Melanchthon, Melancthon or Melancton may refer to:

Surname

Philip Melanchthon Philip Melanchthon. (born Philipp Schwartzerdt; 16 February 1497 – 19 April 1560) was a German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lu ...

(1497–1560), German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther *

G. D. Melanchthon G. D. Melanchthon (1934–1994) was a Silver Jubilee Priest hailing from Protestant Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church Society who taught Religions,Israel Selvanayagam, ''The Dynamics of Hindu Traditions: The Teape Lectures on Sacrifice, G� ...

(1934–1994), Indian theologian

Given name

* Melancthon J. Briggs (1846–1923), American politician * Melancthon Williams Jacobus Jr. (1855–1937), American theologian * Melancton Smith (1744–1798), American delegate to the Continental Congress and merchant *

Melancton Smith (1810–1893) Melancton Smith (May 24, 1810 – July 19, 1893) was a United States Navy officer who served during the Seminole Wars and the American Civil War. Early life Melancton Smith III was born in Jamaica, Long Island in New York, the son of Col. ...

, US Navy rear admiral * Melancthon Smith (Confederate officer) (1829–1881), American Civil War Confederate colonel * Melancthon S. Wade (1802–1868), American businessman, horticulturist and Civil War Union Army general *

Melancthon Brooks Woolsey Melancthon Brooks Woolsey (11 August 1817 – 2 October 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy during and after the American Civil War. He was commodore of the South Atlantic Station in the 1870s. Biography Woolsey was the first son ...

(1817–1874), US Navy commodore {{given name, type=both Masculine given names