Mata (surname)

Mata, sometimes Matta, is a

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

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Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

. It may refer to: * Bryan Mata (born 1999), Venezuelan baseball player *

Clinton Mata Clinton Mukoni Mata Pedro Lourenço (born 7 November 1992) is a professional footballer who plays for Club Brugge as a right back. Born in Belgium, he represents Angola at international level. Club career Early years Born in Verviers, Belgium, ...

(born 1992), Angolan footballer *

Eduardo Mata Eduardo Mata (5 September 19425 January 1995) was a Mexican conductor and composer. Career Mata was born in Mexico City. He studied guitar privately for three years before enrolling in the National Conservatory of Music. From 1960 to 1963 he ...

(1942–1995), Mexican conductor and composer * Ernesto Mata (1915–2012), Filipino military figure * Francisco Mata (1932–2011), Venezuelan singer and composer *

Juan Mata Juan Manuel Mata García (born 28 April 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray. He mostly plays as a central attacking midfielder, but he can also play on the wing. A grad ...

(born 1988), Spanish footballer *

Lorenzo Mata Lorenzo Mata-Real (born February 27, 1986) is an American professional basketball player in Mexico's Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (LNBP). He was the center for the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team from 2004–05 until 2007–08, and w ...

(born 1986) Mexican-American basketball player * Olga Mata, Venezuelan woman detained for publishing a humorous TikTok video *

Marcelino da Mata Marcelino da Mata (7 May 1940 – 11 February 2021) was a Portuguese Army officer, born in Portuguese Guinea. Early life and education Marcelino da Mata was born in Ponte Nova, Portuguese Guinea and studied until completing the entire secondary ...

(1940–2021), Guinean-Português Army officer *

Mario Suárez Mata is a character created by Japanese video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the title character of the ''Mario'' franchise and the mascot of Japanese video game company Nintendo. Mario has appeared in over 200 video games since his creat ...

(born 1987), Spanish footballer *

Marta Mata Marta Ángela Mata Garriga (22 June 1926 – 27 June 2006) was a Spanish politician and pedagogue who promoted the renovation of public schools during Spain's transition to democracy in 1978, and defended secular schools. She was the founder of th ...

(1926–2006), Spanish pedagogue and politician *

Néstor Mata Nestor Mata (January 16, 1926 – April 12, 2018) was a Filipino journalist whose writing career spanned six decades. He was also known as the only survivor of the 1957 plane crash that killed the President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay, an ...

(born 1926), Filipino journalist *

Werner Mata Warner Mata is an American former soccer midfielder who earned seven caps with the U.S. national team between 1969 and 1973. He is listed as Walner Mata in some sources. National team Mata's first two caps came in losses to Haiti in April and M ...

(fl. 1969–1973), American soccer player {{surname Spanish-language surnames Portuguese-language surnames