Greene (surname)

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

Disambiguation lists

Greenes sharing the same first name:

• Albert Greene (disambiguation)
• Bert Greene (disambiguation)
• Daniel Greene (disambiguation)
• Frank Greene (disambiguation)
• Graham Greene (disambiguation)
• Harold Greene (disambiguation)
• Harry Greene (disambiguation)
• Henry Greene (disambiguation)
• Herbert Greene (disambiguation)
• James Greene (disambiguation)
• John Greene (disambiguation)
• Joseph Greene (disambiguation)
• Joshua Greene (disambiguation)
• Kevin Greene (disambiguation)
• Mark Greene (disambiguation)
• Michael Greene (disambiguation)
• Robert Greene (disambiguation)
• Ryan Greene (disambiguation)
• Thomas Greene (disambiguation)
• William Greene (disambiguation)

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