Mads (given name)
Mads is a male given name, a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Scandinavian form of the English name Matthew. Notable people with the name include:
Business
- Mads Clausen, Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss
- Mads Langaard, Norwegian brewery owner and industrialist
- Mads Johansen Lange, Danish trader, entrepreneur and peacemaker on Bali
Music
- Mads Arp, Danish composer, producer and electronic music pioneer
- Mads Benjamin Kortland Hav, Danish rapper
- Mads Christian, Danish singer
- Mads Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
- Mads Langer, Danish composer, singer-songwriter and pop musician born Langer Clausen
- Mads Tolling, Danish-American violinist and composer
- Mads Tunebjerg, Danish bass player in the Danish rock band Kashmir
- Mads Vinding, Danish jazz double-bassist
Politics
- Mads Fuglede, Danish politician
- Mads Gilbert, Norwegian doctor, activist and politician
- Mads Lauritz Madsen, Norwegian politician
- Mads Rørvig, Danish politician
Sports
- Mads Agger, Danish footballer
- Mads Albæk, Danish footballer
- Mads Andersen (rower), Danish rower
- Mads Burnell, Danish mixed martial artist
- Mads Hermansen, Danish footballer
- Mads Juel Andersen, Danish footballer
- Mads Glæsner, Danish swimmer
- Mads Jørgensen, Danish retired footballer
- Mads Jørgensen (footballer, born 1998), Danish footballer
- Mads Junker, Danish pundit and retired footballer
- Mads Kaggestad, Norwegian retired road racing cyclist
- Mads Laudrup, Danish professional football player who currently plays for HB Køge
- Mads Østberg, Norwegian rally car driver
- Mads Pedersen (badminton), Danish badminton player
- Mads Pedersen (cyclist), Danish road racing cyclist, 2019 Road Race World Champion
- Mads Pedersen (footballer, born 1993), Danish footballer
- Mads Rasmussen, Danish rower
- Mads Roerslev, Danish footballer
- Mads Søndergaard, Danish footballer
- Mads Timm, Danish footballer
- Mads Valentin, Danish footballer
Other fields
- Mads Alstrup, Danish portrait photographer
- Mads Andersen (chess player), Danish chess grandmaster
- Mads Andersen (poker player), Danish poker and backgammon player
- Mads Brügger, Danish filmmaker and TV host
- Mads Eriksen (cartoonist), Norwegian cartoonist
- Mads Gram, Norwegian physician
- Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
- Mads Nissen, Danish photojournalist
- Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Norwegian actor