Mathias, a given name and a surname which is a variant of
Matthew (name)
Matthew is an English language male given name. It ultimately derives from the Hebrew name "" (''Matityahu'') which means "Gift of Yahweh".
Etymology
The Hebrew name "" (Matityahu) was transliterated into Greek to "Ματταθίας" (''Mattath ...
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Places
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Mathias, West Virginia
Mathias is an unincorporated community along the Lost River in Hardy County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Mathias lies off West Virginia Route 259. Before the consolidated school of East Hardy High School at Baker, Mathias had its own educ ...
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Mathias Township, Michigan
Mathias Township is a civil township of Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 554 at the 2010 census.
Communities
*Trenary is an unincorporated community at . The town's name is familiar to many in the Upper Midwest, e ...
People with the given name or surname ''Mathias''
In music
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Mathias Eick
Mathias Eick (born 26 June 1979) is a Norwegian jazz musician, and the brother of the jazz musicians Johannes Eick and Trude Eick. He is mainly known from his releases on the jazz label ECM Records. His main instrument is the trumpet, but he als ...
, Norwegian Jazz Musician
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Mathias Färm
Mathias Färm (born September 9, 1974, in Örebro, Sweden) is a guitar player, best known as a member of the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin. He is also the frontman of a punk band named Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin.
He started ...
, the guitarist of Millencolin
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Mathias Lillmåns
Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns is the vocalist for the Finnish folk metal band Finntroll, and has been since 2006. He is also the vocalist and the bassist for the bands Chthonian and Twilight Moon. In 2009 he and fellow Finntroll member Samuli Ponsi ...
, Finnish lead singer of folk/black metal band Finntroll
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William Mathias
William James Mathias CBE (1 November 1934 – 29 July 1992) was a Welsh composer noted for choral works.
Biography
Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. A child prodigy, he started playing the piano at the age of three and began co ...
, Welsh composer
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Mathias Nygård
Turisas is a Finland, Finnish metal band from Hämeenlinna. They were founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström, and named after an Iku-Turso, ancient Finnish god of war.
Turisas are a folk metal band, incorporating elements of p ...
a.k.a. Warlord, Finnish folk metal singer
In sports
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Mathias Bourgue
Mathias Bourgue (; born 18 January 1994) is a French tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 140 achieved on 24 April 2017. Career
He received a wildcard to advance to the singles main dra ...
, French tennis player
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Mathias Fischer Mathias Fischer may refer to:
* Mathias Fischer (basketball)
Mathias Fischer (born July 30, 1971) is a German professional basketball coach and former player. Currently, he is the head coach of Osaka Evessa of the B.League .
Coaching career
Clu ...
, German basketball coach
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Mathias Jørgensen
Mathias Jattah-Njie Jørgensen (; born 23 April 1990), also known by his mononymous nickname Zanka, is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Brentford and the Denmark national team.
Jørgensen began his career a ...
, nicknamed ''Zanka'', Danish football player
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Mathias Kiwanuka
Mathias Kagimu Kiwanuka (born March 8, 1983) is a former American football defensive end. He was originally drafted 32nd overall in the 2006 NFL draft. He played college football at Boston College. He earned two Super Bowl rings with the Giants ...
, American football player
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Mathias Olsson
Mathias Olsson (born 23 April 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 37 games in the Elitserien
Elitserien (literally, "the Elite League") is the name of several Swedish nationwide sport leagues. In many sport ...
(born 1973), Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman
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Mathias Pogba
Mathias Fassou Pogba (born 19 August 1990) is a Guinean professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Championnat National 2 club Belfort.
Having started his career as a youth at Celta Vigo, Pogba played briefly for Quimper i ...
(born 1990), Guinean professional footballer
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Mathias Svensson
Johan Mathias Svensson (born 24 September 1974) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Starting off his career with IF Elfsborg in the mid-1990s, he spent most of his career in England before retiring at Elfsborg i ...
, Swedish professional footballer
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Bob Mathias
Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the event, a United States Marine Corps officer, actor and United States Congressman representing the state of Califor ...
, American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman
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David Mathias, Indian cricketer
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Mark Mathias
Mark Andrew Mathias (born August 2, 1994) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Milwaukee Brewers and Texas Rangers.
Career Amateu ...
(born 1994), American baseball player
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Merritt Mathias
Merritt Elizabeth Mathias (born July 2, 1990) is an American soccer forward currently playing for Angel City FC in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She previously played for FC Kansas City and Seattle Reign FC.
Early life
Born in Birm ...
, American soccer player
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Wallis Mathias
Wallis Mathias (4 February 1935 – 1 September 1994) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Tests from 1955 to 1962. A Catholic, he was the first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan. He belonged to Karachi's Goan community.
The son o ...
, first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan
In other fields
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Mathias Énard
Mathias Énard (born 1972) is a French novelist. He studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East. He has lived in Barcelona for about fifteen years, interrupted in 2013 by a writing residency in Berlin. He won several awa ...
, French novelist
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Mathias Gnädinger
Mathias Gnädinger (25 March 1941 – 3 April 2015) was a Swiss stage and film actor.
Career
Initially a typesetter and typographer, Gnädinger began his acting training at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'' (now part of the Zurich University of ...
(1941–2015), Swiss actor
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Mathias Lauridsen
Mathias Lauridsen (born January 13, 1984) is a Danish model. He broke onto the international fashion scene debuting at Marc by Marc Jacobs in New York and Miu Miu in Paris, for the Spring 2004 collections. His consistent work for major internat ...
, Danish male model
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Mathias Lerch
Mathias Lerch (''Matyáš Lerch'', ) (20 February 1860, Milínov – 3 August 1922, Sušice) was a Czech mathematician who published about 250 papers, largely on mathematical analysis and number theory. He studied in Prague and Berlin, and held t ...
, Czech mathematician who published about 250 papers
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Mathias Rust
Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) is a German aviator known for his flight that ended with a landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. A teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, being tracked several times by Sov ...
, German amateur aviator
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Mathias Tegnér
Christer Mathias Tegnér (born 1979) is a Swedish politician, accountant and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Stockholm County since September 2018. He had previously bee ...
(born 1979), Swedish politician
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Charles Mathias
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 – January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney. A Republican, he served as a member of the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1969 to 1987. He was also a member of the ...
(1922–2010), Republican member of the United States Senate
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Clarence Edward Mathias
Clarence E. Mathias (December 12, 1876 – December 9, 1935) was an American Sergeant Major serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.
Biography
Mathias was born December 12, ...
, American Medal of Honor recipient
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James Goronwy Mathias
James Goronwy Mathias (1842–1895), also known under the pen name Goronwy Ddu, was a Baptist minister and writer.
Religious life
Mathias was born in Manchester but moved to Penrhyn-Coch when he was young. In 1873, he moved to Aberdare and joine ...
, Welsh minister and writer
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Ronald Mathias
Ronald Cavill Mathias (1912–1968) was a Welsh trade union leader.
Personal life
Mathias was born on 21 September 1912 at Pontarddulais, Swansea, Wales. He attended Gowerton Grammar School. In 1938 he married Annie Ceridwen Hall and they had o ...
, Trade Union Leader in Wales
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Tania Mathias
Tania Wyn Mathias (born 21 June 1964) is a British ophthalmologist and Conservative Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Twickenham from May 2015 to June 2017.
Early life and career
Mathias was born in Kensington, London ...
, British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham since 2015'
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Thomas James Mathias
Thomas James Mathias, FRS (c.1754 – August 1835) was a British satirist and scholar.
Life
Mathias was educated in Kingston upon Thames and Trinity College, Cambridge. He held some minor appointments in the royal household (sub-treasurer, 1782 a ...
, British satirist
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A. Mathias Mundadan
A. Mathias Mundadan, C.M.I. of Alangad was a priest of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate in the Syro-Malabar Church. He was born on 12 November 1923 and died on 31 August 2012. He was appointed Rector of Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram
Dharmaram Vidya ...
, Indian historian
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Matias Matias is a form of the given name Matthew. In German-speaking Europe it is most often written as Matthias. It appears in this form in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Alternate spellings are: Mathias, Mattias, Mattis, Mats and Matti. Matias ...
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Matthew (disambiguation)
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 Chi ...
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Matthias Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.
People
Notable people named Matthias include the following:
In religion:
* Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot
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Mattias
Mattias is a masculine given name found most prominently in Northern Europe. It is a cognate of Matthew and Matthias, and may refer to:
Sports
* Mattias Adelstam (born 1982), Swedish footballer
* Mattias Asper (born 1974), Swedish goalkeepe ...
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Mattathias
Mattathias ben Johanan ( he, מַתִּתְיָהוּ הַכֹּהֵן בֶּן יוֹחָנָן, ''Mattīṯyāhū haKōhēn ben Yōḥānān''; died 166–165 BCE) was a Kohen (Jewish priest) who helped spark the Maccabean Revolt against t ...
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