Matthias - People With The Given Name Matthias

People With The Given Name Matthias

Notable people named Matthias include the following:

In nobility:

  • Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary
  • Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor-elect of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty)

In religion:

  • Saint Matthias, Apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot
  • Matthias of Trakai, Lithuanian clergyman, bishop of Samogitia and of Vilnius
  • Matthias Flacius, Lutheran reformer
  • Matthias the Prophet, see Robert Matthews (religious impostor) Claimed to be the reincarnation of the original Matthias during the Second Great Awakening

In the arts:

  • Matthias Grünewald, highly regarded painter from the German Renaissance
  • Matthias Lechner, German film art director

In music:

  • Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter
  • Matthias Weckmann, North German musician and composer of the Baroque period
  • Matthias Paul aka Paul van Dyk, German Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and producer

Other:

  • Matthias Ephlias, paternal ancestor of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
  • Mattias Ekström, Swedish racing driver
  • Matthias Curtus, paternal great-grandfather of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
  • Matthias, father of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
  • Matthias, brother of the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus
  • F. Matthias Alexander, Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique
  • Matthias Felleisen, programming languages researcher
  • Matthias Platzeck, German politician
  • Matthias Sammer, former German football (soccer) player who is now a head coach
  • Matthias, a character in Brian Jacques's Redwall series
  • Matthias Jakob Schleiden, a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory
  • Matthias Ettrich, founder of KDE and LyX
  • Matthias Frings, German writer and journalist

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