Surname edit

• Alan Melville (1910–1983), South African cricketer
• Alan Melville (writer) (1910–1983), English playwright and composer
• Alex Melville (disambiguation)
• Alexander Gordon Melville (1819–1901), Irish anatomist
• Alexander Melville, 5th Earl of Leven (died 1754)
• Andy Melville (born 1968), Welsh footballer
• Andrew Melville of Garvock (died 1617), Scottish courtier
• Andrew Melville (1545–1622), Scottish theologian
• Arthur Melville (1858–1904), Scottish painter
• Charles Melville (1828–1867), American sailor
• Charles Melvill (1878–1925), British soldier with the New Zealand Military Forces
• Charles P. Melville, Professor of Persian History at Cambridge
• Christian Melville (1913–1984), Scottish rugby player
• Craig Melville (fl. 1990–2000s), Australian comedy director
• Cyron Melville (born 1984), Danish actor and musician
• Dan Melville (born 1956), American football player
• David Melville (disambiguation)
• Elizabeth Melville (1578–1640), Scottish poet
• Ellen Melville (1882–1946), New Zealand politician
• Emelie Melville (c. 1851–1932), actress in comic opera
• Esme Melville (1918–2006), Australian actor
• Francis Melville (disambiguation)
• Frank Melville (1903–1971), Australian football player
• Fred Melville (1882–1940), British philatelist
• George Melville, 1st Earl of Melville (1636–1707), Scottish aristocrat and statesman
• George W. Melville (1841–1912), American rear admiral, engineer, Arctic explorer and author
• Gertrude Melville (1884–1959), Australian politician
• Greg Melville (born 1970), American sportswriter
• Harry Melville (disambiguation), several names:

• Harry Melville (chemist) (1908–2000), British chemist and academic administrator
• Harry Melville (rugby league) (1930–1965), Australian rugby league player

• Henry Melvill (1798–1871), Anglican priest
• Henry Melville (1799–1873), Australian author
• Herman Melville (1819–1891), American author (Moby-Dick)
• James Cosmo Melvill (1792–1861): a British administrator who served as the last secretary of the East India Company.
• James Cosmo Melvill (1845–1929): British botanist and malacologist.
• James Melville (disambiguation)
• Janet Melville (born 1958), Golfer. British Open Champion 1978, British Amateur Open Champion 1987.
• Jean-Pierre Melville (1917–1973), French film director
• Jennie Melville, pen name of British crime fiction author Gwendoline Butler (1922–2013)
• John Melville (disambiguation)
• Josephine Melville (1961–2022), British actress, director and writer
• June Melville (1915 - 1970), English actress and theatre manager
• Ken Melville (born 1931), Australian football player
• Kerry Melville, birth name of Kerry Reid (born 1947), Australian tennis player
• Lee Melville (born 1970), Bahamian cricket player
• Sir Leslie Melville (1902–2002), Australian economist
• Lewis Melville, pen name of British author Lewis Saul Benjamin (1874–1932)
• Marvin Melville, American skier in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics - see United States at the 1956 Winter Olympics
• Michael Linning Melville (1805–1878), Sierra Leone politician
• Mike Melvill, American pilot
• Miranda Melville (born 1989), American racewalker
• Murray Melville, Scottish curler
• Neil Melville (fl. 1980s), Australian actor
• Nigel Melville (born 1961), British rugby player
• Ninian Melville (1843–1897), Australian political figure
• Paul Melville (1956–1978), Australian cricket player
• Pauline Melville (born 1948), Guyanese-born British actress and writer
• Philip Melvill (East India Company officer) (1796–1882), British official in India
• Robert Melville (disambiguation)
• Rodney Melville (fl. 1990–2000s), American judge
• Ronald Melville (botanist) (1903–1985), English botanist
• Rose Melville (1873–1946), American actor
• Sam Melville (1934–1971), American anarchist
• Sam Melville (actor) (1936–1989), American television actor
• Scott Melville (born 1966), American tennis player
• Stephen Melville (1904–1977), South African military man
• Teignmouth Melvill (1842–1879), English lieutenant and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Thomas Melvill (1726–1753), Scottish natural philosopher
• Thomas Melville (disambiguation)
• Velma Caldwell Melville (1852–1924), American writer and poet
• Ward Melville (1887–1977), American businessman and philanthropist
• William Melville (1850–1918), Irish law enforcement official

Given name edit

• Melville E. Abrams (1912–1966), American politician
• Melville Arnott (1909–1999), British academic
• Melville Sewell Bagley (1838–1880), American-born Argentine businessman and winemaker
• Melville Baker (1901–1958), American film writer
• Melville W. Beardsley (1913–1998), American inventor
• Melville Reuben Bissell (1843–1889), American inventor and businessman
• Mel Brandt (1919–2008), American actor
• J. Melville Broughton (1888–1949), American politician
• Melville W. Brown (1887–1938), American film director
• Melville Bull (1854–1909), US political figure
• Mel Bungey (born 1934), Australian political figure
• Melville Henry Cane (1879–1980), American poet and lawyer
• Melville Cook (1912–1993), British musician
• Mel Cooke (1934–2013), New Zealand rugby player
• Melville Cooper (1896–1973), British actor
• Melville De Lloyd (1917–1985), Welsh rugby player
• Melville Dewey (1851–1931), American library classification expert
• Melville Eastham (1885–1964), American radio executive
• Melville Fuller (1833–1910), American judge
• Melville Gideon (1884–1933), American musician and composer
• Melville S. Green (1922–1979), American physicist
• Melville Bell Grosvenor (1901–1982), American magazine editor
• Melville Guest (born 1943), British diplomat and cricketer
• Melville Hatch (1898–1988), American entomologist
• Melville J. Herskovits (1895–1963), American anthropologist
• Melville R. Hopewell (1845–1911), American politician
• Melville E. Ingalls (1842–1914), American politician
• Melville Jacobs (1902–1971), American anthropologist
• Melville James (1877–1957), Australian Anglican bishop
• Melville Jones (1866–1941), Anglican bishop
• Melville Clyde Kelly (1883–1935), American politician
• Melville D. Landon (1839–1910), American journalist and humorist
• Melville H. Long (1889–1969), American tennis player
• Melville Lyons (1889–1955), New Zealand politician
• Melville Macnaghten (1853–1921), British politician
• Melville Henry Massue (1868–1921), British genealogist and author
• Melville McKee (born 1994), British race car driver
• Melville de Mellow (1913–1989), Indian radio personality
• Mel Merritt (1897–1986), American football player
• Melville Nimmer (1923–1985), American lawyer
• Melville Pengelly (1901–1973), New Zealand cricket umpire
• Melvil Poupaud (born 1973), French actor, author and filmmaker
• Melville Portal (1819–1904), British politician
• Melville Davisson Post (1869–1930), American author
• Melville Marks Robinson (1888–1974), Canadian athlete and sports organizer
• Melville Rogers (1899–1973), Canadian figure skater
• Melville Ruick (1898–1972), American actor and musician
• Melville Ryan (1933–2015), British cricket player
• Melville J. Salter (1834–1896), American politician
• Melville Amasa Scovell (1855–1912), American academic
• Melville Shavelson (1917–2007), American film director
• Melville J. Shaw (1872–1927), American Marine Corps colonel
• Melville Shyer (1895–1968), American film director
• Mel Spence (1936–2012), Jamaican sprinter
• Melville Y. Stewart (1935–2020), American educator
• Melville Elijah Stone (1848–1929), American newspaper executive
• Melville Vail (1906–1983), Canadian hockey player
• Melville Waddington (1895–1945), Canadian pilot
• Melville Wallace (1887–1943), South African sports shooter

• Jackson Melville, in the television series Gilmore Girls
• Melville Crump, Sid Caesar's character in the 1963 motion picture It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
• Melville - Pet of fictional character Chuckie Finster in the television animated series Rugrats

• Ronald Ruthven Leslie-Melville, 11th Earl of Leven (1835–1906)