title: Melancthon
text: # Melancthon
  
  Melanchthon, Melancthon or Melancton may refer to:
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Philip Melanchthon (1497–1560), German Lutheran reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther
  * G. D. Melanchthon (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), 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 (1817–1874), US Navy commodore
  