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 Chi ...

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* Matei Balș, Romanian bacteriologist * Matei Basarab, Wallachian Voivode between 1632 and 1654 *

Matei Boilă Matei Zaharia Boilă (17 April 1926 – 27 August 2015) was a conservative Romanian politician, who later became a Greek Catholic priest. Boilă was influenced by the activity of his great uncle on his mother's side of the family, Iuliu Maniu, a Pr ...

, Romanian politician and priest *

Matei Călinescu Matei Alexe Călinescu (June 15, 1934 – June 24, 2009) was a Romanian literary critic and professor of comparative literature at Indiana University, in Bloomington, Indiana. Biography Călinescu was born in Bucharest, Romania, the son of Ra ...

, 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 between 22 June 1753 and 8 February 1756. He was son of Grigore II Ghica and bro ...

, 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 Zamfir ...

, 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, 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, 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 mo ...

, Romanian actress *

Florentin Matei Florentin Matei (; born 15 April 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. He began his football career at Steaua București, before leaving his native country in 2011 to play for Cesena. He then had spe ...

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

Gabriel Matei Gabriel Eugen Matei (born 26 February 1990) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a defender and for CSO Filiași. Club career Steaua București Gabiel Matei was transferred to Steaua București for a reported transfer fee of €600,000. ...

, 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 fathe ...

, 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 and 1985 European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which br ...

, Romanian wrestler *

Ionuț Matei Ionuț Matei (born 2 July 1984 in Bacău Bacău ( , , ; hu, Bákó; la, Bacovia) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. At the 2016 national estimation it had a population of 196,883, making it the 12th largest city in Romania. The ...

, 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 dur ...

, Romanian politician *

Simona Matei Simona-Iulia Matei (born 7 July 1985) is a former professional Romanian tennis player. On 2 October 2006, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 145 and her best WTA doubles ranking of 246. In her career, she won nine singl ...

, 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 Webdriver Torso is a YouTube automated performance testing account that became famous in 2014 for speculations about its (then unexplained) nature and jokes featured in some of its videos. Created by Google on 7 March 2013, the channel began upl ...

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