Melchior is the name traditionally given to one of the biblical Magi appearing in the Gospel of Matthew. There are many notable people with this name, or close variations.

As a first name

  • Melchior Anderegg (1828–1914), Swiss mountain guide
  • Melchora Aquino (1812-1919), Filipino revolutionary
  • Melchior Berri (1801–1854), Swiss architect
  • Melchior Broederlam (c. 1350 – after 1409), Dutch painter
  • Melchior Buliński (1810–1877), Polish priest and historian
  • Melchior Cano (1525–1560), Spanish theologian
  • Melchior Cibinensis, 16th century Hungarian alchemical writer
  • Melchior Goldast (1576–1635), Swiss writer
  • Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636–1695), Dutch animalier
  • Melchior de Polignac (1661–1742), French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal
  • Melchior de Vogüé (1848–1910), French diplomat, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist
  • Melchior Franck (1579–1639), German composer
  • Melchior Grodziecki (1584–1619), Catholic saint
  • Melchior Hoffman (c. 1495–1543), German-Dutch Anabaptist prophet
  • Melchior Inchofer (c. 1584–1648), Jesuit who took part in Galileo's trial
  • Melchior Klesl (1552–1630), Austrian bishop statesman
  • Melchior Lengyel (1880–1974), Hungarian writer
  • Melchior Lorck (1526–1583), Danish-German renaissance painter
  • Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão (1516–1583), Jesuit, first Bishop of Macao
  • Melchior Ndadaye (1953–1993), Burundian politician and president
  • Melchior Nunes Barreto (c. 1520–1571), Jesuit, missionary in Asia
  • Melchior Schildt (c. 1592–1667), German composer and organist
  • Melchior Vulpius (c. 1570–1615), German composer
  • Melchior Wathelet, Belgian politician
  • Melchior Wathelet, Jr., Belgian politician
  • Melchior Wańkowicz (1892–1974), Polish writer, journalist and publisher
  • Melchior Weiher (1574–1643), Polish nobleman

As a middle name

  • Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, (1711-1787), Lutheran minister and missionary
  • Henry Melchior Muhlenberg Richards, United States Military Officer
  • John Melchior Bosco, (1815-1888), Catholic saint and founder of the Salesians
  • Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, (1835-1914), Catholic saint, Pope (Pius X)

As a family name

  • Arne Melchior (1924–2016), Danish politician, government minister, son of Marcus
  • Bent Melchior (1929–2021), chief rabbi of Denmark, son of Marcus
  • Carl Melchior, German banker, advisor for the financial and economic negotiations that began at the Paris Peace Conference, 1919
  • Dan Melchior, British singer, songwriter, and guitarist
  • Daniela Melchior, Portuguese actress
  • Eberhard Melchior (1912–1956), German mathematician
  • Eberhard Melchior (naturalist), active around 1700
  • Ernst Melchior (1920–1978), Austrian football player
  • Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (1723–1807), German author
  • Hans Melchior (1894–1984), German botanist
  • Hans Bøchmann Melchior (1773–1831), Danish naturalist
  • Ib Melchior (1917–2015), American science-fiction filmmaker, son of Lauritz
  • Israel B. Melchior (1827–1893), Danish engineer, manufacturer and amateur photographer
  • Lauritz Melchior, Danish operatic tenor, especially Wagnerian roles
  • Marcus Melchior (1897–1969), chief rabbi of Denmark
  • Michael Melchior (born 1954), Danish-Norwegian rabbi, Israeli politician and son of Bent
  • Moses Melchior (1825–1912), Danish businessman
  • Simone Melchior Cousteau (1919–1990), wife of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau
  • Tracy Melchior (born 1970), American actress

Fictional characters

  • A character in Tom Stoppard's On the Razzle (play)
  • One of three parts of the biological super computer in Neon Genesis Evangelion manga and anime
  • One of three sages of Shevat in the game Xenogears
  • A Ceyah immortal from the video game Kohan II: Kings of War
  • A laptop/webgoblin in Kelly McCullough's Ravirn series.
  • A cosmic being in the Ascended Master Teachings of Joshua David Stone
  • A centaur character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
  • Melchior Mayvin, an antagonist in Tales of Berseria.
  • As "Melkhior", the wizard in Knight Lore who will create the spell to cure Sabreman of his lycanthropy
  • As "Melchyor", a character in the 2012 novel Unholy Night by Seth Grahame-Smith
  • The Guru of Life in the game Chrono Trigger
  • Melchior Boehni, a character in the novella Kleider Machen Leute by Gottfried Keller
  • Melchior Dronte, the main character in the novel The Man Who Was Born Again by Paul Busson
  • Melchior Gabor, the lead male character in Spring Awakening (play) and Spring Awakening (musical)
  • Melchior Hazard, father of Dora and Nora in Angela Carter's novel Wise Children
  • Melchior von und zu Panke, a character in the German TV series Binny and the Ghost
  • Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim, protagonist in the Baroque German novel Simplicius Simplicissimus
  • Melchior Tresich, the main protagonist of Ranko Marinković's novel Kiklop (1965)
  • Melchior Wakenstede, the main protagonist of Estonian book and movie series Melchior the Apothecary by Indrek Hargla
  • Wilhelm Melchior, fictional playwright and director in Clouds of Sils Maria

Other

  • A Swiss robot that tells time by L'Epée Clocks

See also

  • Melchor (name), the Spanish form of Melchior
  • Majcher