People
- Saint Matilda or Matilda of Ringelheim, (892–968), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Henry I the Fowler, King of the East Franks
- Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031–1083), Queen of England, wife of William I of England
- Matilda of Tuscany (1046–1114), Countess of Tuscany (also called Mathilde or Matilde of Canossa)
- Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118), originally named Edith, wife of Henry I of England
- Matilda of England (1102–1167), Lady of the English, Queen of Germany, daughter of Henry I of England, mother of Henry II of England; known as the Empress Matilda, or the Empress Maud
- Matilda of Boulogne (1104–1152), Queen of England, wife of Stephen of England
- Matilda of Savoy (1125–1158), First Portuguese queen-consort
- Saint Mechtildis or Mechtildis of Edelstetten (died 1160)
- Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156–1189), Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Henry II of England
- Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207 – c. 1282/1294), Beguine and mystic
- Matilda of Holstein (1220 or 1225–1288), Danish queen consort
- Saint Mechtilde of Hackeborn, 1240/41-1298, Saxon Christian saint and nun
- Matilda of Habsburg (1253–1304), Duchess consort of Bavaria
- Mechtild of Nassau (before 1280 – 19 June 1323), Duchess consort of Bavaria
- Matilda of Savoy (1390–1498), Electress palatine
- Mechtilde of the Blessed Sacrament (1614–1698), French nun and founder of order
- Mathilda d'Orozco (1796–1863), composer
- Mathilda Berwald (1798–1877) Swedish royal court singer
- Mathilda Rotkirch (1813–1842), Finnish painter
- Mathilda Foy (1813–1869), Swedish philanthropist
- Mathilda Gelhaar (1813–1889), opera singer
- Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826–1898), 19th century American feminist and freethinker
- Mathilda Enequist (1833–1898), Swedish opera singer
- Matilda Jane Sager (1839–1928), fifth Sager child
- Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1855–1915, née Evans), American ethnologist and author
- Mechtilde Lichnowsky (1879–1958), German writer born Mechtilde Christiane Marie Gräfin von und zu Arco--Zinneberg
- Matilde Camus (born 1919), Spanish poet
- Mechtilt (1934–2000), Dutch painter and writer
- Mechtild Rothe (born 1947), German politician
- Mathilda May (born 1965), French film actress
- Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant (born 1973), wife of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne, HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant
- Matilda Rose Ledger (born 2005), daughter of actor, Heath Ledger, and actress, Michelle Williams
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“The East is the hearthside of America. Like any home, therefore, it has the defects of its virtues. Because it is a long-lived-in house, it bursts its seams, is inconvenient, needs constant refurbishing. And some of the family resources have been spent. To attain the privacy that grown-up people find so desirable, Easterners live a harder life than people elsewhere. Today it is we and not the frontiersman who must be rugged to survive.”
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“I don’t like comparisons with football. Baseball is an entirely different game. You can watch a tight, well-played football game, but it isn’t exciting if half the stadium is empty. The violence on the field must bounce off a lot of people. But you can go to a ball park on a quiet Tuesday afternoon with only a few thousand people in the place and thoroughly enjoy a one-sided game. Baseball has an aesthetic, intellectual appeal found in no other team sport.”
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