What is "greenspan"

Greenspan is an English surname popular among Jewish Americans. It is the anglicized form of the German/ Yiddish surname Grünspan ("green swarf", "green patina", " verdigris", " copper(II) acetate"). Cognate are the surnames Grynszpan and Grinshpan (Poland, Romania, Hungary). Notable people with the surname include:

• Alan Greenspan (born 1926), American economist
  • Greenspan Commission (1981–83) on social security reform, chaired by the above
  • Greenspan put, a policy named after the economist
  • Guidotti–Greenspan rule of finance, publicized by the economist
• 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 Greenspan (born 1944), Canadian lawyer
• Jason Scott Greenspan (born 1959), aka Jason Alexander, American actor
• Jerry Greenspan (born 1941), American basketball player
• Melissa Greenspan (born 20th century), American actress
• Nachman Shlomo Greenspan (1878–1961), Polish-born UK rabbi and Talmudic scholar
• Ryan Greenspan (born 1982), American paintball player
• Stanley Greenspan (born 1941), American psychiatrist
• Ronald Greenspan, Q.C. (born 1936) Canadian lawyer
• Herschel Grynszpan (1921-before 1945), Jewish assassin
• Edward Greenspon (born 1957), Canadian newspaper editor