| Melissa F. Wells | |
| Birth Name: | Melissa Foelsch Wells |
| Birth Date: | 18 November 1932 |
| Birth Place: | Tallinn, Estonia[1] |
| Parents: | Miliza Korjus (mother) |
| Ambassador From: | United States |
| Country: | Estonia |
| Term Start: | October 1, 1998 |
| Term End: | September 10, 2001 |
| Predecessor: | Lawrence P. Taylor |
| Successor: | Joseph M. DeThomas |
| President: | Bill Clinton George W. Bush |
| Ambassador From1: | United States |
| Country1: | the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Term Start1: | April 25, 1991 |
| Term End1: | March 21, 1992 |
| Predecessor1: | William C. Harrop |
| Successor1: | Daniel H. Simpson |
| President1: | George H. W. Bush |
| Ambassador From2: | United States |
| Country2: | Mozambique |
| Term Start2: | September 11, 1987 |
| Term End2: | October 12, 1990 |
| Predecessor2: | Peter Jon de Vos |
| Successor2: | Townsend B. Friedman Jr. |
| President2: | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Ambassador From3: | United States |
| Country3: | Guinea-Bissau |
| Term Start3: | September 16, 1976 |
| Term End3: | March 29, 1977 |
| Predecessor3: | office created |
| Successor3: | Edward Marks |
| President3: | Gerald Ford |
Melissa Foelsch Wells (born November 18, 1932) is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Cape Verde and to Guinea-Bissau (1976–77), Mozambique (1987–90), Congo-Kinshasa (1991–93), and Estonia (1998–2001).[2] [3] She is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy.[4]
Wells is the daughter of opera singer and film actress Miliza Korjus (1909–1980).