Mathews (surname)
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Mathews as a surname may refer to:
- Alfred Augustus Mathews, vicar and Wales international rugby player, 1864-1946
- Angelo MathewsAngelo MathewsAngelo Davis Mathews is a Sri Lankan cricketer. Like Chaminda Vaas He had his formal education in St. Joseph's College, Colombo. Born in Colombo, he captained the Sri Lankan cricket team team in the 2006 U-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka...
, Sri Lankan and Kolkata Knight RidersKolkata Knight RidersKolkata Knight Riders is the franchise representing Kolkata in the Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 cricket tournament. Sourav Ganguly led the team in IPL1 and IPL3, Brendon McCullum in IPL2, and Gautam Gambhir in IPL4...
cricketer - Arthur Mathews (writer)Arthur Mathews (writer)Arthur Mathews is an Irish comedy writer and actor who, often with writing partner Graham Linehan, has either written or contributed to a number of popular television comedies, most notably Father Ted. He is a graduate of the Dublin Institute of Technology...
, Irish comedy writer - Arthur Frank MathewsArthur Frank MathewsArthur F. Mathews was an American Tonalist painter who was one of the founders of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Trained as an architect and artist, he and his wife Lucia Kleinhans Mathews had a significant effect on the evolution of Californian art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries...
, American painter - Bill MathewsBill MathewsWilliam Henry Mathews was a Canadian geologist, volcanologist, engineer, and professor. He is considered a pioneer in the study of subglacial eruptions and volcano-ice interactions in North America...
, Canadian geologist - Cornelius MathewsCornelius MathewsCornelius Mathews , was an American writer, best known for his crucial role in the formation of a literary group known as Young America in the late 1830s, with editor Evert Duyckinck and author William Gilmore Simms....
, 19th century American writer - David MathewsDavid MathewsDavid Mathews was a lawyer and politician from New York City. He was a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War and was Mayor of New York from 1776 until 1783....
, Loyalist mayor of New York, 1776-1783 - Eddie MathewsEddie MathewsEdwin Lee "Eddie" Mathews was an American Major League Baseball third baseman. He is regarded as one of the greatest third basemen ever to play the game.-Early life:...
(1931–2001), Hall of Fame third baseman in Major League Baseball - George Mathews (disambiguation), several people
- Gregory MathewsGregory MathewsGregory Macalister Mathews CBE was an Australian amateur ornithologist.Mathews made his fortune in mining shares, and moved to England around 1900....
, Australian amateur ornithologist - Harry MathewsHarry MathewsHarry Mathews is an American author of various novels, volumes of poetry and short fiction, and essays.-Life:Born in New York City to an upper class family, Mathews was educated at private schools there and at the Groton School in Massachusetts before enrolling at Princeton University in 1947...
, American author - Henry M. MathewsHenry M. MathewsHenry Mason Mathews was the fifth Governor of West Virginia from 1877 to 1881. Matthews was a Democrat from Greenbrier County.-Earlier life:...
, governor of West Virginia, 1877-1881 - James Mathews (disambiguation), several people
- Jay Mathews, author, education reporter and online columnist with the Washington Post
- Joshua Mathews, American musician
- Jessica MathewsJessica MathewsJessica Tuchman Mathews is the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a foreign policy think tank in Washington D.C. She has held the post since 1997...
, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - Kevin MathewsKevin MathewsKevin Mathews is a Singaporean singer-songwriter and film music composer.-Popland:Following his initial success, Mathews formed Popland, a musical duo between him and British-born bass player, Tim Nolan in 1998. The duo's first CD, 'Pop' was released in 1997 under the name 'The Crowd' , which ...
, Singaporean musician and songwriter - Marlene Mathews, Australian sprinter
- Max MathewsMax MathewsMax Vernon Mathews was a pioneer in the world of computer music.-Biography:...
, computer music pioneer - Moses MathewsMoses MathewsMoses Mathews was an American gunsmith. He is a notable figure of the American Revolution.Mathews was born in Halifax County, Virginia. He supplied the Continental Army guns and was granted hundreds of acres by George Washington. In his will he mentioned the freeing of all of his slaves. This...
, Gunsmith of the American Revolution - Ross MathewsRoss MathewsRoss Mathews , formerly known as Ross the Intern, is an American television personality who first rose to fame with his role as an intern, and later, a correspondent, for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, for which he was known as "Ross the Intern"...
, American television personality - Sylvia Mathews Burwell, President of the Global Development Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
- Thomas MathewsThomas MathewsThomas Mathews was a British officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of admiral.Mathews joined the navy in 1690 and saw service on a number of ships, including during the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession. He interspersed periods spent commanding ships with time at home...
, Royal Navy admiral, 1676-1751 - Vera Laughton MathewsVera Laughton MathewsDame Elvira Sibyl Marie Laughton Mathews, DBE , born Elvira Sibyl Marie Laughton, was one of the first officers of the Women's Royal Naval Service and served from just after the inception of the WRNS in 1918 until it was disbanded in late 1919...
, Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service from 1940 until 1946 - Walter J. MathewsWalter J. MathewsWalter J. Mathews was an American architect based in Oakland, California. He was best known for his designs of Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles and the First Unitarian Church of Oakland....
, American architect - William MathewsWilliam MathewsWilliam Mathews was an English mountaineer, land agent and surveyor, who first proposed the formation of the Alpine Club of London in 1857.-Founding of the Alpine Club:...
, English mountaineer
See also
- Sir David ap MathewSir David ap MathewSir David Mathew was a Welsh knight, the son of Mathew ap Evan. After David Mathew saved the life of King Edward IV at the Battle of Towton, on Palm Sunday, March 14, 1461, he was appointed Grand Standard Bearer of England. Sir David married Gwenllian, daughter of Sir George Herbert...
- MathewsMathews-Places:In the United States:*Mathews, Louisiana*Mathews, Virginia*Mathews County, Virginia*Mathews Bridge over the St. Johns River, Jacksonville, Florida-People:*Sir David ap Mathew, Welsh Knight*Moses Mathews, Gunsmith of the American Revolution...
- Matthews
- Matthews (surname)Matthews (surname)This page lists notable people with the surname Matthews.For a list of notable people with the surname Matthew , see Matthew ....