Matti (given name)
Matti is a given name, a Finnish version of the name Matthew and may refer to:
In sports:
- Matti Breschel, professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for UCI ProTour outfit Team CSC
- Matti Hagman, Finnish hockey player
- Matti Hautamäki, Finnish ski jumper
- Matti Klinga, Finnish football player
- Matti Mäki, Finnish backstroke swimmer
- Matti Nuutinen, Finnish basketball player
- Matti Nykänen, Finnish ski jumper
- Matti Oivanen, Finnish volleyball player
- Matti Pitkänen, Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the late 1970s and early 1980s
- Matti Rajakylä, Finnish swimmer
- Matti Santahuhta, Finnish football manager and former player
- Matti Wasama, Finnish hockey player
In music:
- Matti Caspi, Israeli composer, musician, singer and lyricist
- Matti Salminen, Finnish bass singer
- Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian
In politics:
- Matti Vanhanen, former Prime Minister of Finland
- Matti Nikki, Finnish anti-censorship activist
- Matti Mattson, Veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War
In other fields:
- Matti Klinge, Finnish historian
- Matti Saari (disambiguation), multiple people
- Matti Shemoelof Israeli poet, editor, journalist and activist
- Matti Seppälä, Finnish geomorphologist
Matti (מתי or מטי) is also a nickname for the Hebrew boys' name Mattisyahu, or for the Yiddish girls' name Mattel.
See also
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