Greene (surname)

Greene is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Disambiguation of common given names with this surname

• Albert Greene (disambiguation)
• Bert Greene, multiple people
• Daniel Greene, multiple people
• Harry Greene (disambiguation), multiple people
• Herbert Greene (disambiguation), multiple people
• Joseph Greene, multiple people
• Joshua Greene, multiple people
• Robert Greene (disambiguation)

Arts

• Ashley Greene, American actor
• Balcomb Greene, American artist
• Brenda Shannon Greene, better known as Shannon, American singer
• Charles Greene, American architects, better known as a partner in Greene and Greene
• Ellen Greene, an American singer and actor
• Evie Greene, English actor
• 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, actor and theater and film producer
• Laura Greene (presenter), British television presenter
• Leon Greene, English opera singer and film actor
• Lorne Greene, 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
• Sarah Greene (actress), Irish actor and singer
• Sarah Greene (television presenter), British television presenter
• Shecky Greene, American comedian
• Susaye Greene, American singer
• Talib Kweli Greene, better known as Talib Kweli, American emcee
• Ted Greene, guitarist and music educator
• Timothy Greene, South African actor and film director
• Vivien Greene, English authority on doll's houses

Military

• Colton Greene, Confederate general during the American Civil War
• George S. Greene, Union general during the American Civil War
• Nathanael Greene, American general (and a name source for many US locations)

Politics, law, and government

• 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
• Hunter Greene, Louisiana politician
• James Edward Greene, Liberian politician
• Jehmu Greene, American politician
• John Greene (settler), co-founder of Warwick, Rhode Island
• John Greene, Jr. colonial Deputy Governor of Rhode Island
• 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

• Brian Greene, American theoretical physicist and string theorist
• Charles Ezra Greene, American civil engineer
• Charles Wilson Greene, American physiologist and pharmacologist
• Edward Lee Greene, botanist

Sports

• Alan Greene, American diver
• Alice Greene, British olympic tennis player
• Cathal Óg Greene, Irish Gaelic football player
• Charles Greene (athlete), former American sprinter
• Charlie Greene (baseball), baseball backup catcher
• Charlie Greene (soccer), American soccer player
• David Greene (American football), NFL quarterback
• Edward L. Greene, American athlete and coach
• Kai Greene, bodybuilder
• Khalil Greene, major league baseball infielder
• Marcellus Greene (born 1957), American football player
• Matt Greene, American hockey player
• Maurice Greene (athlete), athlete, former 100m record holder
• Russell Greene, Australian rules footballer
• Serginho Greene, Dutch soccer player
• Toby Greene, American college baseball coach
• Todd Greene, American baseball player
• Vibert Greene, Barbadian cricketer

Writing and publishing

• 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
• Julien Green (1900-1998), an American writer
• Katharine Greene (1731–1777), American diarist better known as Katharine Greene Amory
• Melissa Fay Greene, American writer
• Robert Greene, 16th-century poet
• Robert Greene, contemporary author
• Sarah Pratt McLean Greene (1856-1935), American writer
• Sonia Greene, writer
• Tilly Greene, American writer

Other

• Belle da Costa Greene, librarian to J. P. Morgan, and after his death the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library
• Benjamin Greene, English businessman
• Catherine Littlefield Greene, wife of Nathanael Greene
• 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 20th-century Canadian philatelist
• William Cornell Greene, copper magnate

Fictional characters

• Dominic Greene (James Bond: Quantum of Solace - Film)
• Hillary Greene (Hillary Greene Series of books)
• Moe Greene (The Godfather - Film and novel)
• Mark Greene (ER - TV series)
• Rachel Greene (ER - TV series)
• David Greene (School Ties - Film)