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<h2 id="notable-people">Notable people</h2> <p>Notable people named Matthias include the following: </p> <h3>Religion</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Saint_Matthias/2JTFElb5">Saint Matthias</a>, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_of_Trakai/I0Sad5rp">Matthias of Trakai</a> (c. 1370–1453), Lithuanian clergyman, bishop of Samogitia and of Vilnius</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Flacius/CKeRHYDJ">Matthias Flacius</a>, Lutheran reformer</li> <li>Matthias the Prophet, see <a href="/facts/Robert_Matthews_(religious_impostor)/Fartglu3">Robert Matthews (religious impostor)</a> Claimed to be the reincarnation of the original Matthias during the Second Great Awakening</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_F._Cowley/3ABm0XNt">Matthias F. Cowley</a>, Latter-day Saint apostle</li></ul> <h3>Arts</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Bamert/ycpIynRv">Matthias Bamert</a> (born 1942), Swiss composer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Barr/qMUGnXv3">Matthias Barr</a> (1831-1911), Scottish poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Gr%C3%BCnewald/5R7MrjD0">Matthias Grünewald</a>, highly regarded painter from the German Renaissance</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Jabs/fpqpY9nm">Matthias Jabs</a>, German guitarist and songwriter</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matth%C3%ADas_Jochumsson/VJaLmLG3">Matthías Jochumsson</a>, Icelandic poet</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Lechner/dLQb6HCj">Matthias Lechner</a>, German film art director</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Menck/DBplP4nM">Matthias Menck</a>, German audio engineer, electronic music producer and DJ</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Paul_(actor)/rXULcYhg">Matthias Paul (actor)</a>, German actor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Paul_(DJ)/Vk3TYx7n">Matthias Paul (DJ)</a>, German Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and producer known by his stage name <i>Paul van Dyk</i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Pfenninger/My0SM8CA">Matthias Pfenninger</a>, Swiss artist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Schoenaerts/n7cWN4hA">Matthias Schoenaerts</a>, Belgian actor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Weckmann/51ISYj5B">Matthias Weckmann</a>, North German musician and composer of the Baroque period</li></ul> <h3>Nobility and politicians</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Matthias,_Holy_Roman_Emperor/8Bg0c2Fb">Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor</a>, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Attwood/LnAzXftx">Matthias Attwood</a> (1779–1851), British politician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Bartke/uf1U48fu">Matthias Bartke</a> (born 1959), German politician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Berger/EFR5Q50X">Matthias Berger</a> (born 1968), German politician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Birkwald/nzVvbW3M">Matthias Birkwald</a> (born 1961), German politician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Corvinus_of_Hungary/mQ4pNCCo">Matthias Corvinus of Hungary</a>, King of Hungary</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Fekl/KpWGKSWl">Matthias Fekl</a> (born 1977), French politician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Platzeck/wJBLRvBL">Matthias Platzeck</a>, German politician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Rentzsch/fNRgwlIS">Matthias Rentzsch</a> (born 1977), German politician</li></ul> <h3>Sportspeople</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Almer/oAbqsQt6">Matthias Almer</a> (born 1994), Austrian badminton player</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Arnold/olzxRhye">Matthias Arnold</a> (born 1997), Austrian footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Askew/w3ALB5l1">Matthias Askew</a> (born 1982), American footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Bachinger/jL7jv6W7">Matthias Bachinger</a> (born 1987), German tennis player</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Bader/mLdn9ysz">Matthias Bader</a> (born 1997), German footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Baranowski/SEnulowL">Matthias Baranowski</a> (born 1967), German footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Baumann/4FWVkQKB">Matthias Baumann</a> (born 1963), Olympic athlete</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Bieber/nhWVE1u7">Matthias Bieber</a> (born 1986), Swiss ice hockey player</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Biedermann/w2MeezJC">Matthias Biedermann</a> (born 1983), German skeleton racer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Billen/sPRgX4X9">Matthias Billen</a> (1910-1989), German footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mattias_Ekstr%C3%B6m/gCAtNdwe">Mattias Ekström</a>, Swedish racing driver</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Ginter/QuKjVX61">Matthias Ginter</a>, German footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Goossen/y4C4b0Sd">Matthias Goossen</a>, Canadian footballer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Pfleiderer/unAFbWK4">Matthias Pfleiderer</a> (born 1995), German gymnast</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Sammer/Juv74oxo">Matthias Sammer</a>, German football player and manager</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Schuldt/7A6ve1PG">Matthias Schuldt</a> (born 2000), German gymnast</li></ul> <h3>Other</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Abele/SkVxoGRj">Matthias Abele</a> (1618–1677), jurist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Adamczewski/Pp3gvbLC">Matthias Adamczewski</a> (born 1958), German sailor</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Ahrens/xr1mlazM">Matthias Ahrens</a> (born 1961), German mountain guide</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Albinus/rcF6EfVU">Matthias Albinus</a> (fl. 1570s), Polish Calvinist minister</li> <li><a href="/facts/F._Matthias_Alexander/VHELlm0I">F. Matthias Alexander</a>, Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Alleyn/IEbuswvp">Matthias Alleyn</a> (died 1642), 17th-century London gentleman and College Master</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Aschenbrenner/nS0WGJ7o">Matthias Aschenbrenner</a> (born 1972), American mathematician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Aulike/j9FfMwF9">Matthias Aulike</a> (1807-1865), civil servant</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Bartgis/jjeFJ4yr">Matthias Bartgis</a> (1759-1825), German-American business person</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Ettrich/BjVB7dr3">Matthias Ettrich</a>, German computer scientist and founder of KDE and LyX</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Felleisen/zU62cWPr">Matthias Felleisen</a>, programming languages researcher</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Frings/7U1munMw">Matthias Frings</a>, German writer and journalist</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Kreck/rFannGzb">Matthias Kreck</a>, German mathematician</li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Jakob_Schleiden/UvKv4hBV">Matthias Jakob Schleiden</a>, German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory</li></ul> <h3>Fictional characters</h3> <ul><li>Matthias, central figure in Brian Jacques's <i><a href="/facts/List_of_Redwall_characters/7vcmgK5G">Redwall</a></i> series</li> <li>Matthias Helvar, character in Leigh Bardugo's <i><a href="/facts/Six_of_Crows/jo7z8s9C">Six of Crows</a></i> and <a href="/facts/Shadow_and_Bone_(TV_series)/oadw8Qs3"><i>Shadow and Bone</i></a> played by Calohan Skogman</li></ul> <h2 id="cognates">Cognates</h2> <p>The following forenames are related to the <a href="/facts/English_forename/j50qMjJD">English forename</a> Matthias: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Afrikaans/jYqEPHmA">Afrikaans</a>: Matthys</li> <li><a href="/facts/Amharic/zVHLsajh">Amharic</a>: ማትያስ (Mathias)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Suret/QcY8Smky">Assyrian</a>: ܡܲܬܿܝܵܐ (Mattiya)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Belarusian_language/yRuE1cfX">Belarusian</a>: <i>Мацей</i> (Maciej)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Catalan_language/W2uTbK8Q">Catalan</a>: Mateu</li> <li><a href="/facts/Croatian_language/o2Y8WHuy">Croatian</a>: <a href="/facts/Matija/tVV4ARVq">Matija</a>, <a href="/facts/Matej/hTN3Ve7t">Matej</a>, <a href="/facts/Mate_(given_name)/NdB854DR">Mate</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Czech_language/ySvEftdh">Czech</a>: Matyáš, Matěj</li> <li><a href="/facts/Danish_language/sTcGXTMJ">Danish</a>: Mattias, Matthias, Matias, <a href="/facts/Mads_(given_name)/4Y7tq722">Mads</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Dutch_language/yIB5lbsx">Dutch</a>: Matthias, Mathijs, Matthijs</li> <li><a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a>: Matthias</li> <li><a href="/facts/Estonian_language/ywCJos4e">Estonian</a>: <a href="/facts/Mattias/EzlAf39A">Mattias</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Finnish_language/lBuEIgs0">Finnish</a>: <a href="/facts/Matias/c2Shuvno">Matias</a>, <a href="/facts/Matti_(disambiguation)/eYEmvcVL">Matti</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a>: <a href="/facts/Mathias_(disambiguation)/WaH7WGBa">Mathias</a>, Matthias, Matthis</li> <li><a href="/facts/Scottish_Gaelic_language/KMI4MmzJ">Gaelic</a>: Maitias</li> <li><a href="/facts/Georgian_Language/DoKtMLfq">Georgian</a>: <i>Mate</i> (მათე)</li> <li><a href="/facts/German_language/oWaQIDA8">German</a>: <a href="/facts/Mathias_(disambiguation)/WaH7WGBa">Mathias</a>, Matthias</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hungarian_language/nt4g0ano">Hungarian</a>: <a href="/facts/M%C3%A1ty%C3%A1s/rIbRuFYc">Mátyás</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Icelandic_language/4GmzhaoT">Icelandic</a>: <a href="/facts/Matth%C3%ADas/XAnJktwF">Matthías</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Indonesian_language/J8Q78Ywb">Indonesian</a>: Matthias, Matias</li> <li><a href="/facts/Italian_language/YXsmvlQG">Italian</a>: Mattia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Japanese_language/EEv485a5">Japanese</a>: マティアス (Matiasu)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Korean_language/dmNnRxAA">Korean</a>: 마티아스 (Matiaseu)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a>: Matthias</li> <li><a href="/facts/Latvian_language/1LRCJorI">Latvian</a>: Matiass, Matejs, <a href="/facts/Mat%C4%ABss/zP2UGlXv">Matīss</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lithuanian_language/p0bS9M0R">Lithuanian</a>: Motiejus</li> <li><a href="/facts/Norwegian_language/TGEyeerM">Norwegian</a>: Mattias, Matthias, Mats</li> <li><a href="/facts/Polish_language/lzpvYDvV">Polish</a>: <a href="/facts/Maciej/2AF1tkMu">Maciej</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Portuguese_language/vr3Fwzw3">Portuguese</a>: <a href="/facts/Matias/c2Shuvno">Matias</a> (current spelling), <a href="/facts/Mathias_(disambiguation)/WaH7WGBa">Mathias</a> (archaic spelling)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Romanian_language/zAY3GnkL">Romanian</a>: Matia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a>: Матфий (do not confuse with <a href="/facts/Matthew_(given_name)/usQNhKtH">Матфей (Матвей)</a>)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Serbian_language/quNDpTCd">Serbian</a>: Матија</li> <li><a href="/facts/Slovak_language/HmmobnJ8">Slovak</a>: Matej</li> <li><a href="/facts/Slovenian_language/09YPyUQr">Slovenian</a>: Matija, Matej, Matjaž</li> <li><a href="/facts/Spanish_language/95BgYNfv">Spanish</a>: Matías</li> <li><a href="/facts/Swedish_language/1DkSIXkH">Swedish</a>: <a href="/facts/Mattias/EzlAf39A">Mattias</a>, <a href="/facts/Mathias_(disambiguation)/WaH7WGBa">Mathias</a>, Mattis, <a href="/facts/Mats_(given_name)/AvDbqnhK">Mats</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Turkish_language/C5X56Ijp">Turkish</a>: Mattias, Mattiya</li> <li><a href="/facts/Welsh_language/4Pz8r6yk">Welsh</a>: Mathew, Matheus</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> Search for <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Search&search=%22Matthias%22&ns0=1&fulltext=Search">"Matthias"</a></i> on Wikipedia. <ul><li>All pages with titles beginning with Matthias</li> <li><a href="/facts/Justice_Matthias_(disambiguation)/Vra2rRaE">Justice Matthias (disambiguation)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mathias_(disambiguation)/WaH7WGBa">Mathias (disambiguation)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Matias/c2Shuvno">Matias</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mattathias/9gz9fIG6">Mattathias</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mattias/EzlAf39A">Mattias</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Matthias_Church/msHVodY3">Matthias Church</a> in Budapest</li></ul>