Matos or Mattos, sometimes de Matos or de Mattos, is a Sephardic and Portuguese language surname.
The origin of the surname Matos or Mattos is toponymic. It was taken from a place with this designation, in the region of Lamego in Portugal. It originates in Egas Hermigues, great-grandson of King Ramiro II, from the Kingdom of León. Egas was of great valour and had the nickname of the "Bravo." He founded the convent of Freixo and made Mattos Farmhouse. His son and heir Hermigio Pais de Mattos followed the lineage. There are documents of Paio Hermigues de Mattos, contemporary of Kings Sancho II and Alfonso III of Portugal. Hermigio de Mattos was the owner of that farm and had others for honor. It is also a surname used by many Sephardic Jewish and converso families. "Matos" is a word in Hebrew that means "tribes", or in the more literal form, "wooden sticks". Francisca Nuñez de Carabajal, a Crypto-Jewish burned at stake in Mexico City by the Holy Office was condemned along her Crypto-Jewish husband, Francisco RodrÃÂguez de Matos.
It may refer to:
In media and entertainment
- Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (1865âÂÂ1921), journalist, literary critic and publisher
- Andre Matos (1972âÂÂ2019), a Brazilian musician
- André Mattos (born 1961), Brazilian actor
- Francisco Vieira de Matos, known as "Vieira Lusitano" (1699âÂÂ1783), royal painter to King John V of Portugal
- Gerardo Matos RodrÃÂguez, a Uruguayan composer
- Gregório de Mattos (1636âÂÂ1696), Brazilian writer
- Luis Palés Matos (1898âÂÂ1959), a poet from Puerto Rico
- Maria Matos Priolli (1915âÂÂ2000), Brazilian composer
- Mayra Matos (born 1988), Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2009
- Monica Mattos (born 1984), Brazilian pornographic actress
In sport
Baseball
Football (soccer)
Other sports
In other fields
- Dina Matos McGreevey (born 1966), former First Lady of New Jersey
- Huber Matos (1918âÂÂ2014), a Cuban dissident
- Sabina Matos, American politician
- Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, the eighth chancellor of The City University of New York, serving over 240,000 degree-seeking students across 25 New York City colleges.
- (1832âÂÂ1885), founder of the
- José Norton de Matos (1867âÂÂ1955), a general and a Portuguese politician
- Manuel Vieira de Matos (1861âÂÂ1932), archbishop of Braga, Portugal
- Roy Chaderton Matos (1942- ), a Venezuelan diplomat
- Manuel Antonio Matos (1847 - 1929), a Venezuelan Politician
- Francisco Matos Paoli (1915 - 2005), a Puerto Rican Poet and Nationalist Party Member
- Isabel Freire de Matos (1915 - 2004), a Puerto Rican Activist and Nationalist Party Member
- Nemir Matos-Cintrón (1949 - ), a Puerto Rican writer and Novelist
- João de Oliveira Matos Ferreira, a Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate and bishop, founder of the League of the Servants of Jesus.
- Angel Matos GarcÃÂa, a Puerto Rican Politician, member of Puerto Rico House of Representatives in 2012.
- João Pedro Matos Fernandes,a Portuguese Politician, member of the minister of the environment.
- Joseph Matos, a United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General.
- Antun Gustav MatoÃ
¡, a Croatian poet, short story writer, journalist, essayist and travelogue writer.
- Gregório de Matos,a famous Portuguese Baroque poet from Colonial Brazil. He has been described as "founder of Brazilian literature."
- Félix V. Matos RodrÃÂguez a Puerto Rican academic administrator, currently the eighth Chancellor of The City University of New York
- Diomedes Matos a master constructor for several traditional stringed instruments, recognized by National Heritage Fellowship
- Eusébio de Matos an orator, painter, poet, and professor of theology.
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