Matt (name)

Matt or Mat is a given name, often used as a nickname for Matthew. Less commonly, it is used as a surname.

Given name

Athletes

• Matt Adams, American baseball player
• Matt Asiata, American football player
• Matt Bahr, American football player
• Matt Ballin, Australian rugby league player
• Matt Barnes, American basketball player
• Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler
• Matt Besler, American footballer
• Matt Bessette, American mixed martial artist
• Matt Biondi, swimmer
• Matt Birk, American football player
• Matt Blair, (born 1950), American football player
• Matt Bradley, Canadian ice hockey player
• Matt Bradley (American football), American football player
• Matt Bryant, American football player
• Matt Brennan (American football), American football player
• Matt Bullard, former basketball player
• Matt Burke, Australian rugby union player
• Matt Burns, a.k.a. Nick Mondo, American professional wrestler
• Matt Cain, American baseball player
• Matt Carpenter (baseball), American baseball player
• Matt Cassel, American football player
• Matt Cavanaugh, American football player
• Matt Chapman (baseball), American baseball player
• Matt Coates, Canadian football player
• Matt Cook (ice sledge hockey) (1987–2010), Canadian ice sledge hockey player
• Matt Cook (rugby league) (born 1986), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
• Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
• Matt Crafton, American racecar driver
• Matt Davidson (baseball), American baseball player
• Mat Dawson (born 1972), English retired rugby union player
• Matt DiBenedetto, American race car driver
• Matt Dickerson, American football player
• Matt Duchene, Canadian hockey player
• Matt Duffie, New Zealand rugby union footballer
• Matt Dunigan, Canadian Football league
• Matt Elliott (footballer), Scottish footballer
• Matt Feiler, American football player
• Matt Fish, basketball player
• Matt Flanagan (American football) (born 1995), American football player
• Matt Flynn, American football player
• Matt Forte, American football player
• Matt Garza, American baseball player
• Matt Gay (born 1994), American football player
• Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player
• Matt Giteau, Australian rugby union footballer
• Matt Gono (born 1996), American football player
• Matt Hamilton (curler), American curler
• Matt Hanousek, American football player
• Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
• Matt Harvey, American baseball player
• Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
• Matt Hayden, professional cricketer
• Matt Hazeltine, American football player
• Matt Hedges, American footballer
• Matt Hernandez, American football player
• Mat Hoffman (born 1972), American BMX rider
• Matt Holland, footballer
• Matt Holliday, American baseball player
• Matt Hughes (fighter), mixed martial artist
• Matt Jones (basketball) (born 1994), American basketball player
• Matt Jones (Australian footballer) (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
• Matt Jones (footballer, born 1980), Welsh international football player
• Matt Jones (footballer, born 1986), English football goalkeeper for Belenenses
• Matt Jones (golfer) (born 1980), Australian professional golfer
• Matt Jones (ice hockey) (born 1983), American ice hockey defenseman
• Matt Jones (mixed martial artist) (born 1982), American mixed martial artist
• Matt Jones (rugby union) (born 1984), Welsh international rugby union player
• Matt Jones (running back) (born 1993), American football running back
• Matt Jones (wide receiver) (born 1983), American football wide receiver
• Matt Judon (born 1992), American football
• Matt Kalil (born 1989), American football
• Matt Kemp, American baseball player
• Matt Kenseth, 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
• Matt Kilroy, American baseball player
• Matt Kohn, American football player
• Matt LaFleur, American Football Coach
• Mat Latos (born 1987), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Matt Lee, Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Shane Matthews
• Matt Leinart (born 1983), American football player
• Matt Le Tissier, former English International association football player
• Matt Light, (born 1978), American football
• Matt Lloyd (footballer), Australian rules footballer
• Matt Lloyd (Paralympian) (born 1972), British ice sledge hockey Paralympian
• Matt McCrane (born 1994), American football player
• Matt McGloin (born 1989), American football player
• Mat Mendenhall (born 1957), American former National Football League player
• Matt Milano (born 1994), American football player
• Matt Millen (born 1958), American Football player
• Matt Morgan (wrestler), American professional wrestler
• Matt Morris (baseball), retired baseball player
• Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player
• Matt Mullins, American martial artist
• Matt Murray (ice hockey), Ice Hockey
• Matt Nagy, American football player
• Matt Neal a British touring car driver
• Matt Olson, American baseball player
• Matt Orzech (born 1995), American football player
• Matt Osborne, professional wrestler
• Matt Patricia, American football coach
• Matt Perry (rugby player), English rugby union footballer
• Matt Postle, Welsh racing cyclist
• Matt Prater, American football player
• Matt Prince, a.k.a. Wifebeater, American professional wrestler
• Matt Pryor (American football) (born 1994), American football player
• Mat Rebeaud (born 1982), Swiss freestyle motocross rider
• Mat Robinson (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
• Matt Robinson (American football) (born 1956), American football player
• Matt Robinson (footballer, born 1907) (1907–1987), English football player
• Matt Robinson (footballer, born 1993), English football player
• Matt Robinson (rugby league) (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league player
• Mat Rogers (born 1976), Australian former rugby league footballer
• Matt Ryan (American football), American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons
• Matt Scoggin, American diver
• Matt Schaub, American football player
• Matt Snell, (born 1941), American football player
• Matt Stairs (born 1968), baseball player
• Matt Stajan, ice hockey player
• Matt Stover, American former football player
• Mat Toshack (born 1973), Australian former rugby league footballer
• Matt Turk, American football player
• Matt Vogler, American football player
• Matt Ward (lacrosse player), American lacrosse player
• Matt Wieters, American baseball player
• Matt Williams (third baseman), American baseball player

Musicians

• Matt Bellamy, guitarist, pianist and lead singer of Muse
• Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, original guitar player and co-songwriter for influential punk/ska band Link 80
• Matt Cameron, former Soundgarden drummer and current drummer of Pearl Jam
• Matt Champion (born 1995), member of boy band Brockhampton
• Matt Costa, singer/songwriter from Hungtington Beach, California
• Matt Freeman, bassist for the bands Operation Ivy and Rancid
• Matt Helders, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
• Matt Heafy, the vocalist and guitarist for the metal bands Trivium and Capharnaum
• Matt Hoopes, lead guitarist for the band Relient K
• Matt Houston (singer), French R&B singer and music producer originating from Guadeloupe (aka Matt)
• Matt Hunter (singer) (born 1998), American Latin-influenced pop singer, now known as Matt Hunter Correa
• Matt Johnson (singer), founder and only constant member of multimedia band The The
• Mat Kearney (born 1978), American singer-songwriter and musician
• Matt Monro, British singer
• Mat Osman (born 1967), English musician, bassist of the rock band Suede
• Matt Redman (born 1974), English musician
• Matt Shadows, vocalist for band Avenged Sevenfold
• Matt Garstka, drummer for metal band Animals as Leaders
• Matt Sharp, former member of the rock band Weezer
• Matt Simmonds, demoscene musician
• Matt Simms (American football) (born 1988), American football player
• Matt Slocum, former member of Sixpence None the Richer and composer of "Kiss Me"
• Matt Sorum, hard rock drummer and percussionist
• Matt Tuck, metal singer for the band Bullet For My Valentine
• M. Ward, singer-songwriter and guitarist

Actors

• Matt Bennett (born 1991), American actor
• Matt Bomer (born 1977), American actor
• Matt Cohen (actor) (born 1982), American actor
• Matt Czuchry (born 1977), American actor
• Matt Dallas (born 1982), American actor
• Matt Damon (born 1970), American actor
• Matt Dillon (born 1964), American actor
• Mat Fraser (fl. 1980s-present), English actor
• Matt L. Jones (born 1981), American actor and comedian
• Matt Lanter (born 1983), American actor
• Matt LeBlanc (born 1967), American actor
• Matt Newton (born 1977), American actor
• Matt Prokop (born 1990), American actor
• Matt Robinson (actor) (1937–2002), American actor
• Matt Ryan (actor) (born 1981), Welsh actor
• Matt Shively (born 1990), American actor
• Matt Smith (actor) (born 1982), English actor
• Matt Smith (voice actor) (born 1968), Canadian voice actor
• Matt Stone (born 1971), American actor
• Mat Stevenson (born 1969), Australian actor
• Matt Zimmerman (actor) (born 1934), Canadian actor

Politicians

• Matt Bevin (born 1967), American politician
• Matt Blunt (born 1970), American politician and former naval officer
• Matt Cartwright (born 1961), American politician
• Mat Erpelding (born 1975), American politician
• Matt Gonzalez, Green Party politician
• Matt Jones (politician), American politician
• Matt Lesser, American politician
• Matt Mead (born 1962), American politician and attorney

Writers, journalists and editors

• Matt Barbet, journalist
• Matt Boyd (writer), writer of the webcomics Mac Hall and Three Panel Soul
• Matt Casamassina, editor for the website IGN
• Matt Cohen (writer), writer
• Matt Jones (writer) (born 1968), British television writer and television producer
• Matt Lauer, television journalist
• Matt Robinson (poet) (born 1974), Canadian poet

Other

• Matt Allwright, British television presenter
• Mat Collishaw (born 1966), English photographic and video artist
• Matt Cook (historian), Birkbeck College professor
• Mat Franco (born 1988), American magician and winner of the ninth season of America's Got Talent
• Matt Groening, best known as the creator of The Simpsons and Futurama
• Matt Harding, Internet celebrity better known as "Dancing Matt"
• Matt Iseman, American comedian and host of American Ninja Warrior since Season 2
• Matt Jones (photographer), fashion photographer
• Matt Jones (interaction designer) (born 1968), active researcher and organizer of scientific conferences
• Mat Kirkby, English filmmaker, winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
• Matt Lucas (born 1974), British comedian, best known for Little Britain
• Matt Mullenweg (born 1984), cofounder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic
• Matt Morgan (comedian), comedian and comedy writer
• Matt Pritchett, cartoonist in the UK Daily Telegraph
• Matt Taylor (scientist), project scientist for the Rosetta mission
• Matt Vasgersian, American baseball commentator
• Matt West, choreographer

Fictional characters

• Matt the Radar Technician, one-time Saturday Night Live character played by Adam Driver
• Matt Foley, Saturday Night Live parody character
• Matt Horner, in the Starcraft franchise
• Matt (real name: Mail Jeevas), in the anime Death Note
• Matt Murdock, secret identity of the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil
• Matt Oleander, in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Matt Robinson (Neighbours), in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Matt Ishida, Digimon Adventure
• Matthew "Matt" Taylor, one of eight protagonists from the survival horror game Until Dawn
• Matt Trakker, a character from the cartoon M.A.S.K. (TV series)
• Matt, main character in Cyberchase
• Matt Holt, older brother of Pidge from Voltron: Legendary Defender

Surname

• Albert Edward Matt, British composer, Grand March: Fame and Glory (Op. 21)
• Francis Xavier Matt, German-American immigrant and founder of Matt Brewing Company
• Jamille Matt (born 1990), Jamaican footballer
• Patrick Matt (born 1969), Liechtenstein track cyclist
• Richard Matt (1966–2015), American convicted murderer and prison escapee

See also

• Maat (disambiguation)
• MAT (disambiguation)
• Matt (disambiguation)
• Matte (disambiguation)
• Matthew (name)