Matthes is a
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surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Agneta Matthes
Agneta Wilhelmina Johanna van Marken-Matthes (4 October 1847 – 5 October 1909) was a Dutch entrepreneur. She and her husband were involved in the manufacture of yeast throughout their lives, and were engaged in the co-operative movement, ta ...
(1847–1909), Dutch entrepreneur
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Heinrich Matthes (born 1902), German SS-Scharführer
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Josef Friedrich Matthes (1886–1943), head of the Rhenish Republic
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Klaus Matthes (1931–1998), German mathematician
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Lothar Matthes (born 1947), German diver
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Marion Charles Matthes (1906–1980), United States federal judge
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Michael Matthes
Michael Matthes (born 26 February 1966, Stuttgart) is a French organist.
Education
Matthes received his first organ lessons privately from Marie-Claire Alain. In 1985, after three years of studies at the Paris Conservatory with Odile Pierre, h ...
, French organist
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Paul Matthes (1879–1948), German footballer
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Roland Matthes
Roland Matthes (, ; 17 November 1950 – 20 December 2019) was a German swimmer and the most successful backstroke swimmer of all time. Between April 1967 and August 1974 he won all backstroke competitions he entered. He won four European champ ...
(1950–2019), German backstroke swimmer
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Ruthie Matthes (born 1965), American bicycle racer
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Sven Matthes (born 1969), German sprinter
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Ulrich Matthes
Ulrich Matthes (born 9 May 1959) is a German actor, possibly best-known for having played Joseph Goebbels in the 2004 film '' Downfall''.
Life and work
Matthes was born in West Berlin and educated at the Evangelisches Gymnasium zum Grauen Klost ...
(born 1959), German actor
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