Mathews (surname)

Mathews is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:


 * Alfred Augustus Mathews (1864 - 1946), vicar and Wales international rugby player, 1864-1946
 * Angelo Mathews (born 1987), Sri Lankan Burgher cricketer
 * Annie Mathews (1866–1959), American politician
 * Arthur Mathews (writer) (born 1959), Irish comedy writer
 * Arthur Frank Mathews (1860–1945), American painter
 * Basil Joseph Mathews (1879–1951), English historian
 * Bill Mathews(1919–2003), Canadian geologist
 * Carl Mathews (1903–1959), American character actor and stuntman
 * Carmen Mathews (1911–1995), American actress and environmentalist
 * Carole Mathews (1920–2014), American actress
 * Cornelius Mathews (1817–1889), 19th-century American writer
 * David Mathews (1739–1800), Loyalist mayor of New York, 1776-1783
 * Delia Mathews (born 1990), New Zealand-born ballet dancer
 * Eddie Mathews (1931–2001), Hall of Fame third baseman in Major League Baseball
 * Elbert G. Mathews (1910–1977), American diplomat
 * Francine Mathews (born 1963), American novelist
 * Garrison Mathews (born 1996), American basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks
 * George Mathews (disambiguation), several people
 * Gregory Mathews (1876–1949), Australian amateur ornithologist
 * Harry Mathews (1930–2017), American author
 * Henry M. Mathews (1834–1884), governor of West Virginia, 1877-1881
 * James Mathews (disambiguation), several people
 * Jane Mathews (1940–2019), Australian judge
 * Janet Mathews (1914–1992), Australian musician and linguist
 * Jay Mathews (born 1945), author, education reporter and online columnist with the Washington Post
 * Jessica Mathews (born 1946), president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
 * John David Mathews, American engineer
 * Jon Mathews (1932–1979), academic
 * Jonathan Mathews, baseball coach
 * Kevin Mathews (born 1961), Singaporean musician and songwriter
 * Larry Mathews, Irish musician
 * Lloyd Mathews (1850–1901), British naval officer, politician and abolitionist
 * Marlene Mathews (born 1934), Australian sprinter
 * Max Mathews (1926–2011), computer music pioneer
 * Nancy Mowll Mathews (born 1947), Czech-American art historian, curator, and author
 * Oliver Mathews (c. 1520–c. 1618), Welsh apothecary and chronicler
 * Robert L. Mathews (1887–1947), American football player and coach
 * Ross Mathews (born 1979), American television personality
 * Sampson Mathews (c. 1737–1807), politician, Revolutionary War soldier
 * Sherin Mathews (2014–2017), Indian American toddler who was found dead in a culvert
 * Sylvia Mathews Burwell (born 1965), President of the Global Development Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
 * Thomas Mathews (1676–1751), Royal Navy admiral
 * Vera Laughton Mathews (1888–1959), Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service from 1940 until 1946
 * Walter J. Mathews (1850–1947), American architect
 * William Mathews (disambiguation), several people