Mads (given name)

Mads is a male given name, a Danish, Norwegian and Swedish Scandinavian form of the English name Matthew. Notable people with the name include:

Business

• Mads Clausen (1905–1966), Danish industrialist and founder of Danfoss
• Mads Langaard (1815–1891), Norwegian brewery owner and industrialist
• Mads Johansen Lange (1807–1856), Danish trader, entrepreneur and peacemaker on Bali

Music

• Mads Arp, Danish composer, producer and electronic music pioneer
• Mads Christian (born 2000), Danish singer
• Mads Eriksen (born 1962), Norwegian guitarist and composer
• Mads Langer (born 1984), Danish composer, singer-songwriter and pop musician born Langer Clausen
• Mads Tolling (born 1980), Danish-American violinist and composer
• Mads Tunebjerg, Danish bass player in the Danish rock band Kashmir
• Mads Vinding, Danish jazz double-bassist

Politics

• Mads Fuglede (born 1971), Danish politician
• Mads Gilbert (born 1947), Norwegian doctor, activist and politician
• Mads Lauritz Madsen (1782–1840), Norwegian politician
• Mads Rørvig, Danish politician

Sports

• Mads Albæk (born 1990), Danish footballer
• Mads Andersen (rower) (born 1978), Danish rower
• Mads Burnell (born 1994), Danish mixed martial artist
• Mads Hermansen (born 2000), Danish footballer
• Mads Juel Andersen (born 1997), Danish footballer
• Mads Glæsner (born 1988), Danish swimmer
• Mads Jørgensen (born 1979), Danish retired footballer
• Mads Jørgensen (footballer, born 1998), Danish footballer
• Mads Junker (born 1981), Danish pundit and retired footballer
• Mads Kaggestad (born 1977), Norwegian retired road racing cyclist
• Mads Laudrup (born 1989), Danish professional football player who currently plays for HB Køge
• Mads Østberg (born 1987), Norwegian rally car driver
• Mads Pedersen (badminton) (born 1990), Danish badminton player
• Mads Pedersen (cyclist) (born 1995), Danish road racing cyclist, 2019 Road Race World Champion
• Mads Pedersen (footballer, born 1993), Danish footballer
• Mads Rasmussen (born 1981), Danish rower
• Mads Roerslev (born 1999), Danish footballer
• Mads Timm (born 1984), Danish footballer
• Mads Valentin (born 1996), Danish footballer

Other fields

• Mads Alstrup (1808–1876), Danish portrait photographer
• Mads Andersen (chess player) (born 1995), Danish chess grandmaster
• Mads Andersen (poker player) (born 1970), Danish poker and backgammon player
• Mads Brügger (born 1972), Danish filmmaker and TV host
• Mads Eriksen (cartoonist) (born 1977), Norwegian cartoonist
• Mads Gram (1875–1929), Norwegian physician
• Mads Mikkelsen (born 1965), Danish actor
• Mads Nissen (born 1979), Danish photojournalist
• Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Norwegian actor

Fictional characters

• Mads Nielsen, a character from a German Netflix series Dark