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Matchstick Men
Matchstick Men is a 2003 crime-comedy-drama directed by Ridley Scott. Nicolas Cage plays an OCD con artist whose life is upended by a girl posing as his daughter.
Mate (drink)
Mate (yerba mate) is a caffeinated South American infusion of Ilex paraguariensis leaves, drunk from a gourd with a bombilla; about 80 mg caffeine per cup, high in polyphenols, central to Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Brazil.
Mate Parlov
Mate Parlov (Мате Парлов, 1948–2008) was a Croatian boxer who competed for Yugoslavia, winning Olympic gold in Munich in 1972 and the WBC light-heavyweight title in 1978.
Mate Rimac
Mate Rimac, born 1988 in Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina, is a Croatian entrepreneur who started Rimac Automobili in a garage in 2009 and now leads Bugatti Rimac as chief executive.
MATE ROV Competition
The MATE ROV Competition is an annual underwater robotics contest founded in 2001 in Monterey, California, where K-12 and university students build and pilot remotely operated vehicles.
Mate Trojanovic
Mate Trojanović (Мате Тројановић), 1930–2015, Croatian rower for Yugoslavia; won gold in the men's coxless fours at Helsinki 1952 with the Gusar Split crew, Yugoslavia's first Olympic rowing medal.
Mate-pair sequencing
Mate-pair sequencing is a genome sequencing method that sequences both ends of long DNA fragments, typically 1 to 10 kilobases, to detect structural variants and scaffold assemblies.
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.
Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. is Slipknot's self-released 1996 debut album, pressed in 1,000 copies on Pale One Music with original vocalist Anders Colsefni; later deemed a demo, it became a prized collector's item and was re-recorded with Kaosis in 2024.
Mateba Autorevolver
The Mateba Autorevolver, formally the Mateba Model 6 Unica, is an Italian recoil-operated semi-automatic revolver by Emilio Ghisoni, made in Pavia from 1997 to 2005.
MateBook Fold
The MateBook Fold is a Huawei foldable computer announced in May 2025 that opens from 13 inches into a single uninterrupted 18-inch OLED display running HarmonyOS on Huawei's own Kirin chip.
Matec Engenharia
Matec Engenharia is a Brazilian building-construction company founded in 1990 by engineer Luiz Augusto Milano, headquartered in São Paulo and active in airports and concessions.
Matei Basarab
Matei Basarab (1580–1654) was voivode of Wallachia from 1632, one of its longest-reigning princes, who defended his throne against Vasile Lupu and built many monasteries.
Matei Zaharia
Matei Zaharia, Romanian-Canadian computer scientist, creator of Apache Spark (started 2009), cofounder and CTO of Databricks, and UC Berkeley EECS associate professor; RDD paper author, 2014 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award winner, and recipient of the 2025 ACM Prize in Computing (announced April 2026).
Matej Deket
Matej Deket (born 2009) is a Bosnian professional footballer, a forward for Borac Banja Luka who made his professional debut at age 16 in October 2025.
Matej Toth
Matej Tóth, Slovak race walker born 1983 in Nitra, Olympic 50km walk champion Rio 2016 and world champion Beijing 2015; five-time Olympian, 2010 World Cup winner, Slovak record 3:34:38.
Matěj Vydra
Matěj Vydra (born 1992, Chotěboř) is a Czech striker for Viktoria Plzeň; former Watford, Derby, and Burnley forward, Championship top scorer 2017/18, Czech international at Euro 2020.
Mateja Kežman (Матеја Кежман)
Mateja Kežman (Матеја Кежман), born 1979 in Belgrade, is a Serbian former striker who scored 129 goals in four PSV seasons and won league titles in five countries.
Mateja Nenadović
Mateja Nenadović, or Prota Matija Nenadović (Матија Ненадовић), was a Serbian priest and statesman of the First Serbian Uprising who chaired its governing council from 1805 and wrote memoirs.
Matekino Lawless
Matekino Lawless is a New Zealand Māori master weaver of Ngāti Maniapoto descent, an early advocate for reclaiming raranga and whatu, made an ONZM in 2023.
Mātene Te Whiwhi
Mātene Te Whiwhi was a Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Toa chief at Ōtaki, New Zealand, who signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 and helped found the Māori King movement.
Mateo Alemán
Mateo Alemán (1547–1614) was a Spanish novelist of the Siglo de Oro, remembered for Guzmán de Alfarache, the novel that gave the picaresque genre its full form.
Mateo Booz
Mateo Booz was the pen name of Miguel Ángel Correa (1881–1943), an Argentine writer, journalist, and politician who set all his fiction in Santa Fe, known for the classic Santa Fe, mi país (1934).
Mateo Chávez
Mateo Chávez García (born 2004) is a Mexican left back for AZ Alkmaar and Mexico; Chivas graduate who moved to the Eredivisie in 2025 and scored against Czechia at the 2026 World Cup.
Mateo de Toro Zambrano
Mateo de Toro Zambrano, Count of la Conquista, was a Chilean creole officer, merchant, and colonial official who became interim governor of Chile in 1810 and president of the First Government Junta.
Mateo Del Blanco
Mateo Del Blanco (born 2003) is an Argentine left back from Unión Santa Fe who transferred to Racing Club de Strasbourg in July 2026 for USD 2,850,000 and signed until 2031.
Mateo Kovačić
Mateo Kovačić, Croatian midfielder born 1994 in Linz; Dinamo Zagreb, Inter, Real Madrid (three straight Champions Leagues), Chelsea, Manchester City; 117 Croatia caps, World Cup 2018 finalist.
Mateo Musacchio
Mateo Pablo Musacchio (born 1990, Rosario) is a retired Argentine centre back; River Plate youth, Villarreal (271 matches), AC Milan 2017 for €18M, Lazio 2021, 4 Argentina caps.
Mateo Pumacahua
Mateo García Pumacahua (1740–1815) was a cacique of Chinchero in the Viceroyalty of Peru who helped defeat Túpac Amaru II's rebellion, then joined the 1814 Cusco revolution for independence.
Mateo Retegui
Mateo Retegui, Argentine-born Italian striker (born 1999, San Fernando); Tigre top scorer 2022, Italy debut goal vs England 2023, capocannoniere with Atalanta 2024-25, now Al-Qadisiyah.
Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California)
Mater Dei High School is a Roman Catholic, co-educational college preparatory high school at 1202 W Edinger Ave, Santa Ana, California, founded 1950, first Catholic high school in Orange County, Diocese of Orange, Monarchs mascot, three Heisman winners, about 1,850 students. Distinct from same-named schools in Chula Vista, Breese, Evansville, and Sacramento.