Matt (name)
Matt or Mat is a 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 Asiata, American football player
- Matt Bahr, American football player
- Matt Ballin, Australian rugby league player
- Matt Barnes, American basketball player
- Matt Bentley, American professional wrestler
- Matt Besler, American footballer
- Matt Bessette, American mixed martial artist
- Matt Biondi, swimmer
- Matt Birk, American football player
- Matt Blair,, American football player
- Matt Bradley, Canadian ice hockey player
- Matt Bradley, American football player
- Matt Bryant, American football player
- Matt Brennan, American football player
- Matt Bullard, former basketball player
- Matt Burke, Australian rugby union player
- Matt Burns, a.k.a. Nick Mondo, American professional wrestler
- Matt Cain, American baseball player
- Matt Carpenter, American baseball player
- Matt Carroll , American basketball player
- Matt Cassel, American football player
- Matt Cavanaugh, American football player
- Matt Chapman, American baseball player
- Matt Coates, Canadian football player
- Matt Cook , Canadian ice sledge hockey player
- Matt Cook , English rugby union and rugby league footballer
- Matt Cooke, Canadian ice hockey player
- Matt Crafton, American racecar driver
- Matt Davidson, American baseball player
- Mat Dawson, English retired rugby union 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 Dunigan, Canadian Football league
- Matt Elliott, Scottish footballer
- Matt Feiler, American football player
- Matt Fish, basketball player
- Matt Flanagan , American football player
- Matt Flynn, American football player
- Matt Forte, American football player
- Matt Garza, American baseball player
- Matt Gay, American football player
- Matt Gillett, Australian rugby league player
- Matt Giteau, Australian rugby union footballer
- Matt Gono, American football player
- Matt Hamilton, 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 Hernandez, American football player
- Mat Hoffman, American BMX rider
- Matt Holland, footballer
- Matt Holliday, American baseball player
- Matt Hughes, mixed martial artist
- Matt Jones , American basketball player
- Matt Jones , Australian rules footballer
- Matt Jones, Welsh international football player
- Matt Jones, English football goalkeeper for Belenenses
- Matt Jones , Australian professional golfer
- Matt Jones , American ice hockey defenseman
- Matt Jones , American mixed martial artist
- Matt Jones , Welsh international rugby union player
- Matt Jones , American football running back
- Matt Jones , American football wide receiver
- Matt Judon, American football
- Matt Kalil, American football
- Matt Kaskey, American football player
- Matt Kemp, American baseball player
- Matt Kenseth, 2003 NASCAR Winston Cup Champion
- Matt Kilroy, American baseball player
- Matt Kohn, American football player
- Matt LaFleur, American Football Coach
- Mat Latos, American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Matt Lee, Canadian professional wrestler, better known as Shane Matthews
- Matt Leinart, American football player
- Matt Le Tissier, former English International association football player
- Matt Light,, American football
- Matt Lloyd, Australian rules footballer
- Matt Lloyd , British ice sledge hockey Paralympian
- Matt McCrane, American football player
- Matt McGloin, American football player
- Mat Mendenhall, American former National Football League player
- Matt Milano, American football player
- Matt Millen, American Football player
- Matt Morgan, American professional wrestler
- Matt Morris, retired baseball player
- Matt Moylan, Australian rugby league player
- Matt Mullins, American martial artist
- Matt Murray, Ice Hockey
- Matt Nagy, American football player
- Matt Neal a British touring car driver
- Matt Olson, American baseball player
- Matt Orzech, American football player
- Matt Osborne, professional wrestler
- Matt Patricia, American football coach
- Matt Peart, Jamaican-American football player
- Matt Perry, 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 player
- Mat Rebeaud, Swiss freestyle motocross rider
- Mat Robinson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Matt Robinson , American football player
- Matt Robinson , English football player
- Matt Robinson, English football player
- Matt Robinson , New Zealand rugby league player
- Mat Rogers, Australian former rugby league footballer
- Matt Ruff, Football player
- Matt Ryan, American football quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons
- Matt Scoggin, American diver
- Matt Schaub, American football player
- Matt Snell,, American football player
- Matt Stairs, baseball player
- Matt Stajan, ice hockey player
- Matt Stover, American former football player
- Mat Toshack, Australian former rugby league footballer
- Matt Turk, American football player
- Matt Vogler, American football player
- Matt Ward, American lacrosse player
- Matt Wieters, American baseball player
- Matt Williams, American baseball player
Musicians
- Matt Bellamy, guitarist, pianist and lead singer of Muse
- 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 Hungtington Beach, California
- Matt Freeman, bassist for the bands Operation Ivy and Rancid
- Matt Helders, drummer for the Arctic Monkeys
- Matt Heafy, the vocalist and guitarist for the metal bands Trivium and Capharnaum
- Matt Hoopes, lead guitarist for the band Relient K
- Matt Houston, French R&B singer and music producer originating from Guadeloupe
- Matt Hunter , American Latin-influenced pop singer, now known as Matt Hunter Correa
- Matt Johnson, founder and only constant member of multimedia band The The
- Mat Kearney, American singer-songwriter and musician
- Matt Monro, British singer
- Mat Osman, English musician, bassist of the rock band Suede
- Matt Redman, English musician
- Matt Shadows, vocalist for band Avenged Sevenfold
- Matt Garstka, drummer for metal band Animals as Leaders
- Matt Sharp, former member of the rock band Weezer
- Matt Simmonds, demoscene musician
- Matt Simms , American football player
- Matt Slocum, former member of Sixpence None the Richer and composer of "Kiss Me"
- Matt Sorum, hard rock drummer and percussionist
- Matt Traynor, former metalcore drummer of Blessthefall
- Matt Tuck, metal singer for the band Bullet For My Valentine
- M. Ward, singer-songwriter and guitarist
Actors
- Matt Bennett, American actor
- Matt Bomer, American actor
- Matt Cohen , American actor
- Matt Czuchry, American actor
- Matt Dallas, American actor
- Matt Damon, American actor
- Matt Dillon, American actor
- Mat Fraser, English actor
- Matt L. Jones, American actor and comedian
- Matt Lanter, American actor
- Matt LeBlanc, American actor
- Matt Newton, American actor
- Matt Prokop, American actor
- Matt Robinson , American actor
- Matt Ryan , Welsh actor
- Matt Shively, American actor
- Matt Smith , English actor
- Matt Stone, American actor
- Mat Stevenson, Australian actor
- Matt Zimmerman , Canadian actor
Politicians
- Matt Bevin, American politician
- Matt Blunt, American politician and former naval officer
- Matt Cartwright, American politician
- Mat Erpelding, American politician
- Matt Gonzalez, Green Party politician
- Matt Jones, American politician
- Matt Lesser, American politician
- Matt Mead, American politician and attorney
Writers, journalists and editors
- Matt Barbet, journalist
- Matt Boyd, writer of the webcomics Mac Hall and Three Panel Soul
- Matt Casamassina, editor for the website IGN
- Matt Cohen, writer
- Matt Jones , British television writer and television producer
- Matt Lauer, television journalist
- Matt Robinson , Canadian poet
Other
- Matt Allwright, British television presenter
- Matt Clark , American professional baseball player
- Mat Collishaw, English photographic and video artist
- Matt Cook, Birkbeck College professor
- 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 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, fashion photographer
- Matt Jones , active researcher and organizer of scientific conferences
- Matt Kemp, American professional baseball player
- Mat Kirkby, English filmmaker, winner of the 2015 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
- Matt Lucas, British comedian, best known for Little Britain
- Matt Mullenweg, cofounder of WordPress and CEO of Automattic
- Matt Moore , American professional baseball player
- Matt Morgan, comedian and comedy writer
- Matt Pritchett, cartoonist in the UK Daily Telegraph
- Matt Sauer, American professional baseball player
- Matt Taylor, project scientist for the Rosetta mission
- Matt West, choreographer
- Matt West, American professional baseball player
Fictional characters
- Matt, a Wii sports character
- Matt the Radar Technician, one-time Saturday Night Live character played by Adam Driver
- Mat Cauthon, a character in the Wheel of Time fantasy series
- Matt Foley, Saturday Night Live parody character
- Matt Horner, in the Starcraft franchise
- Matt , in the anime Death Note
- Matt Jensen, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Matt Murdock, secret identity of the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil
- Matt Oleander, in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Matt Robinson, in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Matt Ishida, Digimon Adventure
- Matthew "Matt" Taylor, one of eight protagonists from the survival horror game Until Dawn
- Matt Trakker, a character from the cartoon M.A.S.K.
- Matt, main character in Cyberchase
- Matt Holt, older brother of Pidge from
- Matt, a character in the internet series Eddsworld
- Matt, a non-playable Mii opponent in the Wii Sports series
Surname
- Albert Edward Matt, British composer, Grand March: Fame and Glory
- Francis Xavier Matt, German-American immigrant and founder of Matt Brewing Company
- Jamille Matt, Jamaican footballer
- Patrick Matt, Liechtenstein track cyclist
- Richard Matt, American convicted murderer and prison escapee