Greenspan


Greenspan


Greenspan is a typically Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It is the anglicized form of the German/Yiddish surname Grünspan ("green swarf", "green patina", "verdigris", "copper(II) acetate"). Cognate are the surnames Grynszpan, Grinszpan and Grinshpan (Poland, Romania, Hungary).

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Alan Greenspan (born 1926), American economist, former Federal Reserve Chairman
  • Alison Greenspan (1972–2021), American film and television producer
  • Bennett Greenspan (born 1952), American entrepreneur, founder of Family Tree DNA
  • Brad Greenspan (born 20th century), American entrepreneur (MySpace)
  • Brian Greenspan (born 1947), Canadian lawyer
  • Bud Greenspan (1926–2010), American film director
  • David Greenspan (born 1956), American actor and playwright
  • Dorie Greenspan (born 20th century), American author of cookbooks
  • Edward Greenspon (born 1957), Canadian newspaper editor
  • Harvey P. Greenspan (born 1933), American mathematician
  • Herschel Grynszpan (1921-before 1945), Jewish assassin
  • Jason Scott Greenspan (born 1959), aka Jason Alexander, American actor
  • Jerry Greenspan (1941–2019), American basketball player
  • Marshall Greenspan, American engineer
  • Mauro Cabral Grinspan, (born 1971), Argentinian intersex and trans activist
  • Melissa Greenspan (born 20th century), American actress
  • Nachman Shlomo Greenspan (1878–1961), Polish-born UK rabbi and Talmudic scholar
  • Natan Grinszpan-Kikiel, birth name of Roman Romkowski, state security official in Communist Poland
  • Ryan Greenspan (born 1982), American paintball player
  • Stanley Greenspan (1941–2010), American psychiatrist


See also

  • Greenspoon
  • Greenspun

Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: Greenspan by Wikipedia (Historical)



 


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