Famous People with Name Melba

Melba Montgomery            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Melba Montgomery: an American country music singer. She is best known for duet hit recordings in the 1960s, with legendary country music singer, George Jones.However, Melba Montgomery was a successful solo artist in her own right in the 1970s. Her best-known solo hit is th

Melba Moore            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Melba Moore: an American R&B singer and actress. She is the daughter of saxophonist Teddy Hill and R&B singer Bonnie Davis.Born Melba Hill to Alabamian musicians, Moore attended Newark Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey.[1] She began her career in 1967 as a member

Melba Hernandez Rodriguez Del Rey            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Melba Hernandez Rodriguez Del Rey: is a Cuban politician and diplomat. She served as the Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam and to Cambodia.Hernandez graduated from the University of Havana School of Law in 1943. She was one of the two women (the other being Haydee Santamaria) involved in the 1953 Moncada Barracks assault. She was sentenced to 7 months in prison. She was later declared "Heroina del Moncada". In the early 1960s she was in charge of women's prisons in Cuba.

Dame Nellie Melba            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Dame Nellie Melba: legendary Australian opera soprano and one of the most famous sopranos, was the first Australian to achieve international recognition in the form. She and Dame May Whitty both became the first entertainers to become a Dame of the Order of the British Empire in 1918.In 1886, she travelled to Europe with her family in an attempt to begin a musical career. With no success in London (although promised parts by Sir Arthur Sullivan), she continued to Paris where a prominent music teacher, Madame Mathilde Marchesi, agreed to tutor her. Melba's first starring role (as Gilda) was at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels and she returned to London to Lady de Grey's patronage, ensuring her success with the aristocratic audience at Covent Garden.