João de Fontes Pereira de Melo (25 January 1780 – 28 October 1856) was a Portuguese politician and a general in the 19th century.

He was colonial governor of Cape Verde[1] and Minister of the Maritime and Overseas.

[2] He served two terms as colonial governor of Cape Verde: from 1839 to 1842, and from 28 June 1848 to 23 August 1851.

[1] From 22 August to 18 December 1847, he was the Maritime and Overseas minister under the Duke of Saldanha.

[2] He was the father of the Portuguese prime minister António Maria de Fontes Pereira de Melo.