Matthias

Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew.

People
Notable people named Matthias include the following:

In religion:
 * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot
 * Matthias of Trakai (c. 1370–1453), Lithuanian clergyman, bishop of Samogitia and of Vilnius
 * Matthias Flacius, Lutheran reformer
 * Matthias the Prophet, see Robert Matthews (religious impostor) Claimed to be the reincarnation of the original Matthias during the Second Great Awakening
 * Matthias F. Cowley, Latter-day Saint apostle

In the arts:
 * Matthias Grünewald, highly regarded painter from the German Renaissance
 * Matthías Jochumsson, Icelandic poet
 * Matthias Lechner, German film art director
 * Matthias Paul (actor), German actor
 * Matthias Schoenaerts, Belgian actor

In nobility:
 * Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary
 * Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty)

In music:
 * Matthias Bamert (born 1942), Swiss composer
 * Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter
 * Matthias Menck, German audio engineer, electronic music producer and DJ
 * Matthias Paul (DJ), German Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and producer known by his stage name Paul van Dyk
 * Matthias Weckmann, North German musician and composer of the Baroque period

Other:
 * Matthias Abele (1618–1677), jurist
 * Matthias Adamczewski (born 1958), German sailor
 * Matthias Ahrens (born 1961), German mountain guide
 * Matthias Albinus (fl. 1570s), Polish Calvinist minister
 * F. Matthias Alexander, Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique
 * Matthias Alleyn (died 1642), 17th-century London gentleman and College Master
 * Matthias Almer (born 1994), Austrian badminton player
 * Matthias Arnold (born 1997), Austrian footballer
 * Matthias Aschenbrenner (born 1972), American mathematician
 * Matthias Askew (born 1982), American football player
 * Matthias Attwood (1779–1851), British politician
 * Matthias Aulike (1807-1865), civil servant
 * Matthias Bachinger (born 1987), German tennis player
 * Matthias Bader (born 1997), German footballer
 * Matthias Baranowski (born 1967), German footballer
 * Matthias Barr (1831-1911), Scottish poet
 * Matthias Bartgis (1759-1825), German-American business person
 * Matthias Bartke (born 1959), German politician
 * Matthias Baumann (born 1963), Olympic athlete
 * Matthias Bieber (born 1986), Swiss ice hockey player
 * Matthias Biedermann (born 1983), German skeleton racer
 * Matthias Billen (1910-1989), German footballer
 * Matthias Birkwald (born 1961), German politician
 * Mattias Ekström, Swedish racing driver
 * Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist and founder of KDE and LyX
 * Matthias Fekl (born 1977), French politician
 * Matthias Felleisen, programming languages researcher
 * Matthias Frings, German writer and journalist
 * Matthias Ginter, German football player
 * Matthias Goossen, Canadian football player
 * Matthias Kreck, German mathematician
 * Matthias Pfenninger, Swiss artist
 * Matthias Platzeck, German politician
 * Matthias Sammer, former German football (soccer) player who is now a head coach
 * Matthias Jakob Schleiden, a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory

Fictional characters:
 * Matthias, central figure in Brian Jacques's Redwall series
 * Matthias Helvar, character in Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows and Shadow and Bone played by Calohan Skogman

Buildings

 * Matthias Church in Budapest

Cognates
The following forenames are related to the English forename Matthias:


 * Afrikaans: Matthys
 * Amharic: ማትያስ (Mathias)
 * Assyrian Aramaic/Syriac: ܡܲܬܿܝܵܐ (Mattiya)
 * Belarusian: Мацей (Maciej)
 * Catalan: Mateu
 * Czech: Matyáš, Matěj
 * Danish: Mattias, Matthias, Matias, Mads
 * Dutch: Matthias, Mathijs, Matthijs
 * English: Matthias, Matthew, Matt
 * Estonian: Mattias
 * Finnish: Matias, Matti
 * French: Mathias, Matthias, Matthis
 * Gaelic: Maitias
 * Georgian: Mate (მათე)
 * German: Mathias, Matthias
 * Hungarian: Mátyás
 * Icelandic: Matthías
 * Indonesian: Matthias, Matias
 * Italian: Mattia
 * Latin: Matthias
 * Latvian: Matiass, Matejs, Matīss
 * Lithuanian: Motiejus
 * Norwegian: Mattias, Matthias, Mats
 * Polish: Maciej
 * Portuguese: Matias (current spelling), Mathias (archaic spelling)
 * Romanian: Matei
 * Russian: Матфий (do not confuse with Матфей (Матвей))
 * Serbo-Croatian: Matija (Матија), Matej (Матеј), Mate (Мате)
 * Slovak: Matej
 * Slovenian: Matija, Matej, Matjaž
 * Spanish: Matías
 * Swedish: Mattias, Mathias, Mattis, Mats
 * Turkish: Mattias, Mattiya
 * Welsh: Mathew, Matheus