Matthew
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Matthew is a man's name. It is also the name of a gospel in the Bible. The name means the gift of God.
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[edit] Notable Matthews
[edit] Religion
- Matthew the Evangelist, the person believed to be the author of the Gospel of Matthew
- Gospel of Matthew, a book of the Bible
- Arnold Mathew, the first Old Catholic bishop in the United Kingdom
- Matthew Blagden Hale, the first Bishop of Perth
- Matthew Fox (priest), a controversial American priest and theologian
- Matthew Parker, the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575
[edit] Literature
- Matthew Arnold, English poet
- Matthew Gregory Lewis, English novelist
- Matthew Reilly (writer), Australian writer
[edit] Music
- Matthew Bellamy, the lead singer, guitarist, and pianist of rock group Muse
- Matthew Good, a Canadian rock musician
- Matthew Sweet, a pop-rock musician from Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
[edit] Television and film
- Matthew Broderick, an American movie and stage actor; perhaps best known for his role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
- Matthew David Lewis, an English actor
- Matthew Fox (actor), a well-known Golden Globe-nominated American actor and former model
- Matthew Géczy, an American actor
- Matthew Macfadyen, a British theatre and film actor
- Matthew McConaughey, an American actor
- Matthew Modine, an American actor
- Matthew Moore, an American actor
- Matthew Perry (actor), an Canadian-American actor; best known for his role as Chandler Bing in Friends
- Matthew Walker (actor), an Australian actor
- Matthew Waterhouse, a British actor best known for his role as Adric in Doctor Who
[edit] Sports
- Matthew Hoggard, English cricketer
- Matthew Johns, Australian entertainer who had previously enjoyed a successful career in rugby league
- Matthew Le Tissier, retired footballer who played for Southampton and England
- Matthew Taylor (footballer), English footballer
- Matthew Upson, English footballer
- Matthew Dawson, an English rugby player
[edit] Politics
- Matthew Taylor (Labour politician), a senior policy advisor to British prime minister Tony Blair
- Matthew Taylor (politician), a UK politician
[edit] Other
- Matthew Algie, a British coffee roaster
- Matthew Cook, a mathematician and computer scientist
- Matthew Hale (jurist), the Lord Chief Justice of England
- Matthew Island, a small, disputed Pacific Ocean island in New Caledonia also claimed by Vanuatu
- Matthew Perry (naval officer), a Commodore of the U.S. Navy instrumental in the opening of Japan to the West in 1854
- Matthew Shepard, a murder victim killed due to his homosexuality