Mitchell (surname)
Mitchell or Mitchel is an English and Scottish surname with two etymological origins. In some cases the name is derived from the Middle English and Old French (and Norman 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 (Saxon and Anglian) 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
A–E
- Akil Mitchell, American basketball player
- Alan Mitchell (1922–1995), British dendrologist and forester
- Alvin Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Andrea Mitchell, American TV journalist
- Andrew Mitchell, British politician
- Arthur Mitchell (disambiguation), several people
- Barbara Mitchell (1929–1977), British actress
- Bernon F. Mitchell (1929–2001), American cryptologist, of the Martin and Mitchell defection
- Beverley Mitchell (born 1981), American actress
- Billy Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Bo Levi Mitchell (born 1990), American player of Canadian football
- Casey Mitchell (basketball) (born 1988), basketball player for Elitzur Ashkelon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Charles Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Charlotte Mitchell, British actress
- Christopher Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Chuck Mitchell, American actor
- Colin Mitchell (cricketer) (1929–2007), English cricketer
- Colin Campbell Mitchell (1925–1996), British soldier and politician
- Collin Mitchell (born 1969), Canadian curler
- Coulson Norman Mitchell, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Dale Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Daniel Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Danyel Mitchell (born 1972), American discus thrower and shot putter
- David Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Denis Mitchell (disambiguation), several people
- Dennis Mitchell (born 1966), American athlete
- Sir Dennis Mitchell (pilot) (1918–2001), British air force pilot
- Diana Mitchell (1932–2016), Zimbabwean historian and political activist
- Drew Mitchell (born 1984), Australian rugby player
- Edgar Mitchell (1930–2016), 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)
- Erika Mitchell is the real name of the author E. L. James (born 1963)
- Ewing Mitchell (1910–1988), American actor
F–L
- Frederick Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Fondren Mitchell (1921–1952), American football player
- Gary Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Gay Mitchell Irish politician and member of the European Parliament for the Dublin constituency
- George Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Glenn Mitchell (disambiguation), several people
- H. Lane Mitchell, American politician
- Henry Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Howard Hawks Mitchell mathematician
- Ian Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Isaac Mitchell (1759–1812), New York newspaper publisher and author
- Isaac B. Mitchell (1888–1977), New York state senator
- Jacqui Mitchell, American bridge player
- James Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Joan Mitchell, American painter
- John Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Joni Mitchell (born 1943), Canadian musician and painter
- Joseph Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Julian Mitchell (born 1935), English screenwriter and occasional novelist
- Juliet Mitchell (born 1940), British psychoanalyst
- Katie Mitchell (born 1964), English theatre director
- Keith Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Kel Mitchell (born 1978), American actor
- Kevin Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Kim Mitchell (born 1952), Canadian guitarist, solo recording artist and former lead singer for the band Max Webster
- Lauren Mitchell (born 1992), Australian gymnast, two time Olympic gymnast
- Leilani Mitchell (born 1985), American basketball player
- Lucy Miller Mitchell (1899-2002), educator and activist
M–R
- MacNeil Mitchell (1904–1996), New York politician
- Maia Mitchell (born 1993), Australian actress
- Margaret Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Maria Mitchell (1818–1889), American astronomer
- Mark Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Martha Beall Mitchell, wife of American politician John Mitchell
- Martha Mitchell (director), American television director
- 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
- Ormsby M. Mitchel (1810-1862), American Civil War general
- Penelope Mitchell, Australian actress
- Peter Mitchell (disambiguation)
- R. J. Mitchell (Reginald Joseph Mitchell, 1895–1937), British aeronautical engineer and designer of the Supermarine Spitfire
- R. J. Mitchell (author) (Rosamond Joscelyne Mitchell, born 1902), English author, historian, and archivist
- Radha Mitchell, Australian film actress
- Rhea Mitchell, American film actress
- Richard Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Robert Byington Mitchell, American Civil War general
- Robin Mitchell (born 1946), Fijian sports official and IOC member
S–Z
- Sam Mitchell (disambiguation), several people
- Samuel Mitchell (disambiguation), several people
- Scott Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Seanna Mitchell (born 1988), Canadian freestyle swimmer
- Shannon Mitchell (born 1972), American football player
- 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
- Stanley Mitchell (1932–2011), British translator, academic, and author
- Stanley Robert Mitchell (1881–1963), Australian metallurgist and ethnologist
- Stuart Mitchell (born 1965), Scottish pianist and composer
- Stuart Mitchell (American football) (born 1964), American football player
- Sydney Mitchell (1856–1930), Scottish architect
- Sydney B. Mitchell (1878–1951), Canadian librarian and horticulturist
- Taylor Mitchell (1990–2009), Canadian singer
- Terence Frederick Mitchell (1919–2007), British linguist
- Thomas Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Tyrone Mitchell (1955–1984), American school shooter
- Victor Mitchell, Colorado Republican
- W. O. Mitchell (William Ormond Mitchell, 1914–1998), Canadian writer
- Warren Mitchell (1926–2015), English actor
- Warren Mitchell (basketball), American college basketball coach
- Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874–1948), American economist
- William Mitchell (disambiguation)
- Willy Mitchell (b. 1953), Canadian First Nations musician
Fictional people with the surname "Mitchell"
- Beca Mitchell in the films Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2
- 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
- Dana Mitchell, the Pink Ranger in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
- Dennis the Menace (U.S.), cartoon character
- Gary Mitchell (Star Trek), villain in the original Star Trek series
- Harold Mitchell, Blanche's would-be suitor in the play A Streetcar Named Desire and its various adaptations
- Jack Mitchell (character), appears in numerous sketch stories by Henry Lawson
- Jack Mitchell, protagonist in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Lt. Pete Mitchell ("Maverick"), Top Gun
- Ryan Mitchell (Power Rangers), the Titanium Ranger in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
- Capt. Scott Mitchell, the 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
- Mitchell (given name)
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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