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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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“Hell is a city much like London—
A populous and a smoky city;
There are all sorts of people undone,
And there is little or no fun done;
Small justice shown, and still less pity.”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
“A tree is beautiful, but what’s more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential. Life on earth is inconceivable without trees. Forests create climate, climate influences peoples’ character, and so on and so forth. There can be neither civilization nor happiness if forests crash down under the axe, if the climate is harsh and severe, if people are also harsh and severe.... What a terrible future!”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don’t have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know about things, and their pride from showing off what they know. But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.”
—Margaret Anderson (1886–1973)