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Melissa Dell
Melissa Dell is an American economist, the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics at Harvard, whose research on how history shapes economies won the 2020 John Bates Clark Medal.
Melissa Depraetere
Melissa Depraetere is a Belgian politician of the Vooruit party who serves as Vice Minister-President of Flanders and Flemish Minister for Housing, Energy and Climate, Tourism, and Youth.
Melissa E. Orme
Melissa E. Orme is an aerospace engineer and Boeing vice president, a pioneer in metal additive manufacturing elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2024.
Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge, born 1961 in Leavenworth, Kansas, is an American heartland rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Known for her raspy vocals, she broke through with Yes I Am (1993), won two Grammys and an Oscar for "I Need to Wake Up," and released Rise in 2026.
Melissa Francis
Melissa Francis (Vini Melissa Ann Francis, born 1972) is an American TV journalist, former child actress (Cassandra on Little House on the Prairie), CNBC and Fox Business/Fox News anchor, and author; she left Fox in 2020 after a gender-pay complaint and a reported $15 million settlement.
Melissa Fumero
Melissa Fumero (nee Melissa Gallo, born 1982, Lyndhurst, New Jersey) is an American actress of Cuban descent, known for Adriana Cramer on One Life to Live and Detective Amy Santiago on Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013-2021), later Blockbuster, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, and CBS's Einstein.
Melissa Garren
Melissa Garren is a molecular and marine biologist known for her work on the coral microbiome and coral disease, and for co-founding the fisheries-technology company Pelagic Data Systems.
Melissa George
Melissa Suzanne George, Australian actress born 1976 in Perth, known as Angel Parrish on Home and Away, for Alias and In Treatment, the Silver Logie-winning The Slap, and Apple TV+'s The Mosquito Coast.
Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Ellen Gilbert, born 1964 in Los Angeles, is an American actress and former Screen Actors Guild president, best known as Laura Ingalls on NBC's Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983), later a 2015 congressional candidate.
Melissa Gorga
Melissa Gorga is an American reality TV personality on Bravo's The Real Housewives of New Jersey since season 3 (2011), wife of Joe Gorga, founder of Envy boutique and Let's Sprinkle by MG cookies.
Melissa H. Little
Melissa H. Little is an Australian stem cell biologist, CEO of the reNEW stem cell medicine center in Copenhagen, known for creating the first kidney in a dish.
Melissa Harris-Perry
Melissa Harris-Perry, born 1973 in Seattle, is an American political scientist, author, and broadcaster, host of MSNBC's weekend show Melissa Harris-Perry (2012-2016), Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, and later host of WNYC's The Takeaway.
Melissa Hart (politician)
Melissa Ann Hart is an American lawyer and Republican politician from Pennsylvania who served three terms in the US House, representing the 4th District from 2001 to 2007.
Melissa Hernandez
Melissa Hernandez is an American politician and Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in California's 14th district for 2026, serving as president of the BART Board of Directors and a former Mayor of Dublin.
Melissa Hortman
Melissa Hortman (née Haluptzok, born 1970), Minnesota DFL House speaker 2019–2025, authored the solar energy standard and 2020 police reform law; she and husband Mark were assassinated June 14, 2025.
Melissa Hurtado
Melissa Hurtado is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the California State Senate from the 16th district, elected in 2018 as the youngest woman ever elected to that body.
Melissa J. Moore
Melissa J. Moore is an American RNA biologist at UMass Chan Medical School, known for studies of the spliceosome and exon junction complex and as Moderna's mRNA platform chief scientific officer from 2016 to 2023.
Melissa J. Spencer
Melissa J. Spencer is a scientist who is Professor of Neurology at UCLA, directs its Neuromuscular Program, studies muscular dystrophies including Duchenne, and received a 2001 PECASE award.
Melissa Jefferson
Melissa Jefferson, now Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, American sprinter born 2001 in Georgetown, SC; 2024 Olympic 4x100m relay gold and 100m bronze; 2025 world 100m and 200m champion in 10.61 and 21.68.
Melissa Joan Hart
Melissa Joan Hart (born 1976) is an American actress, director, and producer, star of Clarissa Explains It All, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Melissa & Joey; co-owner of Hartbreak Films and later a sitcom director.
Melissa K. Gardner
Melissa K. Gardner is a biophysicist and professor at the University of Minnesota who studies how proteins control the mechanics and dynamics of microtubules during cell division.
Melissa Leo
Melissa Leo (born 1960, New York City) is an American actress, Oscar winner as Best Supporting Actress for The Fighter (2011) and Emmy winner for Louie; also known as Kay Howard in Homicide: Life on the Street and for Frozen River.
Melissa Leong
Melissa Leong is an Australian food writer and TV host, MasterChef Australia's first female and first Asian Australian judge (2020-2023, with Zonfrillo and Allen), later co-judge of Dessert Masters with Amaury Guichon; distinct from the Toronto-based finance author of the same name.
Melissa Lucio
Melissa Lucio, first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas, convicted 2008 of killing daughter Mariah; 2022 stay, 2024 innocence finding, 2026 CCA 5-4 denial.
Melissa M. Hudson
Melissa M. Hudson is a pediatric oncologist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital who directs its Cancer Survivorship Division and studies long-term outcomes of childhood cancer survivors.
Melissa Manchester
Melissa Manchester (born 1951, Bronx) is an American singer-songwriter and actress, ex-Harlette for Bette Midler, known for "Midnight Blue" (No. 6, 1975), the 1983 Grammy-winning "You Should Hear How She Talks About You," and her 2024 album RE:VIEW.
Melissa Mathison
Melissa Mathison (1950-2015), American screenwriter of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Black Stallion, Kundun, and The BFG; Oscar-nominated, ex-wife of Harrison Ford, namesake of the HamptonsFilm Melissa Mathison Award.
Melissa McBride
Melissa Suzanne McBride, born 1965 in Lexington, Kentucky, is an American actress and former casting director known for Carol Peletier on The Walking Dead and its Daryl Dixon spin-off, a two-time Saturn Award winner.
Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy, American actress and comedian (born 1970, Plainfield, Illinois), Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls, star of Bridesmaids, The Heat, and Spy; two Oscar nominations, Emmy winner for Mike & Molly and SNL.
Melissa McDonough
Melissa McDonough is an American politician, businesswoman, and community organizer who is the 2026 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Texas's 38th district, a Harris County real estate broker.