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Michael Douglas

The son of Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas has been a familiar leading man of both small and big screen since he played a young, hip cop in the TV series The Streets of San Francisco (…

Michael Dukakis

Michael Dukakis served three terms as governor of Massachusetts and was the Democratic Party's 1988 nominee for U.S. President. Smart and competent but somewhat bland, Michael Dukakis and vice-…

Michael Jordan

Michael Jordan was the dominant basketball player of the 1990s. He won the NBA's Most Valuable Player award five times, and six times led the Chicago Bulls to the league championship. A 6'6" guard…

Michael Jackson

A singer and dancer who spanned pop, disco and rock, Michael Jackson was one of the great music superstars of the late 20th century. But by the time of his sudden death in 2009, he was known just as…

Michael Haneke

Film director and writer Michael Haneke has won the Palme d'Or at Cannes twice, for 2009's The White Ribbon and for 2012's Amour (starring Emmanuelle Riva). An Austrian whose parents were both…

Michael Flatley

Dance impresario Michael Flatley was raised in Chicago by Irish parents and took up dancing in earnest at age 11. In 1994 he became principal choreographer and dancer for the musical revue Riverdance…

Michael Moore

Michael Moore's 1989 documentary Roger & Me made him rich and famous and put him in the spotlight as a champion of the common folk against corporate greed. Michael Moore was raised near Flint,…

Michael Kennedy

Michael Lemoyne Kennedy was the son of the late Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy, and nephew of President John F. Kennedy. Michael Kennedy graduated from Harvard in 1980 and from the University of…

Michael Vick

Michael Vick is the NFL quarterback jailed in 2007 for his role in illegal dog fighting. An outstanding athlete, Vick began attracting scouts while playing high school football in Newport News,…

Michael Skakel

Michael Skakel was tried and convicted in 2002 of a murder that occurred 27 years earlier: the 1975 killing of Martha Moxley. But after years of legal wrangling, that conviction was vacated by the…