Matt (name)

Matt or Mat is a male given name, often used as a nickname for Matthew. Less commonly, it is used as a surname.

Given name

Athletes

Matt Acton, Australian association football player
Matt Adams, American baseball player
Matt Ammendola, American football player
Matt Araiza, American football player
Matt Asiata, American football player
Matt Bahr, American football player
Matt Ballin, Australian rugby league player
Matt Barnes (disambiguation), multiple people
Matt Beaty, American baseball player
Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler
Matt Besler, American footballer
Matt Bessette, American mixed martial artist
Matt Biondi, American swimmer
Matt Birk, American football player
Matt Blake, American baseball coach
Matt Blair,, American football player
Matt Borgschulte, American baseball coach
Matt Bradley (ice hockey), Canadian ice hockey player
Matt Bradley (American football), American football player
Matt Brash (disambiguation), multiple people
Matt Bryant, American football player
Matt Brennan (American football), American football player
Matt Bullard, former basketball player
Matt Burke (rugby union, born 1973), Australian rugby union player
Matt Buschmann, American baseball player and coach
Matt Bush (disambiguation), multiple people
Matt Bushman, American football player
Matt Cain, American baseball player
Matt Carpenter (baseball), American baseball player
Matt Carroll (basketball), American basketball player
Matt Cassel, American football player
Matt Cavanaugh, American football player
Matt Chapman, American baseball player
Matt Coates, Canadian football player
Matt Cole, American football player
Matt Coleman III, American basketball player for Hapoel Haifa of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Matt Cook (ice sledge hockey), Canadian ice sledge hockey player
Matt Cook (rugby league), English rugby union and rugby league footballer
Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
Matt Corral, American football player
Matt Crafton, American racecar driver
Matt Davidson (baseball), American baseball player
Mat Dawson, English retired rugby union player
Matt Dermody, American baseball player
Matt DiBenedetto, American race car driver
Matt Dickerson, American football player
Matt Duchene, Canadian hockey player
Matt Duffie, New Zealand rugby union footballer
Matt Duffy, American baseball player
Matt Duffy (baseball, born 1989), American baseball player
Matt Dunigan, Canadian Football league
Matt Elliott (footballer), Scottish footballer
Matt Entz, American football coach
Matt Erickson, American baseball player and coach
Matt Evans (rugby union), Canadian rugby union player
Matt Farniok, American football player
Matt Feiler, American football player
Matt Fish, basketball player
Matt Flanagan (American football), American football player
Matt Flynn, American football player
Matt Forte, American football player
Matt Foster, American baseball player
Matt Gage, American baseball player
Matt Garstka, American drummer
Matt Garza, American baseball player
Matt Gay, American football player
Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player
Matt Giteau, Australian rugby union footballer
Matt Goncalves, American football player
Matt Gono, American football player
Matt Hamilton (curler), American curler
Matt Hanousek, American football player
Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
Matt Harvey, American baseball player
Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
Matt Hayden, professional cricketer
Matt Hazeltine, American football player
Matt Hedges, American footballer
Matt Hennessy, American football player
Matt Henningsen, American football player
Matt Hernandez, American football player
Mat Hoffman, American BMX rider
Matt Holland, footballer
Matt Holliday, American baseball player
Matt Hughes (fighter), American mixed martial artist
Matt Jones (basketball), American basketball player
Matt Jones (Australian footballer), Australian rules footballer
Matt Jones (footballer, born 1980), Welsh international football player
Matt Jones (footballer, born 1986), English football goalkeeper for Belenenses
Matt Jones (golfer), Australian professional golfer
Matt Jones (ice hockey), American ice hockey defenseman
Matt Jones (rugby union), Welsh international rugby union player
Matt Jones (running back), American football running back
Matt Jones (wide receiver), American football wide receiver
Matt Kalil, American football
Matt Kaskey, American football player
Matt Kemp, American baseball player
Matt Kenseth, American racing driver and 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
Matt Kilroy, American baseball player
Matt Koch, American baseball player
Matt Kohn, American football player
Matt Krook, American baseball player
Matt LaFleur, American football coach
Matt Landers, American football player
Mat Latos, American Major League Baseball pitcher
Matt Lauter, American football player
Matt Lee, Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Shane Matthews
Matt Leinart, American football player
Matt Leo, Australian-American football player
Matt Lentz, American football player
Matt Lesperance, American wheelchair basketball player
Matt Le Tissier, former English International association football player
Matt Light,, American football
Matt Lloyd (footballer), Australian rules footballer
Matt Lloyd (Paralympian), British ice sledge hockey Paralympian
Matt Manning, American baseball player
Matt Manning (rugby league), Australian rugby league footballer
Matt McCrane, American football player
Matt McGloin, American football player
Mat Mendenhall, American former National Football League player
Matt Mervis, American baseball player
Matt Milano, American football player
Matt Millen, American Football player
Matt Moore (disambiguation), several people
Matt Morgan (wrestler), American professional wrestler
Matt Morris (baseball), retired baseball player
Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player
Matt Mullins, American martial artist
Matt Murray (ice hockey, born 1994), Canadian Ice Hockey
Matt Nagy, American football player
Matt Neal a British touring car driver
Matt O'Riley, English-Danish football player
Matt Olson, American baseball player
Matt Orzech, American football player
Matt Osborne, professional wrestler
Matt Patricia, American football coach
Matt Peacock (disambiguation), multiple people
Matt Peart, Jamaican-American football player
Matt Perry (rugby union), English rugby union footballer
Matt Postle, Welsh racing cyclist
Matt Prater, American football player
Matt Prince, a.k.a. Wifebeater, American professional wrestler
Matt Pryor (American football), American football player
Matt Quatraro, American baseball coach
Mat Rebeaud, Swiss freestyle motocross rider
Matt Reiswerg, American soccer player, coach, and administrator
Matt Reynolds (American football), American football player
Matt Reynolds (baseball coach), American college baseball coach
Matt Reynolds (infielder), American baseball player
Matt Reynolds (pitcher), American baseball player
Matt Rhule, American football coach
Mat Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player
Matt Robinson (American football), American football player
Matt Robinson (footballer, born 1907), English football player
Matt Robinson (footballer, born 1993), English football player
Matt Robinson (rugby league), New Zealand rugby league player
Mat Rogers, Australian former rugby league footballer
Matt Ruff, Football player
Matt Ryan (American football), American football player
Matt Scoggin, American diver
Matt Schaub, American football player
Matt Simms (American football), American football player
Matt Snell, American football player
Matt Sokol, American football player
Matt Stairs, baseball player
Matt Stajan, ice hockey player
Matt Stover, American former football player
Matt Strahm, American baseball player
Matt Swarmer, American baseball player
Matt Thaiss, American baseball player
Mat Toshack, Australian former rugby league footballer
Matt Trobbiani, Australian game designer
Matt Turk, American football player
Matt Vierling, American baseball player
Matt Vogler, American football player
Matt Waletzko, American football player
Matt Wallner, American baseball player
Matt Ward (lacrosse player), American lacrosse player
Matt Wieters, American baseball player
Matt Williams (third baseman), American baseball player
Matt Wise, American baseball player and coach
Matt Wisler, American baseball player
Matt Zollers, American football player for the Missouri Tigers

Musicians

Matt Bellamy, guitarist, pianist and lead singer of Muse
Matt Berninger, frontman and lead singer of The National
Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, original guitar player and co-songwriter for influential punk/ska band Link 80
Matt Cameron, former Soundgarden drummer and current drummer of Pearl Jam
Matt Champion, member of boy band Brockhampton
Matt Costa, singer/songwriter from Huntington Beach, California
Matt Dangerfield, founder, lead vocalist and guitarist of English punk rock band The Boys
Matt Dubb, American producer, composer, and arranger
Matt Freeman, bassist for the bands Operation Ivy and Rancid
Matt Garstka, drummer for metal band Animals as Leaders
Matt Helders, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
Matt Heafy, vocalist and guitarist for the metal bands Trivium and Capharnaum
Matty Healy, vocalist and frontman of English pop rock band The 1975
Matt Hoopes, lead guitarist for the band Relient K
Matt Houston (singer), French R&B singer and music producer originating from Guadeloupe
Matt Hunter (singer), American Latin-influenced pop singer, now known as Matt Hunter Correa
Matt Johnson (singer), British singer/songwriter and founder and only constant member of multimedia band The The
Mat Kearney, American singer-songwriter and musician
Matt Maher, Canadian contemporary Christian music artist, songwriter, and worship leader
Matt Maeson, American singer-songwriter
Matt Maltese, English singer-songwriter
Matt Monro, British singer
Mat Osman, English musician, bassist of the rock band Suede
Matt Redman, English musician
Matt Shadows, vocalist for Avenged Sevenfold
Matt Sharp, former member of Weezer
Matt Simmonds, demoscene musician
Matt Slocum, former member of Sixpence None the Richer and composer of "Kiss Me"
Matt Slocum (disambiguation), several people
Matt Sorum, hard rock drummer and percussionist
Matt Traynor, former drummer of Blessthefall
Matt Tuck, singer for Bullet for My Valentine
M. Ward, singer-songwriter and guitarist
Matt Quinn, lead singer of indie-folk band Mt. Joy
Matt Shultz, lead singer of Cage The Elephant

Actors

Mat Baynton, British actor and musician
Matt Bennett, American actor
Matt Berry, British actor and musician
Matt Bomer, American actor
Matt Cohen (actor), American actor
Matt Czuchry, American actor
Matt Dallas, American actor
Matt Damon, American actor
Matt Dillon, American actor
Matt Evans (actor), Filipino actor
Mat Fraser, English actor
Matt Hobby, American actor and comedian
Matt L. Jones, American actor and comedian
Matt Lanter, American actor
Matt LeBlanc, American actor
Matt Lintz, American actor
Matt McCooey, English-Japanese actor
Matt Murray (actor), American actor
Matt Newton, American actor
Matt Prokop, American actor
Matt Robinson (actor), American actor
Matt Ryan (actor), Welsh actor
Matt Shipman, American voice actor
Matt Shively, American actor
Matt Smith (actor), English actor
Matt Stone, American actor
Mat Stevenson, Australian actor
Matt Zimmerman (actor), Canadian actor
Matt Walsh (comedian), American comedian and actor

Politicians

Matt Bevin, American politician
Matt Blunt, American politician and former naval officer
Matt Cartwright, American politician
Mat Erpelding, American politician
Matt Gaetz, American politician
Matt Gonzalez, Green Party politician
Matt Jeneroux, Canadian politician
Matt Jones (American politician), American politician
Matt Lesser, American politician
Matt Mead, American politician and attorney
Matt Wiebe, Canadian politician

Writers, journalists and editors

Matt Barbet, journalist
Matt Bruenig, American political commentator
Matt Casamassina, editor for the website IGN
Matt Cohen (writer), Canadian writer
Matt Hill (writer), British writer
Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, American journalist
Matt Jones (writer), British television writer and television producer
Matt Lauer, television journalist
Matt Levine (columnist), Jewish journalist
Matt Robinson (poet), Canadian poet
Matt Walsh (political commentator), American right-wing political commentator and author

Other

Matt Allwright, British television presenter
Matt Clark (baseball), American professional baseball player
Mat Collishaw, English photographic and video artist
Matt Cook (historian), Birkbeck College professor
Mat Dickie, English indie video game developer
Mat Franco, American magician and winner of the ninth season of America's Got Talent
Matt Groening, best known as the creator of The Simpsons and Futurama
Matt Gunther, American artist
Matt Harding, Internet celebrity better known as "Dancing Matt"
Matt Harvey, American professional baseball player
Matt Iseman, American comedian and host of American Ninja Warrior since Season 2
Matt Jones (interaction designer), active researcher and organizer of scientific conferences
Matt Kemp, American professional baseball player
Mat Kesting, CEO and director of the Adelaide Film Festival since 2019
Mat Kirkby, English filmmaker, winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
Matt Klentak, American professional baseball executive
Matt Kuwata, also known as Matt Rose,, Japanese tarento, model, and musician
Matt Lucas, British comedian, best known for Little Britain
Matt Mullenweg, cofounder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic
Matt Moore (baseball), American professional baseball player
Matt Morgan (comedian), comedian and comedy writer
Matt Nelson (disambiguation), multiple people
Matt Pritchett, cartoonist in the UK Daily Telegraph
Matt Sauer, American professional baseball player
Matt Taylor (scientist), project scientist for the Rosetta mission
Matt Vesely, Australian filmmaker
Matt West, choreographer
Matt West (baseball), American professional baseball player

Fictional characters

Mat, a character in a Czech series Pat & Mat
Mat Cauthon, a character in the Wheel of Time fantasy series
Matt, main character in Cyberchase
Matt, a character in the internet series Eddsworld
Matt, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii series
Matt (Death Note), in the anime Death Note
Matt the Radar Technician, one-time Saturday Night Live character played by Adam Driver
Matt Casey, a main character in the series Chicago Fire
Matt Del Marco, a character in the Netflix series Grand Army
Matt Engarde, a character from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Justice for All
Matt Foley, Saturday Night Live parody character
Matt Freeman (Power of Five), a character in Anthony Horowitz's The Power of Five series
Matt Holt, older brother of Pidge from Voltron: Legendary Defender
Matt Horner, in the StarCraft franchise
Matt Hooper, in Jaws movie franchise
Matt Ishida, Digimon Adventure
Matt Jensen, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
Matt Murdock, secret identity of the Marvel Comics Earth-616 superhero Daredevil
Matt Murdock, secret identity of the Marvel Comics Earth-65 supervillain Kingpin
Matt Oleander, in Degrassi: The Next Generation
Matt Parkman, a character from the tv show Heroes
Matt Robinson (Neighbours), in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
Matt Taylor, one of eight protagonists from the survival horror game Until Dawn
Matt Trakker, a character from the cartoon M.A.S.K. (TV series)

Surname

Albert Edward Matt, British composer, Grand March: Fame and Glory
Andrea Matt, Liechtenstein politician
Elisabeth von Matt, Austrian astronomer
Francis Xavier Matt, German-American immigrant and founder of Matt Brewing Company
Helmuth Matt, Liechtenstein chemist and politician
Jamille Matt, Jamaican footballer
Johannes Matt, Liechtenstein trustee and politician
Patrick Matt, Liechtenstein track cyclist
Paul Matt, German cabinet maker who worked as a furniture designer at Brynmawr Furniture in Wales
Peter von Matt, Swiss philologist and author
Richard Matt, American convicted murderer and prison escapee