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Matthew is commonly shortened to "Matt".

Frequency and distribution

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Notable Matthews

Religion

• Matthew Blagden Hale, the first Bishop of Perth
• Matthew F. Hale, the leader of the white supremacist group formerly known as the World Church of the Creator
• Matthew Henry, author of Commentary on the Whole Bible
• Matthew Fox (priest), a controversial American priest and theologian
• Matthew George Easton, a Scottish Presbyterian preacher and writer
• Matthew of Kraków, a professor of theology
• Matthew Parker, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575
• Matthew Simpson, an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Matthew Alonzo Leziniana, Matthew Dac Phuong Nguyen, and Matthew Gam Van Le, saints and Vietnamese Martyrs

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Literature

• Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist and dramatist
• Matthew Reilly (writer), Australian action thriller writer
• Matt McGelligott, childrens author and illustrator

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Exploration

• Matthew Flinders, an accomplished navigator and chartmaker
• Matthew Henson, an American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary

Captain Matthew Flinders RN (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age. ... Matthew Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was an American explorer and long-time companion to Robert Peary; amongst various expeditions, their most famous was a 1909 expedition which claimed to be the first to reach the Geographic North Pole. ...

Music

• Matthew Bellamy, the lead singer, guitarist, and pianist of rock group Muse
• Matthew Henderson, an electronic musician
• Matthew Good, a Canadian rock musician
• Matthew K Heafy, the guitarist and lead vocalist in the band Trivium
• Matisyahu (Matthew Paul Miller), an American Jewish reggae artist
• Matthew Sweet, a pop-rock musician from Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
• Matthew Taylor (musician), a musician
• Matthew Fox (musician), guitarist for the metalcore band Shai Hulud
• Matthew Fletcher (musician), bassist for the metalcore band Shai Hulud
• Matthew Tuck, the vocalist in the metalcore band Bullet For My Valentine
• Matthew West, American Christian singer
• Matthew Davies, Welsh vocalist of the band Funeral For A Friend

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Television and film

• Matthew Broderick, an American film and stage actor; perhaps best known for his role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Matthew Damon, an American actor known by the short for the name, "Matt"
• Matthew Lewis, an English actor best known for his role as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter film series
• Matthew Fox (actor), a well-known Golden Globe-nominated American actor and former model
• Matthew Géczy, an American actor
• Matthew Lewis (actor), English actor who plays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter series.
• Matthew Lillard, an American actor
• Matthew Macfadyen, a British theatre and film actor
• Matthew Marsden, an English actor.
• Matthew McConaughey, an American actor
• Matthew Modine, an American actor
• Matthew Moore, an American actor
• Matthew Perry (actor), a Canadian-American actor; best known for his role as Chandler Bing in Friends
• Matthew Walker (actor), an Australian actor
• Matthew Waterhouse, a British actor best known for his role as Adric in Doctor Who
• Matthew Goode (actor), a British actor best known for his role in the 2004 film Chasing Liberty

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Sports

• Matt Carroll (basketball), Charlotte Bobcats Shooting Guard
• Matthew Dunn, former medley swimmer from Australia
• Matt Garza, Minnesota Twins pitcher
• Matthew Hoggard, English cricketer
• Matthew Johns, Australian entertainer who had previously enjoyed a successful career in rugby league
• Matt Leinart, Former Heisman Trophy Winner and Quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals
• Matthew Le Tissier, retired footballer who played for Southampton and England
• Matthew Mileham, British hammer thrower
• Matthew Pinsent, English rowing champion and four-time Olympic gold medallist
• Matthew Stevens, Welsh professional snooker player
• Matthew Taylor (footballer), English football (soccer) player
• Matthew Upson, English football player
• Matthew Walker (English cricketer), cricket player for Kent County Cricket Club
• Matthew Walker (New Zealand cricketer), cricket player from New Zealand
• Matthew Hayden, international-level cricketer from Australia
• Matthew Dawson, an English rugby player
• Matthew Prior (cricketer), English cricketer
• Matthew Markes, Formula 1 racecar driver
• Matthew Oakley, football player for Leicester City

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Politics

• Matthew Taylor (Labour politician), a senior policy advisor to former British prime minister Tony Blair
• Matthew Taylor (politician), a UK politician
• Matthew Parris, a journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom.

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Other

• Matthew Duvall, a British coffee roaster
• Matthew Algie, a lesser British coffee roaster
• Matthew Cook, a mathematician and computer scientist
• Matthew Hale (jurist), the Lord Chief Justice of England
• Matthew Island, a small, disputed Pacific ocean island in New Caledonia also claimed by Vanuatu
• Matthew Murray, a steam engine and machine tool manufacturer that built one of the first steam locomotives
• Matthew C. Perry, a Commodore of the U.S. Navy instrumental in the opening of Japan to the West in 1854
• Matthew Rush, an adult film actor

Matthew Algie was born in Greenock, a port on the River Clyde, in 1810. ... Matthew Cook was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, in 1970 and grew up in Evanston, Illinois. ... Sir Matthew Hale (1609—1676), Lord Chief Justice of England, was born on the 1st of November 1609 at Alderley in Gloucestershire, where his father, a retired barrister, had a small estate. ... Matthew Island is a disputed territory located in the South Pacific Ocean. ... Matthew Murray was a steam engine and machine tool manufacturer, who designed and built the first commercially viable steam locomotive, the twin cylinder The Salamanca in 1812. ... For other persons of the same name, see Matthew Perry. ... Matthew Rush (born Gregory Grove on September 22, 1972) is an American gay pornographic actor who appears in gay pornographic films and magazines. ...

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