Monroe is a unisex given name, a transferred use of the surname.
Men
- Monroe Althouse (1853âÂÂ1924), American composer and bandmaster
- Monroe Baker (1821 or 1823âÂÂ?), American politician, one of the first, possibly the first, African-American mayors in the United States
- Monroe Beardsley (1915âÂÂ1985), American philosopher
- Monroe D. Donsker (1924âÂÂ1991), American mathematician and a professor
- Monroe Evans (), first Jewish mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States
- Monroe Hayward (1840âÂÂ1899), American politician and senator
- Monroe Heath (1827âÂÂ1894), American politician, mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Monroe Fein (1923âÂÂ1982), US Navy lieutenant and captain of the Altalena in the 1948 Altalena Affair
- Monroe Freeling (born 2004), American football player
- Monroe Karmin (1929âÂÂ1999), American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Monroe H. Kulp (1858âÂÂ1911), American politician
- Monroe Alpheus Majors (1864âÂÂ1960), American physician, writer and civil rights activist
- Monroe G. McKay (1928âÂÂ2020), United States circuit judge
- Monroe Morton (1856âÂÂ1919), African-American businessperson and postmaster
- Monroe Jackson Rathbone II (1900âÂÂ1976), American businessman, chairman, president, and CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey
- Monroe M. Redden (1901âÂÂ1987), American politician
- Monroe Rosenfeld (c. 1861âÂÂ1918), American songwriter and journalist
- Monroe M. Shipe (1847âÂÂ1924), American real estate developer and streetcar network operator
- Monroe Work (1866-1945), sociologist and publisher including of the Negro Yearbook
Women
Fictional characters
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