Greenspan is a typically

Ashkenazi Jewish Ashkenazi Jews ( ; also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim) form a distinct subgroup of the Jewish diaspora, that Ethnogenesis, emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium Common era, CE. They traditionally spe ...

surname. It is the anglicized form of the

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

surname Grünspan (). Cognate are the surnames Grynszpan, Grinszpan and Grinshpan (Poland, Romania, Hungary). Notable people with the surname include: *

Alan Greenspan Alan Greenspan (born March 6, 1926) is an American economist who served as the 13th chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. He worked as a private adviser and provided consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates L ...

(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 FamilyTreeDNA is a division of Gene by Gene, a commercial genetic testing company based in Houston, Texas. FamilyTreeDNA offers analysis of autosomal DNA, Y-DNA, and mitochondrial DNA to individuals for genealogical purpose. With a database ...

Brad Greenspan Brad Greenspan is an internet entrepreneur best known for overseeing ''eUniverse''’s launch of Myspace.com in August 2003. Greenspan founded ''eUniverse, Inc''. an internet company which in 1999 acquired ''CDUniverse.com'' with approximately 3 ...

(born 20th century), American entrepreneur (MySpace) * Brian Greenspan (born 1947), Canadian lawyer *

Bud Greenspan Jonah J. "Bud" Greenspan (September 18, 1926December 25, 2010) was an American film director, writer, and producer known for his sports documentaries. Career Greenspan was born in New York City. He overcame a lisp in adolescence and went into sp ...

(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 Deborah Greenspan is a British-American scholar in dentistry, having been Professor and the Leland and Gladys Barber Distinguished Professor at UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco. She and ...

, British-American scholar * Dorie Greenspan (born 20th century), American author of cookbooks *

Edward Greenspon Edward Greenspon (born March 26, 1957) is a Canadian journalist who was Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail newspaper and President of the Public Policy Forum think tank. He joined Bloomberg News in January 2014 as Editor-at-Large for Canada af ...

(born 1957), Canadian newspaper editor * Haim Aviv (1940–2021), born Haim Greenspan, Israeli scientist * Harvey P. Greenspan (born 1933), American mathematician *

Herschel Grynszpan Herschel Feibel Grynszpan (Yiddish: הערשל פײַבל גרינשפּאן; German language, German: ''Hermann Grünspan''; 28 March 1921 – last rumoured to be alive in 1945, declared dead in 1960) was a History of Jews in Poland, Polish-Jew ...

(1921–before 1945), Jewish assassin * Jane Cutler Greenspan, American judge * Jason Scott Greenspan (born 1959), aka

Jason Alexander Jay Scott Greenspan (born September 23, 1959), known professionally as Jason Alexander, is an American actor and comedian. Over the course of his career he has received an Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for four Golden Globe ...

, 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 Mauro Cabral Grinspan, also known as Mauro Cabral, is an Argentinian intersex and trans activist and researcher. He coordinates the project on intersex depathologization at InterAction for Health and Human Rights. Previously, he served as the Seni ...

, (born 1971), Argentinian intersex and trans activist *

Melissa Greenspan Melissa Greenspan is an American actress. On television, she is known for her recurring roles as Kim on '' Providence'' and as Cindy on the ''Desperate Housewives''. She also appeared in ''Party of Five'', '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class'', ' ...

(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 Stanley Greenspan (June 1, 1941 – April 27, 2010) was an American child psychiatrist and clinical professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Science, and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School. He was best known for developing the f ...

(1941–2010), American psychiatrist

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