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
Edward B. Greene (1878—1957), American banker and mining company executive
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
See also
Surnames derived from the color
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