Melvin
Melvin is a surname, and a masculine given name derived from the surname. The surname probably arose as a variant of Melville, recorded as early as in the 12th century (as de Maleuin), in the 16th century as Melwin.[1] The Scottish surname is recorded in colonial America in the late 17th century.[2] The given name is recorded since the at least the 1870s (Melvin R. Laird, Sr. 1877-1946).
Surname
- 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
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 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
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
See also
- Melvyn, a list of people with the given name
- Justice Melvin (disambiguation)
References
- ^ "Geoffrey de Maleuin, 1161-3, 1165-71" Percy Hide Reaney, Richard Middlewood Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames (1991).
- ^ "David Melvin was a member of the Scots Charitable Society of Boston in 1692, and James Melvin settled in East New Jersey in 1685." David Dobson, The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America (2003), p. 105.
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