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

[edit] Music

[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

[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