Melchior

As a first name

• Melchior Anderegg, Swiss mountain guide
• Melchior Berri, Swiss architect
• Melchior Broederlam, Dutch painter
• Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian
• Melchior Cibinensis, 16th century Hungarian alchemical writer
• Melchior Goldast ab Haiminsfeld, Swiss writer
• Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch animalier
• Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat, Roman Catholic cardinal
• Melchior de Vogüé, French diplomat, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist
• Melchior Franck, German composer of the very early Baroque era
• Melchior Grodziecki, Catholic saint
• Melchior Hoffman , German-Dutch Anabaptist prophet
• Melchior Inchofer , Jesuit who took part in Galileo's trial
• Melchior Klesl , Austrian bishop statesman
• Melchior Lengyel , Hungarian writer
• Melchior Lorck , Danish-German renaissance painter
• Melchior Miguel Carneiro Leitão, Jesuit, first Bishop of Macao
• Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician and president
• Melchior Nunes Barreto,, Jesuit, missionary in Asia
• Melchior Schildt, German composer and organist
• Melchior Wathelet, Belgian politician and member of the Humanist Democratic Centre
• Melchior Wathelet, Jr., Belgian politician and member of the Centre démocrate humaniste
• Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish writer, journalist and publisher
• Melchior Weiher, Polish nobleman

  As a middle name

• Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,, minister and missionary of the Lutheran Church.
• John Melchior Bosco,, Catholic saint and founder of the Salesians.
• Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto,, Catholic saint, Pope.

  As a family name

• Arne Melchior, Danish politician, government minister and son of Marcus Melchior
• Bent Melchior, chief rabbi of Denmark and also a son of Marcus Melchior
• Carl Melchior, German banker, advisor for the financial and economic negotiations that began at the Paris Peace Conference
• Dan Melchior, British singer, songwriter, and guitarist
• Daniela Melchior, Portuguese actress
• Eberhard Melchior, German mathematician, PhD in 1937
• Eberhard Melchior, active around 1700
• Ernst Melchior, Austrian football player
• Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German author
• Hans Melchior, German botanist
• Hans Bøchmann Melchior, Danish Naturalist
• Ib Melchior, Danish-born creator of low-budget American science-fiction films and son of Lauritz Melchior
• Israel B. Melchior, Danish engineer, manufacturer and amateur photographer
• Lauritz Melchior, renowned Danish operatic tenor, especially noted for his Wagnerian roles
• Marcus Melchior, chief rabbi of Denmark
• Michael Melchior, Danish-Norwegian rabbi, Israeli politician and son of Bent Melchior
• Simone Melchior Cousteau, wife of undersea explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau
• Tracy Melchior, American actress

  In fiction and art

• A character in Tom Stoppard's On the Razzle
• 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
• An asteroid prison in Jack L. Chalker's The Rings of the Master series
• 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
• A Swiss robot that tells time by L'Epée Clocks.
• 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 Gabor, the lead male character in Spring Awakening and Spring Awakening
• 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
• Wilhelm Melchior, playwright and director in Clouds of Sils Maria
• Melchior, a dog character in The Arcana