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