Matthias

Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.

## Notable people

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Notable people named Matthias include the following:

### Religion

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* 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

### Arts

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* Matthias Bamert (born 1942), Swiss composer
* Matthias Barr (1831-1911), Scottish poet
* Matthias Grünewald, highly regarded painter from the German Renaissance
* Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter
* Matthías Jochumsson, Icelandic poet
* Matthias Lechner, German film art director
* Matthias Menck, German audio engineer, electronic music producer and DJ
* Matthias Paul (actor), German actor
* Matthias Paul (DJ), German Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and producer known by his stage name Paul van Dyk
* Matthias Pfenninger, Swiss artist
* Matthias Schoenaerts, Belgian actor
* Matthias Weckmann, North German musician and composer of the Baroque period
* Matthias David Matthiasson, Icelandic singer who performed at the Eurovision

### Nobility and politicians

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* Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty)
* Matthias Attwood (1779–1851), British politician
* Matthias Bartke (born 1959), German politician
* Matthias Berger (born 1968), German politician
* Matthias Birkwald (born 1961), German politician
* Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary
* Matthias Fekl (born 1977), French politician
* Matthias Platzeck, German politician
* Matthias Rentzsch (born 1977), German politician

### Sportspeople

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* Matthias Almer (born 1994), Austrian badminton player
* Matthias Arnold (born 1997), Austrian footballer
* Matthias Askew (born 1982), American footballer
* Matthias Bachinger (born 1987), German tennis player
* Matthias Bader (born 1997), German footballer
* Matthias Baranowski (born 1967), German footballer
* 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
* Mattias Ekström, Swedish racing driver
* Matthias Ginter, German footballer
* Matthias Goossen, Canadian footballer
* Matthias Pfleiderer (born 1995), German gymnast
* Matthias Sammer, German football player and manager
* Matthias Schuldt (born 2000), German gymnast

### Other

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* 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 Aschenbrenner (born 1972), American mathematician
* Matthias Aulike (1807-1865), civil servant
* Matthias Bartgis (1759-1825), German-American business person
* Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist and founder of KDE and LyX
* Matthias Felleisen, programming languages researcher
* Matthias Frings, German writer and journalist
* Matthias Kreck, German mathematician
* Matthias Jakob Schleiden, German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory

### Fictional characters

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* Matthias, central figure in Brian Jacques's Redwall series
* Matthias Helvar, character in Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone played by Calohan Skogman

## Cognates

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The following forenames are related to the English forename Matthias:

* Afrikaans: Matthys
* Amharic: ማትያስ (Mathias)
* Assyrian: ܡܲܬܿܝܵܐ (Mattiya)
* Belarusian: Мацей (Maciej)
* Catalan: Mateu
* Croatian: Matija, Matej, Mate
* Czech: Matyáš, Matěj
* Danish: Mattias, Matthias, Matias, Mads
* Dutch: Matthias, Mathijs, Matthijs
* English: Matthias
* Estonian: Mattias
* Finnish: Matias, Matti
* French: Mathias, Matthias, Matthis
* Gaelic: Maitias
* Georgian: Mate (მათე)
* German: Mathias, Matthias
* Hungarian: Mátyás
* Icelandic: Matthías
* Indonesian: Matthias, Matias
* Italian: Mattia
* Japanese: マティアス (Matiasu)
* Korean: 마티아스 (Matiaseu)
* Latin: Matthias
* Latvian: Matiass, Matejs, Matīss
* Lithuanian: Motiejus
* Norwegian: Mattias, Matthias, Mats
* Polish: Maciej
* Portuguese: Matias (current spelling), Mathias (archaic spelling)
* Romanian: Matia
* Russian: Матфий (do not confuse with Матфей (Матвей))
* Serbian: Матија
* Slovak: Matej
* Slovenian: Matija, Matej, Matjaž
* Spanish: Matías
* Swedish: Mattias, Mathias, Mattis, Mats
* Turkish: Mattias, Mattiya
* Welsh: Mathew, Matheus

## See also

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Search for "Matthias" on Wikipedia.

* All pages with titles beginning with Matthias
* Justice Matthias (disambiguation)
* Mathias (disambiguation)
* Matias
* Mattathias
* Mattias
* Matthias Church in Budapest

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