Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.
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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 Eggers (born 1985), German politician
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