Melchior

For other uses, see Melchior (disambiguation).

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
• Melchior Berri (1801–1854), Swiss architect
• Melchior Broederlam (c. 1350 – after 1409), Dutch painter
• 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, 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 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

• Majcher