Mateus (name)
# Mateus (name)

Mateus is a Portuguese given name and surname, equivalent to the English Matthew. Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

* Mateus (ambassador), Armenian ambassador of Emperor Dawit II of Ethiopia
* Mateus Alves (born 2001), Brazilian tennis player
* Mateus dos Anjos (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Asato (born 1993), Brazilian guitarist
* Mateus Soares de Azevedo (born 1959), Brazilian historian
* Mateus de Oliveira Barbosa (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Borelli (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Garcia Borges (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Caramelo (1994-2016), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Evangelista Cardoso (born 1994), Brazilian athlete
* Mateus dos Santos Castro (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Costa, Indian football head coach
* Mateus Galiano da Costa (born 1984), Angolan footballer
* Mateus Lima Cruz (born 1993), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Fernandes (died 1515), Portuguese architect
* Mateus Aparecido de Oliveira Fonseca (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Fonseca (born 1993), Portuguese footballer
* Mateus Alberto Contreiras Gonçalves (born 1983), Angolan footballer
* Mateus Gregório (born 1993), Brazilian weightlifter
* Mateus Alonso Honorio (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Facho Inocêncio (born 1981), Brazilian athlete
* Mateus de Brito Júnior, Angolan minister
* Mateus Versolato Júnior (born 1983), Brazilian goalkeeper
* Mateus Levendi (born 1993), Albanian footballer
* Mateus Lopes (born 1975), Cape Verdean footballer
* Mateus Müller de Souza Lopes (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Alves Maciel (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Gonçalves Martins (born 1994), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus da Costa Meira (born 1975), perpetrator of the 1999 Morumbi Shopping shooting
* Mateus Moreira (died 1645), Brazilian Catholic martyr
* Mateus Norton (born 1996), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Vicente de Oliveira (1706-1786), Portuguese architect
* Mateus Paraná (born 1987), Brazilian football striker
* Mateus Pasinato (born 1992), Brazilian goalkeeper
* Mateus Mendes Ferreira Pires (born 1992), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Meira Rita, São Toméan politician
* Mateus de Sá (born 1995), Brazilian athlete
* Mateus Shkreta (born 1994), Albanian footballer
* Mateus da Silva (born 1991), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus de Oliveira Silva (born 1994), Brazilian football midfielder
* Mateus Ferreira da Silva (born 1995), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Solano (born 1981), Brazilian actor
* Mateus Feliciano Augusto Tomás (1958-2010), Angolan Roman Catholic bishop
* Mateus Uribe (born 1991), Colombian professional footballer
* Mateus Vital (born 1998), Brazilian footballer
* Mateus Viveiros (born 1966), Brazilian football player
* Mateus Ward (born 1999), American actor
* Mateus de Oliveira Xavier (1858-1929), Portuguese Roman Catholic Diocese

## Surname

* David Mateus (born 1980), Portuguese rugby union footballer
* Diogo Mateus (born 1980), Portuguese rugby union footballer
* Octávio Mateus (born 1975), Portuguese dinosaur paleontologist and biologist
