Monroe (given name)

Monroe is a masculine given name which may refer to:

People

 * Monroe Althouse (1853–1924), American composer and bandmaster
 * Monroe Baker (1821 or 1823–?), American politician, one of the first, possibly the first, African-American mayors in the United States
 * Monroe Beardsley (1915–1985), American philosopher
 * Monroe D. Donsker (1924–1991), American mathematician and a professor
 * Monroe Evans (fl. 1966–1969), first Jewish mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States
 * Monroe Hayward (1840–1899), American politician and senator
 * Monroe Heath (1827–1894), American politician, mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States
 * Monroe Fein (1923–1982), US Navy lieutenant and captain of the Altalena in the 1948 Altalena Affair
 * Monroe Karmin (1929–1999), American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
 * Monroe H. Kulp (1858–1911), American politician
 * Monroe Alpheus Majors (1864–1960), American physician, writer and civil rights activist
 * Monroe G. McKay (1928–2020), United States circuit judge
 * Monroe Morton (1856–1919), African-American businessperson and postmaster
 * Monroe Jackson Rathbone II (1900–1976), American businessman, chairman, president, and CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey
 * Monroe M. Redden (1901–1987), American politician
 * Monroe Rosenfeld (c. 1861–1918), American songwriter and journalist
 * Monroe M. Shipe (1847–1924), American real estate developer and streetcar network operator

Fictional characters

 * Monroe Ficus, in the American sitcom Too Close for Comfort
 * Monroe, in the American television series Grimm
 * Monroe, in the American animated television series The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (2005–2007)
 * Monroe, main character of William Wray's comic strip Monroe, published in Mad magazine