Matthias
Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. See also: All pages with titles beginning with Matthias
People
Notable people named Matthias include the following:
In religion:
- Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21 .–26 to replace Judas Iscariot
- Matthias of Trakai (c. 1370–1453), Lithuanian clergyman, bishop of Samogitia and of Vilnius
- Matthias Flacius, Lutheran reformer
- Matthias the Prophet, see Robert Matthews (religious impostor) Claimed to be the reincarnation of the original Matthias during the Second Great Awakening
- Matthias F. Cowley, Latter-day Saint apostle
In the arts:
- Matthias Grünewald, highly regarded painter from the German Renaissance
- Matthías Jochumsson, Icelandic poet
- Matthias Lechner, German film art director
- Matthias Paul (actor), German actor
- Matthias Schoenaerts, Belgian actor
In nobility:
- Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary
- Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor-elect of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty)
In music:
- Matthias Bamert (born 1942), Swiss composer
- Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter
- Matthias Menck, German audio engineer, electronic music producer and DJ
- Matthias Paul (DJ), German Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and producer known by his stage name Paul van Dyk
- Matthias Weckmann, North German musician and composer of the Baroque period
Other:
- Matthias, father of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
- Matthias, brother of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
- Matthias Abele (1618-1677), jurist
- Matthias Adamczewski (born 1958), German sailor
- Matthias Ahrens (born 1961), German mountain guide
- Matthias Albinus (fl. 1570s), Polish Calvinist minister
- F. Matthias Alexander, Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique
- Matthias Alleyn (died 1642), 17th-century London gentleman and College Master
- Matthias Almer (born 1994), Austrian badminton player
- Matthias Arnold (born 1997), Austrian footballer
- Matthias Aschenbrenner (born 1972), American mathematician
- Matthias Askew (born 1982), American football player
- Matthias Attwood (born 1779), British politician
- Matthias Aulike (1807-1865), civil servant
- Matthias Bachinger (born 1987), German tennis player
- Matthias Bader (born 1997), German footballer
- Matthias Baranowski (born 1967), German footballer
- Matthias Barr (1831-1911), Scottish poet
- Matthias Bartgis (1759-1825), German-American business person
- Matthias Bartke (born 1959), German politician
- Matthias Baumann (born 1963), Olympic athlete
- Matthias Bieber (born 1986), Swiss ice hockey player
- Matthias Biedermann (born 1983), German skeleton racer
- Matthias Billen (1910-1989), German footballer
- Matthias Birkwald (born 1961), German politician
- Matthias Curtus, paternal great-grandfather of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
- Mattias Ekström, Swedish racing driver
- Matthias Ephlias, paternal ancestor of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
- Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist and founder of KDE and LyX
- Matthias Fekl (born 1977), French politician
- Matthias Felleisen, programming languages researcher
- Matthias Frings, German writer and journalist
- Matthias Ginter, German football player
- Matthias Goossen, Canadian football player
- Matthias Kreck, German mathematician
- Matthias Pfenninger, Swiss artist
- Matthias Platzeck, German politician
- Matthias Sammer, former German football (soccer) player who is now a head coach
- Matthias Jakob Schleiden, a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory
Fictional characters:
- Matthias, central figure in Brian Jacques's Redwall series and the animated TV series
Buildings
- Matthias Church in Budapest
Cognates
The following forenames are related to the English forename Matthias:
- Afrikaans: Matthijs
- Belarusian: Мацей (Maciej)
- Catalan: Mateu
- Croatian: Matija
- Czech: Matyáš, Matěj
- Danish: Mattias, Matthias, Matias, Mads
- Dutch: Matthias, Mathijs, Matthijs
- English: Matthias, Matthew, Matt
- Estonian: Mattias
- Finnish: Matias, Matti
- French: Mathias, Matthias, Matthis
- Gaelic: Maitias
- Georgian: Mate (მათე)
- German, Danish: Mathias, Matthias
- Hungarian: Mátyás
- Icelandic: Matthías
- Italian: Mattia
- Latin: Matthias
- Latvian: Matejs, Matīss
- Lithuanian: Motiejus
- Norwegian: Mattias, Matthias, Mats
- Polish: Mateusz, Maciej
- Portuguese: Matias (current spelling), Mathias (archaic spelling)
- Romanian: Matei
- Russian: Матвей (Матфей)
- Serbian: Матија (Matiya)
- Slovak: Matej
- Slovenian: Matija, Matijaž
- Spanish: Matías
- Swedish: Mattias, Mathias, Mattis, Mats
- Welsh: Mathew, Matheus
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See also
- Justice Matthias (disambiguation)
- Mathias (disambiguation)
- Matias
- Mattathias
- Matthias (surname)
- Mattias
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