Matt (name)
Matt is a male given name and a family name .
Origin and meaning
First name
The name Matt is an independent short form of Matthias (see there for variants).
Name bearer
First name
- Matt Bellamy (* 1978), British musician
- Matt Berkey (* 1982), American poker player
- Matt Biondi (born 1965), American swimmer
- Matt Carkner (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
- Matt Cutts (* 1972/73), American software developer
- Matt Damon (born 1970), American actor
- Matt Dillon (born 1964), American actor
- Matt Dillon (* 1966), American software developer
- Matt Dwonszyk (* ≈1990), American jazz musician
- Matt Giannetti (* 1984), American poker player
- Matt Glantz (* 1971), American poker player
- Matt Graham (born 1983), American poker player
- Matt Graham (* 1994), Australian freestyle skier
- Matt Groening (* 1954), American comic artist
- Matt Holland (born 1974), Irish football player
- Matt Holland (* 1989), British water polo player
- Matt Harding (* 1976), American game developer
- Matt Hardy (born 1974), American wrestler
- Matt Holman (* 1982), American jazz musician
- Matt Jarvis ( Matthew Jarvis; * 1984), Canadian poker player
- Matt Jarvis ( Matthew Thomas Jarvis; * 1986), English soccer player
- Matt LeBlanc (born 1967), American actor
- Matt Lucena (born 1969), American tennis player
- Matt Luzunaris (* 1989), American football player
- Matt Matros (born 1977), American poker player
- Matt McGrath (1878-1941), American hammer thrower
- Matt Polster (* 1993), American football player
- Matt Salsberg (* 1971), Canadian television producer, screenwriter and poker player
- Matt Skiba (* 1976), American punk musician
- Matt Smith (born 1982), British actor
- Matt Stone (* 1971), American actor, screenwriter, producer and director
- Matt Thompson (* 1982), Australian soccer player
- Matt Thornhill (* 1988), English football player
family name
- Alfred von Matt (1843–1919), Austrian infantry general
- Alfred Matt (* 1948), Austrian ski racer
- Andrea Matt (* 1961), Liechtenstein politician
- Angelika Matt-Heidecker (* 1953), German local politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Kirchheim unter Teck (2004-20)
- Annemarie von Matt (1905–1967), Swiss painter, graphic artist and writer
- Andreas Matt (* 1982), Austrian skier
- Antonia Matt (1878–1958), Austrian showwoman
- Beatrice von Matt (* 1936), Swiss publicist, editor and literary critic
- Daniel Matt (* 1976), Austrian politician (NEOS)
- Egon Matt (cross-country skier) (1925-2004), Liechtenstein cross-country skier
- Egon Matt (politician) (* 1952), Liechtenstein politician (FL)
- Franz Matt (1860–1929), German lawyer and politician (BVP)
- Georg Matt (1861–1938), Austrian sculptor
- Gerald Matt (* 1958), Austrian art historian, director of the Kunsthalle Wien
- Hans von Matt (businessman) (1842–1900), Swiss businessman and man of letters
- Hans von Matt (politician) (1869–1932), Swiss politician (CVP) and editor
- Hans von Matt (artist) (1899–1985), Swiss sculptor, painter and writer
- Hans Matt (entrepreneur) (* 1953), Austrian entrepreneur
- Hans Matt-Willmatt (1898–1978), German poet, writer and local history researcher
- Heinrich Matt (1907–1967), German aerospace engineer
- Helmut Matt (* 1960), German writer
- Hubert von Matt-Willmatt (* 1953), German writer, literary and regional researcher
- Jean-Remy von Matt (* 1952), German advertiser
- Joe Matt (* 1963), American cartoonist
- Johann Jakob Matt (1814–1882), Swiss politician
- Josef Matt (politician, 1900) (1900–1968), German farmer and politician (SPD)
- Josef Matt (politician, 1910) (1910–1972), Austrian politician (ÖVP)
- Leonard von Matt (1909–1988), Swiss photographer
- Mario Matt (* 1979), Austrian ski racer
- Michael Matt (* 1993), Austrian ski racer
- Norman Matt (* 1974), German voice actor
- Patrick Matt (* 1969), Liechtenstein cyclist
- Peter von Matt (* 1937), Swiss Germanist
- Richard Matt (1966–2015), American murderer and prison escape
- Roland Matt (*?), Liechtenstein model airplane pilot
- Rudolf Matt (1877–1960), Liechtenstein politician
- Rudolph Matt (1909–1993), Austrian ski racer and actor
- Sylvia Egli von Matt (* 1952), Swiss media expert
- Werner Matt (* 1942), Austrian chef
- Wilhelm Matt (1872–1936), Lord Mayor of Aschaffenburg
- Wolfgang Matt (model airplane pilot) , Liechtenstein model airplane pilot
- Wolfgang Matt (politician) (* 1955), Austrian politician (ÖVP), mayor of Feldkirch
- Wolfgang Matt (soccer player) (* 1962), Liechtenstein soccer player