Mykhailo Spyrydonovych Melnyk (Ukrainian: Миха́йло Спиридо́нович Ме́льник; 14 March 1944, Ordyntsi, Pohrebyshche Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, USSR – 10 March 1979, Pohreby, Brovary Raion, Kiev Oblast, USSR) was Ukrainian historian, poet, human rights activist, dissident and member of Ukrainian Helsinki Group. He was an author of a book about the history of Ukraine, which was confiscated by the KGB. On November 8, 2006 he was posthumously awarded the Order For Courage 1st class by the order of President of Ukraine. On December 25, 2015 a street in Brovary was named after him.