Michael Williams

Fictional characters

• Michael Williams (Henry V), a character in William Shakespeare's Henry V
• Michael Williams (Neighbours), a character from the soap opera Neighbours

Music

• Michael Williams, semifinalist on the twenty-first season of American Idol
• Michael Williams (guitarist), American blues guitarist
• Michael Williams II (born 1989), American record producer known professionally as Mike Will Made It
• Michael Glenn Williams (born 1957), composer, pianist and technologist
• Michael F. Williams (born 1962), New Zealand composer of contemporary classical music
• Michael James Williams (c. 1944–1983), known as Prince Far I, Jamaican reggae musician

Politics

• Michael Williams (Georgia politician) (born 1973), Republican member of the Georgia State Senate
• Michael Williams (MP) (1785–1858), MP for West Cornwall and owner of Caerhays castle
• Michael Williams, Baron Williams of Baglan (1949–2017), British diplomat and United Nations special coordinator for Lebanon
• Michael J. Williams (politician) (born 1929), Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman, acting president 1986–1987
• Michael John Williams (born 1979), congressional candidate for the 5th District of Connecticut
• Michael L. Williams (born 1953), Texas railroad commissioner; departing Texas education commissioner
• Micheal R. Williams (born 1955), American politician from Tennessee
• Sir Michael S. Williams (1911–1984), British diplomat

Sports

American football

• Michael Williams (defensive back) (born 1970), American football player
• Michael Williams (defensive lineman) (born 1984), American football defensive end
• Michael Williams (running back) (born 1961), American football player
• Michael Williams (tight end) (born 1990), American football offensive lineman

Other sports

• H. Michael Williams (fl. 2010s), American athletic director
• Michael Williams (boxer) (born 1962), American boxer and actor
• Michael Williams (figure skater) (born 1947), British ice skater
• Michael Williams (footballer, born 2004), Canadian footballer
• Michael Williams (footballer) (born 1988), Montserattian footballer
• Michael Williams (runner, born 1989), American middle-distance runner and winner of the 2013 NCAA DI distance medley relay championship
• Michael Williams (runner, born 1971), Jamaican middle-distance runner and winner of the 1995 800 meters at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
• Michael Williams (sprinter) (born 1964), Vincentian sprinter
• Micheal Williams (born 1966), American basketball player
• MJ Williams (Michael Jordan Williams, born 1995), Welsh footballer

TV and film

• Michael Williams (actor) (1935–2001), British actor and husband of Judi Dench
• Michael Williams (Canadian TV personality), former MuchMusic VJ
• Michael Williams (film director) (born 1987), American film director
• Michael Williams (film producer) (born 1957), 2004 Academy Award winner for the documentary The Fog of War
• Michael C. Williams (actor) (born 1973), American actor
• Michael K. Williams (1966–2021), American actor best known for his role in The Wire

Other people

• Michael Williams, defendant in United States v. Williams (2008)
• Michael Williams, academic in Indigenous Australian studies whose historical framework influenced Wesley Enoch's play The 7 Stages of Grieving
• Michael Williams (bishop), American Anglican bishop and retired U.S. Air Force chaplain
• Michael Williams (geographer) (1935–2009), Welsh historical geographer
• Michael Williams (philosopher) (born 1947), professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University
• Michael Williams (photographer) (1956–2024) Australian photographic artist
• Michael Ann Williams (born 1953), American folklorist
• Michael Duryea Williams (born 1957), American physicist
• Michael Ingouville Williams (born 1946), lord-lieutenant of East Lothian, Scotland
• Michael J. Williams (general) (born 1943), retired United States Marine Corps general
• Michael Paul Williams (born 1958), American journalist
• Michael R. Williams, president of the University of North Texas Health Science Center

See also

• Michael Carter-Williams (born 1991), American basketball player
• Mike Williams (disambiguation)
• Mykel Williams (born 2004), American football player