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
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
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