Matthew

Matthew is a male given name. For the origin, history, and variations or alternate forms of the given name please see: Matthew (name).

Notable Matthews

Religion

• Matthew the Evangelist, the person traditionally held as the aposte of the Gospel of Christ.
  • Gospel of Matthew, a book of the Bible
• Arnold Mathew, the first Old Catholic bishop in the United Kingdom
• Matthew Blagden Hale, the first Bishop of Perth
• Matthew F. Hale, the leader of the white supremacist group formerly known as the World Church of the Creator
• Matthew Fox (priest), a controversial American priest and theologian
• Matthew George Easton, a Scottish Presbyterian preacher and writer
• Matthew of Kraków, a professor of theology
• Matthew Parker, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575
• Matthew Simpson, an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Matthew Alonzo Leziniana, Matthew Dac Phuong Nguyen, and Matthew Gam Van Le, saints and Vietnamese Martyrs

Literature

• Matthew Arnold, English poet and cultural critic
• Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist and dramatist
• Matthew Reilly (writer), Australian action thriller writer

Exploration

• Matthew (ship), the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 from Bristol to North America
• Matthew Flinders, an accomplished navigator and chartmaker
• Matthew Henson, an American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary

Music

• Matthew Bellamy, the lead singer, guitarist, and pianist of rock group Muse
• Matthew Henderson, an electronic musician
• Matthew Good, a Canadian rock musician
• Matthew K Heafy, the guitarist and lead vocalist in the band Trivium
• Matisyahu (Matthew Paul Miller), an American Jewish reggae artist
• Matthew Sweet, a pop-rock musician from Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
• Matthew Taylor (musician), a musician
• Matthew Tuck, the vocalist in the metalcore band Bullet For My Valentine

Television and film

• Matthew Broderick, an American film and stage actor; perhaps best known for his role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Matthew David Lewis, an English actor
• Matthew Fox (actor), a well-known Golden Globe-nominated American actor and former model
• Matthew Géczy, an American actor
• Matthew Macfadyen, a British theatre and film actor
• Matthew McConaughey, an American actor
• Matthew Modine, an American actor
• Matthew Moore, an American actor
• Matthew Perry (actor), an Canadian-American actor; best known for his role as Chandler Bing in Friends
• Matthew Walker (actor), an Australian actor
• Matthew Waterhouse, a British actor best known for his role as Adric in Doctor Who

Sports

• Matthew Dunn, former medley swimmer from Australia
• Matthew Hoggard, English cricketer
• Matthew Johns, Australian entertainer who had previously enjoyed a successful career in rugby league
• Matthew Le Tissier, retired footballer who played for Southampton and England
• Matthew Pinsent, English rowing champion and four-time Olympic gold medallist
• Matthew Stevens, Welsh professional snooker player
• Matthew Taylor (footballer), English football (soccer) player
• Matthew Upson, English football player
• Matthew Walker (English cricketer), cricket player for Kent County Cricket Club
• Matthew Walker (New Zealand cricketer), cricket player from New Zealand
• Matthew Hayden, international-level cricketer from Australia
• Matthew Dawson, an English rugby player

Politics

• Matthew Taylor (Labour politician), a senior policy advisor to British prime minister Tony Blair
• Matthew Taylor (politician), a UK politician
• Matthew Parris, a journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.

Other

• Matthew Algie, a British coffee roaster
• Matthew Cook, a mathematician and computer scientist
• Matthew Hale (jurist), the Lord Chief Justice of England
• Matthew Island, a small, disputed Pacific ocean island in New Caledonia also claimed by Vanuatu
• Matthew Murray, a steam engine and machine tool manufacturer that built one of the first steam locomotives
• Matthew C. Perry, a Commodore of the U.S. Navy instrumental in the opening of Japan to the West in 1854
• Matthew Rush, a
• Matthew Shepard, a murder victim killed due to his homosexuality

See also

• Matthews