Matei is a

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name. It is equivalent to the English name

Matthew Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Ch ...

As a given name

* Matei Balș, Romanian bacteriologist *

Matei Basarab Matei Basarab (; 1588, Brâncoveni, Olt – 9 April 1654, Bucharest) was a Wallachian Voivode (Prince) between 1632 and 1654. Reign Much of Matei's reign was spent fighting off incursions from Moldavia, which he successfully accomplished in 1637 ...

, Wallachian Voivode between 1632 and 1654 * Matei Boilă, Romanian politician and priest * Matei Călinescu, Romanian literary critic and professor of comparative literature at Indiana University * Matei-Agathon Dan, Romanian politician *

Matei Ghica Matei Ghica (1728 – 8 February 1756), a member of the Ghica family, was the Prince of Wallachia between 11 September 1752 and 22 June 1753, and Prince of Moldavia Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romani ...

, Prince of Wallachia between 1752 and 1753 *

Matei Millo Matei Millo (; November 24/25, 1814 – September 9, 1896) was a Moldavian, later Romanian stage actor and playwright. Born in Stolniceni-Prăjescu, Iași County, his grandfather was the poet Matei Milu; his parents were Vasile Millo and Zamfira ...

, Moldavian and Romanian actor and playwright *

Matei Pavel Haiducu Matei Pavel Haiducu (May 18, 1948 – 1998) was a Romanian secret agent who defected to France in 1981. He belonged to the "Direcţia Informaţii Externe" (Foreign Intelligence Directorate) of the Securitate. He was born in Bucharest as Matei Pave ...

, a Romanian secret agent who defected to France in 1981 *

Matei Vlădescu Matei Vlădescu (February 2, 1835 – January 23, 1901) was a Wallachian-born Romanian soldier. Born in Târgoviște, Dâmbovița County, he entered the Bucharest Military School for Officers in 1854, becoming a second lieutenant in 1856. He rose ...

, Wallachian-born Romanian general

As a surname

Adrian Matei Adrian Matei (born 25 February 1985 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Ol ...

, Romanian figure skater *

, Romanian soccer manager * Alexandru Matei, Romanian water polo player *

Cosmin Matei Cosmin Gabriel Matei (; born 30 September 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Liga I club Sepsi OSK. Matei started out his senior career at Farul Constanța in 2008, and has since r ...

, Romanian soccer player *

Cristian Matei Cristian Matei (born May 8, 1977) is a Romanian composer. Matei graduated from the National University of Music Bucharest The National University of Music Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Naţională de Muzică București, UNMB) is a university- ...

, Romanian composer * Dan Matei, Romanian soccer player *

Draga Olteanu Matei Draga Olteanu Matei (née Olteanu) (; 24 October 1933 – 18 November 2020) was a Romanian actress. She performed in more than thirty films from 1967 to 2006. Born in Bucharest, she studied at the Iulia Hasdeu High School in Lugoj. After mov ...

, Romanian actress *

Florentin Matei Florentin Matei (; born 15 April 1993) is a Romanians, Romanian professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He began his football career at FCSB, Steaua București, before leaving his native country in 20 ...

, Romanian soccer player * Florin Matei, Romanian futsal player * Gabriel Matei, Romanian soccer player *

Iana Matei Iana Matei is a Romanian activist and founder of Reaching Out Romania, an organization to seek out and rehabilitate victims of forced prostitution. Early life Iana Matei was born in Orăștie, Romania. Her mother was a pentathlete, and her fath ...

, Romanian activist *

Ilie Matei Ilie Matei (born 11 July 1960) is a retired light-heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He won silver medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Ang ...

, Romanian wrestler *

Ionuț Matei Ionuț Matei (born 2 July 1984 in Bacău) is a Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to t ...

, Romanian soccer player *

Marius Matei Marius Matei (born 1 February 1984) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a forward for Avântul Valea Mărului.

, Romanian soccer player *

Nicolae Matei Nicolae Matei (1863–1933) was a Romanian politician who served as Deputy from 1905 to 1914 and as Senator from 1914 to 1933. He married first Aglaia Popovici in 1893 and second time Smaranda Tașcă in 1920. His first wife died in 1917 du ...

, Romanian politician *

Simona Matei Simona-Iulia Matei (born 7 July 1985) is a former professional Romanian tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each pla ...

, Romanian tennis player *

Sorin Matei Sorin Matei (born 6 July 1963) is a retired Romanian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.40 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Bratislava. As of August 2018, Matei is tied for 7th place on the, men's high jump outdoor, all time top list, be ...

, retired Romanian high jumper *

Valeriu Matei Valeriu Matei (born 31 March 1959 in Cazangic) is a Moldovan-Romanian writer and politician. He served as a member of the Parliament of Moldova from 1990. Matei is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova and an honorific member of the Ro ...

, Romanian writer and politician

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Matei, Bistrița-Năsăud Matei ( hu, Szentmáté; german: Mathesdorf) is a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of six villages: Bidiu (''Bödön''), Corvinești (''Kékesújfalu''), Enciu (''Szászencs''), Fântânele (''Újős''), M ...

, a commune in Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania *Maței, a village in Scărișoara Commune, Alba County, Romania *Matei, an anonymous person referenced by Webdriver Torso

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