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, meaning "son of Matt (shortened form of

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 Ch ...

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People

Brad Mattson Brad Mattson (born October 29, 1954) is an American engineer and entrepreneur. He started two publicly traded semiconductor companies, Novellus Systems and Mattson Technology, and has also worked in the solar power industry. He currently se ...

, Silicon Valley entrepreneur * Eli Mattson, pianist, singer, and runner-up on

America's Got Talent ''America's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated as ''AGT'') is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle (as well as distribut ...

Ellen Mattson Ellen Mattson (born 22 September 1962) is a Swedish writer. Her first fictional work to be published in English translation was ''Snow'' (2005), a historical novel set in the early 18th century. She has won several literary prizes, including the ...

, Swedish writer *

Hållbus Totte Mattson Hållbus Totte Mattson (usually known simply as Totte Mattson) is a multi-instrumentalist folk musician from Dalarna, Sweden. Mattson's instruments include the lute, baroque lute, mandora, bass mandora, hummel, classical guitar, baroque guitar ...

, Swedish musician *

Howard W. Mattson Howard W. Mattson (May 15, 1927 – May 21, 1998) was the third Executive Vice President of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), serving in that capacity from 1987 until his 1991 retirement. Prior to that, he had served in public relatio ...

(1927–1998), American magazine editor *

Ingrid Mattson Ingrid Mattson (born August 24, 1963) is a Canadian activist and scholar, A professor of Islamic Studies, Islamic studies, she is currently the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College at the University of ...

(born 1963), Canadian activist and scholar *

Jesper Mattson Cruus af Edeby Jesper Mattson Cruus af Edeby (1576–1622) was a Swedish soldier and politician, being appointed Privy Councilor in 1612, Field Marshal in 1615, Lord High Treasurer in 1615, and Governor of Riga in 1621. In the Kalmar War (1611–1613) he led ...

(1576–1622), Swedish soldier and politician *

John Mattson John Mattson is an American screenwriter and author. His screenplay for the film '' Milk Money'' sold to Paramount Pictures for an outright purchase of $1.1 million after Paramount topped a $1 million bid from Dino De Laurentiis Communications. He ...

, American screenwriter *

Mark Mattson Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fi ...

, American neuroscientist *

Per Mattson Per Alfred Mattson was a Swedish rower who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stoc ...

(1895–1973), Swedish, Olympics rower * Ragnar Mattson (1892–1965), Swedish, Olympics high jumper *

Richard Mattson Richard Lewis Mattson (born May 29, 1935) is an American computer scientist known for his pioneering work on using memory trace data to simulate the performance of the memory hierarchy. He developed the stack distance profile, and used it to model ...

(born 1935), American computer scientist *

Riley Mattson Riley Carl Mattson (born December 18, 1938) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in ...

(born 1937), American football player *

Robert Mattson (businessman) Robert Emanuel Mattson (16 May 1851 – 10 May 1935) was a Finnish shipowner and businessman. Mattson was born in Åland to a shipowner family. He went to sea at young age and studied shipmaster degree. After ten years at sea he settled in Mar ...

, (1851–1935), Finnish shipowner and businessman * Robert W. Mattson, Sr. (b. ?), American politician *

Robin Mattson Robin Mattson is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the daytime soap operas ''General Hospital'', '' Santa Barbara'', and ''All My Children''. Career Daytime television Mattson made her daytime debut as troubled teen Hope B ...

, American actress *

Mattson Tomlin Mattson Tomlin (born July 16, 1990) is a filmmaker and writer. Career In 2018, Tomlin wrote the script for the '' Project Power'' (2020) for Netflix, starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Dominique Fishback. He scripted and produce ...

(born 1990), Romanian screenwriter and producer

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* Mattson Technology, California-based semiconductor company

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* Mattson, a character in the film

Child's Play 2 ''Child's Play 2'' is a 1990 American slasher film and the direct sequel to '' Child's Play'', written by Don Mancini and directed by John Lafia, one of the co-writers of the first film. It is the second installment in the ''Child's Play'' franch ...

Places

Mattson, Edmonton Mattson is a future neighbourhood in southeast Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The neighbourhood was officially named in July 2012 after Norman Mattson, a prominent land surveyor in Alberta. Mattson is located within the Southeast Edmonton area and wa ...

, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Canada

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