Matthias: Difference between revisions
Appearance
Content deleted Content added
Spaceflower (talk | contribs) Added Swedish and Danish forms |
|||
Line 30: | Line 30: | ||
* [[Matthias Jakob Schleiden]], a German botanist and co-founder of the [[cell theory]] |
* [[Matthias Jakob Schleiden]], a German botanist and co-founder of the [[cell theory]] |
||
* [[Matthias Ettrich]], founder of KDE and LyX |
* [[Matthias Ettrich]], founder of KDE and LyX |
||
* [[Matthias Frings]], German writer and journalist |
|||
== Cognates == |
== Cognates == |
Revision as of 00:37, 16 February 2010
Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθιας, in origin similar to Matthew.
People with the given name Matthias
Notable people named Matthias include the following:
In nobility:
- Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King of Hungary
- Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor-elect of the Holy Roman Empire (Habsburg dynasty)
In religion:
- Saint Matthias, Apostle chosen by the remaining eleven apostles to replace Judas Iscariot
- Matthias of Trakai, 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
In the arts:
- Matthias Grünewald, highly regarded painter from the German Renaissance
- Matthias Lechner, German film art director
In music:
- Matthias Jabs, German guitarist and songwriter
- Matthias Weckmann, North German musician and composer of the Baroque period
Other:
- F. Matthias Alexander, Australian actor who developed the educational process that is today called the Alexander Technique
- Matthias Felleisen, programming languages researcher
- Matthias Platzeck, German politician
- Matthias Sammer, former German football (soccer) player who is now a head coach
- Matthias, a character in Brian Jacques' Redwall series
- Matthias Jakob Schleiden, a German botanist and co-founder of the cell theory
- Matthias Ettrich, founder of KDE and LyX
- Matthias Frings, German writer and journalist
Cognates
The following forenames are related to the English forename Matthias:
- Belarusian: Мацей (Maciej)
- Croatian: Matija
- Czech: Matěj
- Danish: Mathias, Mads
- English: Matthias
- Finnish: Matias, Matti
- French: Mathias, Matthias, Matthis
- Gaelic: Maitias
- German, Danish: Mathias, Matthias
- Hungarian: Mátyás
- Icelandic: Matthías
- Italian: Mattia, Matteo
- Latin: Matthias
- Latvian: Matiass
- Spanish: Matías
- Polish: Maciej
- Portuguese: Matias (current spelling), Mathias (archaic spelling)
- Russian: Матвей (Матфей)
- Serbian: Матија (Matiya)
- Slovenian: Matija
- Swedish: Mattias, Mathias, Mattis, Mats