Namesakes
Hall-of-Famers:
3 football, 1 baseball, 1 basketball
(baseball) Mel Ott 1951 
(football) Mel Hein 1963
(football) Mel Blount 1989
(football) Mel Renfro 1996
(basketball) Mel Daniels 2012
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry, 1 physics
(chemistry) Melvin Calvin 1961
(physics) Melvin Schwartz 1988
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
2 actors
Mel Brooks (a.k.a. Melvin) 1926-
Dakin Matthews (a.k.a. Melvin) 1940-
Notable Athletes:
1 baseball, 1 basketball
(baseball) Mel Ott 1909-1958
(basketball) Mel Daniels 1944-2015
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
Mel Brooks (a.k.a. Melvin) 1926-
Notable Musicians:
1 musician
Jimmie Lunceford (middle name Melvin) 1902-1947
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 astronomer, 1 chemist, 1 physicist
Vesto Slipher (middle name Melvin) 1875-1969
Melvin Calvin 1911-1997
Melvin Schwartz 1932-2006
Olympic Medalists:
4 gold, 1 gold/bronze, 1 gold/silver, 1 silver/gold
(gold/silver) Mel Sheppard 1908; 1912 1500 m; medley relay; 4x400 m relay; 800 m
(gold) Mel Patton 1948 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(gold) Dean Kelley (a.k.a. Melvin) 1952 basketball
(silver/gold) Lance Larson (middle name Melvin) 1960 swimming - 100 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(gold) Mel Counts 1964 basketball
(gold) Mel Pender Jr 1968 4x100 m relay
(gold/bronze) Melvin Stewart 1992 swimming - 200 m butterfly; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
2 musicians
Melvin Franklin 1989 The Temptations
Melvin "Melle Mel" Glover 2007 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Tony Award Winners:
1 director
(director) Mel Brooks (a.k.a. Melvin) 2001 The Producers