Matthews (surname)
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Matthew (surname)
This page lists notable people with the surname Matthew.For the etymology, cognates and usage pattern of the name, see Matthew....

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For a list of notable people with the surname Mathews (with only one "t"), see Mathews (surname)
Mathews (surname)
Mathews as a surname may refer to:*Alfred Augustus Mathews, vicar and Wales international rugby player, 1864-1946*Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan and Kolkata Knight Riders cricketer*Arthur Mathews , Irish comedy writer...

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For a list of notable people with the forename (that is, given name) Matthew, see Matthew (name)
Matthew (name)
Matthew is a given name that ultimately comes from the Hebrew name Matityahu. It was first named to Saint Matthew, who was one of the twelve disciples and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew...

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For the etymology of the name Matthew and for cognates (related forenames and surnames), see Matthew (name)
Matthew (name)
Matthew is a given name that ultimately comes from the Hebrew name Matityahu. It was first named to Saint Matthew, who was one of the twelve disciples and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew...

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Matthews is a surname derived from the forename Matthew
Matthew (name)
Matthew is a given name that ultimately comes from the Hebrew name Matityahu. It was first named to Saint Matthew, who was one of the twelve disciples and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew...

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Some notable people with this surname are listed below.

Military

  • Al Matthews
    Al Matthews
    Al Matthews is a UK-based American actor and singer, best known as Sergeant Apone in the 1986 movie Aliens....

     (born 1942), member of the United States Marine Corps
  • Bruce Matthews (General)
    Bruce Matthews (General)
    Major General Albert Bruce Matthews, was a Canadian businessman and militia artillery officer in the 1930s. He rose to be the commander of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division during the Second World War, after campaigns in Sicily and Italy...

    , the commander of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division in the Second World War
  • Francis P. Matthews
    Francis P. Matthews
    Francis Patrick Matthews served as 49th United States Secretary of the Navy, during the administration of President Harry Truman. Matthews served during most of Truman's second term, from May 25, 1949 to July 31, 1951...

     (1887–1952), 49th United States Secretary of the Navy
  • H. Spencer Matthews
    H. Spencer Matthews
    Rear Admiral H. Spencer Matthews, Jr. was the first Naval Aviation Pilot to be promoted to flag rank in the Navy. He graduated number one in his class of 500 aviation cadets. In operational training he received a commendation for being the first student to complete the celestial navigation...

    , (1921–2002), first U.S. naval pilot to be promoted to admiral
  • Mark Matthews
    Mark Matthews
    Mark Matthews was an American veteran of the Second World War and a Buffalo Soldier. Born in Alabama and growing up in Ohio, Matthews joined the 10th Cavalry Regiment when he was only 15 years old, after having been recruited at a Lexington, Kentucky racetrack and having documents forged so that...

     (1894–2005), former Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army
  • Peter Matthews (rebel)
    Peter Matthews (rebel)
    Peter Matthews was a farmer and soldier who participated in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.He was born in the Bay of Quinte region of Upper Canada around 1789, the son of United Empire Loyalists. In 1799, the family moved to Pickering Township. Peter served with Isaac Brock as a sergeant in...

     (c.1790–1838), farmer and soldier who participated in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837
  • Saul Matthews
    Saul Matthews
    Saul Matthews was an African-American American Revolutionary War spy. He spied on the British, obtaining valuable information for the revolution...

    , African-American American Revolutionary War hero

Politics

  • Albert Edward Matthews
    Albert Edward Matthews
    Albert Edward Matthews was the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.Matthews was born in Lindsay, Ontario. He worked as an investment broker in Toronto and rose to the position of director. Matthews served as Ontario's 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1937 to 1946...

    , Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
  • Bill Matthews
    Bill Matthews
    William "Bill" Matthews is a Canadian politician.Matthews was a Progressive Conservative member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1982 to 1996...

    , Canadian politician
  • Brenda Jones-Matthews
    Brenda Jones-Matthews
    Brenda Jones-Matthews is the former mayor of the city of Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. She was succeeded by Independent candidate Fred L. Paris.-References:...

    , the mayor of the city of Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
  • Claude Matthews
    Claude Matthews
    Claude Matthews was the 23rd Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana from 1893 to 1897. A farmer, he was nominated to prevent the loss of voters to the Populist Party. The Panic of 1893 occurred just before he took office, leading to severe economic problems during his term...

    , governor of the US state of Indiana from 1893 to 1897
  • Cliff Matthews
    Cliff Matthews
    Albert Clifford Matthews was a Manitoba lawyer and politician. In 1961, he ran for the leadership of the province's newly created New Democratic Party....

    , Manitoba lawyer and politician
  • Deb Matthews
    Deb Matthews
    Deborah Drake Matthews, Ph.D. is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of London North Centre for the Ontario Liberal Party, and is currently the province's Minister of Health and Long-Term Care in the government of...

    , politician in Ontario, Canada
  • Francis P. Matthews
    Francis P. Matthews
    Francis Patrick Matthews served as 49th United States Secretary of the Navy, during the administration of President Harry Truman. Matthews served during most of Truman's second term, from May 25, 1949 to July 31, 1951...

  • Gabriel Baccus Matthews
    Gabriel Baccus Matthews
    Gabriel Baccus Matthews was a Liberian politician. He was the leader of the Progressive Alliance of Liberia and the United People's Party and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liberia twice....

    , Liberian politician
  • Gary Matthews (politician)
    Gary Matthews (politician)
    Gary Matthews was the Speaker of the 59th Montana House of Representatives. He a member of the Montana Democratic Party.- References :...

    , the current Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives
  • Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff
    Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff
    Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff PC, QC was a British lawyer and Conservative politician. He is best remembered for his role in the 1885 Sir Charles Dilke divorce trial and for his tenure as Home Secretary from 1886 to 1892.-Background and education:The member of an old Herefordshire family,...

    , British Conservative politician and statesman
  • Jim Matthews (politician), elected public official in Pennsylvania
  • John H. Matthews
    John H. Matthews
    John Henry Matthews IV was the Mayor of Brantford, Ontario, Canada ,Known as Jack to his friends, he married in 1914 to Florence Honoura Yeune. They had ten children. He was a lithographer with the Brantford Expositor. He was involved in many political situations including losing his deposit as a...

    , Canadian politician
  • Joseph W. Matthews
    Joseph W. Matthews
    Joseph Warren Matthews was an American politician who served as Governor of Mississippi from 1848 to 1850.-Biography:Matthews was born near Huntsville, Alabama. During his early manhood he came to Mississippi as a government surveyor, engaged in laying out the newly purchased Indian lands...

    , American politician who served as Governor of Mississippi from 1848 to 1850
  • Philip Bushill-Matthews
    Philip Bushill-Matthews
    Philip Bushill-Matthews was a British politician and was a Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands.-Biography:...

    , British politician and Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands with the Conservative Party
  • Print Matthews
    Print Matthews
    John Prentiss "Print" Matthews was a Reconstruction era social reformer and African American rights advocate in Copiah County, Mississippi who was murdered in the act of voting after defying the local white supremacists order to not vote.-Early years:John Prentiss Matthews, best known by the...

    , Reconstruction-era social organizer murdered while voting
  • Stanley Matthews (lawyer), Republican politician and jurist from Ohio
  • William Matthews (politician)
    William Matthews (politician)
    William Matthews was an American politician. He was born in Cecil County, Maryland, and was a judge of the Cecil County Court in 1778, 1780, and 1782-1786...

    , American politician

Music

  • Andrew Matthews-Owen
    Andrew Matthews-Owen
    Andrew Matthews-Owen is a Welsh pianist and accompanist. He was born at Neath, Wales and now lives in LondonMatthews-Owen studied at the University of Wales, Cardiff and the Royal Academy of Music supported by scholarships from the Rayne Foundation and Sir Edward Heath...

    , Welsh pianist
  • Artie Matthews
    Artie Matthews
    Artie Matthews was a songwriter, pianist, and ragtime composer.Artie Matthews was born in Braidwood, Illinois; his family moved to Springfield, Illinois in his youth. He learned to play piano, mostly popular songs and light classics, until he heard ragtime played by a pianist named Banty Morgan...

     (1888–1958), American ragtime composer
  • Ben Matthews
    Ben Matthews
    Ben Matthews was the guitarist and keyboard player with the hard rock band Thunder. He is also an experienced studio engineer and mixer; he worked with progressive rock act Mostly Autumn as studio engineer on their 2005 album Storms Over Still Water. He also guested on their 2006 live album...

    , English guitarist and keyboard player with the hard rock band Thunder
  • Cerys Matthews
    Cerys Matthews
    Cerys Elizabeth Matthews is a Welsh singer and songwriter. She is known as the lead singer of the Welsh rock band Catatonia, her more recent bilingual solo career, and for a 1998 Christmas duet with Tom Jones.-Biography:...

     (b. 1969), Welsh singer
  • Chauncey Matthews
    Chauncey Matthews
    Chauncey Matthews is an American singer who was a member of the short-lived pop group, American Juniors as well as being the only male in the group. He was born and raised in San Diego, California. He has a younger sister, Victoria Matthews. His mother is Gwendolyn Matthews...

    , American singer
  • Colin Matthews
    Colin Matthews
    Colin Matthews OBE is an English composer of classical music.-Early life and education:Matthews was born in London in 1946; his older brother is the composer David Matthews. He read classics at the University of Nottingham, and then studied composition there with Arnold Whittall, and with Nicholas...

     (b. 1946), English composer
  • Dave Matthews
    Dave Matthews
    David John "Dave" Matthews is a South African–born American musician and occasional actor, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist for the Dave Matthews Band...

     (b. 1967), South African musician
  • David Matthews
    David Matthews
    David Matthews may refer to:* Dave Matthews , singer/guitarist of the Dave Matthews Band* David Matthews , MP for Swansea East 1919–1922* David Matthews , American bi-racial author...

     (b. 1943), English composer
  • Denis Matthews (1919–1988), English pianist
  • Denise Katrina Matthews, known as Vanity (performer)
    Vanity (performer)
    Denise Katrina Matthews , better known as Vanity, but sometimes credited as Denise Matthews-Smith or D.D. Winters, is a Canadian-born former singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and model from the 1980s until the early mid-90s...

     (b. 1959), Canadian singer, actress, and religious leader
  • Edward Matthews
    Edward Matthews
    Edward Matthews was a pioneering African American opera singer. In 1934, he created the role of "Ignatius of Loyola" in Thomson's Four Saints in Three Acts, which he reprised in the 1952 revival of the opera - his last appearance on Broadway...

    , pioneering African American opera singer
  • Emma Matthews
    Emma Matthews
    Emma Matthews is an Australian lyric soprano, noted for operatic roles, but also popular on the concert stage. She is currently a Principal Artist with Opera Australia....

     (b. 1970), Australian operatic soprano
  • Iain Matthews
    Iain Matthews
    Iain Matthews is an English musician and songwriter. He was born Iain Matthew McDonald, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. He was known in the 1960s first as Ian McDonald, then as the 1960s progressed, as Ian Matthews...

    , English musician and songwriter
  • Jesse Matthews, (b. 1978) American hip-hop and television music producer/composer, who has had several songs on the Billboard top 100
  • Jessie Matthews
    Jessie Matthews
    Jessie Matthews, OBE was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period.-Early life:...

    , popular English actress, dancer, and singer of the 1930s
  • Neal Matthews, Jr.
    Neal Matthews, Jr.
    Neal Matthews, Jr. was an American vocalist who achieved fame as part of The Jordanaires, one of country music's premier backup groups; most notably with Elvis Presley.-Biography:...

    , American singer
  • Patrick Matthews
    Patrick Matthews
    Patrick Matthews is the former bassist of Australian garage rock band The Vines and currently the bassist of Youth Group. Matthews founded The Vines with Craig Nicholls. The two met while working at McDonald's in Sydney. Matthews stayed with the band for two albums...

    , former bassist of Australian garage rock band The Vines
  • Ron Matthews, the original drummer for legendary English heavy metal band Iron Maiden
  • Scott Matthews
    Scott Matthews
    Scott Matthews , is a singer/songwriter from Wolverhampton, England.His first album Passing Stranger was released on 13 March 2006 on San Remo Records before being re-released on Island Records later in the year. Janice Long was the first of the BBC DJs to play his music...

    , English singer/songwriter from Wolverhampton
  • Wall Matthews, III, (b. 1950) American recording artist/songwriter/composer from Baltimore, MD who has recorded several, critically acclaimed solo albums and does music for a wide variety of television shows, movies, and video games
  • Wendy Matthews
    Wendy Matthews
    Wendy Joan Matthews is an Australian adult alternative pop singer originally from Canada who has been a member of Models and Absent Friends and is a solo artist...

    , Canadian adult alternative pop singer who has had won seven ARIA awards and achieved a number of hit records

Fiction

  • Aspen Matthews
    Aspen Matthews
    Aspen Matthews is the main character of Fathom, a comic book series created by Michael Turner.-Introduction:Aspen Matthews is caught between two worlds. During her early adolescence, she could remember nothing from her early childhood. In her earliest memories she is on the cruise ship Paradise,...

    , the main character of Fathom
  • Cory Matthews, the main character on Boy Meets World
  • Courtney Matthews
    Courtney Matthews
    Courtney Matthews was a fictional character on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital. She was the daughter of Mike Corbin and Janine Matthews, and the half sister of mobster, Sonny Corinthos. Courtney was portrayed by Alicia Leigh Willis from December 20, 2001 until February 21, 2006...

    , popular heroine on the ABC soap opera General Hospital
  • Dave Matthews (Family Affairs)
    Dave Matthews (Family Affairs)
    David Matthews was a fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Richard Hawley. Dave first appeared in Charnham in 1998 before moving away in 2000. He then returned in 2003 and stayed until 2005.-Background:...

    , fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs
  • Duncan Matthews, fictional character on the animated TV show X-Men: Evolution
  • Eric Matthews (Saw)
    Eric Matthews (Saw)
    Eric Matthews is a fictional character from the Saw franchise, who first appeared in a fake documentary entitled, Full Disclosure Report: Piecing Together Jigsaw, featured on the Uncut Edition of the original film. He is the main protagonist of Saw II and a supporting character in both Saw III and...

    , fictional character of film series Saw (film series)
  • Josh Matthews (Family Affairs)
    Josh Matthews (Family Affairs)
    Joshua "Josh" Matthews was a fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Terry Burns.-Character's background:Josh arrived in November 1998 with his stepmother Cat, looking for his father Dave who had left them to deal with his debts and soon started working for Pete Callan as a...

    , fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs
  • Paige Matthews
    Paige Matthews
    Paige Matthews is a fictional character from the television series Charmed. One of the featured leads, Paige is introduced at the start of season four as the fourth Halliwell sister and youngest Charmed One one of the most powerful witches of all time. The character was portrayed by Rose McGowan...

    , fictional character

Sports

  • Adam Matthews
    Adam Matthews
    Adam James Matthews is a Welsh footballer who currently plays as a right back for Scottish Premier League club Celtic and the Welsh national team.-Early life:...

    , Welsh footballer
  • Austin Matthews
    Austin Matthews
    Austin David George Matthews was a cricketer who played for Northamptonshire, Glamorgan and England.-Cricketing career:...

    , cricketer who played for Northamptonshire, Glamorgan and England
  • Brenda Matthews
    Brenda Matthews
    Brenda Patricia Matthews is a former female track and field sprinter and hurdler form New Zealand. She represented her native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.-References:*...

    , New Zealand sprinter
  • Bruce Matthews (American football), American football offensive lineman
  • Christopher Matthews (cricketer)
    Christopher Matthews (cricketer)
    Christopher Darrell "Chris" Matthews is a former Australian cricketer, who played for the Australian cricket team, the Western Warriors, Lancashire County Cricket Club, and the Tasmanian Tigers....

    , former Australian cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1986 to 1988
  • Clay Matthews, American football linebacker who played for the Cleveland Browns and the Atlanta Falcons
  • Craig Matthews
    Craig Matthews
    Craig Russell Matthews is a former South African cricketer who played in eighteen Tests and fifty six ODIs from 1991 to 1997.-References:...

    , South African cricketer who played in eighteen Tests and fifty six ODIs from 1991 to 1997
  • Darren Matthews (born 1968), English professional wrestler better known as William Regal
  • Denny Matthews
    Denny Matthews
    Dennis G. "Denny" Matthews is an American sportscaster, best known as a play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball's Kansas City Royals since the team's inception in .-Early history:...

    , American sportscaster
  • Don Matthews
    Don Matthews
    Don Matthews, a.k.a. "The Don", is a former head coach of several teams in the Canadian Football League and is the second winningest head coach in CFL history with 231 wins...

    , head coach in the Canadian Football League
  • Gary Matthews
    Gary Matthews
    Gary Nathaniel Matthews Sr. , nicknamed Sarge, is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball. He now serves as a color commentator for the Philadelphia Phillies. From through , Matthews played for the San Francisco Giants, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Seattle...

    , outfielder in Major League Baseball
  • Gary Matthews, Jr.
    Gary Matthews, Jr.
    Gary Nathaniel Matthews, Jr. is an outfielder who is currently a free agent. Matthews is the son of Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Gary Matthews, who played 16 years in the majors as an outfielder. Matthews, Jr...

    , Major League Baseball player with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
  • Greg Matthews
    Greg Matthews
    Gregory Richard John "Mo" Matthews is a former New South Wales and Australian cricketer who is now a television cricket commentator....

    , New South Wales and Australian cricketer who bowled off spin
  • Jimmy Matthews
    Jimmy Matthews
    Thomas James Matthews was an Australian Test cricketer. He bowled leg breaks...

    , Australian Test cricketer
  • Ken Matthews, English race walker
  • Leigh Matthews
    Leigh Matthews
    Leigh Raymond "Lethal Leigh" Matthews AM is a former player and coach of Australian rules football. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League from 1969 to 1985, coached Collingwood from 1986–1995, and coached the Brisbane Lions from 1999 to 2008...

    , Australian Rules football footballer
  • Mickey Matthews
    Mickey Matthews
    Michael Chester "Mickey" Matthews, is the head football coach at James Madison University , and has served in that role since 1999. Under Matthews's leadership, James Madison achieved a Division 1-AA national football championship in 2004...

    , the head football coach at James Madison University
  • Mike Matthews
    Mike Matthews
    Michael Scott Matthews is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched from to . Matthews graduated from Woodbridge Senior High School in Woodbridge, Virginia....

    , Major League Baseball pitcher who was born on October 24, 1973 in Woodbridge,
  • Morgan Matthews
    Morgan Matthews
    Morgan Matthews is an American ice dancer.She teamed up with Maxim Zavozin in 2001. The duo won the 2003 and 2004 U.S. Junior titles and captured the 2005 World Junior championships...

    , American figure skater
  • Robert William Matthews
    Robert William Matthews
    Robert William "Billy" Matthews played football as centre-half for Liverpool Football Club in the early 1920s and earned three caps for Wales...

    , Welsh footballer
  • Shane Matthews
    Shane Matthews
    Michael Shane Matthews is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League for all or part of fourteen seasons during the 1990s and 2000s. He played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he played...

    , quarterback in the National Football League
  • Stanley Matthews
    Stanley Matthews
    Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers'...

     (1915–2000), English footballer
  • Todd Matthews-Jouda
    Todd Matthews-Jouda
    Todd Matthews-Jouda is a hurdling athlete, who is notable for having switched nationality from United States to Sudan in September 2003. His personal best is 13.36 seconds, but being set in 2002 , it is not a national record...

    , hurdling athlete
  • Vincent Matthews (b. 1947), American athlete
  • Will Matthews (rugby union), rugby union footballer

Business

  • Bernard Matthews
    Bernard Matthews
    Bernard Matthews Farms Ltd is a British farming and food products business, which specialises in the farming of turkeys. Founded by Bernard Matthews in 1950, as Bernard Matthews Foods Ltd, the company is headquartered in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and has 56 farms throughout Norfolk, Suffolk and...

    , founder of the food processing company headquartered in Norwich, Norfolk
  • Gordon Matthews
    Gordon Matthews
    Gordon Matthews was an American inventor and businessman and started one of the first companies which pioneered the commercialization of voicemail.- History :...

    , American inventor and businessman
  • Terry Matthews
    Terry Matthews
    Sir Terence Hedley Matthews OBE, FIEE, FREng is a Welsh business magnate, serial high tech entrepreneur, and Wales's first billionaire....

    , Welsh/Canadian serial high tech entrepreneur

Literature

  • Brander Matthews
    Brander Matthews
    James Brander Matthews , was a U.S. writer and educator. Matthews was the first U.S. professor of dramatic literature.-Biography:...

    , U.S. writer and educator
  • Brett Matthews
    Brett Matthews
    Brett Matthews is an American writer of comics and TV shows. He was assistant to Joss Whedon on TV shows Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly. He scripted the Firefly episode Heart of Gold...

    , American writer of comics and TV shows
  • William Matthews (poet)
    William Matthews (poet)
    William Matthews was an American poet and essayist.-Life:Raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, Matthews earned a bachelor's degree from Yale University, and a master's from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.In addition to serving as a Writer-in-Residence at Boston's Emerson College, Matthews...

    , American poet and essayist

Television and film

  • A. E. Matthews
    A. E. Matthews
    A.E. Matthews OBE was an English actor who played numerous character roles on the stage and in film for eight decades, and who became known for his longevity.-Biography:...

    , English actor
  • Chris Matthews
    Chris Matthews
    Christopher John "Chris" Matthews is an American news anchor and political commentator, known for his nightly hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, which is televised on the American cable television channel MSNBC...

    , American television talk show host
  • Dakin Matthews
    Dakin Matthews
    Dakin Matthews is an American actor with a long history of work in film, television and theater. He is also a playwright, director, and theatrical scholar.-Life and career:...

    , American actor with a long history of work in film, television and theater
  • Francis Matthews (actor)
    Francis Matthews (actor)
    -Early life:Matthews attended St Michael's Jesuit College, Leeds and started his acting career with Leeds repertory theatre before service in the Royal Navy.-Career:...

    , English film, TV and stage actor
  • Herbert Matthews
    Herbert Matthews
    Herbert Lionel Matthews was a reporter and editorialist for the New York Times who grew to notoriety after revealing that Fidel Castro was still alive and living in the Sierra Maestra mountains, though Batista had claimed publicly that he was killed during the 26th of July Movement's...

    , reporter for the New York Times said to be the first to report Fidel Castro was alive in the Sierra Maestra
  • Kathleen Matthews
    Kathleen Matthews
    Kathleen Matthews is the chief communications and public affairs officer for Marriott International, the leading global hotel company based in Bethesda, Maryland...

    , anchor for ABC 7 News/ WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C.
  • Lester Matthews
    Lester Matthews
    Lester Matthews was an English actor born in Nottingham, England, UK. In his career, he made more than 180 appearances in film and on television. He was on occasion erroneously credited as Lester Mathews and especially in later years was sometimes known as Les Matthews. He died on the 6 June 1975...

    , English actor
  • Liesel Matthews
    Liesel Matthews
    Liesel Anne Pritzker , stage name Liesel Matthews, is an American former child actress and heiress to the Hyatt Hotels fortune...

    , American heiress, socialite, and actress
  • Sally Ann Matthews
    Sally Ann Matthews
    Sally Ann Matthews , is a British actress known for roles in British soap operas, Coronation Street and Emmerdale. She played Jenny Bradley in Coronation Street, the daughter of the villainous Alan Bradley, a role she played from 1986 to 1992, making a brief return the following year...

    , English actress known for roles in British soap operas

Other

  • Barry Matthews
    Barry Matthews
    Barry Matthews was a Chief Executive of the New Zealand Department of Corrections. He replaced Mark G. Byers in February 2005. He himself was replaced by Ray Smith on December 25th, 2010....

    , the current Chief Executive of the New Zealand Department of Corrections
  • Drummond Matthews
    Drummond Matthews
    Drummond Hoyle Matthews FRS was a British marine geologist and geophysicist and a key contributor to the theory of plate tectonics...

     (1931–1997), English marine geologist and geophysicist
  • Harry Grindell Matthews
    Harry Grindell Matthews
    Harry Grindell Matthews was an English inventor who claimed to have invented a death ray in the 1920s.-Earlier life and inventions:...

     (1880–1941), English inventor
  • James M. Matthews
    James M. Matthews
    Rev. James M. Matthews was the first Chancellor of New York University .In December 1829, a group formed as the "New York Athenaeum" led by Albert Gallatin and Rev. James Matthews, and including representatives of the clergy, the commercial occupations, law, and medicine, met at the home of...

    , first Chancellor of New York University
  • James Tilly Matthews
    James Tilly Matthews
    James Tilly Matthews was a London tea broker, originally from Wales, who was committed to the Bethlem psychiatric hospital in 1797, and is considered to be the first fully documented case of paranoid schizophrenia....

     (1770–1815), London tea merchant and schizophrenia sufferer
  • Jeffery Matthews
    Jeffery Matthews
    Jeffery Matthews is a British artist, specialising in postage stamp design. He conceived the Machin definitive series' colour palette in the mid-1980s.-Biography:...

    , British postage stamp designer
  • Kevin Matthews (radio personality), Midwest-based radio personality
  • Lisa Matthews, 1991 Playmate of the Year
  • Peter Matthews (linguist)
    Peter Matthews (linguist)
    Peter Hugoe Matthews is a British linguist. He is a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and was formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge ....

    , British linguist
  • Peter H. Matthews
    Peter H. Matthews
    Peter H. Matthews was an operator of policy games in New York City.-Biography:In 1915, agents of Charles Henry Parkhurst's Society for the Prevention of Crime and 45 police officers raided his gambling operations and rounded up a number of persons connected with this crime. Many were known...

     (1873–1916), operator of policy games all over New York City
  • Paul Taunton Matthews
    Paul Taunton Matthews
    Paul Taunton Matthews CBE FRS was a British theoretical physicist.He was born in Erode in India. He was awarded the Adams Prize in 1958, elected to the Royal Society in 1963, and awarded the Rutherford Medal and Prize in 1978. He became head of the Physics Department of Imperial College, London...

    , (1919–1987) British theoretical physicist
  • Robert Matthews (religious impostor)
    Robert Matthews (religious impostor)
    Robert Matthews was a United States religious impostor whose aliases included Robert Matthias, Jesus Matthias, Matthias the Prophet, and Joshua the Jewish Minister...

     (1778–1841), American religious impostor chiefly remembered for his encounter the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement
  • Rodney Matthews
    Rodney Matthews
    Rodney Matthews is a fantasy artist and illustrator.In 1978, he published Yendor: The Journey of a Junior Adventurer, a hard-back picture book featuring his distinctive paintings of "The Wild Country", a fantasy world seen through the eyes of young Yendor, named after his son...

    , English fantasy artist and illustrator
  • Victoria Matthews
    Victoria Matthews
    Victoria Matthews is Bishop of Christchurch in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia. At her ordination to the episcopate in 1994, she became the first ever female bishop in the Anglican Church of Canada.- Life :...

    , Canadian, Anglican bishop
  • Shannon Matthews, British child who disappeared on 19 February 2008 (see Kidnapping of Shannon Matthews)
  • Tina Matthews
    Tina Matthews
    Christina "Tina" Matthews is a New Zealand musician who played bass guitar in bands such as The Wide-Mouthed Frogs, and The Crocodiles. She is also an author and puppeteer.-Biography:...

    , Warner Bros. Boss
  • William Matthews (engineer)
    William Matthews (engineer)
    Sir William Matthews KCMG was a British civil engineer.He was educated at Glenalmond College and King’s College London....

    , British civil engineer
  • Todd Matthews, Art Instructor, Los Angeles, California

See also

  • Matthew (name)
    Matthew (name)
    Matthew is a given name that ultimately comes from the Hebrew name Matityahu. It was first named to Saint Matthew, who was one of the twelve disciples and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew...

  • Matthew (surname)
    Matthew (surname)
    This page lists notable people with the surname Matthew.For the etymology, cognates and usage pattern of the name, see Matthew....

  • Mathews (surname)
    Mathews (surname)
    Mathews as a surname may refer to:*Alfred Augustus Mathews, vicar and Wales international rugby player, 1864-1946*Angelo Mathews, Sri Lankan and Kolkata Knight Riders cricketer*Arthur Mathews , Irish comedy writer...

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