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