Matt or Mat is a
given name, often used as a
nickname
A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...
for
Matthew. Less commonly, it is used as a
surname.
Given name
Athletes
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Matt Acton
Matthew Michael Acton is an Australian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Melbourne Victory. Acton was born to an English mother and half Finnish/half English father.
Club career
Acton played for Brisbane Roar. He became the first Austral ...
, Australian association football player
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Matt Adams, American baseball player
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Matt Ammendola
Matt Ammendola (born December 11, 1996) is an American football kicker who is a free agent. He played college football at Oklahoma State. After going undrafted in the 2020 NFL Draft, he played for the Carolina Panthers, New York Jets, Housto ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Matt Araiza (born 2000), American football player
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Matt Asiata
Matthew Retinai Asiata (born July 24, 1987) is a former American football running back. He attended Hunter High School and played college football at Utah. Asiata was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent. Asiata is tied wit ...
, American football player
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Matt Bahr, American football player
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Matt Ballin, Australian rugby league player
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Matt Barnes (disambiguation), multiple people
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Matt Beaty, American baseball player
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Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler
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Matt Besler
Matthew Scott "Matt" Besler (; born February 11, 1987) is an American former professional soccer player. A left-sided central defender with the ability to play left-back. Besler spent the majority of his career in MLS with Sporting Kansas Cit ...
, American footballer
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Matt Bessette, American mixed martial artist
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Matt Biondi, swimmer
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Matt Birk, American football player
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Matt Blake
Matthew Blake (born May 14, 1985) is an American professional baseball coach. He is the pitching coach for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career
Blake attended Concord High School in Concord, New Hampshire. Blake was a th ...
, American baseball coach
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Matt Blair, (1950–2020), American football player
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Matt Borgschulte Matt Borgschulte is an American professional baseball coach for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball.
Borgschulte attended Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri. He attended Western Kentucky University and Drury Univer ...
, American baseball coach
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Matt Bradley, Canadian ice hockey player
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Matt Bradley (American football), American football player
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Matt Brash (disambiguation), multiple people
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Matt Bryant, American football player
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Matt Brennan (American football), American football player
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Matt Bullard, former basketball player
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Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973), Australian rugby union player
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Matt Buschmann (born 1984), American baseball player and coach
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Matt Bush (disambiguation) Matt Bush is the name of:
* Matt Bush (actor) (born 1986), American actor
* Matt Bush (baseball) (born 1986), American baseball pitcher
See also
* Bush (surname)
{{Hndis, Bush, Matt ...
, multiple people
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Matt Bushman (born 1995), American football player
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Matt Cain, American baseball player
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Matt Carpenter (baseball), American baseball player
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Matt Carroll (basketball)
Matthew John Carroll (born August 28, 1980) is an American former professional basketball player.
Carroll is tall and weighs . He played high school basketball at Hatboro-Horsham High School in Horsham, Pennsylvania, under coach Walt Ostrowsk ...
, American basketball player
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Matt Cassel, American football player
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Matt Cavanaugh, American football player
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Matt Chapman, American baseball player
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Matt Coates
Matt Coates (born July 15, 1991) is a Canadian football wide receiver. He played college football at the New Mexico Military Institute. He also played junior football for the Hamilton Hurricanes of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL).
Ear ...
, Canadian football player
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Matt Cole
Matt Cole (born November 7, 1996) is an American football wide receiver for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the McKendree Bearcats.
College career
After graduating from Chicago ...
(born 1996), American football player
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Matt Cook (ice sledge hockey)
Matthew Cook (November 10, 1987 – April 4, 2010) was a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.
Before the age of 18, Cook played Junior A for the Bonnyville Pontiacs of the Alberta Junior Hockey League. He had his leg amputated below the kn ...
(1987–2010), Canadian ice sledge hockey player
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Matt Cook (rugby league) (born 1986), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
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Matt Cooke
Matthew David Cooke (born September 7, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played sixteen seasons and 1046 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Cooke won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins during t ...
, Canadian ice hockey player
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Matt Corral (born 1999), American football player
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Matt Crafton, American racecar driver
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Matt Davidson (baseball)
Matthew Glen Davidson (born March 26, 1991) is an American professional baseball infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He made his MLB debut with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2013 and has also played in MLB ...
, American baseball player
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Mat Dawson
Mathew Dawson (1820–1898) was a British racehorse trainer. In a career which lasted from 1840 until his death in 1898 he trained the winners of twenty-eight British Classic Races, a figure surpassed by only two other men. He was significant ...
(born 1972), English retired rugby union player
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Matt Dermody
Matthew Phillip Dermody (born July 4, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Boston Red Sox organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and the Chicago Cubs, and in Nippon Pro ...
, American baseball player
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Matt DiBenedetto, American race car driver
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Matt Dickerson, American football player
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Matt Duchene, Canadian hockey player
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Matt Duffie, New Zealand rugby union footballer
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Matt Duffy (born 1991), American baseball player
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Matt Duffy (baseball, born 1989), American baseball player
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Matt Dunigan, Canadian Football league
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Matt Elliott (footballer)
Matthew Stephen Elliott (born 1 November 1968) is a former professional footballer, most notably as a defender for Leicester City. Born in England, he was never selected to play for them on an international level; he instead played for the Sc ...
, Scottish footballer
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Matt Entz, American football coach
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Matt Erickson
Matthew Erickson (born July 30, 1975) is an American former professional infielder and current coach in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. From 2011 to 2021, he was manager of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the Class A affiliate of the Brewers.
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(born 1975), American baseball player and coach
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Matt Farniok (born 1997), American football player
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Matt Feiler, American football player
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Matt Fish, basketball player
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Matt Flanagan (American football)
Matt Flanagan (born March 26, 1995) is an American football tight end who is a free agent. He played college football at Pittsburgh Panthers football, Pittsburgh, and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Washington Redskins in 2018.
Earl ...
(born 1995), American football player
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Matt Flynn, American football player
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Matt Forte, American football player
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Matt Foster, American baseball player
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Matt Gage, American baseball player
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Matt Garza, American baseball player
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Matt Gay (born 1994), American football player
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Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player
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Matt Giteau, Australian rugby union footballer
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Matt Gono (born 1996), American football player
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Matt Hamilton (curler), American curler
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Matt Hanousek
Matthew Joseph Hanousek (born August 16, 1963) is a former American football offensive lineman who played one season with the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He first enrolled at Drake University before transferring to the ...
, American football player
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Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
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Matt Harvey, American baseball player
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Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
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Matt Hayden, professional cricketer
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Matt Hazeltine, American football player
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Matt Hedges, American footballer
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Matt Hennessy (born 1997), American football player
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Matt Henningsen (born 1999), American football player
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Matt Hernandez
Matthew J. Hernandez (born October 16, 1961) is a former American football offensive tackle who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings. He was drafted by the Seahawks in the eighth ...
, American football player
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Mat Hoffman
Mat Hoffman (born January 9, 1972) is an American BMX rider who is considered one of the best vert ramp riders in the history of the sport. He is nicknamed "The Condor" and runs the BMX Freestyle brand Hoffman BMX Bikes based out of ...
(born 1972), American BMX rider
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Matt Holland
Matthew Rhys Holland (born 11 April 1974) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Holland began his career at West Ham United, having previously been with Arsenal's academy. During his time at West Ham spent time out ...
, footballer
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Matt Holliday, American baseball player
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Matt Hughes (fighter), mixed martial artist
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Matt Jones (basketball)
Matthew Elliot Jones (born December 5, 1994) is an American professional basketball player for the Bank of Taiwan of the Super Basketball League (SBL). He played four seasons of college basketball for Duke University.
High school career
Durin ...
(born 1994), American basketball player
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Matt Jones (Australian footballer) (born 1987), Australian rules footballer
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Matt Jones (footballer, born 1980)
Matthew Jones (born 1 September 1980 in Llanelli, Wales) is a Welsh former international footballer. He made his professional debut in the Premier League for Leeds United and played his last professional game for his home town club Llanelli in ...
, Welsh international football player
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Matt Jones (footballer, born 1986), English football goalkeeper for Belenenses
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Matt Jones (golfer) (born 1980), Australian professional golfer
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Matt Jones (ice hockey)
Matt S. Jones (born August 8, 1983) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Phoenix Coyotes.
Playing career
Jones was selected 80th overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by ...
(born 1983), American ice hockey defenseman
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Matt Jones (rugby union)
Matthew Jones (born 4 April 1984) is a Welsh international rugby union player. A fly-half, he played for the Ospreys and the Wales Under-21 team, figuring in the Grand Slam winning side. In 2005 he was part of the senior Wales squad summer tou ...
(born 1984), Welsh international rugby union player
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Matt Jones (running back) (born 1993), American football running back
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Matt Jones (wide receiver) (born 1983), American football wide receiver
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Matt Kalil (born 1989), American football
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Matt Kaskey
Matt Kaskey (born March 17, 1997) is an American football offensive tackle for the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League (USFL). He played college football at Dartmouth and was signed by the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted f ...
(born 1997), American football player
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Matt Kemp, American baseball player
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Matt Kenseth, 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
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Matt Kilroy, American baseball player
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Matt Koch, American baseball player
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Matt Kohn
Matt Kohn (born September 27, 1981) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Siena Heights University. Kohn played as a quarterback for two seasons in the Arena Football League with the Nashville Kats and ...
, American football player
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Matt LaFleur, American Football Coach
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Mat Latos (born 1987), American Major League Baseball pitcher
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Matt Lee, Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Shane Matthews
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Matt Leinart (born 1983), American football player
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Matt Leo (born 1992), Australian-American football player
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Matt Lentz (born 1982), American football player
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Matt Le Tissier, former English International association football player
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Matt Light, (born 1978), American football
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Matt Lloyd (footballer)
Matthew Lloyd (born 9 August 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). He now works in the travel industry.
Lloyd, who grew up in Mangoplah, played or ...
, Australian rules footballer
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Matt Lloyd (Paralympian)
Matthew Lloyd (born 23 May 1972) is a British Paralympian who was born with spina bifida and two club feet. He has competed in ice sledge hockey at the 2006 Winter Paralympics, in Sitting volleyball at the 2007 European Championships, and is cre ...
(born 1972), British ice sledge hockey Paralympian
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Matt Manning
Matthew George Manning (born January 28, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Tigers selected him in the first round of the 2016 MLB draft.
Amateur career
Manning attended ...
(born 1998), American baseball player
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Matt Manning (rugby league) (born 1974), Australian rugby league footballer
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Matt McCrane (born 1994), American football player
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Matt McGloin (born 1989), American football player
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Mat Mendenhall
Mathew W. Mendenhall (born May 14, 1957) is a former American football defensive end who played two seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins before numerous injuries and alcoholism ended his career. He started in ...
(born 1957), American former National Football League player
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Matt Mervis (born 1998), American baseball player
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Matt Milano (born 1994), American football player
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Matt Millen (born 1958), American Football player
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Matt Moore (disambiguation) Matt Moore may refer to:
* Matt Moore (actor) (1888–1960), Irish-born American film actor
* Matt Moore (American football) (born 1984), American football quarterback
* Matt Moore (basketball), National Basketball League player
* Matt Moore (music ...
, several people
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Matt Morgan (wrestler), American professional wrestler
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Matt Morris (baseball), retired baseball player
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Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player
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Matt Mullins, American martial artist
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Matt Murray (ice hockey), Ice Hockey
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Matt Nagy, American football player
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Matt Neal
Matthew Neal (born 20 December 1966) is a British motor racing driver. Neal is a triple BTCC Champion having won the British Touring Car Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2011. Neal is also a record 6 time BTCC Independents Champion having won th ...
a British touring car driver
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Matt Olson, American baseball player
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Matt Orzech
Matthew Orzech (born April 12, 1995) is an American football long snapper for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Azusa Pacific, and was signed by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free a ...
(born 1995), American football player
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Matt Osborne, professional wrestler
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Matt Patricia, American football coach
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Matt Peacock (disambiguation) Matt Peacock is an Australian journalist, writer of ''Killer Company.''
Matt(hew) Peacock is the name of:
*Matthew Peacock (racehorse trainer)
Matt Peacock is an Australian journalist and author who has worked for Australia's ''ABC News'' in ...
, multiple people
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Matt Peart (born 1997), Jamaican-American football player
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Matt Perry (rugby player), English rugby union footballer
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Matt Postle, Welsh racing cyclist
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Matt Prater, American football player
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Matt Prince, a.k.a. Wifebeater, American professional wrestler
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Matt Pryor (American football) (born 1994), American football player
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Matt Quatraro (born 1973), American baseball coach
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Mat Rebeaud (born 1982), Swiss freestyle motocross rider
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Matt Reiswerg (born 1980), American soccer player, coach, and administrator
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Matt Reynolds (American football)
Matt Reynolds (born May 31, 1986) is a former American football offensive tackle. He attended Brigham Young University and went undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft.
High school career
Reynolds attended Timpview High School in Provo, Utah, where h ...
(born 1986), American football player
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Matt Reynolds (baseball coach)
Matthew Reynolds is an American college baseball coach and former player. Reynolds is the head coach of the UMass Minutemen baseball team. Reynolds played college baseball at the University of Maine for coach Paul Kostacopoulos before transferring ...
, American college baseball coach
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Matt Reynolds (infielder)
Matthew William Reynolds (born December 3, 1990) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Washington Nationals, and Kans ...
(born 1990), American baseball player
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Matt Reynolds (pitcher) (born 1984), American baseball player
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Matt Rhule (born 1975), American football coach
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Mat Robinson (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
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Matt Robinson (American football) (born 1956), American football player
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Matt Robinson (footballer, born 1907)
Matthew Robinson (21 April 1907 – August 1987) was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He was born in Felling, County Durham. He played for Cardiff City, Chester, and Manchester United
Manchester () is a ...
(1907–1987), English football player
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Matt Robinson (footballer, born 1993), English football player
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Matt Robinson (rugby league) (born 1990), New Zealand rugby league player
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Mat Rogers (born 1976), Australian former rugby league footballer
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Matt Ruff (born 1990), Football player
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Matt Ryan (American football), American football player
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Matt Scoggin, American diver
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Matt Schaub, American football player
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Matt Simms (American football)
Matthew Phillip Simms (born September 27, 1988) is a former American football quarterback. He played college football at Tennessee, before being signed by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2012. Simms is the son of former New York ...
(born 1988), American football player
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Matt Snell (born 1941), American football player
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Matt Sokol
Matthew Ryan Sokol (born November 9, 1995) is an American football tight end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State and began his career as undrafted free agent, landin ...
(born 1995), American football player
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Matt Stairs (born 1968), baseball player
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Matt Stajan, ice hockey player
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Matt Stover, American former football player
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Matt Strahm, American baseball player
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Matt Swarmer, American baseball player
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Matt Thaiss, American baseball player
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Mat Toshack
Mat Toshack (born 18 February 1973 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, and 2000s. Toshack's position of choice was as a or .
Toshack played for the North Sydney B ...
(born 1973), Australian former rugby league footballer
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Matt Turk, American football player
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Matt Vierling, American baseball player
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Matt Vogler
Matt Vogler (born September 25, 1969) is a former American football quarterback who played two seasons in the Arena Football League with the Massachusetts Marauders and Miami Hooters. He first enrolled at Auburn University before transferring to ...
, American football player
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Matt Waletzko (born 1999), American football player
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Matt Wallner, American baseball player
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Matt Ward (lacrosse player), American lacrosse player
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Matt Wieters
Matthew Richard Wieters (; born May 21, 1986) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals, and St. Louis Cardinals.
Wieters played college basebal ...
, American baseball player
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Matt Williams (third baseman), American baseball player
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Matt Wise (born 1975), American baseball player and coach
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Matt Wisler, American baseball player
Musicians
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Matt Bellamy, guitarist, pianist and lead singer of
Muse
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Matt Berninger, frontman and lead singer of
The National
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Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, original guitar player and co-songwriter for influential punk/ska band Link 80
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Matt Cameron, former Soundgarden drummer and current drummer of Pearl Jam
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Matt Champion (born 1995), member of boy band
Brockhampton
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Matt Costa, singer/songwriter from Hungtington Beach, California
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Matt Freeman, bassist for the bands Operation Ivy and Rancid
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Matt Garstka, drummer for metal band Animals as Leaders
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Matt Helders, drummer for the
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys are an English rock band formed in Sheffield in 2002. The group consists of Alex Turner (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Jamie Cook (guitar, keyboards), Nick O'Malley (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Matt Helders (drums, ...
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Matt Heafy, vocalist and guitarist for the metal bands
Trivium and Capharnaum
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Matty Healy
The 1975 are an English pop rock band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. Now based in Manchester, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matthew "Matty" Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer G ...
, vocalist and frontman of English pop rock band The 1975
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Matt Hoopes, lead guitarist for the band Relient K
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Matt Houston (singer), French R&B singer and music producer originating from Guadeloupe (aka Matt)
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Matt Hunter (singer) (born 1998), American Latin-influenced pop singer, now known as Matt Hunter Correa
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Matt Johnson (singer), founder and only constant member of multimedia band The The
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Mat Kearney (born 1978), American singer-songwriter and musician
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Matthew Lewin
Matthew may refer to:
* Matthew (given name)
* Matthew (surname)
* Matthew (ship), ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497
* Matthew (album), ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith
* Matthew (elm c ...
, producer and member of American synthpop group Magdalena Bay
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Matt Maher, Canadian contemporary Christian music artist, songwriter, and worship leader
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Matt Maeson, American singer-songwriter
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Matt Maltese
Matthew Jonathan Gordon Maltese (born 6 October 1997) is a British-Canadian singer-songwriter. His style blends elements from indie pop, indie rock, and chamber pop. Since releasing his debut single "Even If It's a Lie" in 2015, Maltese has rele ...
, English singer-songwriter
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Matt Monro, British singer
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Mat Osman (born 1967), English musician, bassist of the rock band Suede
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Matt Redman
Matthew James Redman (born 14 February 1974) is an English Christian worship leader, singer-songwriter and author. Redman has released 16 albums, written 8 books, and helped start three church-plants. He is best known for his two-time Grammy A ...
(born 1974), English musician
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Matt Shadows
Matthew Charles Sanders (born July 31, 1981), known by his stage name M. Shadows, is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and a founding member of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. In 2017, Shadows was voted third in th ...
, vocalist for band
Avenged Sevenfold
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Matt Sharp, former member of the rock band
Weezer
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Matt Simmonds, demoscene musician
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Matt Slocum, former member of Sixpence None the Richer and composer of "Kiss Me"
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Matt Sorum, hard rock drummer and percussionist
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Matt Traynor, former metalcore drummer of
Blessthefall
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Matt Tuck, metal singer for the band Bullet For My Valentine
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M. Ward, singer-songwriter and guitarist
Actors
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Mat Baynton (born 1980), British actor and musician
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Matt Bennett (born 1991), American actor
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Matt Berry
Matthew Charles Berry (born 2 May 1974) is an English actor, comedian, musician, and writer. He is best known for his roles in comedy series such as ''The IT Crowd'', '' Garth Marenghi's Darkplace'', '' The Mighty Boosh'', '' Snuff Box'', ''Wh ...
(born 1974), British actor and musician
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Matt Bomer (born 1977), American actor
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Matt Cohen (actor) (born 1982), American actor
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Matt Czuchry (born 1977), American actor
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Matt Dallas (born 1982), American actor
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Matt Damon (born 1970), American actor
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Matt Dillon (born 1964), American actor
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Mat Fraser (''fl.'' 1980s-present), English actor
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Matt Hobby (born 1985), American actor and comedian
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Matt L. Jones (born 1981), American actor and comedian
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Matt Lanter
Matthew MacKendree Lanter (born April 1, 1983) is an American actor and model. He began his modeling career in 2004. The same year, he acted in the film '' Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius'' and the television series '' Point Pleasant''. He went o ...
(born 1983), American actor
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Matt LeBlanc (born 1967), American actor
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Matt Lintz
Matthew Lintz (born May 23, 2001) is an American actor known for playing Matty van Patten in '' Pixels'', Henry in the AMC television series '' The Walking Dead'' and Bruno in '' Ms. Marvel''.
Career
In 2018, Lintz played the older version of ...
(born 2001), American actor
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Matt McCooey (born 1981), English-Japanese actor
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Matt Murray (actor) (born 1989), American actor
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Matt Newton (born 1977), American actor
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Matt Prokop
Matthew Ray Prokop (born July 29, 1990)
is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Jimmie "The Rocket Man" Zara in '' High School Musical 3: Senior Year'' and Josh Rosen in the Disney Channel's ''Geek Charming''.
Early life ...
(born 1990), American actor
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Matt Robinson (actor) (1937–2002), American actor
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Matt Ryan (actor) (born 1981), Welsh actor
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Matt Shipman, American voice actor
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Matt Shively (born 1990), American actor
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Matt Smith (actor) (born 1982), English actor
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Matt Stone (born 1971), American actor
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Mat Stevenson (born 1969), Australian actor
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Matt Zimmerman (actor)
Matthew Zimmerman (December 26, 1934 – 9 June 2022) was a Canadian actor. He was best known as the voice of Alan Tracy in the 1960s television series '' Thunderbirds'' and sequel films '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' and ''Thunderbird 6''.
Life an ...
(born 1934), Canadian actor
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Matt Walsh (comedian) (born 1964), American comedian and actor
Politicians
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Matt Bevin (born 1967), American politician
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Matt Blunt (born 1970), American politician and former naval officer
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Matt Cartwright (born 1961), American politician
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Mat Erpelding
Mathew Erpelding (born January 10, 1975) is an American politician who served as a member of the Idaho House of Representatives from the from 2012 until 2019. Erpelding also served as House Minority Leader from January 2017 until his December 2019 ...
(born 1975), American politician
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Matt Gaetz (born 1982), American politician
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Matt Gonzalez, Green Party politician
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Matt Jones (American politician)
Matt Jones is an American politician from Colorado. A Democrat, he served in both the Colorado Senate and the Colorado House of Representatives at two different times, and as a Boulder County Commissioner.
Jones represented the 17th Senate d ...
, American politician
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Matt Lesser
Matthew L. Lesser is an American politician who represents the 9th district in the Connecticut State Senate. First elected to the State House in 2008, Lesser was re-elected in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016. In 2018 he was elected as state senator for ...
, American politician
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Matt Mead (born 1962), American politician and attorney
Writers, journalists and editors
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Matt Barbet, journalist
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Matt Bruenig
Matthew Bruenig (born November 22, 1988) is an American lawyer, blogger, policy analyst, commentator, and founder of the left-leaning think tank People's Policy Project. He was a blogger for the American think tank Demos covering politics and pu ...
(born 1988), American political commentator
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Matt Boyd (writer) Matt Boyd or Matthew Boyd may refer to:
People
* Matthew Boyd (Australian footballer) (born 1982), Australian rules football player
* Matthew Boyd (baseball) (born 1991), American baseball player
Fictional characters
* Matt Boyd, a fictional char ...
, writer of the webcomics ''
Mac Hall'' and ''Three Panel Soul''
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Matt Casamassina, editor for the website IGN
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Matt Cohen (writer)
Matthew Cohen (30 December 1942 – 2 December 1999) was a Canadian writer who published both mainstream literature under his own name and children's literature under the pseudonym Teddy Jam.
History
Matt Cohen was born in Montreal, son of Morr ...
, writer
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Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, American journalist
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Matt Jones (writer) (born 1968), British television writer and television producer
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Matt Lauer, television journalist
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Matt Robinson (poet) (born 1974), Canadian poet
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Matt Walsh (political commentator) (born 1986), American right-wing political commentator and author
Other
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Matt Allwright, British television presenter
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Matt Clark (baseball)
Matthew Terry Clark (born December 10, 1986) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Chunichi Dragons and Orix Buffaloes (NPB). Prior to ...
(born 1986), American professional baseball player
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Mat Collishaw (born 1966), English photographic and video artist
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Matt Cook (historian)
Matt Cook is a social and cultural historian specializing in LGBTQ and queer history. Since October 2023, he has served as the Jonathan Cooper Chair of the History of Sexuality at Mansfield College, Oxford University. The appointment makes him th ...
, Birkbeck College professor
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Mat Franco (born 1988), American magician and winner of the ninth season of ''
America's Got Talent''
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Matt Groening, best known as the creator of ''
The Simpsons
''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge ...
'' and ''
Futurama''
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Matt Harding, Internet celebrity better known as "Dancing Matt"
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Matt Harvey (born 1989), American professional baseball player
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Matt Iseman
Matt Iseman (born January 22, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, and television host, who began his career as a physician. He is best known for his role as play-by-play announcer and host of ''American Ninja Warrior''. He was the winner of ''T ...
, American comedian and host of ''
American Ninja Warrior'' since Season 2
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Matt Jones (interaction designer) Matt Jones is the co-author - with Gary Marsden - of ''Mobile Interaction Design'' ( ) and a full research Professor at Swansea University. With the late Marsden and Simon Robinson he authored a new book in 2015 - ''There's Not an App for That'' (M ...
(born 1968), active researcher and organizer of scientific conferences
*
Matt Kemp (born 1984), American professional baseball player
*
Mat Kirkby, English filmmaker, winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
*
Matt Klentak (born 1980), American professional baseball executive
*
Matt Kuwata, also known as Matt Rose, (born 1994), Japanese
tarento
Celebrity, Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in Media of Japan, mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in Ame ...
, model, and musician
*
Matt Lucas (born 1974), British comedian, best known for Little Britain
*
Matt Mullenweg (born 1984), cofounder of
WordPress
WordPress (WP or WordPress.org) is a free and open-source software, free and open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP, hypertext preprocessor language and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database with supported secure hypert ...
and CEO of
Automattic
*
Matt Moore (baseball) (born 1989), American professional baseball player
*
Matt Morgan (comedian), comedian and comedy writer
*
Matt Nelson (disambiguation) Matt Nelson may refer to:
*Matt Nelson (American football) (born 1995), American football player
* Matthew Nelson (musician) (born 1967), American singer-songwriter
*Matthew Nelson (soccer)
Matthew "Matt" Nelson (born November 12, 1977 in Tampa, ...
, multiple people
*
Matt Pritchett, cartoonist in the UK ''Daily Telegraph''
*
Matt Sauer (born 1999), American professional baseball player
*
Matt Taylor (scientist)
Matthew Graham George Thaddeus Taylor (born 1973) is a British astrophysicist employed by the European Space Agency. He is best known to the public for his involvement in the landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by the ''Rosetta'' mis ...
, project scientist for the
Rosetta mission
''Rosetta'' was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004. Along with ''Philae'', its lander module, ''Rosetta'' performed a detailed study of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P). During its journey to the c ...
*
Matt West, choreographer
*
Matt West (baseball)
Matthew Robert O'Neil West (born November 21, 1988) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Career Texas Rangers
West was drafted by ...
, American professional baseball player
Fictional characters
*Matt the Radar Technician, one-time ''Saturday Night Live'' character played by
Adam Driver
*
Matrim "Mat" Cauthon, a character in the ''Wheel of Time'' fantasy series
*Matt Del Marco, a character in the Netflix series ''
Grand Army''
*
Matt Foley, ''Saturday Night Live'' parody character
*
Matt Horner
Major and recurring characters from the military science fiction series ''StarCraft (series), StarCraft'' are listed below, organised by respective species and most commonly affiliated faction within the fictional universe. The story of the ''Star ...
, in the ''
StarCraft'' franchise
*
Matt (''Death Note'') (real name: Mail Jeevas), in the anime ''Death Note''
*Matt Jensen, a character in the Netflix series ''
13 Reasons Why''
*Matt Murdock, secret identity of the Marvel Comics Earth-616 superhero
Daredevil
Daredevil may refer to:
* A stunt performer
Arts and media Comics
* Daredevil (Lev Gleason Publications), a fictional 1940s superhero popularized by writer-artist Charles Biro
* Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), a Marvel comic book superher ...
*Matt Murdock, secret identity of the Marvel Comics Earth-65 supervillain
Kingpin
Kingpin or king pin may refer to:
Vehicular part
* Kingpin (automotive part), the pivot in the steering mechanism
** The central bolt of a skateboard, axle assembly ("truck"), around which the rest of the mechanism can flex, allowing the rider ...
*
Matt Oleander
'' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' is a Canadian teen drama television series created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore. The series is now considered the first incarnation and premiered on CTV on October 14, 2001, and then ended on MTV Canada a ...
, in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''
*
Matt Robinson (''Neighbours''), in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''
*
Matt Ishida,
Digimon Adventure
*Matthew "Matt" Taylor, one of eight protagonists from the survival horror game ''
Until Dawn''
*Matt Trakker, a character from the cartoon
M.A.S.K. (TV series)
*Matt, main character in ''
Cyberchase''
*Matt Holt, older brother of Pidge from ''
Voltron: Legendary Defender''
*Matt, a character in the internet series
Eddsworld
*Matt, a non-playable Mii opponent in the ''
Wii'' series
*
Matthew (Matt) Freeman, a character in Anthony Horowitz's ''
The Power of Five'' Series. He is the main protagonist in ''
Raven's Gate'' and ''
Evil Star'', one of the main characters in ''
Necropolis'' and ''
Oblivion'', and appears briefly in ''
Nightrise''.
*Mat, The tall, slimmer and red shirted character from a czech series
Pat & Mat
*Officer
Matt Parkman, a character from the tv show
Heroes
Surname
*
Albert Edward Matt, British composer, Grand March: Fame and Glory (Op. 21)
*
Francis Xavier Matt, German-American immigrant and founder of Matt Brewing Company
*
Jamille Matt (born 1990), Jamaican footballer
*
Patrick Matt (born 1969), Liechtenstein track cyclist
*
Richard Matt (1966–2015), American convicted murderer and prison escapee
See also
*
Maat (disambiguation)
*
MAT (disambiguation)
*
Matt (disambiguation)
*
Matte (disambiguation)
*
Matthew (name)
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English masculine given names
Hypocorisms
Surnames from given names