Melchor (name)

Melchor may refer to the following people

Given name

* Melchor Bravo de Saravia (1512–1577), Spanish conquistador, interim viceroy of Peru, and Royal Governor of Chile
* Melchor Cano (1509–1560), Spanish Scholastic theologian
* Melchor Casco de Mendoza (1581–1658), Spanish nobleman
* Melchor Chavez (born 1951) Filipino politician
* Melchor Cob Castro (born 1968), Mexican boxer
* Melchor Concha y Toro (1833–1892), Chilean businessman, lawyer, and politician
* Melchor de Aguilera, 17th century Spanish governor of Cartagena
* Melchor de Marchena (1907–1980), Spanish flamenco guitarist
* Melchor de Mediavilla y Azcona, governor of Texas between 1727 and 1731
* Melchor de Navarra, Duke of Palata (1626–1691), Spanish politician
* Melchor de Navarrete (1693–1761), Spanish soldier and administrator
* Melchor de Talamantes (1765–1809), Mexican friar and priest
* Melchior Díaz, an early Spanish explorer of Western North America
* Melchor Feliú, 18th century Florida governor
* Melchor Fernández Almagro (1893–1966), Spanish writer, historian, journalist and literary critic
* Melchor José Ramos (1805–1832), Chilean political figure and journalist
* Melchor Liñán y Cisneros (1629—1708), Spanish Roman Catholic prelate
* Melchor López (born 1913), Argentinean sports shooter
* Melchor Menor (born 1974), American kickboxer
* Melchor Múzquiz (1790–1844), Mexican soldier and politician
* Melchor Ocampo (1814–1861), Mexican lawyer, scientist, and liberal politician
* Melchor Palmeiro (born 1923), Argentinean runner
* Melchor Peredo (born 1927), Mexican muralist
* Melchor Portocarrero, 3rd Count of Monclova (1636–1705), viceroy of New Spain
* Melchor Rodríguez García (1893–1972), Spanish politician and statesman
* Melchor Sánchez de la Fuente (born 1963), Mexican politician
* Melchor Saucedo (1920–2014), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Mexico
* Melchor Soria Vera (died 1643, Spanish Roman Catholic prelate
* Melchor Yap (born 1940), Filipino sports shooter

Surname

* Alejandro Melchor (1900–1947), Filipino civil engineer, mathematician, educator and politician
* Cruz Melchor Eya Nchama (born 1945), a judge at the Court of Geneva
* Federico Melchor (1915–1985), Spanish journalist and communist politician
* Inés Melchor (born 1986), Peruvian long-distance runner
* Jack Melchor (1925–2015), American engineer and venture capitalist
* José Melchor (born 1990), Mexican professional footballer
* Traci Melchor, Canadian television personality

## See also

[edit]

* Melchor Acompañado \- a filipino salesman, businessman and an incorporator of JEM TRONICS SOLUTION INC. Raised by his parents Emiliana Acompañado and Miguel Acompañado of Hindang,Leyte, Philippines

Name list

This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.