Famous People with Name Melchior

Ernst Melchior            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Ernst Melchior: was an Austrian football player.Melchior made his debut for Austria in an April 1946 friendly match against Hungary and was a participant at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Eugène-Melchior            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Eugène-Melchior: was a French diplomat, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic. His connection with the Revue des deux mondes began in 1873 with his Voyage en Syrie et en Palestine, and subsequently he was a frequent contributor. He did much to awaken French interest in the intellectual life of other countries, especially of Russia, his sympathy with which was strengthened by his marriage in 1878 with a Russian lady, the sister of General Michael Nicolaivitch Annenkoff; De Vogüé was practically the first to draw French attention to Fyodor Dostoevsky and his successors. Eugène-Melchior was also a brother-in-law of Karl de Struve, Russian Ambassador to Japan, the United states, and The Netherlands.

Eugène-Melchior, Vicomte De Vogüé            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Eugène-Melchior, Vicomte De Vogüé: was a French diplomat, travel writer, archaeologist, philanthropist and literary critic. Born in Nice, France, he served in the Franco-Prussian War, and at the conclusion of the war entered the diplomatic service of the Third Republic, being appointed suc

Arne Melchior            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Arne Melchior: is a retired Danish politician of Jewish descent and supporter of Jewish causes. He was member of Danish Parliament during 1973-75 and again 1977-2001. He was minister of traffic in the Conservative Poul Schlüter coalition government from 1982-86, and Minister for Communication and Tourism in the Social Democratic Poul Nyrup Rasmussen coalition government from 1993-94. He represented his party in parliament's Foreign Policy Committee 1994-2001, when he was forced to step down after having publicly defended Israel's use of moderate physical coercion on terror suspects. He later chose to leave the Centre Democratic Parliamentary group. The Centre Democrats lost their representation in parliament in the parliamentary election of 2001. The party was dissolved on 1 February 2008.

Hans Bøchmann Melchior            Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Hans Bøchmann Melchior: was a Danish Naturalist. He was the author of Den danske Stats og Norges Pattedyr (The mammals of the Danish state and Norway), published posthumously in 1834.