Greene (surname)

'''Greene''' is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: {{TOC right}}

==Arts== See also #Writing and publishing *Alastair Greene (born 1971), American blues rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter *Ashley Greene (born 1987), American actor *Balcomb Greene (1904–1990), American artist *Brenda Shannon Greene (born 1958), better known as Shannon, American singer *Burton Greene (1937–2021), American free jazz pianist *Charles Greene, American architect, partner in Greene and Greene *Ellen Greene (born 1951), American singer and actor *Evie Greene (1875–1917), English singer and actor *Frances Nimmo Greene (1867–1937), American educator and author *Frank Greene (singer) (1879–?), baritone brother of Evie Greene *Frank David Greene (born 1963), American trumpet player author, and speaker *Gladys Georgianna Greene (1900–1991), better known as Jean Arthur, American actor *Henry Greene, American architect better known as a partner in Greene and Greene *J. Patrick Greene, English archaeologist and museum director *Jack Greene (1930–2013), American musician *Kenny Greene (1969–2001), American singer-songwriter and record producer *Kempton Greene (1889–1939), American actor *Kim Morgan Greene, American actor *Laivan Greene (born 1992), American actor *Lance Greene, American actor and theater and film producer *Laura Greene (presenter) (born 1972), British television presenter *Leon Greene (1931–2021), English opera singer and film actor *Lizzy Greene (born 2003), American actress *Lorne Greene (1915–1987), Canadian actor *Maurice Greene (composer) (1696–1755), English composer and organist *Patrick Greene (composer) (born 1985), American composer *Patricia Greene (born 1931), British actor *Peter Greene (1965–2025), American actor *Richard Greene (1918–1985), British actor *Rosaline Greene (1905–1987), American actress *Sarah Greene (actress) (born 1984), Irish actor and singer *Sarah Greene (television presenter) (born 1957), British television presenter *Shecky Greene (1926–2023), American comedian *Susaye Greene (born 1948), American singer *Talib Kweli Greene (born 1975), better known as Talib Kweli, American emcee *Ted Greene (1946–2005), American guitarist and music educator *Timothy Greene, South African actor and film director *Vivien Greene (1904–2003), English authority on doll's houses

==Military== *Alister Greene (1854–1923), American soldier *Christopher Greene (1737–1781), American legislator and soldier *Colton Greene (1833–1900), Confederate general during the American Civil War *Douglass T. Greene (1891–1964), United States Army officer *Francis Vinton Greene (1850–1921), United States Army officer *Frederick Stuart Greene (1870–1939), American soldier *George S. Greene (1801–1899), Union general during the American Civil War *Griffin Greene (1749–1804), commissary, paymaster, and quartermaster to the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War *Harold J. Greene (1959–2014), United States Army general *Henry Alexander Greene (1856–1921), United States Army officer *Israel Greene (1824–1909), American and CSA Marine *James Durrell Greene (1828–1902), American inventor and Civil War Brevet Brig. General *John Greene, Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War *John C. Greene (1926–2016), Deputy Surgeon General of the United States *John Edmund Greene (1894–1918), Canadian flying ace *Nathanael Greene (1742–1786), American general (and a name source for many US locations) *Philip H. Greene Jr. (fl. 1970s–2010s), U.S. Navy rear admiral *Samuel Greene (naval officer) (1839–1884), American naval officer *Theodore P. Greene (1809–1887), U.S. Navy rear admiral *Wallace Martin Greene Jr. (1907–2003), United States Marine Corps four-star general *William Cornell Greene (1851–1911), American soldier *William Hallett Greene (1864–1942), American soldier and meteorologist

==Politics, law, and government== *Alister Greene (1854–1923), American lawyer and society leader *Alvin Greene (1977–2026), American politician *Annah G. Pettee (1874–1959; née Annah Taft Greene), American state legislator in Colorado *Aurelia Greene (1934–2021), American politician *Ben Greene (1901–1978), British pacifist *Conyngham Greene (1854–1934), British diplomat, minister to Switzerland, Romania and Denmark and ambassador to Japan *Elizabeth Jeter Greene (1890–1973), American suffragist and civic leader *George Greene (1817–1880), 19th-century Iowa Supreme Court justice *Harold H. Greene (1923–2000), U.S. district court justice *James Edward Greene (1914–1977), Liberian politician *Jehmu Greene (born 1972), American politician *John Greene (settler) (1597–1659), English co-founder of Warwick, Rhode Island *John Greene Jr. (1620–1708), English colonial Deputy Governor of Rhode Island *Marjorie Taylor Greene (born 1974), American politician *Moya Greene (born 1954), Canadian civil servant, President and CEO of Canada Post *Nathan S. Greene (1810–1900), American politician *Peter Greene (Irish politician) (1895–1963), Mayor of Galway (1954–1960) *Thomas Alan "Tom" Greene (born 1948), Louisiana politician and veterinarian *Walter S. Greene (1834–1891), American politician *Wilfred Greene, 1st Baron Greene (1883–1952), British judge *William Greene (colonial governor) (1695–1758), governor of Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations *William Pomeroy Crawford Greene (1884–1959), English politician

==Sciences== *Benjamin Daniel Greene (1793–1862), American botanist *Brian Greene (born 1963), American theoretical physicist and string theorist *Charles Ezra Greene (1842–1903), American civil engineer *Charles Wilson Greene, American physiologist and pharmacologist *Constance Greene, (1861–-1919), Australian paleontologist *Cordelia A. Greene (1831–1905), American physician *Edward Lee Greene (1843–1915), American botanist *Kevin Greene, British archaeologist *Margaret Cicely Langton Greene (1913–2007), British speech and language therapist *Victoria Greene, American physicist

==Sports== *Aaron Greene (born 1990), Irish footballer *Alan Greene (1911–2001), American diver *Alice Greene (1879–1956), British olympic tennis player *Andy Greene (born 1982), American ice hockey player *Brandon Greene (born 1994), American football player *Cathal Óg Greene, Irish Gaelic football player *Charles Greene (athlete) (1945–2022), American sprinter *Charlie Greene (baseball) (born 1971), American baseball player *Charlie Greene (soccer) (born 1959), American soccer player *Conner Greene (born 1995), American baseball player *David Greene (born 1982), American football player *Demond Greene (born 1979), German basketball coach and former player *Donté Greene (born 1988), American basketball player *Earnest Greene (born 2003), American football player *Edward L. Greene (1884–1952), American athlete and coach *Garrett Greene (born 2001), American football player *Hunter Greene (baseball) (born 1999), American baseball player *Hunter Greene (basketball), American basketball player *Joe Greene (born 1946), American football player *Kai Greene (born 1975), American bodybuilder *Keith Greene (1938–2021), British racing driver *Khalil Greene (born 1979), American baseball player *Louis Greene (born 1992), English professional boxer *Marcellus Greene (born 1957), American football player *Matt Greene (born 1983), American ice hockey player *Maurice Greene (born 1974), American sprinter *Orien Greene (born 1982), American basketball player *Raven Greene (born 1995), American football player *Riley Greene (born 2000), American baseball player *Russell Greene (born 1957), Australian rules footballer *Serginho Greene (born 1982), Dutch soccer player *Shane Greene (born 1988), American baseball player *Shonn Greene (born 1985), American football player *Toby Greene (1899–1968), American college baseball coach *Todd Greene (born 1971), American baseball player *Tommy Greene (born 1967), American baseball player *Vibert Greene (born 1960), Barbadian cricketer

==Writing and publishing== *A. Wilson Greene (born 1949), American historian and writer *Bette Greene (1934–2020), American writer *Bob Greene (born 1947), American newspaper columnist *Cheryll Greene (1943–2013), American magazine editor and scholar *Elaine Greene (1920–1995), British literary agent *Gael Greene (1933–2022), American food critic *Graham Greene (1904–1991), English writer *Hugh Greene (1910–1987), British journalist and television executive *Jamal Greene, American legal scholar and Professor of Law at Columbia Law School *Katharine Greene (1731–1777), American diarist better known as Katharine Greene Amory *Melissa Fay Greene (born 1952), American writer *Niamh Greene (born 1971), Irish novelist *Robert Greene (dramatist) (1558–1592), English pamphleteer and dramatist *Robert Greene (American author) (born 1959), American author *Sarah Pratt McLean Greene (1856–1935), American writer *Sonia Greene (1883–1972), Ukrainian-American writer married to H. P. Lovecraft *Tilly Greene, American writer

==Other== *Anne Greene, known as Mary Gertrude (1884–1965), Irish-born Catholic sister in Australia *Belle da Costa Greene (1883–1950), American librarian to J. P. Morgan, and after his death the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library *Benjamin Greene (brewer) (1780–1860), English businessman *Brendan Greene (born 1976), Irish video game developer better known as PlayerUnknown *Catharine Littlefield Greene (1755–1814), wife of Nathanael Greene in colonial Rhode Island *Edward B. Greene (1878–1957), American banker and mining company executive *Ettie Mae Greene (1877–1992), American supercentenarian *Evarts Boutell Greene, American historian *George Washington Greene (1811–1883), American historian *Mary Greene (nun) (1843–1933), Irish-born Catholic nun active in Canada *Maxine Greene (1917–2014), American educational philosopher, author, social activist, and teacher *Murray Greene (1920–1995), American philosophy professor *Vincent Graves Greene (1893–1988), Canadian philatelist *William Cornell Greene (1852–1911), American copper magnate

==Fictional characters== * Chuck Greene, one of the protagonist of the Dead Rising games. *Dominic Greene, villain in the film ''Quantum of Solace'' *Hillary Greene, in books by Faith Martin *Mark Greene, in the ''ER'' television series *Maggie Greene, Hershel Greene and Beth Greene, in ''The Walking Dead'' television series

==See also== *Greene C. Bronson, American lawyer and politician

Category:English-language surnames