleck (born 1984), American football player
• Mike Akiu (born 1962), American football player and coach
• Mike Aldrete (born 1961), American baseball player and coach
• Mike Alford (born 1943), American football player
• Mike Alstott (born 1973), American football player
• Mike Ashley (businessman) (born 1964), British businessman
• Mike Ashley (writer) (born 1948), British author and anthology editor
• Mike Atkinson (born 1994), English–Belizean footballer
• Mike Awesome (1965–2007), ring name for American professional wrestler Michael Lee Alfonso (1965–2007)
• Mike Barnett, multiple people
• Mike Baumann (born 1995), American baseball player
• Mike Beebe (born 1946), American attorney
• Mike Bercovici (born 1993), American football player
• Mike Bloomberg (born 1942), American businessman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
• Mike Bloomfield (1943–1981), American musician
• Mike Boeve (born 2002), American baseball player
• Mike Boone (born 1995), American football player
• Mike Bossy (1957–2022), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Mike Breen (born 1961), American sportscaster
• Mike Brosseau (born 1994), American baseball player
• Mike Brown, multiple people
• Mike Bryan (born 1978), American professional tennis player
• Mike Burkhead, American football player
• Mike Cameron (born 1973), American baseball player
• Mike Carp (born 1986), American Major League Baseball player
• Michael Carter, multiple people
• Mike Clevinger (born 1990), American baseball player
• Mike Clines (born 1968), American politician
• Mike Conley Jr. (born 1987), American basketball player
• Michael Cox, multiple people
• Mike Crumb (born 1970), Canadian football player
• Mike Conway (born 1983), British race car driver
• Mike Cernovich (born 1977), American social media personality, writer and conspiracy theorist
• Mike D (born 1965), American musician and founding member of The Beastie Boys
• Mike D'Antoni (born 1951), American basketball coach
• Mike Danna (born 1997), American football player
• James "Mike" DeBardeleben (1940–2011), American rapist and possible serial killer
• Mike DeVault (born 1958), American politician
• Mike DeWine (born 1947), American politician and 70th Governor of Ohio
• Mike Dibb (born 1940), English documentary filmmaker
• Mike Dickison, New Zealand museum curator, zoologist and Wikipedia editor
• Mike Dirnt (born 1972), bassist for Green Day
• Mike Ditka (born 1939), American football player and coach
• Mike Dierickx (born 1973), aka M.I.K.E., Belgian progressive trance DJ/producer
• Mike Eghan (1936–2025), Ghanaian radio broadcaster
• Mike Enriquez (1951–2023), Filipino journalist
• Mike Enzi (1944–2021), American politician
• Mike Epstein (born 1943), American Major League Baseball first baseman
• Michael Ferguson, multiple people
• Mike Fetters (born 1964), American baseball player and coach
• Mike Fisher, multiple people
• Mike Ford, multiple people
• Mike Franks (tennis) (born 1936), American tennis player
• Mike Friede (born 1957), American football player
• Mike Gartner (born 1959), Canadian National Hockey League player
• Mike Gesicki (born 1995), American football player
• Mike George (wrestler) (born 1949), American retired professional wrestler
• Mike Gibbins (1949–2005), Welsh drummer, member of the rock band Badfinger
• Mike Glennon (born 1989), American football player
• Mike Green, multiple people
• Mike Hanopol (born 1946), Filipino rock singer, guitarist, recording artist and Messianic religious leader
• Mike Harkey (born 1966), American baseball player and coach
• Mike Harley Jr. (born 1997), American football player
• Mike Hartman (born 1967), American National Hockey League player
• Mike Hax (born 1970), German judoka
• Mike Hibler (born 1946), American football player
• Mike Hollway, American football coach
• Mike Hubbard, multiple people
• Mike Huckabee (born 1955), American politician
• Mike Hughes (American football) (born 1997), American football player
• Mike Hunt, multiple people
• Mike Ilitch (1929–2017), American entrepreneur
• Mike Jones, 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) (born 1942), American football player
• Mike Kennerty (born 1980), guitarist of the band The All-American Rejects
• Mike Kirkland, multiple people
• Mike Kreger, former drummer for Michigan heavy metal band Battlecross
• Mike Krüger (born 1951), German comedian and singer
• Mike Largey (born 1960), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Mike Lee (born 1971), American lawyer and politician
• Mike Lenzly (born 1981), British basketball player
• Mike Levenseller (born 1956), American football player
• Mike Lieberthal (born 1972), American Major League Baseball catcher
• Mike Little (born 1962), British web developer, co-founder of WordPress
• Mike Love (born 1941), American singer and songwriter who co-founded The Beach Boys
• Mike Love (American football) (born 1994), American football player
• Mike Lynn (basketball) (born 1945), American basketball player
• Mike Markuson (born 1961), American football coach
• Mike Mayers (born 1991), American baseball player
• Mike McShane (born 1955), American actor
• Mike McCarthy (born 1963), American football coach
• Mike McCready (born 1966), guitarist of the band Pearl Jam
• Mike McGlinchey (offensive lineman) (born 1995), American football player
• Mike McLaughlin (racing driver) (born 1956), American racing driver
• Mike McRoberts (born 1966), New Zealand television journalist
• Mike Miles, multiple people
• Mike Minor, multiple people
• Mike Mizanin (born 1980), American professional wrestler who is better known by his ring name "The Miz"
• Mike Modano (born 1970), American National Hockey League player
• Mike Morris, multiple people
• Michael Morrison, multiple people
• Mike Moser (born 1990), American basketball player
• Mike Moura (born 1989), Portuguese footballer
• Mike Moustakas (born 1988), American baseball player
• Mike Mucitelli (born 1983), American mixed martial artist
• Mike Muscala (born 1991), American basketball player
• Mike Myers (born 1963), Canadian-British-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, and film producer
• Mike Napoli (born 1981), American baseball player and coach
• Mike Nease (born 1961), American football player
• Mike Nifong (born 1950), American district attorney disbarred for misconduct in the Duke lacrosse case
• Mike Nott (born 1952), American football player
• Mike Novitsky (born 1999), American football player
• Mike Oldfield (born 1953), English multi-instrumentalist, known for his 1973 album Tubular Bells
• Mike Oliveira (born 1990), Brazilian professional boxer
• Mike Oliver, multiple people
• Mike O'Malley (born 1966), American game show host
• Mike Ozdowski (born 1955), American football player
• Mike Panasiuk (born 1997), American football player
• Mike Parson (born 1955), American politician
• Mike Pence (born 1959), American politician and 48th Vice President of the United States
• Mike Polk, American comedian
• Mike Pollock (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s
• Mike Pollock (voice actor) (born 1965), American voice actor
• Mike Pompeo (born 1963), American politician and former Secretary of State of the United States
• Mike Porcaro (1955–2015), American bassist, member of the rock band Toto
• Mike Portnoy (born 1967), drummer for Neal Morse band and former drummer and founding member of Dream Theater
• Mike Posner (born 1988), American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
• Mike Purcell (born 1991), American football player
• Mike Rabelo (born 1980), American baseball player and coach
• Mike Rawlings (born 1954), American politician
• Mike Redmond (born 1971), American baseball player and coach
• Mike Rhodes (American football) (born 1966), American football player
• Mike Rose, multiple people
• Mike Rosenberg, better known by his stage name Passenger, 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 ice hockey player
• Mike Rowe (racing driver), American racing driver
• Mike Rutherford (born 1950), British progressive rock guitarist
• Mike Sainristil (born 2000), Haitian American football player
• Mike Sanders (basketball) (born 1960), American basketball player and coach
• Mike Sarbaugh (born 1967), American baseball coach
• Mike Schwartz, multiple people; see Michael Schwartz (disambiguation)
• Mike Schmidt (born 1949), American professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies
• Mike Seidman (born 1981), American football player
• Mike Shinoda (born 1977), vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the band Linkin Park
• Mike Shooter, British psychiatrist
• Mike Siani (baseball) (born 1999), American baseball player
• Mike Skinner (musician) (born 1979), British rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
• Mike Skinner (racing driver) (born 1957), American racing driver
• Michael Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mike Stefanik (1958–2019), American racing driver
• Mike Strachan, multiple people
• Mike Strug, American news anchor
• Mike Tan (born 1986), Filipino actor
• Mike Taylor (basketball coach) (born 1972), American basketball coach
• Mike Torres (born 1994), Dominican basketball player
• Mike Townsend (born 1952), American football player
• Mike Trainor (born 1981), American comedian
• Mike Trigg, American football player
• Mike Trout (born 1991), Major League Baseball player
• Mike Tsang (born 1993), Hong Kong singer
• Mike Tyson (born 1966), 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 Walker (tennis) (born 1966), former professional tennis player from Wales
• Mike Wallace, multiple people
• Mike Weber (American football) (born 1997), American football player
• Mike Weinar (born 1984), American basketball coach
• Mike Wenstrup, American politician
• Mike White (quarterback) (born 1995), American football player
• Mike Whitmarsh (1962–2009), American volleyball and basketball player
• Mike Whitney (born 1959), Australian television personality and former cricketer
• Mike Whitwell (born 1958), American football player
• Mike Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mike Will Made It (born 1989), American music producer and rapper
• Mike Witteck (1964–1990), American football player
• Mike Yastrzemski (born 1990), American baseball player
• Mike Young (American football) (born 1962), American football player
• Mike Zambidis (born 1980), Greek kickboxing wrestler notable for the high number of KO wins
• Mike Zunino (born 1991), American baseball player

Fictional characters

• Mike, a character in the 1993 American romantic comedy-drama movie Benny & Joon
• Mike, a character in 1993 action/martial arts movie Showdown
• the several Mikes from various Nintendo games: StarTropics Series, Uniracers 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 blue karaoke robot in the WarioWare series
• Mike, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
• Mike, the titular character in the animated preschool TV series Mike the Knight
• Mike Asparagus, a character and Junior's dad in VeggieTales
• Mike Banning, the main character in Has Fallen film series
• Mike Bison, the Japanese name of Balrog (Street Fighter)
• Michael "Mike" Robert Chang, Jr, a character from the American musical comedy drama TV series Glee
• Mike Donovan, a character in the American TV miniseries V (1983 miniseries)
• Mike Ehrmantraut, a supporting character from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
• Mike Fernandez, the Green Ranger in Power Rangers Samurai
• Michael "Mike" Fulton, a character in the television sitcom Punky Brewster
• MIKE, a character from Twin Peaks
• Michael "Mike" Corbett/Magna Defender, in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
• Mike Dallas in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Mike Hammer (character), a private detective created by Mickey Spillane
• Mike Harper, a character from the game Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• Mike Lane (Magic Mike), male stripper
• Mike Morton, a survivor in the video game Identity V
• Mike Monroe, a character in the 1952 film Because of You
• Mike Monroe, a fictional character in Northern Exposure
• Michael "Mike" Munroe, one of the primary protagonists in the video game Until Dawn
• Mike Newton, a character in the novel series Twilight
• Mike O'Donnell/Mark Gold, a character in the 2009 American fantasy comedy movie 17 Again
• Michael "Mike" Ross, a main character in the television series Suits
• Mike, a small red Arlesdale 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
• Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver, a character in the American television sitcom Growing Pains
• Mike Teavee, a Charlie and the Chocolate Factory character
• Mike Todwell, a character in the 1987 American teen movie Adventures in Babysitting
• Mike Watson, a character in 100 Feet
• Mike Wazowski, a main character in the animated film franchise Monsters, Inc
• Mike Wheeler, a main character in the television series Stranger Things
• Mike Zacharias, character of the anime Attack on Titan

See also

• Big Mike (nickname)
• List of people with given name Michael
• Mikee (given name)
• Myke