List of people with given name Matthew

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This is a list of people with the given name Matthew (sometimes shortened to Matt):

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Fictional

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Pope Matthew of Alexandria (disambiguation), multiple people
Saint Matthew, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus

A

Matthew Adams (American football) (born 1995), American football player
Matthew Adler (born 1962), American law professor
Matthew Algie (1810–1902), British coffee roaster
Matt Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Andrews, electrical engineer
Matthew Anoaʻi (1970–2017), American professional wrestler better known as Rosey and member of Anoaʻi family
Matthew Aquino (born 1996), Filipino-Japanese professional basketball player
Matthew Arbuckle Jr. (1778–1851), American soldier
Matthew Arnold (1822–1888), English poet and cultural critic
Matthew Arnone (born 1994), Canadian professional soccer player

B

Matthew Barzun, American political
Matthew Bate, Australian footballer
Matthew Bate (filmmaker), Australian filmmaker
Matthew Batten (born 1995), American baseball player
Mat Baynton (born 1980), English actor and musician
Mat Beard (disambiguation), several people
Matt Bellamy (born 1978), English musician
Matt Bennett (born 1991), American actor
Matthew Bergeron (born 2000), Canadian gridiron player
Matt Berry (born 1974), English actor
Matthew Betz (1881–1938), American film actor
Matthew Blaise, Nigerian queer rights activist
Matthew Boling, US sprinter, US HS 100m record holder
Matt Bomer (born 1977), American actor
Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), British manufacturer
Matthew Boyd (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Bozinovski (born 2001), Australian footballer
Matthew Brady (disambiguation), multiple people
Matt Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Brettingham (1699–1769), English architect
Matthew Broderick (born 1962), American film and stage actor
Matthew Broome, British actor

C

Matthew Cameron (born 1985), Australian Paralympic athletics competitor
Matthew Camp (born 1984), American gay pornographic film actor and social media personality
Matthew Cantore (born 1976), United States Space Force brigadier general
Matthew Carey (1760–1839), American publisher and economist
Matthew Carter (born 1937), typeface designer
Matthew Carter (diver) (born 2000), Australian diver
Matthew G. Carter (1913–2012), first African-American mayor of Montclair, New Jersey
Matthew Carmona, British architect, planner and researcher
Matthew Casey (born 1999), English professional footballer
Matthew Causey (born 1953), American academic, singer-songwriter and actor
Matthew Cavanaugh (born 1956), American professional football player and coach
Matthew Caws (born 1967), American singer, songwriter and guitarist
Matt Centrowitz, middle-distance runner, US Olympic Gold Medalist in 2016 Rio 1500m
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. (born 1989), American middle-distance runner
Matthew Charlton (1866–1948), Australian politician
Matthew Chadwick (born 1990), horse racing jockey in Hong Kong
Matthew Cheung, Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration
Matthew A. Cherry (born 1981), American film director, writer, producer, and American football player
Matthew Chizhov (1838–1916), Russian sculptor
Matthew Chojnacki (born 1975), American writer on film and music
Matthew H. Clark (1937–2023), American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
Matthew Clarke, several people
Matthew Clarkson (1758–1825), American colonial soldier and politician
Matthew Clarkson (mayor) (1733–1800), American former mayor of Philadelphia
Matthew Clay (1754–1815), American lawyer, planter, army officer, and politician
Matthew Clerk (1659–1735), Irish Presbyterian minister
Matthew Cobb (born 1957), British zoologist and professor
Matthew Cooper (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Cormack, Australian filmmaker
Matthew Coronato (born 2002), American ice hockey player
Matthew Cox (disambiguation), several people
Matthew Cowles (1944–2014), American actor and playwright
Matthew Cowley, American Latter-day Saint apostle
Matthew Cradock (died 1641), British merchant, politician, and the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company
Matthew Crampton (born 1986), English track cyclist
Matthew Croucher (born 1983), British member of the Royal Marines Reserve and recipient of the George Cross
Matthew Crosby (born 1980), English comedian and writer
Matthew Crum (born 1978), American drummer

D

Matthew Daddario (born 1987), American actor
Matt Damon (born 1970), American actor
Matt Darwin (born 1963), American football player
Matthew Davies (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Dayes (born 1994), American football player
Matthew Deane (born 1978), Thai singer, actor and television presenter
Matthew Dellavedova (born 1990), Australian basketball player
Matthew Dubé (born 1988), Canadian politician
Matt Duchene (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
Mathew Dumba (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
Matthew Dunn (born 1973), Australian freestyle and medley swimmer

E

Matthew Earnest (born 1969), American theater director
Matthew George Easton (1823–1894), Scottish Presbyterian preacher and writer
Matthew Ebden (born 1987), Australian professional tennis player
Matthew of Edessa (died 1144), Armenian historian
Matthew Edgar (born 1986), English professional darts player
Matthew Edison, Canadian actor
Matthew Edwards (footballer) (1882–1944), footballer
Matthew Egan (born 1983), former Australian rules footballer
Matthew Ehlers, American film director, producer, and screenwriter
Matthew Elderfield (born 1966), Deputy Governor and Head of Financial Regulation at the Central Bank of Ireland
Matthew van Eldik, Paralympic athletics competitor from Australia
Matthew Elias (born 1979), Welsh athlete, specialised in the 400 m sprint and 400 m hurdles
Matthew Elliott (cricketer) (born 1971), Australian former cricketer
Matthew Elliott (footballer) (born 1968), former professional footballer
Matthew Elliott (loyalist) (1739–1814), born in County Donegal, Ireland, died in Burlington, Ontario
Matthew Elliott (politics) (born 1978), British political strategist and lobbyist
Matthew Elliott (rugby league) (born 1964), Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player
Matthew Ellis (American musician) of A Hope for Home in Portland, Oregon
Scott Matthew Emerson (born 1971), American professional baseball player, coach and pitching instructor
Matthew Emerton (born 1971), Australian mathematician, professor of mathematics at the University of Chicago
Matthew Gault Emery (1818–1901), the twenty-first Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Matthew Emmons (born 1981), American rifle shooter
Matthew Engel (born 1951), British writer, journalist and editor
Matthew England, physical oceanographer and climate scientist
J. Matthew Ennis (1864–1921), English pianist and organist with an academic career in Adelaide, South Australia
Matthew Entenza (born 1961), Minnesota lawyer and former politician
Matthew Erickson, Canadian voice actor who works for Ocean Studios and Blue Water Studios
Matthew Etherington (born 1981), English former footballer
Harold Matthew Evans (1928–2020), British-born journalist and writer, editor of The Sunday Times
Matthew Evans (cricketer) (born 1974), former English cricketer
Matthew Evers (born 1976), American pair skater, model and TV personality
Matthew Ewing (1815–1874), American carpenter and inventor
Matthew Eyles (born 1979), English cricketer
Matthew J. Eyring (born 1933), American educational administrator, author, and religious leader

F

Matthew Falder (born 1988), English convicted serial sex offender and blackmailer
Matthew Feldman (1919–1994), American politician
Matthew Festa (born 1993), American baseball player
Matthew Festing (1949–2021), English Roman Catholic official
Matthew Fetherstonhaugh (c.1714–1774), English politician and landowner
Matthew Fletcher (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Flinders (1774–1814), English navigator and cartographer
Matthew Forgues, American racewalker
Matthew Fox (born 1966), American actor and model
Matthew Francis (born 1956), British poet and editor
Matthew Freud (born 1963), British businessman
Matthew Friedberger (born 1972), American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

G

Matthew Gagnon (born 1980), American executive, political strategist and writer
Matthew Garber (1956–1977), British child actor
Matthew Gidley (born 1977), Australian professional rugby league footballer
Matthew Giobbi (born 1974), American author and educator
Matthew Good (born 1971), Canadian rock musician
Matthew Goode (born 1978), English actor
Matthew Gotel (born 1999), American football player
Matthew Gray Gubler (born 1980), American actor
Matthew Greywolf (born 1977), German musician
Matthew Griswold (governor) (1715–1799), Governor of Connecticut
Matthew Groening (born 1954), American cartoonist

H

Matthew Hale (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Hammett, member of the Alabama house of representatives
Matthew Harris (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Hayball (born 1997), Australian-American football player
Matthew Hayden (born 1971), Australian cricketer
Mattew Kiichi Heafy (born 1986), American musician
Matty Healy (born 1989), British rock musician
Matthew Henry (1662–1714), Welsh Nonconformist minister and author
Matthew Henson (1866–1955), African-American Arctic explorer
Matthew Herbert (born 1972), British electronic musician
Matthew Hoggard (born 1976), English cricketer
Matthew Hopkins (1620-1647), English Witch-hunting
Matthew Hughes (badminton) (born 1978), Welsh badminton player
Matt Hughes (writer) (born 1949), Canadian author

I

Matthew Ianniello (1920-2012), of the Genovese crime family
Matthew Illingsworth (born 1968), is a road and track racing cyclist
Matthew Inabinet (born 1984), Australian sport shooter
Matthew Inman (born 1982), cartoonist, creator of The Oatmeal webcomic and humor website
Matthew Innes MA, FRHS, is Vice Master and Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London
Matthew Irmas, American director and producer
Matthew Irwin (born 1987), Canadian professional ice hockey player
Matthew Iserhoff of CerAmony, a Canadian duo musical band of Cree origin from Whapmagoostui
Matthew II Izmirlian (1845–1910), Catholicos of All Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church

J

Matthew Jarvis (born 1985), Canadian professional poker player
Matthew Jay (1978–2003), English singer-songwriter
Matthew Jebb (born 1958), Irish botanist and taxonomist
Matthew Jensen, several people
Matthew Johns (born 1971), Australian rugby league football commentator and player
Matthew Judon (born 1992), American football player
Matthew Jurman, Australian soccer player

K

Matthew Kacsmaryk (born 1977), American judge
Matthew Kaminski (born 1971), American editor and journalist
Matthew Kelly (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Kenney, American celebrity chef, entrepreneur, author, and educator
Matthew Kenseth- 2003 NASCAR Cup Series champion
Matthew Kennedy (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Kigallon (born 1984), English professional footballer
Matthew Ko (born 1984), Hong Kong actor
Matthew J. Kok, American actor and writer-director
Matthew Koma (born 1987), American singer
Matthew of Kraków (c. 1335–1410), German-Polish scholar and priest
Matthew Kreuzer (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
Matthew Kroenig (born 1977), American political scientist and national security strategist

L

Matthew Labyorteaux (born 1966), American film, television and voice actor
Matthew Laflin (1803–1897), American manufacturer, businessman, philanthropist, and pioneer
Matthew Ladensack (born 1987), American director, producer, screenwriter and entrepreneur
Matthew Lawrence (born 1980), American actor
Matthew Leckie (born 1991), Australian soccer player
Matthew Lesko (born 1943), American author and television personality
Matthew Lessner, American artist and independent filmmaker
Matthew Levatich (born 1964/65), American businessman, CEO of Harley-Davidson
Matthew Lewis (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Liberatore (born 1999), American baseball player
Matthew Lillard (born 1970), American actor
Matthew Lloyd (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Lodge (born 1995), Australian rugby league footballer
Matthew Logelin, American author, blogger, public speaker, and charity founder
Matthew López, American playwright, director and screenwriter
Matthew Lopez, multiple people
Matthew B. Lowrie, American political
Matthew Lyon, American politician

M

Matthew Macfadyen (born 1974), British theatre and film actor
Matthew Marsden (born 1973), English actor
Matthew Fontaine Maury, Commodore of the United States navy
Matthew McCloskey, American political
Matthew McConaughey (born 1969), American actor
Matthew McEwen (born 1971), Australian decathlete
Matthew Mervis (born 1998), American baseball player
Matthew Mileham (born 1976), British hammer thrower
Matthew Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Modine (born 1959), American actor
Matt Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Morrison (born 1978), American actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter
Matthew Saad Muhammad (1954-2014), professional boxer
Matthew Murphy (born 1984), English musician; lead vocalist & guitarist of The Wombats
Matt Murray (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
Matthew Murray (1765–1826), English steam engine and machine tool manufacturer
Matthew Myers (judge), Australian judge

N

Matthew Nathan (1862–1939), British soldier and colonial administrator
Matthew L. Nathan, 37th Surgeon General of the United States Navy
Matthew Naythons (born 1946), American photojournalist, physician and publisher
Matthew Needham (born 1984), British actor
Matthew M. Neely American political
Matthew Neuhaus (born 1958), American diplomat
Matthew Newkirk (1794-1868), American railroad executive
Matthew Nielsen (born 1978), Australian professional basketball coach and player
Matthew Noble (1817–1876), British portrait sculptor
Matthew Norman (born 1986), Australian drug trafficker
Matthew Noszka (born 1992), American model and actor

O

Matthew Oakley (born 1977), English retired professional footballer
Olusegun Aremu Okikiola Matthew Obasanjo (born 1937), President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007
Matthew O'Brien, American author, journalist and teacher
Matthew O'Callaghan, American film director, animator, writer, and storyboard artist
John Matthew O'Connell (1872–1941), U.S. Representative from Rhode Island
Matthew O'Connor (soccer) (born 1984), Canadian former soccer player
Matthew O'Connor (swimmer) (born 1971), British former competitive swimmer
Matthew O'Conor (1773–1844), Irish historian, the O'Conor Don and de jure King of Connacht
Matthew Odell, American pianist
Matthew Odmark (born 1974), American musician,a guitarist for Christian alternative folk rock group Jars of Clay
Matthew O'Donnell MA, BD, DPh was an Irish priest, president of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth
Matthew O'Dwyer (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
Matthew Offord, FRGS (born 1969), British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliamentn
Matthew Ogens, American film director, creative director, photographer and artist
Matthew O'Hanlon (born 1991), Irish sportsperson
Matthew Okohh (born 1972), former U.S.–Nigerian soccer player
Matthew O'Leary (born 1987), American actor
Matthew Olim, CEO and co-founder of CDNow, Inc.
Matthew G. Olsen (born 1962), American prosecutor and the former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC)
Matthew Olson, retired American soccer goalkeeper
Matthew Vincent O'Malley (1878–1931), U.S. Representative from New York in 1931
Matthew O'Neill (footballer) (born 1984), English professional footballer
Matthew Oram MBE (1885–1969), New Zealand politician of the National Party
Matthew O'Reilly (1880–1962), Irish politician
Matthew O'Rourke (born 1967), New Zealand former cricketer
Matthew Orr (born 1962), entrepreneur living in the UK
Matthew D. Orwig (born 1959), American attorney
Albert Matthew Osborne GC (1906–1942), awarded a posthumous George Cross for action during German air attacks on Malta
Matthew O'Shea, the Alderman of the 19th ward of Chicago
Matthew Osman (born 1983), Australian former professional footballer
Matthew Otten (born 1981), American former professional basketball player
John Matthew Ottoson (1818–1867), Japanese castaway originally from the area of Onoura near modern-day Mihama

P

Matthew Parker (1504–1575), English Archbishop of Canterbury
Matthew Paris (c. 1200–1259), Benedictine monk, English chronicler, artist in illuminated manuscripts and cartographer
Matthew Parris (born 1949), British journalist and politician
Matthew Patrick (born 1986), American YouTuber
Matthew Perry (disambiguation), multiple people
- Matthew Perry (1969–2023), American and Canadian actor
Matthew Prior (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Pinsent (born 1970), English rower and broadcaster
Matthew Potter, Irish academic
Matt Preston (born 1961), English-born Australian food critic, cravat enthusiast and television personality

Q

Matthew Quay (1833-1904), American political boss
Matthew Quick (born 1973), American writer of adult and young adult fiction
Matthew Quick (artist) (born 1967), Australian artist
Matthew Quinn (bishop) DD (1821–1885), an Australian Roman Catholic suffragan bishop
Matthew Quinn (cricketer) (born 1993), New Zealand first-class cricketer
Matthew Quintal (1766–1799), Cornish able seaman and mutineer aboard HMS Bounty

R

Matthew Ramsey (born 1977), American country music singer and songwriter
Matthew Rabinowitz (born 1973), South African-American entrepreneur and investor
Matthew Reilly (born 1974), Australian action thriller writer
Matthew Richardson (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Ridgway (1895–1993), senior United States Army officer
Matthew Rinker (born 1984), American politician
Matthew Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Ryan (disambiguation), multiple people

S

Matthew Charles Sanders (born 1981), known by his stage name M. Shadows, American musician
Matthew Salapu-Faiumu, New Zealand music composer
Matthew Saville, Australian television and film director
Matthew J. Saville, New Zealand actor and filmmaker, director of Juniper
Matt Schwartz (born 1971), British DJ
Matthew Shepard (1976–1998), American murder victim
Matthew Silverman (born 1976), American General Manager and President for Baseball Operations for the Tampa Bay Rays
Matthew Simpson (1811–1884), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Matthew Slater (born 1985), American football gunner New England Patriots
Matthew Slattery (footballer) (born 2005), Hong Kong professional footballer
Matthew Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Stafford (born 1988), American football Quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams
Matthew Stevens (born 1977), Welsh professional snooker player
Matthew Stone (born 1971), American animator and producer
Matthew Sturgis, British historian and biographer
Matthew Sutcliffe (1550?-1629), English
Matthew Sweet (born 1964), American rock singer-songwriter and musician

T

Matthew Tavares (born 1990), Canadian musician, songwriter, and music producer
Matthew Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Teitelbaum (born 1956), Canadian art historian
Matthew Thiessen (born 1980), Canadian-American musician, singer and songwriter
Matthew Thomas (linebacker) (born 1995), American football player
Matthew Thorton (1714–1803), Irish-born Founding Father of the United States
Matthew Tkachuk (born 1997), American ice hockey player
Matthew Tobriner (1904–1982), American judge, lawyer, and law professor
Matthew Trollinger, United States Marine Corps major general
Matthew Trundle (1965–2019), British-born New Zealand academic
Matthew Tuck (born 1980), Welsh musician
Matthew Turner (disambiguation), multiple people

U

Matthew Updike, American Paralympic cyclist
Matthew Upson (born 1979), English former professional footballer
Matthew Utai (born 1981), professional rugby league footballer
Matthew Uttley FRHistS FRSA (born 1965), British academic and writer
Matthew Uy (born 1990), American born Filipino footballer

V

Matthew Vandrau (born 1969), retired English-born South African-raised cricketer
Matthew VanDyke (born 1979), American documentary filmmaker, revolutionary, and former journalist
Matthew Vaniel (1919–1981), American professional basketball player
Philip Michael Matthew Scott VanKoughnet, QC (1822–1869), Canadian politician, lawyer and judge
Jason Matthew Vargas (born 1983), American professional baseball pitcher
Matthew Edward Vasgersian (born 1967), American sportscaster and television host
Matthew Vassar (1792–1868), English-born American brewer, merchant and philanthropist
Matthew Vaughn (born 1971), English film producer, director, and screenwriter
Matthew Vellanickal (born 1934), New Testament scholar, vicar general of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Changanassery
Matthew of Vendôme, French author of the 12th century, writing in Latin, who had been was a pupil of Bernard Silvestris at Tours
Emil Matthew Verban (1915–1989), second baseman in Major League Baseball
Matt Vesely, Australian filmmaker
Matthew Villis (born 1984), English footballer
Adam Matthew Vinatieri (born 1972), American football placekicker for the Indianapolis Colts
Matthew Vines (born 1990), LGBT activist, known for the viral YouTube video The Gay Debate: The Bible and Homosexuality

W

Matthew Walker (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Waterhouse (born 1961), English actor and writer
Matthew Webb, first man to swim the English channel unaided
Matthew Wells (American football) (born 1990), American football player
Matthew West (born 1977), American contemporary Christian musician, singer-songwriter, and actor
Matthew Wood (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
Matthew Wright (disambiguation), multiple people

X

Matthew Xia, disc jockey

Y

Matthew Yap (born 1999), Singaporean Powerlifter and Coach
Matthew Yglesias (born 1981), American blogger and journalist
Matthew Young (disambiguation), multiple people

Z

Matthew Zell (1477–1548), Lutheran pastor and reformer based in Strasbourg
Matthew Zeremes, Australian actor known for his television, theatre and film roles
Matthew Ziff (born 1991), American actor and producer
Matthew A. Zimmerman, USA (born 1941), retired American Army officer
Matthew Zions (born 1978), Australian professional golfer
Matthew Zone, Cleveland, Ohio city councilman
Matthew Zook, American geographer and professor in the University of Kentucky
Matthew Zunic (1919–2006), American basketball player and coach
John Matthew Zwach (1907–1990), United States Representative from Minnesota

Fictional characters

Matthew, a character in the animated series Adventure Time episode "The Mountain"
Matthew Applewhite, fictional character from American comedy-drama series, Desperate Housewives
Matthew Brock, a protagonist of American TV series NewsRadio
Matthew Cable, a character appearing in DC Comics' Swamp Thing series
Matthew "Matt" Casey, a main protagonist in American TV series Chicago Fire
Matthew "Matt" Cordell, main antagonist and centerpiece of the Maniac Cop trilogy
Matthew "Matt" McNamara, on the American TV series Nip/Tuck
Matthew "Matt" Murdock, a.k.a. Daredevil of Earth-616 from the Marvel Comics
Matthew "Matt" Murdock, a.k.a. Kingpin of Earth-65 from the Marvel Comics
Matthew "Matt" Parkman, in American TV series Heroes
Matthew "Matt" Robinson, on Australian soap opera Neighbours
Matthew "Matt" Saracen, in American TV series Friday Night Lights
Matthew "Matt" Simmons, a protagonist of American TV series Criminal Minds
Matthew "Matt" Taylor, one of the protagonists of the Until Dawn video game
Matthew Fairchild, one of the protagonists of Cassandra Clare's Last Hours trilogy
Matthew Williams, the personification of Canada in the anime Hetalia

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