Matz may refer to:

First names

Matz Sandman Matz Sandman (born 19 January 1948) is a Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demogr ...

(born 1948), Norwegian politician *

Matz Robert Eriksson Robert Eriksson or simply Robban as he is often called, is best known as the drummer of Swedish rock band The Hellacopters, who were active between 1994 and 2008. Eriksson is currently playing With his new band called Tramp and recently reunited S ...

(born 1972), Swedish musician

Surnames

* Evelyn Matz (born 1955), German handballer * Howard Matz (born 1943), American judge *

Jeff Matz High on Fire is an American heavy metal band from Oakland, California, that was formed in 1999. Matt Pike, the band's frontman and founder, also plays guitar for doom metal band Sleep. High on Fire won the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Metal Perf ...

(born 1977), American bass guitarist * Johnny Matz (1892–1969), American ice hockey player * Klaus-Dieter Matz (20th century), German handballer *

Mary Jane Phillips-Matz Mary Jane Phillips-Matz (January 30, 1926 – January 19, 2013) was an American biographer and writer on opera. She is mainly known for her biography of Giuseppe Verdi, a result of 30 years' research and published in 1992 by Oxford University Press ...

(1926–2013), American biographer *

Michael R. Matz Michael R. Matz (born January 23, 1951) is an American race horse trainer and former Olympic equestrian team member who was inducted into the show jumping Hall of Fame. He lives in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. As a trainer, he has scored two ...

(born 1951), American equestrian *

Peter Matz Peter Matz (November 6, 1928 – August 9, 2002) was an American musician, composer, arranger and conductor. His musical career in film, theater, television and studio recording spanned fifty years, and he worked with a number of prominent ...

(1928–2002), American musician, composer, arranger and conductor *

Rudolf Matz Rudolf Matz (19 September 1901 – 22 March 1988) was a Croatian composer who wrote about 500 instrumental and vocal compositions. Matz lived in the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. He was born in Zagreb, 1901 and di ...

(1901–1988), Croatian composer * Steven Matz (born 1991), American baseball player

Places

* , a river in the French department of

Oise Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 ...

with the following communes: * Canny-sur-Matz *

Marest-sur-Matz Marest-sur-Matz is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. See also *Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 679 communes of the Oise department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercom ...

Margny-sur-Matz Margny-sur-Matz () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. See also *Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 679 communes of the Oise department of France. The communes cooperate in the following inter ...

* Ressons-sur-Matz * Roye-sur-Matz

Pseudonyms

Yukihiro Matsumoto , also known as Matz, is a Japanese computer scientist and software programmer best known as the chief designer of the Ruby programming language and its original reference implementation, Matz's Ruby Interpreter (MRI). His demeanor has brough ...

, Japanese computer scientist, creator of the programming language Ruby *

Alexis Nolent Alexis Nolent (a.k.a. Matz) is a French writer. He writes scripts for videogames and has also written a novel and, under the pen name Matz, a number of comics. Life and career Nolent was born in Rouen, France, and grew up in the Caribbean, befor ...

, French comics writer

Other

Military Aerodrome Traffic Zone A military aerodrome traffic zone (MATZ) is the airspace surrounding a military aerodrome in the United Kingdom. Purpose Military aerodrome traffic zones have been established as detailed by the UK AIS in the IAIP ENR 2.1. They provide protectio ...

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