Greg is a masculine given name, and often a shortened form of the given name Gregory. Greg (sometimes spelled " Gregg") is also a surname.

People with the name

Greg Abbott (disambiguation) Greg Abbott (born 1957) is the 48th governor of Texas. Greg or Gregory Abbott may also refer to: * Greg Abbott (footballer) (born 1963), English football manager and former player *Reverend Gadget or Greg Abbott, American television personality * G ...

, multiple people *

Greg Abel Gregory Edward Abel (born June 1, 1962) is a Canadian businessman, chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, and vice-chairman of non-insurance operations of Berkshire Hathaway since January 2018. On May 3, 2025, it was announced that he wil ...

(born 1961/1962), Canadian businessman * Greg Adams (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Allen (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Anderson (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Austin (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Ball (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Bell (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Bennett (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Berlanti Gregory Berlanti (born May 24, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He is known for his work on the television series ''Dawson's Creek'', ''Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series), Brothers & Sisters'', ''Everwood'', ''Political ...

(born 1972), American writer and producer *

Greg Biffle Gregory Jack Biffle (born December 23, 1969), nicknamed "the Biff", is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver. After racing in the NASCAR Winter Heat Series in the mid-1990s, he was recommended to Jack Roush by former race ...

(born 1969), American NASCAR driver * Greg Blankenship (born 1954), American football player *

Greg Boyd (disambiguation) Greg or Gregory Boyd may refer to: *Greg Boyd (theologian) Gregory A. Boyd (born June 2, 1957) is an American theologian, Anabaptist pastor, and author. Boyd is Senior Pastor of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota and President of Rekne ...

, multiple people * Greg Boyer (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Brady (broadcaster) Greg Brady (born 1971) is a Canadian radio host. Brady took a leave of absence from his position as host of morning drive show ''Toronto Today'' on radio station 640 Toronto while he ran for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons as the Conserva ...

(born 1971), Canadian sports radio host *

Greg Brock (baseball) Gregory Allen Brock (born June 14, 1957) is a retired baseball player who played for 10 seasons in Major League Baseball. A first baseman for his entire major league career, he split his time evenly between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee ...

(born 1957), American baseball player * Greg Brooker (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Brooks (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Brown (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Bryant (disambiguation) Greg or Gregory Bryant may refer to: * Greg Bryant (computer scientist), American computer scientist * Greg Bryant (astronomer), namesake of 9984 Gregbryant * Greg Bryant (American football), see 2012 USA Today All-USA high school football team ...

, multiple people *

Greg Burke (disambiguation) Greg Burke may refer to: * Greg Burke (athletic director), director of athletics for Northwestern State University * Greg Burke (baseball) (born 1982), Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for San Diego and the New York Mets * Greg Bu ...

, multiple people *

Greg Burns (disambiguation) Greg Burns may refer to: * Greg Burns (American football) (born 1972), American football coach * Greg Burns (Australian rules footballer) (born 1958), former Australian rules footballer * Greg Burns (musician), American musician with Red Sparowe ...

, multiple people *

Greg Calabrese Greg Calabrese is an American actor who played the recurring character of Trevor on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by ...

, American actor *

Greg Camarillo Greg Camarillo ( ; born April 18, 1982) is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football at Stanford. He was signed by the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2005. Camarillo also played for the Miami Dolp ...

(born 1982), American football player *

Greg Campbell (disambiguation) Gregory Campbell or Greg Campbell may refer to: * Gregory Campbell (politician) Gregory Lloyd Campbell (born 15 February 1953) is a British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Lond ...

, multiple people *

Greg Carey (disambiguation) Greg Carey may refer to: * Greg Carey (ice hockey) (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player * Greg Carey (voice actor), Australian-born voice actor {{Hndis, Carey, Greg ...

, multiple people *

Greg Alyn Carlson Greg Alyn Carlson (November 2, 1971 – February 13, 2019) was an American criminal formerly on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list from September 27, 2018, to February 13, 2019. Background Carlson was an alleged sexual predator involved in m ...

(1971–2019), American fugitive *

Greg Carr (disambiguation) Gregory Carr may refer to: * Greg Carr (gridiron football) (born 1985), American football player * Greg Carr (rally driver), Australian rally driver * Gregory C. Carr (born 1959), American entrepreneur and philanthropist See also * Gregg Carr ...

, multiple people *

Greg Carter (disambiguation) Greg Carter may refer to: * Greg Carter (American football) (born 1954), American football coach and former baseball player * Greg Carter (filmmaker), American filmmaker * Greg Carter (theatre director), American theatre director {{hndis, C ...

, multiple people *

Greg Cipes Gregory Michael Cipes (born January 4, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Beast Boy in ''Teen Titans'', ''Teen Titans Go!,'' '' Young Justice'', and ''Beast Boy: Lone Wolf''; Michelangelo in ''Teenage Mutant Nin ...

(born 1980), American actor * Greg Clark (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Collins (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Cook (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Cox (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Craven (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Davies Gregory Daniel Davies ( ; born 14 May 1968) is a Welsh comedian, actor, presenter, and writer. He is best known for his roles as Mr Gilbert in ''The Inbetweeners'' (2008–2010), Ken Thompson in ''Cuckoo'' (2012–2019), Dan Davies in '' Man ...

(born 1968), Welsh comedian and actor * Greg Davis (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Dean (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Dobbs (born 1978), American baseball player * Greg Dortch (born 1998), American football player * Greg Downs (born 1958), English footballer *

Greg Downs (writer) Greg Downs (born November 22, 1971) is an author and historian. He is best known for the Flannery O'Connor Award-winning short story collection ''Spit Baths'' (2006) and his histories of the United States Civil War. Early life and education Dow ...

(born 1971), American author and historian *

Greg Ducre Gregory Ducre (born January 22, 1992) is an American former professional football cornerback. He played college football at the University of Washington. He signed with the San Diego Chargers as an undrafted free agent in 2014. He has also been ...

, American football player *

Greg Dulli Greg Dulli (born May 11, 1965) is an American musician from Hamilton, Ohio. Debuting as a member of the rock band the Afghan Whigs in 1986, Dulli has been a member of the Twilight Singers, Gutter Twins, and in 2020 released his debut solo albu ...

(born 1965), American musician, founding member of

The Afghan Whigs The Afghan Whigs are an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio. They were active from 1986 to 2001 and have since reformed as a band. The group – with core members Greg Dulli (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick McCollum (lead guitar), and John ...

The Twilight Singers The Twilight Singers are an American indie rock band. It was formed in 1997 by Greg Dulli as a side project during a hiatus from his group The Afghan Whigs. After the Afghan Whigs disbanded, Dulli used The Twilight Singers as his own artistic v ...

, and

The Gutter Twins The Gutter Twins was a musical collaboration between rock musicians Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan. Dulli and Lanegan had regularly contributed to each other's projects since 2000, most notably in Dulli's Twilight Singers; of the duo's origins, D ...

Greg Eagles Greg Eagles (born October 28, 1970) is an American actor. He voiced the Grim Reaper in Cartoon Network's '' Grim & Evil'' and its spin-off '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy''. He also voiced Captain Bob and Sketch Pad on HBO's Canadian-Am ...

(born 1970), African-American actor * Greg Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Evans (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Fidelman (born 1977), American music engineer, producer and mixer * Greg Foster (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Fox (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Gagne (disambiguation) Greg Gagne is the name of: * Greg Gagne (baseball) (born 1961), former shortstop in Major League Baseball * Greg Gagne (wrestler) (born 1948), former professional wrestler and son of Verne Gagne {{hndis, name=Gagne, Greg ...

, multiple people * Greg Gaines (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Garcia (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Gardner (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player and coach * Greg Garrett (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Garrison (1924–2005), American television producer and director * Greg Gary (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Gershuny, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute's Energy and Environment Program *

Greg Gianforte Gregory Richard Gianforte ( ; born April 17, 1961) is an American politician, businessman, and software engineer serving as the 25th governor of Montana since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Gianforte served as the U.S. representativ ...

(born 1961), American businessman and politician * Greg Gibson (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Green (born 1963), American businessman * Greg Guidry (1954–2003), American singer-songwriter * Greg Hall (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Ham Gregory Norman Ham (27 September 1953 – 15 April 2012) was an Australian musician, best known as a member of the 1980s band Men at Work. He played saxophone, flute, organ, piano, and synthesizer. Early life Ham was born in Melbourne and attend ...

(1953–2012), Australian musician, songwriter, member of the band Men at Work * Greg Harris (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Hartle (born 1951), American football player * Greg Hill (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Holland (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Holmes (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Howard (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg James (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Jeffries Gregory Lemont Jeffries (born October 16, 1971) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for two teams. He was selected by the Detroit Lions in the sixth round of the 1993 NFL draft. He played college footbal ...

(born 1971), American football player * Greg Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Johnston (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Jones (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Joseph (born 1994) American football player * Greg Kane (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Kelly (born 1968), American TV news reporter * Greg Kennedy (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Kindle (born 1950), American football player * Greg King (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Lake (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Lamberson (born 1964), American author and filmmaker * Greg Lambert (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Lee (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg LeMond Gregory James LeMond (born June 26, 1961) is an American former Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France thrice and the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Road Race World Championship twice, becoming t ...

(born 1961), American road racing cyclist, three-time winner of the Tour de France * Greg Lewis (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Little (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Lloyd (born 1965), American player in the National Football League * Greg Lloyd Jr. (born 1989), American player in the National Football League, son of the above * Greg Long (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Louganis Gregory Efthimios Louganis (; born January 29, 1960) is an American Olympic Diving (sport), diver who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics on the springboard and platform. He is the only man and the second ...

(born 1960), American Olympic champion diver and LGBT activist *

Greg Luzinski Gregory Michael Luzinski (born November 22, 1950), nicknamed "the Bull", is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder from to , most prominently as a member of the Philadelphia Philli ...

(born 1950), American baseball player *

Greg Maddux Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966), also known as "Mad Dog" and "the Professor," is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs. ...

(born 1966), American baseball player * Greg Malone (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Mancz (born 1992), American football player * Greg Marderian (born 1952), American football player * Greg Marshall (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Martin (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Miller (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Moore (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Morris (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Mullavey Greg Mullavey (born Gregory Thomas Mulleavy Jr.; September 10, 1939) is an American film and television actor who has had roles as Tom Hartman in the television series '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' and Carly and Spencer's grandfather in ''iCar ...

(born 1939), American theater, television, and film actor * Greg Myers (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Nelson (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Newsome II (born 2000), American football player *

Greg Norman Gregory John Norman (born 10 February 1955) is an Australian former professional golfer who spent 331 weeks as List of World Number One male golfers, world number one in the 1980s and 1990s. He won 88 professional tournaments, including 20 PGA ...

(born 1955), Australian golfer and entrepreneur * Greg Norton (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Olsen (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Olson (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Orton (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Overstreet, American lawyer and politician * Greg Page (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Parker, British physicist * Greg Pearce (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Perry (disambiguation) Greg(ory) Perry is the name of: *Gregory Perry, see OpenBSD *Greg Perry (footballer) (born 1949), Australian footballer for Essendon *Greg Perry (singer), American singer *Greg Perry, artist, see ''Landmark for Peace Memorial'' *Greg Perry, one of ...

, multiple people * Greg Peterson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Potter Gregory Paul Potter is an Americans, American comic book writer best known for co-creating the DC Comics series ''Jemm, Jemm, Son of Saturn'' with artist Gene Colan. Biography Greg Potter began writing comics stories for Warren Publishing's bla ...

, American comic book writer * Greg Richards (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Roberts (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Rusedski Gregory Rusedski (born 6 September 1973) is a Canadian-British former professional tennis player. He was the British No. 1 in 1997, 1999 and 2006, and reached the ATP Tour, ATP ranking of world No. 4 for periods from 6 October 1997 to 12 October ...

(born 1973), Canadian-born British tennis player *

Greg Rutherford Gregory James Rutherford Member of the Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 17 November 1986) is a retired British people, British track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He represented Great Britain at the Olympics, World a ...

(born 1986), British long jumper * Greg Scott (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Senat Gregory Senat (born September 8, 1994) is an American professional football offensive tackle. He played college football at Wagner. Early life Senat attended Elmont Memorial High School, where his main sport was basketball. He played his last ...

(born 1994), American football player * Greg Shaw (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Smith (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Stekelman (born 1975), English novelist * Greg Stevens (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Stewart (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Stroman (born 1996), American football player * Greg Sutton (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Tansey Gregory James Tansey (born 21 November 1988) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Tansey started his career at Stockport County F.C., Stockport County, progressing through the youth syste ...

(born 1988), English footballer * Greg Taylor (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Thompson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Tribbett Gregory Arnold Tribbett Jr. (born November 7, 1968) is an American guitarist who is one of the founding members, lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the metal band Mudvayne. He is also the former lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the met ...

(born 1968), American musician and songwriter * Greg van Hest (born 1973), Dutch long-distance runner * Greg VanWoerkom (born 1980), American politician *

Greg Valentine Jonathan Anthony Wisniski (born September 20, 1951) is a retired American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "the Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine. Over five decades, Valentine held more than 40 championsh ...

(born 1951), American professional wrestler * Greg Vavra (born 1961), Canadian football player * Greg Walker (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Ward Jr. (born 1995), American football player * Greg Warren (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Weisman (born 1963), American writer, actor, producer * Greg Wells (disambiguation), multiple people *

Greg Whittington Gregory Vernon Whittington (born February 17, 1993) is an American professional basketball player. After a tumultuous college career with Georgetown, Whittington began his professional career by helping the Sioux Falls Skyforce win the 2016 NB ...

(born 1993), American basketball player * Greg Wilkins (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Williams (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Wood (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Young (disambiguation), multiple people * Greg Zuerlein, multiple people

People with the nickname

Greg (cartoonist) Michel Régnier (5 May 1931 – 29 October 1999), best known by his pseudonym Greg, was a Belgian cartoonist best known for ''Achille Talon'', and later became editor of ''Tintin'' magazine. Biography Regnier was born in Ixelles, Belgium i ...

(1931–1999), the pseudonym of Belgian comic book artist Michel Regnier

Fictional characters with the name

* Greg Brady (''Brady Bunch''), on the American sitcom ''

The Brady Bunch ''The Brady Bunch'' is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz that aired five seasons from September 26, 1969, to March 8, 1974, on ABC. The series revolves around a large blended family of six children, with three boys and three gir ...

'' * Greg Foster (''The Young and the Restless''), on the American soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' *

Greg Heffley Gregory "Greg" Heffley is a fictional character in the ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' franchise, serving as the antiheroic main protagonist and unreliable narrator of the books, online series, and multimedia franchise. He was created by Jeff Kinney, ...

, protagonist of the children's book series ''

Diary of a Wimpy Kid ''Diary of a Wimpy Kid'' is an American illustrated children's novel series and media franchise created by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. The series follows Greg Heffley, a middle-schooler who illustrates his daily life in a dia ...

'' *

Greg Jessop Greg Jessop is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Stefan Booth. He was introduced as the fiancé of Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner), and first appeared on screen on 1 October 2010 to work on the reconstruction of ...

, on the British soap opera ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...

'' * Greg Nelson, on the American soap opera ''All My Children'' * The title character in ''

Greg the Bunny ''Greg the Bunny'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on Fox in 2002. It starred Seth Green and a hand puppet named Greg the Bunny, a character originally created by the team of Sean Baker, Spencer Chinoy and Dan Milano. Mila ...

'', an American sitcom * The younger brother Greg, one of the protagonist in the animation ''

Over the Garden Wall ''Over the Garden Wall'' is an American animated dark fantasy television miniseries created by Patrick McHale for Cartoon Network. The series centers on two half-brothers who travel through a mysterious forest to find their way home, encount ...

'' * Greg Universe, is the father to the main character ''

Steven Universe ''Steven Universe'' is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It tells the coming-of-age story of a young boy, Steven Universe (character), Steven Universe (Zach Callison), who lives with the Crys ...

'' * Greg, on the mobile video game, '' Hay Day'' and '' Squad Busters''