Mathias, a given name and a surname which is a variant of

Matthew (name) Matthew is an English language masculine given name. It ultimately derives from the Hebrew language, Hebrew name "" (''Matityahu'') which means "Gift of God in Judaism, Yahweh". Etymology The Hebrew language, Hebrew name () was transliterated i ...

, may refer to:

Places

* Mathias, West Virginia * Mathias Township, Michigan

People with the given name or surname ''Mathias''

In music

* Mathias Eick, Norwegian Jazz Musician * Mathias Färm, the guitarist of Millencolin *

Mathias Lillmåns Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns is the vocalist for the Finnish folk metal band Finntroll, and has been since 2006. He is also the vocalist and the bassist for the bands Chthonian and Twilight Moon. In 2009 he and fellow Finntroll member Samuli Ponsim ...

, Finnish lead singer of folk/black metal band Finntroll *

William Mathias William James Mathias CBE (1 November 1934 – 29 July 1992) was a Welsh composer noted for choral works. Biography William Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. A child prodigy, he started playing the piano at the age of three and b ...

, Welsh composer * Mathias Nygård a.k.a. Warlord, Finnish folk metal singer

In sports

* Mathias Bourgue, French tennis player * Mathias Fischer (basketball), German basketball coach * Mathias Fullerton (born 2003), Danish archer * Mathias Hove Johansen (born 1998), Norwegian sprinter * Mathias Jørgensen, nicknamed ''Zanka'', Danish football player *

Mathias Kiwanuka Mathias Kagimu Kiwanuka (born March 8, 1983) is an American former professional American football, football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected 32nd overall in the 2006 NFL draft. He played coll ...

, American football player * Mathias Olsson (born 1973), Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman *

Mathias Pogba Mathias Fassou Pogba (born 19 August 1990) is a Guinean former professional association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward. His twin brother Florentin Pogba, Florentin and younger brother Paul Pogba, Paul ...

(born 1990), Guinean professional footballer * Mathias Svensson, Swedish professional footballer *

Bob Mathias Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 – September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, politician, and actor. Representing the United States, he won two Olympic gold medals in the Decathlon, at the 1948 and the 1952 Summer Games. As a Re ...

, American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman * David Mathias, Indian cricketer * Diego Mathias (born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Mark Mathias (born 1994), American baseball player *

Merritt Mathias Merritt Elizabeth Mathias (born July 2, 1990) is an American former professional soccer player who most recently played as a right back for Angel City FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She has won three NWSL Shields and three NWSL ...

, American soccer player *

Wallis Mathias Wallis Mathias (4 February 1935 – 1 September 1994) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in 21 Test matches from 1955 to 1962. A Catholic, he was the first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan. He belonged to Karachi's Goan community. ...

, first non-Muslim cricketer to play for Pakistan

In other fields

Mathias Énard Mathias Énard (born 1972) is a French novelist. He studied Persian and Arabic and spent long periods in the Middle East. He has lived in Barcelona for about fifteen years, interrupted in 2013 by a writing residency in Berlin. He won several aw ...

born (1972), French novelist *

Mathias Gnädinger Mathias Gnädinger (25 March 1941 – 3 April 2015) was a Swiss stage and film actor. Career Initially a typesetter and typographer, Gnädinger began his acting training at the ''Bühnenstudio Zürich'' (now part of the Zurich University of ...

(1941–2015), Swiss actor *

Mathias Lauridsen Mathias Lauridsen (born January 13, 1984) is a Danish model. He broke onto the international fashion scene debuting at Marc by Marc Jacobs in New York and Miu Miu in Paris, for the Spring 2004 collections. His consistent work for major internat ...

(born 1984), Danish male model *

Mathias Lerch Mathias Lerch or Matyáš Lerch (; 20 February 1860, Milínov – 3 August 1922, Sušice) was a Czech mathematician who published about 250 papers, largely on mathematical analysis and number theory. He studied in Prague (Czech Technical Universit ...

(1860–1922), Czech mathematician *

Mathias Loras Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras (August 30, 1792 – February 19, 1858) was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic priest in the United States who served as the first Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque, Bishop of Dubuque, in what would become ...

(1792–1858), French Catholic Bishop of Dubuque and college president *

Mathias Rust Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) is a German aviator known for his flight that ended with a landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. Then a teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, without authorization. Accordi ...

(born 1968), German amateur aviator *

Mathias Tegnér Christer Mathias Tegnér (born 1979) is a Swedish politician, accountant and member of the Riksdag, the national legislature. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Stockholm County since September 2018. He had previously ...

(born 1979), Swedish politician *

Charles Mathias Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (July 24, 1922 – January 25, 2010) was an American politician and attorney from the U.S. state of Maryland. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served in both chambers of the Unit ...

(1922–2010), United States senator * Clarence Edward Mathias (1876–1935), American Medal of Honor recipient * Gary Mathias (born 1952), American missing person since 1978 * James Goronwy Mathias (1842–1895, Welsh minister and writer * Ronald Mathias (1912–1968), Welsh Trade Union Leader *

Tania Mathias Tania Wyn Mathias (born 21 June 1964) is a British ophthalmologist and Conservative Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Twickenham from May 2015 to June 2017. In May 2024, Mathias was selected as the Conservative can ...

(born 1964), British Conservative Party politician * Thomas James Mathias (–1835), British satirist * A. Mathias Mundadan (1923–2012), Indian historian

Places

People with the given name or surname ''Mathias''

In music

In sports

In other fields

See also