Manuel (name)
Manuel is a male given name originating in the Hebrew name Immanu'el to Spain and Portugal, where it has been used since at least the 13th century. Manuel is popular in Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Romanian, Greek, Polish and Dutch where Manny or Manu is used as a nickname.Middle Ages
- Manuel I Komnenos
- Manuel II Palaiologos
- Manuel I of Trebizond
- Manuel II of Trebizond
- Manuel III of Trebizond
- Manuel I of Portugal
- Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém, Portuguese prince, son of Peter II of Portugal
- Manuel of Castile, son of Ferdinand III of Castile
- Manuel I, patriarch of Constantinople in 1216–22
- Manuel II, patriarch of Constantinople in 1244–55
- Manuel Christonymos, birth name of Patriarch Maximus III of Constantinople, reigned 1476–1482
Early modern
- Manuel da Nóbrega, Portuguese Jesuit and missionary in the early Colonial Brazil
- Manuel, Prince of Portugal, son of John III of Portugal
- Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet
- Manuel Cardoso, Portuguese composer
- Manuel Belgrano, Argentine politician and military leader during the Argentine War of Independence
- Manuel Pardo, Peruvian politician
- Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, Portuguese nobleman and Grand Master of the Order of Malta
Modern given name
- Patriarchs of Lisbon
- * Manuel II, 14th. cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon
- * Manuel III, 17th. cardinal-patriarch of Lisbon
- Manuel II of Portugal, the last King of Portugal
- Manuel Agogo, Ghanaian football player
- Manuel Alegre, Portuguese poet and politician
- Manny Aparicio, Canadian football player
- Manuel Alfonso Andrade Oropeza, Mexican professional wrestler known as "Andrade"
- Manuel de Blas, Spanish actor
- Manuel Bandeira, Brazilian writer
- Manuel Cuevas, Mexican fashion designer
- Manuel Elizalde Sr., Filipino businessman, polo player and sports patron
- Manuel Elizalde Jr., Filipino businessman
- Manuel Ferrara, French pornographic actor and director
- Manuel Fettner, Austrian ski jumper
- Manuel Teixeira Gomes, Portuguese politician and writer, 7th President of Portugal
- Manuel Göttsching, German musician, member of Ash Ra Tempel
- Manuel Hassassian, Armenian-Palestinian professor
- Manuel Machata, German bobsledder and World Champion of 2011
- Manuel Mamikonian, Armenian general and ruler
- Manuel Morales , Peruvian basketball player
- Manuel Neuer, German football goalkeeper
- Manuel Noriega, Panamanian dictator and criminal
- Manoel de Oliveira, Portuguese film director
- Manuel V. Pangilinan, Filipino businessman
- Manuel "Manny" Pardo, American serial killer and former police officer
- Manuel Pardo , Spanish soldier and governor
- Manuel Pellegrini, Chilean football manager
- Manuel Pinho, Portuguese politician and economist
- Manuel Poppinger, Austrian ski jumper
- Manuel L. Quezon, first President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
- Manny Ramírez, Dominican-American Major League Baseball player
- Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, American photographer
- Manuel Rocha, American diplomat
- Manuel Roxas, first President of the Third Philippine Republic
- Manuel "Mar" Roxas II, Filipino politician, grandson of Manuel Roxas
- Manuel Sanhouse, Venezuelan football goalkeeper
- Manuel Seco, Spanish lexicographer
- Manuel Sosa , Belizean jurist
- Manuel Tenenbaum, Uruguayan educator, historian and philanthropist.
- Manuel Uribe, Mexican who was at one time considered to be the heaviest man in the world
- Manuel & the Music of the Mountains, pseudonym of composer/arranger Geoff Love
Surname
- Charlie Manuel, American baseball manager
- EJ Manuel, American football player
- Herman E. Manuel, American politician
- Jacques-Antoine Manuel, French politician
- Jerry Manuel, American baseball manager
- Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, Spanish noble and medieval writer, son of Infante Manuel of Castile
- Laurent Manuel, American association football player
- Louis Pierre Manuel, political figure of the French Revolution
- Niklaus Manuel, Swiss painter
- Peter Manuel, American-born Scottish serial killer
- Richard Manuel, Canadian composer, singer and multi-instrumentalist with The Band
- Rob Manuel, English developer/producer of humorous/miscellaneous web content
- Rod Manuel, American football player
- Simone Manuel, American swimmer
- Vic Manuel, Filipino basketball player
Fictional characters
- Manuel, waiter in the BBC TV sitcom
- Manny Calavera, protagonist of the adventure game Grim Fandango
- Manny Pardo, a hard-boiled detective in the game
