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 (–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

  • Justice Matthias (disambiguation)
  • Mathias (disambiguation)
  • Matias
  • Mattathias
  • Mattias
  • Matthias Church in Budapest