Military
- Al Matthews (born 1942), member of the United States Marine Corps
- Bruce Matthews (General), the commander of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division in the Second World War
- Francis P. Matthews (1887–1952), 49th United States Secretary of the Navy
- H. Spencer Matthews, (1921–2002), first U.S. naval pilot to be promoted to admiral
- Mark Matthews (1894–2005), former Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army
- Peter Matthews (rebel) (c.1790–1838), farmer and soldier who participated in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837
- Saul Matthews, African-American American Revolutionary War hero
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“His ugliness was the stuff of legend. In an age of affordable beauty, there was something heraldic about his lack of it. The antique arm whined as he reached for another mug. It was a Russian military prosthesis, a seven-function force-feedback manipulator, cased in grubby pink plastic.”
—William Gibson (b. 1948)
“In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it alive. But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious. For that we care for them; from that have issued endless consequences.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)
“Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor,
Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore.”
—Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979)