Greene (surname) explained
Greene is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Disambiguation lists
Greenes sharing the same first name:
Arts
See also
- Writing and publishing
- Alastair Greene (born 1971), American blues rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter
- Ashley Greene, American actor
- Balcomb Greene, American artist
- Brenda Shannon Greene, 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, 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, better known as Jean Arthur, American actor
- Graham Greene, Canadian 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, American singer-songwriter and record producer
- Kempton Greene, American actor
- Kim Morgan Greene, American actor
- Laivan Greene, American actor
- Lance Greene, American actor and theater and film producer
- Laura Greene (presenter), British television presenter
- Leon Greene, English opera singer and film actor
- Lizzy Greene, American actress
- Lorne Greene (1915–1987), Canadian actor
- Maurice Greene (composer), English composer and organist
- Patrick Greene (composer), American composer
- Patricia Greene, British actor
- Peter Greene, American actor
- Richard Greene, British actor
- Rosaline Greene, American actress
- Sarah Greene (actress), Irish actor and singer
- Sarah Greene (television presenter), British television presenter
- Shecky Greene (1926–2023), American comedian
- Susaye Greene, American singer
- Talib Kweli Greene, 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, 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, American lawyer and society leader
- Alvin Greene, American politician
- Aurelia Greene, American politician
- Ben Greene, British pacifist
- Conyngham Greene (1854–1934), British diplomat, minister to Switzerland, Romania and Denmark and ambassador to Japan
- George Greene, 19th-century Iowa Supreme Court justice
- Harold H. Greene, U.S. district court justice
- James Edward Greene, Liberian politician
- Jehmu Greene, American politician
- John Greene (settler), English co-founder of Warwick, Rhode Island
- John Greene Jr., English colonial Deputy Governor of Rhode Island
- Marjorie Taylor Greene, American politician
- Moya Greene, Canadian civil servant, President and CEO of Canada Post
- Nathan S. Greene, American politician
- Thomas Alan "Tom" Greene, Louisiana politician and veterinarian
- Walter S. Greene, American politician
- Wilfred Greene, 1st Baron Greene, British judge
- William Greene (colonial governor), governor of Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- William Pomeroy Crawford Greene, English politician
Sciences
Sports
- Alan Greene, American diver
- Alice Greene, British olympic tennis player
- Andy Greene, American ice hockey player
- Brandon Greene, American football player
- Cathal Óg Greene, Irish Gaelic football player
- Charles Greene (athlete), American sprinter
- Charlie Greene (baseball), American baseball player
- Charlie Greene (soccer), American soccer player
- Conner Greene, American baseball player
- David Greene, American football player
- Donté Greene, American basketball player
- Earnest Greene, American football player
- Edward L. Greene, American athlete and coach
- Hunter Greene (baseball), American baseball player
- Hunter Greene (basketball), American basketball player
- Joe Greene, American football player
- Kai Greene, American bodybuilder
- Keith Greene (1938–2021), British racing driver
- Khalil Greene, American baseball player
- Marcellus Greene, American football player
- Matt Greene, American ice hockey player
- Maurice Greene, American sprinter
- Orien Greene, American basketball player
- Raven Greene, American football player
- Riley Greene, American baseball player
- Russell Greene, Australian rules footballer
- Serginho Greene, Dutch soccer player
- Shane Greene, American baseball player
- Shonn Greene, American football player
- Toby Greene, American college baseball coach
- Todd Greene, American baseball player
- Vibert Greene, Barbadian cricketer
Writing and publishing
- A. Wilson Greene, American historian and writer
- Bette Greene, American writer
- Bob Greene, American newspaper columnist
- Cheryll Greene (1943–2013), American magazine editor and scholar
- Gael Greene, American food critic
- Graham Greene (1904–1991), English writer
- Hugh Greene, 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, 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, Irish-born Catholic sister in Australia
- Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian to J. P. Morgan, and after his death the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library
- Benjamin Greene (brewer), English businessman
- Brendan Greene, Irish video game developer better known as PlayerUnknown
- Catharine Littlefield Greene (1755–1814), wife of Nathanael Greene in colonial Rhode Island
- Ettie Mae Greene, American supercentenarian
- Evarts Boutell Greene, American historian
- George Washington Greene, American historian
- Mary Greene (nun) (1843–1933), Irish-born Catholic nun active in Canada
- Maxine Greene, American educational philosopher, author, social activist, and teacher
- Vincent Graves Greene (1893–1988), Canadian philatelist
- William Cornell Greene (1852–1911), American copper magnate
Fictional characters
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