Matilda

Matilda or Mathilda may refer to:

Animals

 * Matilda (chicken) (1990–2006), World's Oldest Living Chicken record holder
 * Mathilda (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Mathildidae
 * Matilda (horse) (1824–1846), British Thoroughbred racehorse
 * Matilda, a dog of the professional wrestling tag-team The British Bulldogs

Fictional characters

 * Matelda, also spelled Matilda, a character from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
 * Matilda, a comic strip character from Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
 * Matilda, a house robot in Robot Wars
 * Matilda Quinn, a character in the 2019 comic series Chrononauts: Futureshock
 * Matilda Wormwood, title character of Roald Dahl's novel Matilda
 * One of the main characters from the Finnish game series Angry Birds

Film

 * Matilda (1978 film), an American comedy
 * Matilda (1996 film), based on Roald Dahl's novel
 * Matilda (2017 film), а Russian historical romantic drama
 * Matilda the Musical (film) a Netflix adaptation of Matilda the Musical

Literature

 * Matilda (Normanby novel), an 1825 novel by Lord Normanby
 * Matilda (novel), a 1988 children's novel by Roald Dahl
 * Mathilda (novella), the second long work of fiction of Mary Shelley

Music

 * "Waltzing Matilda", a song often described as Australia's “unofficial national anthem”
 * Matilda (album), by Stateless, 2011
 * "Matilda" (calypso song), composed by Norman Span (King Radio), which in 1953 became known from the version by Harry Belafonte
 * "Matilda" (alt-J song), 2012
 * "Matilda" (Harry Styles song), 2022

Other uses in arts and entertainment

 * Matilda the Musical, a 2010 stage musical based on Roald Dahl's novel
 * Matilda Awards, Australian performance awards

People

 * Matilda (name) (also Mathilda and Mathilde), a female given name
 * Empress Matilda (1102–1167), claimant to the English throne
 * Matilda, Countess of Angus (fl. 13th century), Scottish noblewoman
 * Matilda, Countess of Rethel (1091–1151), French noblewoman
 * Matilda of Amboise (c. 1200 ‒ 1256), French noblewoman
 * Matilda of Andechs (died 1245), daughter of Margrave Berthold I of Istria
 * Matilda of Anjou (c. 1106 – 1154), Duchess of Normandy
 * Matilda of Bavaria (disambiguation), several people
 * Matilda of Béthune (died 1264), countess of Flanders
 * Matilda of Boulogne (disambiguation), several people
 * Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1276–1318), a German noblewoman
 * Matilda of Carinthia (died 1160 or 1161), daughter of Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia
 * Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156–1189), daughter of Henry II
 * Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031–1083), wife of William the Conqueror
 * Matilda of France (943–981/982), member of the Carolingian dynasty
 * Matilda of Franconia (c. 1027 – 1034), daughter of Emperor Conrad II
 * Matilda of Frisia (died 1044), wife of Henry I, King of the Franks
 * Matilda of Ringelheim (c. 894–968), or Saint Matilda, a Saxon noblewoman
 * Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118), wife of Henry I
 * Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1115), Margravine of Tuscany
 * Matilda of Vianden, Lady of Požega (c. 1215-after 1255), wife of John Angelos of Syrmia
 * Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813-1862), grand duchess of Hesse

Transportation and military

 * MATILDA, a remote-controlled surveillance and reconnaissance robot
 * Matilda I (tank), a British infantry tank 1938–1940
 * Matilda II, a British infantry tank 1939–1955
 * HMS Matilda, the name of two Royal Navy ships
 * Matilda (ship), the name of several ships

Other uses

 * Matilda, a colloquial term for a swag (bedroll) carried by a swagman in the Australian bush
 * Australia women's national soccer team, nicknamed Matildas
 * Matilda (mascot), the mascot of the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Australia
 * Matilda Cruises, an Australia ferry and cruise service
 * Matilda effect, a bias against acknowledging the achievements of women scientists whose work is attributed to their male colleagues.
 * Matilda International Hospital, in Hong Kong