Melvin

Given name

Melvin Baker (born 1950), American football player

Melvin Belli (1907–1996), American lawyer known as 'The King of Torts'

Melvin Bernhardt (born 1941), American stage and television director

Melvin Booker (born 1972), American basketball player

Melvin Brown (footballer) (born 1979), Mexican football player

Melvin Bullitt (born 1984), American football player

Melvin Burgess (born 1954), British author of children's fiction

Melvin Calvin (1911–1997), American chemist who discovered the Calvin cycle

Melvin Cunningham (born 1973), American football player

Melvin Day (born 1923), New Zealand artist and art historian

Melvin Dummar (born 1944), American hoaxer and subject of film Melvin and Howard

Melvin Ely (born 1978), American basketball player

Melvin Edmonds, member of R&B group After 7

Melvin Fowler (born 1979), American football center

Melvin Frank (1913–1988), American screenwriter and film director

Melvin Franklin (1942–1995), stage name of American bass singer David Melvin English

Melvin Gibbs, American bass guitarist

Melvin Guillard (born 1983), American mixed martial artist

Melvin Hochster (born 1943), American mathematician

Melvin Irvin (1942-2014), African-American politician

Melvin Jones (American football) (born 1955), American football player

Melvin Jones, founder of Lions Clubs International

Melvin Kaminsky (born 1926), given name of actor Mel Brooks

Melvin Konner, Professor of Anthropology

Melvin R. Laird, Sr. (1877-1946), American politician

Melvin R. Laird (1922-2016), American politician and writer

Melvin Maas (1898–1964), U.S. Representative from Minnesota

Melvin Manhoef (born 1976), Dutch kickboxer

Melvin McQuaid (1911–2001), member of the Canadian House of Commons

Melvin Mora (born 1972), Major League baseball player

Melvin Nieves (born 1971), baseball player

Melvin Odoom (born 1980), English comedian and presenter

Melvin Ott (1909–1958), Major League Baseball right fielder

Melvin Parker (born 1944), American drummer who played in James Brown's band

Melvin Van Peebles (born 1932), American actor and director

Melvin Platje (born 1988), Dutch football player

Melvin Purvis (1903–1960), American FBI agent

Melvin Ragin (born 1951), American guitarist known as 'Wah-Wah Watson'

Melvin Rhyne (born 1936), jazz organist

Melvin Rosen (born 1928), American track coach

Melvin Schwartz (1932–2006), American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988

Melvin Seals (born 1953), American musician

Melvin Sia, Malaysian-Chinese actor, singer, model

Melvin Sparks (born 1946), American jazz guitarist

Melvin Steinberg (born 1933), Governor of Maryland from 1987 to 1995

Melvin Stewart (born 1968), American swimmer and Olympic medal winner

Melvin Tarley (born 1982), Liberian footballer

Melvin B. Tolson (1898–1966), American modernist poet

Melvin Alvah Traylor (born 1878), American banker

Melvin Alvah Traylor, Jr. (1915–2008), American ornithologist

Melvin T. Tukman, American asset manager, investor, philanthropist.

Melvin Turpin (1960–2010), American basketball player

Melvin Valladares, Honduran football striker

Melvin Watkins (born 1954), American basketball coach

Melvin Williams (disambiguation), multiple people

Melvin Zais (1916–1981), United States Army general

Surname

As a surname, Melvin is a modernized version of the Scottish clan name Melville (surname). The name Melville was shortened to “Melvin” during the Scottish Reformation period.

Allan Melvin (1923–2008), American actor

Bob Melvin (born 1961), Major League baseball player

Chasity Melvin (born 1976), American basketball player

Doug Melvin (born 1952), Major League Baseball front office executive

Doug Melvin (rower) (born 1928), British rower

Eric Melvin, guitarist in punk band NOFX

Fordyce R. Melvin (1832-1915), American politician

Joe Melvin (1853–1909), Australian journalist

John Melvin (naval officer) (1887–1917), officer in the United States Navy

Leland D. Melvin, an African American NASA astronaut and University of Richmond wide receiver

Martin Melvin (1879–1952), British businessman and newspaper manager

Mekenna Melvin (born 1985), American actress

Murray Melvin (born 1932), English stage and film actor

Rachel Melvin (born 1985), American actress

Thayer Melvin (1835–1906), American lawyer, politician, and judge

Fictional characters

Melvin "Big Smoke" Harris, in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Melvin Frohike, in the television shows The X-Files and The Lone Gunmen

Melvin Palmer, on the television show Boston Legal

Melvin the Superhero Guy, a puppet of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham

Melvin, the name given to the evil alter-ego of Marik Ishtar, in the Yu-Gi-Oh! parody series Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series

Melvin Sneedly, from Dav Pilkey's book series Captain Underpants

Melvin the Monster, a minor character from Tiny Toon Adventures

Melvin Udall, Jack Nicholson's character in As Good as It Gets

Melvin, a nerd from the manga and anime Sailor Moon

Melvin Wilder, a lazy, arrogant farmhand in Jim Leonard Jr.s' play "The Diviners (play)"