Carmichael

Carmichael is a Scottish clan, from the village of Carmichael, in South Lanarkshire, Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a family from the west coast of Scotland, from the Gaelic MacGillemichael, meaning son of the servant of Michael, these Carmichaels are part of the Stewarts of Appin.

However, these are not the only Carmichaels.

Carmichael is also the name of a town in California, United States:

• Carmichael, California.

Several people have had the surname Carmichael:

• Alexander Carmichael, collector and author of Carmina Gadelica
• Alistair Carmichael is a Scottish Liberal Democratic politician
• Allison Carmichael is a portrait and landscape painter
• Amy Carmichael was a missionary to Tamil Nadu, India
• Chris Carmichael, cycling trainer for Lance Armstrong and others
• Chris Carmichael, musician and arranger for numerous artists of various genres.
• Colin Carmichael is the Green Party of Ontario candidate for the electoral district of Cambridge in the 2007 Provincial General Election.
• Crystal Carmichael is a professional wrestler
• Franklin Carmichael was a Canadian artist
• Gershom Carmichael was a Scottish philosopher
• Greg Carmichael is an English guitarist
• Harold Carmichael played for the American football professional team, the Philadelphia Eagles.
• Hoagy Carmichael was an American musician
• Ian Carmichael - is a British actor
• James Carmichael is the name of several notable people
• Jesse Carmichael is the name of the keyboardist and backing singer of Maroon5, an American rock band.
• John Carmichael was a British soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Leonard Carmichael was an American educator, associated with Tufts University
• Nelson Carmichael is an American Olympic freestyle skiier
• Ricky Carmichael - is a professional motocross racer
• Robert Daniel Carmichael was an American mathematician
• Sandy Carmichael - a Scottish rugby player who also played for the British Lions
• Stokely Carmichael was an Trinidadian/American Black activist.
• Terry Carmichael is the Founder of GeneTree DNA Testing Center.
• William Donald Carmichael was Vice President and Financial Officer of Consolidated University, a forerunner of North Carolina State University

A Carmichael number is a special kind of number in number theory named for mathematician Robert Carmichael.