Melba

Melba, played by Cloris Leachman, is one of the main characters in the 1975 movie "Crazy Mama".

Melba Escobar is a Colombian writer and journalist.

Melba Johnson Kgositsile (1940–1994) was an American civil rights activist. She spent much of her life in New York City, where she was the executive director of the Council on Interracial Books for Children. She was also a vocal critic of apartheid and a supporter of the African National Congress.

Melba Padilla Maggay is a Filipina writer, social anthropologist, and social activist best known for her academic work and books on culture, social change and development issues, and as the founder of the Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC).

Melba Liston (1926 – 1999) was an American jazz trombonist, arranger, and composer. Other than those playing in all-female bands, she was the first woman trombonist to play in big bands during the 1940s and 1960s, but as her career progressed she became better known as an arranger, particularly in partnership with pianist Randy Weston. Other major artists with whom she worked include Dizzy Gillespie, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, and Count Basie.

Melba Roy Mouton (1929–1990) was an American mathematician who served as Assistant Chief of Research Programs at NASA's Trajectory and Geodynamics Division in the 1960s and headed a group of NASA mathematicians called "computers". She served as Head Mathematician for Echo Satellites 1 and 2 before becoming Head Computer Programmer and then Program Production Section Chief at Goddard Space Flight Center.

Melba Pattillo Beals was a part of the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine black students who integrated Little Rock Central High School in 1957.

The name of a Koala bear character in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

A famous bearer is American singer and actress Melba Moore (born Melba Hill, 29 October 1945). She's received multiple Grammy nominations for her music work, as well as a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in the musical "Purlie" in 1970.