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 ...

As a given name

Matei Balș Matei G. Balș (1905–1989) was a Romanian bacteriologist. He was born in Bucharest into the ''boyar'' Balș family."Le professeur Matei G. Balș", in ''Virologie'', vol. 40/1989, p. 223 His paternal grandmother was a sister of Dimitrie A. S ...

, Romanian bacteriologist *

Matei Basarab Matei Basarab (; 1588, Brâncoveni, Olt – 9 April 1654, Bucharest) was a Wallachian Voivode (Prince) between 1632 and 1654. Reign Much of Matei's reign was spent fighting off incursions from Moldavia, which he successfully accomplished in 163 ...

, 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 Matei-Agathon Dan (born September 17, 1949) is a Romanian economist and politician. A member of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bacău County from 1992 to 2004. In the Nicolae Văcăr ...

, 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 ...

, 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 Zamfira ...

, 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 Pa ...

, 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 Alexandru Barabas Matei Guiman (born 1980) is a Romanian water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Romania men's national water polo team The Romania men's national water polo team is the representative for Romania ...

, 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 re ...

, Romanian soccer player *

Cristian Matei Cristian Matei (born May 8, 1977) is a Romanian composer. Matei graduated from the National University of Music Bucharest with a Master of Fine Arts in Jazz-Pop Music Composition. He is a member of Union of Composers and Musicologists from Roma ...

, Romanian composer *

Dan Matei Dan Marian Matei (born 25 June 1981) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a centre back. In his career, Matei played for teams such as Universitatea Cluj, Gloria Bistrița, FCM Târgu Mureș, UTA Arad Uta or UTA may refer to: Unive ...

, 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 mov ...

, 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 spel ...

, Romanian soccer player *

Florin Matei Florin Matei (born 8 December 1983), is a Romanian futsal player Player may refer to: Role or adjective * Player (game), a participant in a game or sport ** Gamer, a player in video and tabletop games ** Athlete, a player in sports ** Player ...

, 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 fat ...

, Romanian activist *

Ilie Matei Ilie Matei (born 11 July 1960) is a retired light-heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to th ...

, Romanian wrestler *

Ionuț Matei Ionuț Matei (born 2 July 1984 in Bacău) is a Romanian football player, who plays for F.C. Romania Football Club Romania is a football club based in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England. The club are members of the and groundshare at Cheshunt ...

, 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 Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each play ...

, 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, beh ...

, 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 ...

, Romanian writer and politician

Other uses

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

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