Matthias

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

Notable people

Notable people named Matthias include the following:

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

Arts

• 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 Moosdorf, German cellist and politician
• 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

• 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 Erzberger (1875–1921), German politician
• Matthias Fekl (born 1977), French politician
• Matthias Lieschke (born 1970), German politician
• Matthias Platzeck (born 1953), German politician
• Matthias Rentzsch (born 1977), German politician
• Matthias Reuber (born 1992), German politician

Sportspeople

• 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
• Matthias Blübaum (born 1997), German chess grandmaster
• 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
• Matthias Steiner, German Weightlifter

Other

• 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

• 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

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

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