Greenspan

Greenspan is a typically Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It is the anglicized form of the Yiddish surname Grünspan (Template:Langx). 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
• Ben Greenspan, American baseball coach
• 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
• Christopher Dexter Greenspan, creator of OOoOO
• Dave Greenspan (born 1965), American politician
• David Greenspan (born 1956), American actor and playwright
• Deborah Greenspan, British-American scholar
• Dorie Greenspan (born 20th century), American author of cookbooks
• Edward Greenspon (born 1957), Canadian newspaper editor
• Haim Aviv (1940–2021), born Haim Greenspan, Israeli scientist
• Harvey P. Greenspan (born 1933), American mathematician
• Herschel Grynszpan (1921–before 1945), Jewish assassin
• Jane Cutler Greenspan, American judge
• Jason Scott Greenspan (born 1959), aka Jason Alexander, American actor
• Jerry Greenspan (1941–2019), American basketball player
• John S. Greenspan (1938–2023), American academic
• Joseph Greenspan (born 1992), American soccer player
• Marshall Greenspan, American engineer
• Mauro Cabral Grinspan, (born 1971), Argentinian intersex and trans activist
• Melissa Greenspan (born 20th century), American actress
• Michael Greenspan, Canadian filmmaker
• Nachman Shlomo Greenspan (1878–1961), Polish-born UK rabbi and Talmudic scholar
• Nancy Thorndike Greenspan, American author
• Natan Grinszpan-Kikiel, birth name of Roman Romkowski, state security official in Communist Poland
• Patricia Greenspan, American professor
• Ryan Greenspan (born 1982), American paintball player
• Sholom Greenspan, American askan and social commentator
• Stanley Greenspan (1941–2010), American psychiatrist

See also

• Greenspoon
• Greenspun
• Guidotti–Greenspan rule
• Greenspan Commission