Michelangelo (given name)

Michelangelo
	Detail from a portrait of Michelangelo Buonarroti, attr. Daniele da Volterra
Pronunciation	Italian: [mikeˈlandʒelo]
Gender	Male
Language	Italian
Origin
Region of origin	Italy
Other names
Variant forms	Michael Angelo, Miguel Ángel
Derived	Hebrew, Greek

Michelangelo is a given name of Italian origin^[1] that evokes Michael the Archangel and is ultimately a combination of the Hebrew name Michael ('Who is like God?') and the Italian name Angelo (messenger). The best known of that name is Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), the Tuscan sculptor, architect, painter, and poet.

People with the given name

Michelangelo Anselmi (c. 1492 – c. 1554), Italian painter in Parma
Michelangelo Antonioni (1912–2007), Italian film director and writer
Michael Angelo Batio (born 1956), rock guitarist from Chicago
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Italian sculptor
Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger (1568-1646), Florentine poet and playwright, his grandnephew
Michelangelo Carducci (fl. 1560s), Italian painter active in Umbria
Michelagnolo Galilei (1575–1631), Italian lutanist and composer, younger brother of the astronomer
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), Italian painter active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily
Michelangelo Messina, founder and artistic director of the Ischia Film Festival
Michaelangelo Meucci (1840–1890), Italian painter
Michelangelo Minieri (born 1981), Italian footballer
Michael Angelo Pergolesi, 18th century Italian decorative artist in London
Michelangelo Rossi (also Michel Angelo del Violino, ca. 1601/1602 – 1656) Italian composer
Michelangelo Signorile (born 1960), American writer and talk show host