Mathieu is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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André Mathieu
André Mathieu (18 February 1929 – 2 June 1968) was a Canadian pianist and composer.
Life
Mathieu was born René André Rodolphe Mathieu on 18 February 1929 in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in the parish of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur ...
(1929–1968), Canadian pianist and composer
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Anselme Mathieu
Anselme Mathieu (21 April 1828 – 8 February 1895) was a French Provençal poet.
Early life
Anselme Mathieu was born 21 April 1828 in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. His parents were the fourth-generation owners of the Domaine Mathieu, a vineyard still ...
(1828–1895), French Provençal poet
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Claude-Louis Mathieu
Claude-Louis Mathieu or Louis Mathieu (25 November 1783 in Mâcon – 5 March 1875 in Paris) was a French mathematician and astronomer who began his career as an engineer. He worked with the Bureau des Longitudes and tried to determine the dist ...
(1783–1875), French mathematician and astronomer
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Émile Léonard Mathieu
Émile Léonard Mathieu (; 15 May 1835, in Metz – 19 October 1890, in Nancy) was a French mathematician. He is known for his work in group theory and mathematical physics. He has given his name to the Mathieu functions, Mathieu groups and Mathi ...
(1835–1890), French mathematician
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Gail D. Mathieu, United States ambassador to Namibia
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Georges Mathieu
Georges Mathieu (27 January 1921 – 10 June 2012) was a French abstract painter, art theorist, and member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is considered one of the fathers of European lyrical abstraction, a trend of informalism.
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(1921–2012), French painter
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Jérémy Mathieu
Jérémy Mathieu (born 29 October 1983) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or a left-back for Régional 2 club Luynes Sports.
Mathieu made 172 Ligue 1 appearances across seven seasons, split equally between Sochaux an ...
(born 1983), French footballer
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Luc Mathieu (born 1972), French journalist
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Marie-Alexandrine Mathieu
Marie-Alexandrine Mathieu (1838-1908) was a French artist known for her etchings.
Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the National Gallery of Australia and the Petit Palais
The Petit Palais (; en, Small P ...
(1838–1908), French artist known for her etchings
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Michel Mathieu (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
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Michel Mathieu (Canadian politician) (1838–1916), Canadian politician
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Michel Mathieu (French politician)
Michel Pierre Marie Mathieu (born 25 July 1944 in Montpellier, France, died 1 October 2010 in France) was a French senior civil servant. He was High Commissioner of New Caledonia from 2005 to 2007 when he notoriously resigned after a disagreement ...
(1944–2010), French diplomat
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Mireille Mathieu (born 1946), French singer
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Paul-Henri Mathieu
Paul-Henri Mathieu (; born 12 January 1982) is a French former professional tennis player. He won four singles titles on the ATP Tour. His best singles performance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament was reaching the semifinals of the ...
(born 1982), French tennis player
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Simonne Mathieu
Simonne Mathieu ( Passemard; (Spelled "Simone" in many sources.) 31 January 1908 – 7 January 1980) was a female tennis player from France, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine who was active in the 1930s.
During World War II, she creat ...
(1908–1980), French tennis player
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Tyrann Mathieu (born 1992), American football player
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W. A. Mathieu William Allaudin Mathieu (born 1937) is a composer, pianist, choir director, music teacher, and author. He began studying piano at the age of six, and began recording his music and compositions in the 1970s on his record label, Cold Mountain Music. ...
(born 1937), composer, musician, and educator
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Mathieu Amalric
Mathieu Amalric (; born 25 October 1965) is a French actor and filmmaker. He is best known internationally for his roles in the James Bond film ''Quantum of Solace'', in which he played the lead villain, Steven Spielberg's ''Munich (2005 film), ...
(born 1965), French actor and filmmaker
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Mathieu Beaudoin
Mathieu Beaudoin (born April 6, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right wing who played predominantly in the American Hockey League (AHL).
On July 3, 2010 Beaudoin was signed as a free agent to a one-year contract by the NHL's ...
(born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
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Mathieu Beaudoin (Canadian football)
Mathieu Beaudoin (born November 9, 1974) is a former Canadian football offensive lineman who played one season with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the BC Lions in the second round of the 1999 CFL Draft and played ...
(born 1974), Canadian football player
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Mathieu Betts
Mathieu Betts (born March 22, 1995) is a professional Canadian football defensive linemen for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Betts is the only player in U Sports football history to have won four major individual awards after ...
(born 1995), Canadian-American football player
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Mathieu Biron
Mathieu Biron (born April 29, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played over 250 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). After retiring as a hockey player, he became a firefighter.
Playing career
As a youth, Biron p ...
(born 1980), Canadian hockey defenceman
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Mathieu Bois (born 1988), Canadian breaststroke swimmer
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Mathieu Debuchy
Mathieu Debuchy (born 28 July 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 2 club Valenciennes.
Debuchy started his senior career at Lille, where he won a Ligue 1 and Coupe de France double in the 2010–11 sea ...
(born 1985), French footballer
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Mathieu Flamini
Mathieu Pierre Flamini (born 7 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer and environmental entrepreneur. A midfielder, he has played for French side Marseille, English sides Arsenal and Crystal Palace, Italian side Milan and Spanish ...
(born 1984), French footballer
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Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz (; born 3 August 1967) is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for '' See How They ...
(born 1967), French director, screenwriter, producer, editor, and actor
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Mathieu Kérékou (born 1933), President of Benin
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Mathieu Lafon
Mathieu Lafon (born 1 March 1984) is a French former professional football player.
He played on the professional level in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 for Montpellier HSC
Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (), commonly referred to as Montpellier HSC o ...
(born 1984), French footballer
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Mathieu Ladagnous (born 1984), French road racing cyclist
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Mathieu Lemay
Mathieu Lemay is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election. , Canadian politician in Quebec
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Mathieu Montcourt
Mathieu Montcourt (4 March 1985 – 6 July 2009) was a professional French tennis player. At the 2006, 2007, and 2009 French Opens, he lost in the second round, to Lleyton Hewitt, Jarkko Nieminen, and Radek Štěpánek respectively.
Career
In ...
(1985–2009), French tennis player
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Mathieu de Montmorency
Mathieu Jean Felicité de Montmorency, duc de Montmorency-Laval (10 July 1767 – 24 March 1826) was a French statesman during the French Revolution and Bourbon Restoration. He was elected as the youngest member of the National Assembly in 178 ...
(1767–1826), French statesman during the French Revolution
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Mathieu Orfila
Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (Catalan: ''Mateu Josep Bonaventura Orfila i Rotger'') (24 April 1787 – 12 March 1853) was a Spanish toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology.
Role in forensic toxicology
If th ...
(1787–1853), Spanish-born French toxicologist and chemist
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Mathieu van der Poel (born 1995), Dutch cyclist
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Mathieu Raynal (born 1981) French rugby union referee
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Mathieu Schneider (born 1969), American hockey defenseman
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Mathieu Valbuena (born 1984), French footballer
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Matthieu Matthieu is a given name or surname. It comes from French Matthieu, which is from Latin Matthaeus, derived from Greek Ματθαῖος (''Matthaios'') from Hebrew מתתיהו (''Matatyahu''), מתיתיהו (''Matityahu''), meaning "gift of the L ...
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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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Mathieu function
In mathematics, Mathieu functions, sometimes called angular Mathieu functions, are solutions of Mathieu's differential equation
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\frac + (a - 2q\cos(2x))y = 0,
where a and q are parameters. They were first introduced by Émile Léonard Mathieu, ...
, special function useful for treating a variety of interesting problems in applied mathematics
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Mathieu transformation The Mathieu transformations make up a subgroup of canonical transformations preserving the differential form
:\sum_i p_i \delta q_i=\sum_i P_i \delta Q_i \,
The transformation is named after the French mathematician Émile Léonard Mathieu.
Deta ...
, subgroup of canonical transformations in classical mechanics.
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Mathieu group
In group theory, a topic in abstract algebra, the Mathieu groups are the five sporadic simple groups ''M''11, ''M''12, ''M''22, ''M''23 and ''M''24 introduced by . They are multiply transitive permutation groups on 11, 12, 22, 23 or 24 objec ...
s, a family of five sporadic simple groups
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