Greene
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In the United States:- Greene, IndianaGreene, IndianaGreene is an unincorporated community in Greene Township, Jay County, Indiana....
, unincorporated place - Greene, IowaGreene, IowaGreene is a city in Butler County, Iowa, along the Shell Rock River, and along Butler County's northern border, where Butler and Floyd counties meet. The population was 1,099 at the 2000 census...
, city in Butler County - Greene, MaineGreene, MaineGreene is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,076 at the 2000 census. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area.-History:Greene was settled in 1773...
, town in Androscoggin County - Greene (town), New YorkGreene (town), New YorkGreene is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 5,729 at the 2000 census. The town is named after General Nathanael Greene. It is located in the southwest corner of the county and contains a village, also called Greene...
, in Chenango County- Greene (village), New YorkGreene (village), New YorkGreene is a village in Chenango County, New York, USA. The population was 1,701 at the 2000 census. The village is named after General Nathanael Greene.The Village of Greene is within the Town of Greene and is northeast of Binghamton, New York....
, in the town of Greene
- Greene (village), New York
- Greene, Rhode IslandGreene, Rhode IslandGreene is a village and census-designated place in the southwest corner of the town of Coventry, Rhode Island, United States. It is on the Connecticut border, just north of West Greenwich. The name derives from Nathanael Greene, a Rhode Island-born general in the American...
, a village in the town of Coventry - Greene County, AlabamaGreene County, AlabamaGreene County is the least populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island. As of 2010 the population was 9,045...
- Greene County, Arkansas
- Greene County, GeorgiaGreene County, GeorgiaGreene County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on February 3, 1786. As of 2000, the population is 14,406. The 2007 Census Estimate shows a population of 15,662. The county seat is Greensboro...
- Greene County, Illinois
- Greene County, IndianaGreene County, IndianaGreene County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana, and determined by the U.S. Census Bureau to include the mean center of U.S. population in 1930. As of 2010, the population was 33,165. The county seat is Bloomfield....
- Greene County, MississippiGreene County, Mississippi-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 13,299 people, 4,148 households, and 3,152 families residing in the county. The population density was 19 people per square mile . There were 4,947 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile...
- Greene County, MissouriGreene County, MissouriGreene County is a county located in Southwest Missouri. As of 2010, the population was 275,174 making it the fourth most populated county in Missouri. Its county seat is Springfield...
- Greene County, New YorkGreene County, New YorkGreene County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Its name is in honor of the American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. Its county seat is Catskill...
- Greene County, North CarolinaGreene County, North Carolina-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 18,974 people, 6,696 households, and 4,955 families residing in the county. The population density was 72 people per square mile . There were 7,368 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...
- Greene County, OhioGreene County, OhioGreene County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. The population was 161,573 in the 2010 Census. Its county seat is Xenia, and it was named for General Nathanael Greene, an officer in the Revolutionary War. Greene County was established on March 24, 1803.Greene County is part...
- Greene County, PennsylvaniaGreene County, Pennsylvania-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 40,672 people, 15,060 households, and 10,587 families residing in the county. The population density was 71 people per square mile . There were 16,678 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile...
- Greene County, Tennessee
- Greene County, VirginiaGreene County, VirginiaAs of the census of 2000, there are 15,244 people, 5,574 households, and 4,291 families residing in the county. The population density is 97 people per square mile . There are 5,986 housing units at an average density of 38 per square mile...
- Greene Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation), seven locations
People
- Aaron GreeneAaron GreeneAaron Greene is an Irish footballer currently playing for Sligo Rovers in the League of Ireland.-Career:Aaron joined Galway United from St. Francis in 2009 and scored five times playing in fourteen games for the club...
, Irish footballer - Alan GreeneAlan GreeneAlan "Al" Greene was an American diver who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he won the bronze medal in the 3 m springboard event.-References:...
, American diver - Alice Greene, British olympic tennis player
- Alvin GreeneAlvin GreeneAlvin Michael Greene is a Democrat from South Carolina. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2010 United States Senate election in South Carolina. He was defeated by incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint by a margin of 61.46% to 27.65%, with the remaining votes going to third-party and...
, American politician - Ashley GreeneAshley GreeneAshley Michele Greene is an American actress and model, best known for playing Alice Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels.- Personal life :...
, American actress - Aurelia GreeneAurelia GreeneAurelia Greene represented District 77 in the New York State Assembly, which comprises the Highbridge, Morrisania, and Morris Heights sections of The Bronx. She had been representing her current district since 1982...
, American politician - Balcomb GreeneBalcomb GreeneBalcomb Greene and his wife, artist Gertrude Glass Greene, were heavily involved in political activism to promote mainstream acceptance of abstract art. They were founding members of the American Abstract Artists organization. His early style was completely non-objective. Juan Gris and Piet...
, American artist - Belle da Costa GreeneBelle da Costa GreeneBelle da Costa Greene was the librarian to J. P. Morgan and after his death in 1913, Belle continued as librarian under his son, Jack Morgan...
, librarian to J. P. Morgan, and after his death the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library - Ben GreeneBen GreeneBen Greene was a British Labour Party politician and pacifist. He was interned during World War II because of his fascist associations and appealed his detention to the House of Lords. In the leading case of Liversidge v...
, British pacifist - Benjamin GreeneBenjamin GreeneBenjamin Greene was the founder of Greene King, one of the United Kingdom's largest brewing businesses.-Career:...
, English businessman
- Bette GreeneBette GreeneBette Greene is the author of several books for children and young adults, including Summer of My German Soldier, The Drowning of Stephan Jones, and the Newbery Honor book Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe...
, American writer - Bob GreeneBob GreeneRobert Bernard Greene, Jr. is an American journalist. He worked for 24 years for the Chicago Tribune newspaper, where he was an award-winning columnist. Greene has written books on subjects varying from Michael Jordan, to small towns, to U.S. presidents. His Hang Time: Days and Dreams with Michael...
, American newspaper columnist - Brenda Shannon Greene, better known as Shannon, American singer
- Brian GreeneBrian GreeneBrian Greene is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. He has been a professor at Columbia University since 1996. Greene has worked on mirror symmetry, relating two different Calabi-Yau manifolds...
, American physicist - Cathal Óg GreeneCathal Óg GreeneCathal Óg Greene is a Gaelic football player from Laois in Ireland. He plays his Club Football and Hurling with Park/Ratheniska.He plays in midfield for Laois and in 2003 was part of the Laois panel that won the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship title for the first time since 1997.He was on...
, Irish Gaelic football player - Catherine Littlefield GreeneCatherine Littlefield GreeneCatharine Littlefield "Caty" Greene was the wife of American Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene, a mother of five, and noted for being a supporter of inventor Eli Whitney.-Early life:...
, wife of Nathanael Greene - Charles Greene (athlete), former American sprinter
- Charles Ezra GreeneCharles Ezra GreeneCharles Ezra Greene was an American civil engineer, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.He graduated at Harvard in 1862 and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1863, served as quartermaster during the last two years of the Civil War, and was United States assistant engineer from 1870 to 1872,...
, American civil engineer - Charles Wilson GreeneCharles Wilson GreeneCharles Wilson Greene was an American professor of physiology and pharmacology, born at Crawford Co., Indiana. He graduated from DePauw Normal School in 1889, from Leland Stanford in 1892, and from Johns Hopkins in 1898...
, American physiologist and pharmacologist - Charlie GreeneCharlie GreeneCharles Patrick Greene is a former backup catcher who played in Major League Baseball with four different teams from 1996 through 2000. Listed at 6' 1", 170 lbs., he batted and threw right-handed....
, major league baseball catcher - Colton GreeneColton GreeneColton Greene was an American businessman and soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, mostly leading cavalry units...
, Confederate general during the American Civil War
- David Greene (American football), NFL quarterback
- Donal Greene, Irish association footballer
- Edward Lee GreeneEdward Lee GreeneEdward Lee Greene, Ph.D., was an American botanist known for his numerous publications including the two-part Landmarks of Botanical History and the naming or redescribing of over 4,400 species of plants in the American West.- Early Life :Edward Lee Greene was born on August 20, 1843 in...
, botanist - Ettie Mae GreeneEttie Mae GreeneEttie Mae Greene née Thomas was an American supercentenarian who was recognized by Guinness World Records as the 'oldest living American' in 1991 . She was born in Wayside, West Virginia, and worked as a seamstress and a farmer...
, American supercentenarian - Evarts Boutell GreeneEvarts Boutell GreeneEvarts Boutell Greene was an American historian, born in Kobe, Japan, where his parents were missionaries. He graduated Harvard University , and began teaching American history at the University of Illinois, where he was also dean of the college of arts and literature.Called to Columbia...
, American historian - Evie GreeneEvie GreeneEdith Elizabeth Greene was a much-photographed English actress and singer who played in Edwardian musical comedies in London and on Broadway. She is most notable for starring as Dolores, the central character in the international hit musical Florodora...
, English actress - Gael GreeneGael GreeneGael Greene is an American restaurant critic, author and novelist. She became New York magazine's restaurant critic in fall, 1968 at a time when most New Yorkers were unsophisticated about food and there were few chefs anyone knew by name. She was a passionate early "foodie" before that word was...
, American food critic - George GreeneGeorge Greene (law)George Greene was a lawyer, justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, railroad entrepreneur, businessman, philanthropist, and one of the founders of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.-Early life:...
, 19th-century Iowa Supreme Court justice - George S. GreeneGeorge S. GreeneGeorge Sears Greene was a civil engineer and a Union general during the American Civil War. He was part of the Greene family of Rhode Island, which had a distinguished military record for the United States. His greatest contribution during the war was his defense of the Union right flank at Culp's...
, Union general during the American Civil War - George Washington GreeneGeorge Washington GreeneGeorge Washington Greene was an American historian as well as the grandson of Major-General Nathanael Greene, who served during the American Revolutionary War.-Biography:...
, American historian - Gladys Georgianna Greene, better known as Jean Arthur, American actress
- Graham GreeneGraham GreeneHenry Graham Greene, OM, CH was an English author, playwright and literary critic. His works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world...
, 20th-century English writer - Graham GreeneGraham Greene (actor)Graham Greene is a Canadian actor who has worked on stage, and in film and TV productions in Canada, England and the United States.-Early life:...
, Canadian actor - Harold H. GreeneHarold H. GreeneHarold Herman Greene was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia...
, U.S. district court justice - Harry Plunket GreeneHarry Plunket GreeneHarry Plunket Greene was an Irish baritone singer who was most famous in the formal concert and oratorio repertoire. He made a great contribution to British musical life also by writing and lecturing upon his art, and in the field of competitions and examinations...
, Irish singer - Henry Greene and Charles Greene, American architects, better known as Greene and GreeneGreene and GreeneGreene and Greene was an architectural firm established by brothers Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene , influential early 20th Century American architects...
- Herbert GreeneHerbert GreeneHerbert Jabez Green was a talented English professional musician and virtuoso of the 81 key Wheatstone Duet Concertina and accomplished player of many different concertinas, the accordion and the piano....
, English musician - Herbert M. GreeneHerbert M. GreeneHerbert Miller Greene was an American architect. He designed the Dallas National Bank Building and a number of buildings for the University of Texas at Austin....
, American architect - Hugh GreeneHugh GreeneSir Hugh Carleton Greene KCMG, OBE was a British journalist and television executive. He was the Director-General of the BBC from 1960―1969, and is generally credited with modernising an organisation that had fallen behind in the wake of the launch of ITV in 1955.-Early life and work:Hugh was born...
, British journalist and television executive - Hunter GreeneHunter GreeneHunter Vann Greene is an attorney in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 66 in East Baton Rouge Parish....
, Louisiana politician - J. Patrick GreeneJ. Patrick GreeneDr. J. Patrick Greene OBE, PhD, is an archaeologist and a museum director.-Biography:Greene was appointed in 1971 to conduct an exploratory excavation at Norton Priory near Runcorn in Cheshire, England...
, English archaeologist and museum director - James Edward GreeneJames Edward GreeneJames Edward Greene was a Liberian politician. He served as the country's Vice-President from April 1972 until his death on 22 July 1977....
, Liberian politician - Jehmu GreeneJehmu GreeneJehmu Greene is an American political commentator and social justice organizer. Greene was born in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Austin, Texas. Greene is the daughter of Liberian immigrants.- Career :...
, American politician - John Greene (settler)John Greene (settler)John Greene was an early settler of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and a co-founder of the town of Warwick in the colony...
, co-founder of Warwick, Rhode Island - John Greene, Jr.John Greene, Jr.John Greene Jr. was a deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations who spent almost his entire adult life in the public service of the colony. Born in England, he was the son of John Greene and Joan Tattersall, and sailed to New England with his parents in 1635 aboard...
colonial Deputy Governor of Rhode Island
- Kai GreeneKai GreeneKai Greene is a professional bodybuilder. His most recent win was the New York Pro Show 2011.-Biography:In an autobiography published on his website, Greene describes his childhood as troubled. At age six, he became a ward of the state; he was moved through different foster homes for most of his...
, bodybuilder - Kenny GreeneKenny GreeneKenny Greene was an Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter who was also a member of the R&B group Intro.-Career:...
, American singer-songwriter and record producer - Kempton GreeneKempton GreeneKempton Greene was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 68 films between 1909 and 1921.He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana.-Selected filmography:* Brown of Harvard...
, American actor - Khalil GreeneKhalil GreeneKhalil Thabit Greene is a Major League Baseball shortstop who is currently a free agent. He bats and throws right-handed.-High school and college:...
, major league baseball infielder - Kim Morgan GreeneKim Morgan GreeneKim Morgan Greene is an American actress.She is perhaps best known for her performance as Channing Carter Colby in the Dynasty spin-off series The Colbys...
, American actress - Laivan GreeneLaivan GreeneLaivan Greene is an American actress, singer and dancer. She is best known for playing Keisha Ray in the Disney Channel Original Movie, Jump In!. She was also a series regular on the television show All of Us. She played the role of "Braces" in Heroes...
, American actress - Lance GreeneLance Greene- Career :Greene recently acted in John Wells opposite Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones and he also produced numerous theater and film productions in New York City and Boston. He starred as Billy O’Toole in On Broadway, an independent film shot in Boston, acting opposite Mike O’Malley, Joey...
, actor and theater and film producer - Laura GreeneLaura Greene- Early life and career :Greene was born in London, England, the daughter of Welsh DIY expert Harry Greene and actress Marjie Lawrence. She is sister of presenter Sarah. Laura was educated at the Gospel Oak Primary School and the Grey Coat Hospital school, London, while also pursuing child acting...
, British television presenter - Leon GreeneLeon GreeneLeon Greene is an English opera singer and film actor.His films include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum , The Devil Rides Out , The Squeeze , Flash Gordon and several Carry On comedies.-External links:...
, English opera singer and film actor - Lorne GreeneLorne GreeneLorne Greene , was the stage name of Lyon Himan Green, OC, a Canadian actor.His television roles include Ben Cartwright on the western Bonanza, and Commander Adama in the science fiction movie and subsequent TV Series Battlestar Galactica...
, Canadian actor - Matt GreeneMatt GreeneMatt Greene is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who currently plays for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. Greene currently serves as an alternate captain for Los Angeles.-Edmonton Oilers:...
, American NHL defenseman - Maurice Greene (athlete)Maurice Greene (athlete)Maurice Greene is a retired American track and field sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is a former 100 m world record holder with a time of 9.79 seconds. During the height of his career he won four Olympic medals and was a five-time World Champion...
, athlete, former 100m record holder - Maxine GreeneMaxine GreeneMaxine Greene is an American educational philosopher, author, social activist, and teacher.-Career:American educational philosopher, author, social activist and teacher who values experiential learning in its "entirety", Maxine Greene has influenced thousands of educators to bring the vitality of...
, American educational philosopher, author, social activist, and teacher - Melissa Fay GreeneMelissa Fay GreeneMelissa Fay Greene is an American nonfiction author. A 1975 graduate of Oberlin College, Greene is the author of five books of nonfiction, a two-time National Book Award finalist, recipient of an honorary doctorate from Emory University in 2010, and a 2011 inductee into the Georgia Writers Hall of...
, American writer - Moya GreeneMoya GreeneMoya Greene is a Canadian civil servant and business woman.Born in Newfoundland, Greene graduated from Memorial University of Newfoundland with a Bachelor of Arts in 1974, and then attended Osgoode Hall Law School....
, Canadian civil servant, President and CEO of Canada Post - Nathanael GreeneNathanael GreeneNathanael Greene was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer. Many places in the United...
, American general (and a name source for many US locations) - Patricia GreenePatricia GreenePatricia Greene MBE , is a British film and radio actress.-Early life:She was born in Derbyshire, England. She attended the Parkfield Cedars Grammar School in Derby . She also calls herself Paddy...
, British actress - Peter GreenePeter GreenePeter Greene is an American character actor.A native of Montclair, New Jersey, Greene did not pursue a career in acting until his mid 20s...
, American actor - Robert GreeneRobert Greene (16th century)Robert Greene was an English author best known for a posthumous pamphlet attributed to him, Greene's Groats-Worth of Wit, widely believed to contain a polemic attack on William Shakespeare. He was born in Norwich and attended Cambridge University, receiving a B.A. in 1580, and an M.A...
, 16th-century poet - Robert Greene, contemporary author
- Russell GreeneRussell GreeneRussell Greene is a former Australian rules footballer and member of the prestigious 300 game club.He was just sixteen when he made his VFL debut in 1974 for St Kilda. In 1980 he joined Hawthorn and was a key player during a successful decade for the club...
, Australian rules footballer - Serginho GreeneSerginho GreeneSerginho Greene, is a Dutch association football player who is currently playing for Levski Sofia in the Bulgarian A PFG.-Early life:...
, Dutch soccer player - Sonia GreeneSonia GreeneSonia Haft Greene Lovecraft Davis was a one-time pulp fiction writer and amateur publisher, a single mother, business woman and successful milliner who bankrolled several fanzines in the early twentieth century...
, writer - Susaye GreeneSusaye GreeneSusaye Greene , is an African-American singer, best known for being the last official member to join Motown girl group The Supremes, remaining in the group during its final years of existence from 1976 to 1977.-Early life and career:...
, American singer - Talib Kweli Greene, better known as Talib Kweli, American emcee
- Ted GreeneTed GreeneTheodore "Ted" Greene was an American fingerstyle jazz guitarist, music columnist, and music educator active in Encino, California.-Early Days:...
, guitarist and music educator - Tilly GreeneTilly Greene-Biography:Born in Southern California, Greene eventually moved to North Yorkshire in England to further her education, and now resides on the New Jersey....
, American writer - Timothy GreeneTimothy GreeneTimothy John Greene is a South African actor, film director, and writer. He is also known as Tim Greene and cited under that name in most articles about him.-The making of Boy called Twist:...
, South African actor and film director - Todd GreeneTodd GreeneTodd Anthony Greene is a former Major League Baseball catcher. In an 11 year career, he played for the Anaheim Angels , Toronto Blue Jays , New York Yankees , Texas Rangers , Colorado Rockies , and San Francisco Giants . He batted and threw right-handed. Greene allegedly received steroids from Dr...
, American baseball player - Thomas Alan "Tom" Greene, Louisiana politician and veterinarian
- Vibert GreeneVibert GreeneVictor Sylvester Greene is a former Barbadian first class cricketer. A right-arm medium-fast bowler, Green had a short career but played three seasons in England with Gloucestershire.-References:*...
, Barbadian cricketer - Vincent Graves GreeneVincent Graves GreeneVincent Graves Greene was a Canadian philatelist, so prominent in the field of Canadian philately that he was often referred to as “Canada's Grand Old Man” by fellow philatelists.-Philatelic literature:...
20th-century Canadian philatelist - Vivien GreeneVivien GreeneVivien Greene was the widow of the distinguished novelist Graham Greene and an authority on doll's houses....
, English authority on doll's houses - Wilfred Greene, 1st Baron GreeneWilfred Greene, 1st Baron GreeneWilfred Arthur Greene, 1st Baron Greene MC, OBE, KC, PC was a British lawyer and judge.-Education and Military Service:...
, British judge - William Greene (colonial governor)William Greene (colonial governor)William Greene was a governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. He was a clerk of the county court in Providence, deputy from Warwick, speaker of the Rhode Island Assembly, and then deputy governor from 1740 to 1743...
, served 11 one-year terms as governor of Rhode IslandColony of Rhode Island and Providence PlantationsThe Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original English Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of North America that, after the American Revolution, became the modern U.S... - William Cornell GreeneWilliam Cornell GreeneWilliam Cornell Greene was an American businessman, who was famous for discovering rich copper reserves in Cananea, Mexico and founded the Greene Consolidated Copper Company in 1899. By 1905, William Greene was one of the wealthiest businessmen in the world.- Early life :Greene was born in Duck...
, copper magnate - William Pomeroy Crawford GreeneWilliam Pomeroy Crawford GreeneWilliam Pomeroy Crawford Greene was an English Conservative Party politician.At the 1923 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Worcester. He held the seat until he retired from politics at the 1945 election.- External links :...
, English politician
Fictional characters
- Dominic GreeneDominic GreeneDominic Greene is a fictional character and the primary antagonist in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace. He is portrayed by French actor Mathieu Amalric.-In the film:...
(James Bond: Quantum of Solace - Film) - Hillary Greene (Hillary Greene Series of books)
- Mark GreeneMark GreeneDr. Mark Greene was a fictional medical doctor from the television series ER, portrayed by the actor Anthony Edwards. For most of his time on the series, Greene's role was that of a mediator and occasional authority figure, and he was considered the main character of the series for the first eight...
(ER - TV series) - Moe GreeneMoe GreeneMoe Greene is a fictional character appearing in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel The Godfather and the first installment of the The Godfather trilogy of films, in which he was portrayed by actor Alex Rocco...
(The Godfather - Film and novel) - Rachel Greene, (alternative spelling of Rachel Green in Friends - American television sitcom)
See also
- Green (disambiguation)Green (disambiguation)-Land:*Village green, common land at the centre of a community*Putting green, a finely-cut grassed area at the end of a golf fairway-Environmentalism:*Environmentally friendly or green...
- Greener (disambiguation)
- Friese-Greene
- The Greene Town Center, Beavercreek, Ohio