Michael Johnson
Michael Jordon
Michael Schumacher
Michael Phelps
Is the name just common and that some of the name-holders have gone on to greater things or is there really a correlation. There are a good number of atheletic Michaels who are not as august as the ones named above, viz.
Michael Vaughan
Micheal Youzhny
Michael Clarke
Gene Michael
Though no mean achievers themselves, but the names formerly mentioned would each figure in any 'best in class' list of their respective sport...
A research in 1990 revealed that, about 3.2 percent of American parents chose the perennially popular name Michael for their new baby boys.
Michael is a popular name in the United States, and has been the first or second most popular name given to male babies in the U.S. for each year since 1954. It is in the top 50 most popular boys' names in England and Wales. The name has been popular in Orthodox Christian countries, and was borne by several rulers of the Byzantine and Russian Empires. In recent years, Michael has been the most popular name in the Philippines,the second most popular name in Finland (Mikael) and ranks among the top ten names in Denmark (Mikkel) and Ireland. It is the 23rd most popular name in Canada, and the 37th most popular in Mexico (Miguel). -> Wikipedia
Sheer numbers aside the quantum of success achieved by individuals named 'Michael' is way more than that done by those with any other name...
Another unique phenomena is that the name is not geographically bound or professionally bound...
Michael Jackson -> An American Performer
Michael Gorbachev -> A Russian President
Michael II -> A Russian Czar
Michelangelo -> An Italian prodigy
Michael Caine -> A British actor
My favorite Michael without doubt is 'Michael Corleone', fictional maybe but surely fantastic...
Signing off...
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