Michael Jackson (1958–2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer and entertainer known as the "King of Pop".

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People

Entertainment industry

  • Michael Jackson (radio commentator) (1934–2022), American radio talk show host, KABC and KGIL, Los Angeles
  • Michael Jackson (writer) (1942–2007), English beer and whisky expert, Beer Hunter show host,
  • Mick Jackson (director) (born 1943), British film and TV director, known for The Bodyguard
  • Michael J. Jackson (born 1948), English actor from Liverpool, best known for his role in Brookside
  • Michael James Jackson (1945–2022), American record producer, engineer and composer
  • Michael Jackson (television executive) (born 1958), British television executive
  • Mick Jackson (author) (born 1960), British writer, known for The Underground Man
  • Mike Jackson (photographer) (born 1966), British abstract and landscape photographer, known for Poppit Sands images
  • Michael Jackson (actor) (born 1970), Canadian actor
  • Mike Jackson (film producer) (born 1972), American film producer and talent manager
  • Michael R. Jackson (born 1981), American playwright, composer, and lyricist

Musicians

  • Mike Jackson (musician) (1888–1945), American jazz pianist and composer
  • Mike Jackson (Australian entertainer) (born 1946), Australian multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and children's entertainer
  • Mick Jackson (singer) (born 1947), English singer-songwriter
  • Michael Gregory (jazz guitarist) (born 1953), American jazz guitarist, born Michael Gregory Jackson
  • Mike and Michelle Jackson, Australian multi-instrumental duo
  • Michael Jackson (English singer) (born 1964), British singer with the heavy metal band Satan/Pariah
  • Oh No (musician), birth name Michael Woodrow Jackson (born 1978), American rapper
  • Michael Lee Jackson, american guitarist
  • Mick Jackson (born 1950), bassist with British band Love Affair

Military and militants

  • Michael Jackson (American soldier) (1734–1801), Continental Army general
  • Mike Jackson (British Army officer) (1944–2024), former British Army Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces
  • Salman Raduyev (1967–2002), Chechen warlord; nicknamed "Michael Jackson" for a time

Politicians and officials

  • Mike Jackson (Texas politician) (born 1953), American politician, member of the Texas Senate
  • Michael P. Jackson (born 1954), U.S. deputy secretary of Homeland Security, 2005–2007
  • Michael W. Jackson (born 1963), American lawyer, Alabama district attorney
  • Michael A. Jackson (politician) (born 1964), American politician, secretary of the Maryland State Police
  • Mike Jackson (Oklahoma politician) (born 1978), American politician, member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives

Sportspeople

American football

  • Michael Jackson (linebacker) (born 1957), American NFL linebacker (1979–1986)
  • Michael Jackson (wide receiver) (1969–2017), American politician and NFL wide receiver
  • Mike Jackson (cornerback) (born 1997), American football cornerback

Association football (soccer)

  • Mike Jackson (footballer, born 1939), Scottish footballer and manager
  • Michael Jackson (footballer, born 1963) (Mariléia dos Santos), Brazilian women's association footballer
  • Mike Jackson (footballer, born 1973), English association football player born in Liverpool
  • Michael Jackson (footballer, born 1980), English association football player born in Cheltenham

Other sports

  • Mike Jackson (left-handed pitcher) (born 1946), American baseball player
  • Mike Jackson (basketball) (born 1949), American ABA pro basketball player (1972–1976)
  • Michael Jackson (basketball) (born 1964), American NBA pro basketball player, Sacramento Kings (1987–1990)
  • Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher) (born 1964), American baseball player
  • Michael Jackson (rugby league) (born 1969), English rugby league footballer
  • Mike Jackson (wrestler) (born 1949), American professional wrestler
  • Mike Jackson (fighter) (born 1985), American mixed martial artist

Other people

  • Michael A. Jackson (computer scientist) (born 1936), British software developer
  • Michael Jackson (anthropologist) (born 1940), New Zealand professor of social anthropology and writer
  • Mike Jackson (automotive) (born 1949), American businessman, former CEO of Mercedes-Benz USA and CEO of AutoNation
  • Mike Jackson (systems scientist) (born 1951), British organizational theorist and consultant
  • Michael Jackson (murderer) (born 1954), American convicted murderer
  • Mike Jackson (retailing) (born 1954), American businessman former president and COO of Supervalu
  • Michael Jackson (bishop) (born 1956), Church of Ireland archbishop of Dublin, Ireland, since 2011
  • Michael Jackson (journalist), Niuean journalist and former politician
  • Michael Thomas Jackson (born 1948), British plant taxonomist
  • Michael Jackson, American murderer convicted in the murder of Carol and Reggie Sumner

Characters

  • Mike Jackson (character), a character in the Psmith books by P. G. Wodehouse

Songs

  • "Michael Jackson (The Beat Goes On)", a song by Cash Cash from The Beat Goes On
  • "Michael Jackson", a song by Das Racist from Relax
  • "Michael Jackson", a song by Fatboy Slim, B-side of "Going Out of My Head"
  • "Michael Jackson", a song by The Mitchell Brothers
  • "Michael Jackson", a song by Negativland from Escape from Noise

See also

  • Michael Jackson, Inc., a non-fiction book by Zack O'Malley Greenburg
  • Michael L. Jackson (disambiguation)
  • Jackson (surname)