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

Given name

Athletes

Musicians

Actors

Politicians

Writers, journalists and editors

Other

Fictional characters

Surname

See also