Melford may refer to:

Places

* Melford (Mitchellville, Maryland), historic plantation home at Bowie, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA * Melford, Nova Scotia, small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, in Inverness County *

Long Melford Long Melford, colloquially and historically also referred to as Melford, is a large village and civil parish in the Babergh district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is on Suffolk's border with Essex, which is marked by the River Stour ...

, large village and civil parish in the county of Suffolk, England ** Melford Rural District, a former district of West Suffolk **

Melford Hall Melford Hall is a stately home in the village of Long Melford, Suffolk, England. Since 1786 it has been the seat of the Parker Baronets and is still lived in by the Hyde Parker family. Since 1960 it has been owned by the National Trust. The ...

, stately home in the village of Long Melford, Suffolk, England *

Middle Melford, Nova Scotia Middle Melford is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough Guysborough, officially the Municipality of the District of Guysborough, is a Canadian List of district ...

, small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, in Guysborough County

Given name

Melford Okilo Melford Obiene Okilo (30 November 1933 – 5 July 2008) was a Nigerian politician who served as a member of parliament from 1956 to 1964 and as a minister during the Nigerian First Republic. He was the first elected governor of Rivers State, Nig ...

(1933–2008), Nigerian politician *

Melford Spiro Melford Elliot Spiro (April 26, 1920 – October 18, 2014) was an American cultural anthropologist specializing in religion and psychological anthropology. He is known for his critiques of the pillars of contemporary anthropological theory—w ...

(1920–2014), American cultural anthropologist specializing in psychological anthropology *

Melford Stevenson Sir Aubrey Melford Steed Stevenson, PC (17 October 1902 – 26 December 1987), usually known as Sir Melford Stevenson, was an English barrister and, later, a High Court judge, whose judicial career was marked by his controversial conduct ...

(1902–1987), British lawyer and High Court judge who served in many high-profile cases

Surname

George Melford George H. Melford (born George Henry Knauff, February 19, 1877 – April 25, 1961) was an American stage and film actor and director. Often taken for granted as a director today, the stalwart Melford's name by the 1920s was, like Cecil B. DeMil ...

(1877–1961), American stage and film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *

Michael Melford (journalist) Michael Austin Melford (born 9 November 1916 at St John's Wood, London; died 18 April 1999 at Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire) was a sports journalist, primarily writing on cricket but also on rugby union and track and field. He wrote for the '' ...

(1916–1999), sports journalist, primarily writing on cricket but also on rugby union and athletics *

Myra Melford Myra Melford (born January 5, 1957) is an American avant-garde jazz pianist and composer. A 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, Melford was described by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' as an "explosive player, a virtuoso who shocks and soothes, and who can m ...

(born 1957), American jazz pianist and composer * William Melford (1876–1962), fourth head football coach for Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas {{disambiguation, surname, given name, geo