Sânmihaiu Român (Hungarian: Bégaszentmihály or Oláhszentmihály; German: Wallachisch St. Michael) is a commune in Timiș County, Romania.

Historian Ioan Lotreanu considers that the assignment of this name is erroneous, being confused with Sveti Mihajlo in Serbian Banat.

[5] Old Romanian village, it resisted the Turkish occupation, so that in 1717, after the conquest of Banat by the Austrians, it had 40 houses.

In the interwar period it was part of Plasa Chișoda, Timiș-Torontal County, it had over 2,000 inhabitants and over 500 houses.

[6] By religion, most inhabitants are Orthodox (73.7%), but there are also minorities of Pentecostals (9.67%), Roman Catholics (3.97%) and Baptists (1.32%).