Matteo Sereni (Italian soccer player); Matteo Perez d’Aleccio (Italian painter); Matteo Bandello (Italian novelist); Matteo Maria Boiardo (Italian Renaissance poet); Matteo Carcassi (Italian guitarist/composer); Matteo Goffriller (Italian cello maker); Matteo Tosatto (Italian cyclist); Matteo Messina Denaro (notorious Sicilian Mafioso boss)