Gren (name)

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Gren is both a given name and a surname. As a given name it is often used as a short name of Grenville or Grenfell. It may refer to

Given name
Gren British artist

Grenfell "Gren" Jones MBE was one of Wales's best-known and longest-serving newspaper cartoonists.

Grenville David "Gren" Alabaster is a former New Zealand first class cricketer for Otago, Canterbury and Northern Districts. A winner of the New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year Award in 1972, Alabaster was a right-arm off-break bowler. He represented New Zealand on occasions, including the tour to Australia in 1973-74, but never in a Test match. His brother Jack Alabaster played 21 Tests.

Grenville W. "Gren" Goodwin was Mayor of Ottawa for several months in 1951. His hometown was Prescott, Ontario and he was an optometrist by profession.

Surname
Axel Wenner-Gren Swedish businessman

Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren was a Swedish entrepreneur and one of the wealthiest men in the world during the 1930s.

Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren German chemist

Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren was a German chemist and a native of Bernburg.

Gunnar Gren Swedish footballer

Johan Gunnar Gren was a Swedish football player and coach. He is best known for playing for IFK Gothenburg and A.C. Milan. A creative forward, known for his technical skill, vision, tactical intelligence, and passing ability as a playmaker, he was part of the famous "Gre-No-Li" trio of forwards at Milan and the Swedish national team, and was also capable of playing as an attacking midfielder or even as a striker. Gren has won numerous awards including an Olympic Gold Medal in 1948, Guldbollen in 1946, and was a part of the 1958 Swedish National Team that took second place. Gren is considered to be one of Sweden's greatest and most prolific football players; a statue has been erected in his honor outside Gamla Ullevi stadium.

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