Famous People with Name Matta

Cristiano Monteiro Da Matta            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Cristiano Monteiro Da Matta: is an auto racing driver, winner of the American CART Championship in 2002, and former Formula One driver with the Toyota team.1997 saw da Matta move to the United States for the Indy Lights racing series, in which he won Rookie of the Year honors. The next year (1998), he won the championship by winning 7 races and securing 4 pole positions. In 1999, da Matta raced in the CART series for Team Arciero Wells, which were running Toyota engines; da Matta drove a Toyota-powered car from then until 2004. His first win came in 2000, and despite some sponsor opposition he joined the front-running Newman/Haas Racing team for 2001. He won the CART drivers' championship in 2002 under Toyota power with the Newman/Haas Racing team, dominating the year with 7 race wins and 7 poles.

Luis Eduardo De Albuquerque Sá Matta            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Luis Eduardo De Albuquerque Sá Matta: is a Brazilian author of thrillers and essayist.Luis Eduardo Matta, of Roman Catholic Lebanese origin, is considered one of the most important mystery and suspense authors in Brazil. His first novel, Conexão Beirute-Teeran (The Beirut-Tehran Connection) was published in 1993, when the writer was eighteen years old. Matta has also written other books of adult and young adult fiction, including Ira Implacável: Indícios de uma Conspiração (Implacable Range: Hints of a Conspiracy), 120 Horas (120 Hours), Morte no Colégio (Death at School), Roubo no Paço Imperial (Robbery in the Imperial Palace), and O Véu (The Veil).