Mateus (name)

Mateus is a Portuguese given name and surname, equivalent to the English Matthew. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Mateus (ambassador), Armenian ambassador of Emperor Dawit II of Ethiopia
 * Mateus Alves (born 2001), Brazilian tennis player
 * Mateus dos Anjos (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Asato (born 1993), Brazilian guitarist
 * Mateus Soares de Azevedo (born 1959), Brazilian historian
 * Mateus de Oliveira Barbosa (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Borelli (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Garcia Borges (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Caramelo (1994-2016), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Evangelista Cardoso (born 1994), Brazilian athlete
 * Mateus dos Santos Castro (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Costa, Indian football head coach
 * Mateus Galiano da Costa (born 1984), Angolan footballer
 * Mateus Lima Cruz (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Fernandes (died 1515), Portuguese architect
 * Mateus Aparecido de Oliveira Fonseca (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Fonseca (born 1993), Portuguese footballer
 * Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves (born 1983), Angolan footballer
 * Mateus Gregório (born 1993), Brazilian weightlifter
 * Mateus Alonso Honorio (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Facho Inocêncio (born 1981), Brazilian athlete
 * Mateus de Brito Júnior, Angolan minister
 * Mateus Versolato Júnior (born 1983), Brazilian goalkeeper
 * Mateus Levendi (born 1993), Albanian footballer
 * Mateus Lopes (born 1975), Cape Verdean footballer
 * Mateus Müller de Souza Lopes (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Alves Maciel (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Gonçalves Martins (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus da Costa Meira (born 1975), perpetrator of the 1999 Morumbi Shopping shooting
 * Mateus Moreira (died 1645), Brazilian Catholic martyr
 * Mateus Norton (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Vicente de Oliveira (1706-1786), Portuguese architect
 * Mateus Paraná (born 1987), Brazilian football striker
 * Mateus Pasinato (born 1992), Brazilian goalkeeper
 * Mateus Mendes Ferreira Pires (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Meira Rita, São Toméan politician
 * Mateus de Sá (born 1995), Brazilian athlete
 * Mateus Shkreta (born 1994), Albanian footballer
 * Mateus da Silva (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus de Oliveira Silva (born 1994), Brazilian football midfielder
 * Mateus Ferreira da Silva (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Solano (born 1981), Brazilian actor
 * Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás (1958-2010), Angolan Roman Catholic bishop
 * Mateus Uribe (born 1991), Colombian professional footballer
 * Mateus Vital (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
 * Mateus Viveiros (born 1966), Brazilian football player
 * Mateus Ward (born 1999), American actor
 * Mateus de Oliveira Xavier (1858-1929), Portuguese Roman Catholic Diocese

Surname

 * David Mateus (born 1980), Portuguese rugby union footballer
 * Diogo Mateus (born 1980), Portuguese rugby union footballer
 * Octávio Mateus (born 1975), Portuguese dinosaur paleontologist and biologist