Mitchell (surname)
Mitchell is an English surname with several etymological origins. In some cases the name is derived from the Middle English and Old French name Michel, a vernacular form of the name Michael.[1] The personal name Michael is ultimately derived from a Hebrew name, meaning "Who is like God".[2] In other cases the surname Mitchell is derived from the Middle English words michel, mechel, and muchel, meaning "big". In some cases, the surname Mitchell was adopted as an equivalent of Mulvihill;[1] this English-language surname is derived from the Irish-language Ó Maoil Mhichíl, meaning "descendant of the devotee of St. Michael".[3]
People with the surname Mitchell
- Alan Mitchell (1922–1995), British dendrologist and forester
- Andrea Mitchell, American TV journalist
- Andrew Mitchell, British politician
- Arthur Mitchell (dancer), founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem
- Arthur Roy Mitchell (1889–1977), Colorado artist
- Barbara Mitchell (actress) (1929–1977), British actress
- Bernon F. Mitchell, American cryptologist, part of the Martin and Mitchell Defection
- Beverley Mitchell (born 1981), American actress
- Billy Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Bo Levi Mitchell (born 1990), American football player
- Charles Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Charlotte Mitchell, British actress
- Christopher Mitchell (1947–2001), British actor
- Chuck Mitchell, American actor
- Colin Mitchell (1929–2007), English cricketer
- Coulson Norman Mitchell, Canadian reciepiender of the Victoria Cross and veteran of WWI and WWII
- Dale Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Danyel Mitchell (born 1972), American discus thrower and shot putter
- David Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Denis Mitchell (sculptor) (1912–1993), English sculptor
- Denis Mitchell (filmmaker) (1911–1990), British documentary filmmaker
- Dennis Mitchell (born 1966), American athlete
- Drew Mitchell (born 1984), Australian rugby player
- Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut
- Eddy Mitchell (born 1942), French singer and actor born Claude Moine
- Elisha Mitchell (1793–1857), Chemist, geologist, professor (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
- Elizabeth Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Gary Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Gay Mitchell Irish politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency
- George Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Glenn Mitchell (talk radio broadcaster) (1950–2005), local radio personality at KERA 90.1 in Dallas, Texas, for many years
- Glenn Mitchell (sports broadcaster), from Australia
- Henry Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Henry L. Mitchell (1831–1903), American politician and sixteenth Governor of Florida
- Howard Hawks Mitchell mathematician
- Ian Mitchell (disambiguation)
- James Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Joan Mitchell, American painter
- John Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Joni Mitchell (born 1943), Canadian musician and painter
- Joseph Mitchell, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Joseph Mitchell, American writer
- Joseph B. Mitchell, American writer and military historian
- Julian Mitchell (born 1935), English screenwriter and occasional novelist
- Juliet Mitchell (born 1940), British pyschoanalyst
- Keith Mitchell (born 1946), Grenadian politician
- Keith Mitchell (American football) (born 1974), American football player
- Keith Mitchell (baseball) (born 1969), Former professional baseball player
- Kevin Mitchell (baseball), American baseball player and 1989 National League MVP
- Kevin Danyelle Mitchell, NFL football player
- Kevin Mitchell (American football safety), currently a free agent in the National Football League
- Kevin Mitchell (musician), lead singer of Australian rock band Jebediah, also known as Bob Evans
- Kevin Mitchell (boxer), English boxer
- Kevin Mitchell (water polo), Canadian water polo player
- Kevin Mitchell (motorcycle racer)
- Kim Mitchell (born 1952), Canadian guitarist, solo recording artist and former lead singer for the band Max Webster
- Margaret Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Maria Mitchell (1818–1889), American astronomer
- Mark Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Matthew Mitchell (born 1970), American basketball coach
- Michele Mitchell (born 1962), American diver
- Mike Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Mitch Mitchell (1946–2008), drummer of the Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Norman Mitchell (1918–2001), British actor
- Oliver Mitchell, U.S marine killed in action during World War II
- Peter Mitchell (disambiguation)
- R. J. Mitchell, British aeronautical engineer and designer of the Supermarine Spitfire
- R. J. Mitchell (author), English author, historian, and archivist
- Rhea Mitchell, American film actress
- Richard Mitchell, American English and classics professor
- Robert Byington Mitchell, American Civil War general
- Sam Mitchell, AFL footballer
- Samuel Alfred Mitchell, Canadian astronomer
- Scott Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Seanna Mitchell (born 1988), Canadian freestyle swimmer
- Sharon Mitchell (born 1956), porn actress and director of the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation
- Shay Mitchell Canadian actress and model
- Silas Weir Mitchell (1829–1914), American surgeon
- Sydney Mitchell (1856-1930), Scottish architect
- Sydney B. Mitchell (1878-1951), Canadian librarian and horticulturist
- Taylor Mitchell (1990–2009), Canadian singer
- Thomas Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Victor Mitchell, Colorado Republican
- W. O. Mitchell (1914–1998), Canadian writer
- Warren Mitchell, English actor
- Warren Mitchell (basketball), American college basketball coach
- Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874–1948), American economist
- William Mitchell (disambiguation)
Fictional people with the surname Mitchell
- Ben Mitchell (film character), from the Australian horror film Wolf Creek
- President Bill Mitchell in the film Dave
- Cameron Mitchell (Stargate) of Stargate SG-1
- Dennis the Menace (U.S.), cartoon character
- Gary Mitchell (Star Trek), villain in the original Star Trek series
- Jack Mitchell (fictional character), appears in numerous sketch stories by Henry Lawson
- Lt. Pete Mitchell ("Maverick"), Top Gun
- Capt. Scott Mitchell, the main protagonist and player character in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon series.
- Mitchell family, characters in EastEnders
See also
- Ó Maoilmhichil, Irish clan name which evolved into the surname Mitchell and the surname Mulvihill
References
- ^ a b Mitchell Family History, Ancestry.com, retrieved 2 May 2012. This webpage cites Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
- ^ Michael Family History, Ancestry.com, retrieved 2 May 2012. This webpage cites Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
- ^ Mulvihill Family History, Ancestry.com, retrieved 2 May 2012. This webpage cites Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4.
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