Matthias

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Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθιας, in origin similar to Matthew. See also: All pages beginning with "Matthias"

[edit] People with the given name Matthias

Notable people named Matthias include the following:

In nobility:

Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary
Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor-elect of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty)

In religion:

Saint Matthias, Apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot
Matthias of Trakai, 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

In the arts:

In music:

Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter
Matthias Weckmann, North German musician and composer of the Baroque period
Matthias Paul aka Paul van Dyk, German Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and producer

Other:

Matthias Ephlias, paternal ancestor of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
Mattias Ekström, Swedish racing driver
Matthias Curtus, paternal great-grandfather of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
Matthias, father of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
Matthias, brother of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
F. Matthias Alexander, Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique
Matthias Felleisen, programming languages researcher
Matthias Platzeck, German politician
Matthias Sammer, former German football (soccer) player who is now a head coach
Matthias, a character in Brian Jacques' Redwall series
Matthias Jakob Schleiden, a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory
Matthias Ettrich, founder of KDE and LyX
Matthias Frings, German writer and journalist

The following forenames are related to the English forename Matthias: