Namesakes
Notable Athletes:
1 soccer, 1 tennis
(soccer) Abel Hernández (a.k.a. Mathías) 1990- 
(tennis) Mathias Bourgue 1994-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
Claude Pouillet (a.k.a. Mathias) 1790-1868
Olympic Medalists:
1 silver
(silver) Mathias Boe 2012 badminton doubles
Other Leaders:
2 prime ministers
Prime Minister Charles-Mathias Simons 1853-1860 Luxembourg
Prime Minister Mathias Mongenast 1915 Luxembourg
Saints:
2 saints
Saint Mathias of Miyako ?-1597
Saint Matiya Mulumba (a.k.a. Mathias) 1836-1886