<P> 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 . The personal name Michael is ultimately derived from a Hebrew name, meaning "Who is like God". 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; this English - language surname is derived from the Irish - language Ó Maoil Mhichíl, meaning "descendant of the devotee of St. Michael". </P> <Ul> <Li> Akil Mitchell, American basketball player </Li> <Li> Alan Mitchell (1922--1995), British dendrologist and forester </Li> <Li> Alexander Crichton Mitchell (1864 - 1952), Scottish geophysicist </Li> <Li> Alvin Mitchell (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Andrea Mitchell, American TV journalist </Li> <Li> Andrew Mitchell, British politician </Li> <Li> Arthur Mitchell (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Barbara Mitchell (1929--1977), British actress </Li> <Li> Bernon F. Mitchell (1929--2001), American cryptologist, of the Martin and Mitchell defection </Li> <Li> Beverley Mitchell (born 1981), American actress </Li> <Li> Billy Mitchell (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Bo Levi Mitchell (born 1990), American player of Canadian football </Li> <Li> Casey Mitchell (basketball) (born 1988), basketball player for Elitzur Ashkelon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League </Li> <Li> Charles Mitchell (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Charlotte Mitchell, British actress </Li> <Li> Christopher Mitchell (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Chuck Mitchell, American actor </Li> <Li> Colin Mitchell (cricketer) (1929--2007), English cricketer </Li> <Li> Colin Campbell Mitchell (1925--1996), British soldier and politician </Li> <Li> Collin Mitchell (born 1969), Canadian curler </Li> <Li> Coulson Norman Mitchell, Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross </Li> <Li> Dale Mitchell (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Daniel Mitchell (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Danyel Mitchell (born 1972), American discus thrower and shot putter </Li> <Li> David Mitchell (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Denis Mitchell (disambiguation), several people </Li> <Li> Dennis Mitchell (born 1966), American athlete </Li> <Li> Sir Dennis Mitchell (pilot) (1918--2001), British air force pilot </Li> <Li> Diana Mitchell (1932--2016), Zimbabwean historian and political activist </Li> <Li> Drew Mitchell (born 1984), Australian rugby player </Li> <Li> Edgar Mitchell (1930--2016), American astronaut </Li> <Li> Eddy Mitchell (born 1942), French singer and actor born Claude Moine </Li> <Li> Elisha Mitchell (1793--1857), Chemist, geologist, professor (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) </Li> <Li> Elizabeth Mitchell (disambiguation) </Li> <Li> Erika Mitchell is the real name of the author E.L. James (born 1963) </Li> <Li> Ewing Mitchell (1910--1988), American actor </Li> </Ul>

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