Greenhill (surname)

Greenhill is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Sir Alfred George Greenhill (1847–1927), English mathematician.
• Dr. Basil Jack Greenhill (1920–2003), English diplomat, museum director and historian.
• Charles Greenhill, Baron of Ferne, Scotland.
• Craig Greenhill, Australian Rugby player.
• David Greenhill (b. 1985), Scottish footballer.
• David Greenhill Gardyne (1796-1867), of Craignathro, Angus, Scotland. Baron of Findhaven. Member of the East India Company's Civil Service. Changed his name from Greenhill to Greenhill Gardyne upon inheritance of baronage. Bore a modified form of the coats of arms of the Greenhills of Harrow and Abbots Langley of England.
• Denis Arthur Greenhill (1913-2000), Baron Greenhill of Harrow, O.B.E., K.C.M.G., G.C.M.G., Colonel in Royal Engineers in WW2. Diplomat in Foreign Office. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office. Governor of the BBC. Director of BAT Industries, Hawker Siddeley Group, Wellcome Foundation, Clerical Medical and General Life Assurance, S.G. Warburg and Leyland International.
• Elizabeth Greenhill, (1615-1679), mother of 39 children, the last of whom was Thomas Greenhill.
• Ernest Greenhill (1887–1967), 1st Baron Greenhill, of Townhead in the City of Glasgow.
• Gary Greenhill (b. 1985), Scottish footballer.
• Henry Greenhill (1646–1708), Agent-General at Cape Coast Castle, Commissioner of the Royal Navy, Artist & M.P. for Newport (Isle of Wight) from 1699-1701. Younger brother of the painter John Greenhill.
• Joe R. Greenhill (1914–2011), American Attorney.
• Sir John de Greenhill, of Palington, Warwickshire, and then Berkhamstead, Herts who fought in the Prince's Retinue at the Battle of Crécy in 1346.
• John Greenhill (1642–76), English portrait painter and draughtsman. Born in Somerset and then moved to Salisbury and then London.
• Rev. John Russell Greenhill (1727?-1813), English vicar and owner of Chequers
• Joseph Greenhill (1704–1788), Church of England clergyman and religious disputer.
• Kelly M. Greenhill, American political scientist.
• Sir Robert Greenhill-Russell, 1st Baronet Greenhill-Russell of Chequers Court (d.1836), M.P. for Thirsk and owner of Chequers
• Thomas Greenhill (1611-1658), a pioneer of the British East India Company
• Thomas Greenhill (1669-1740), of Abbots Langley and Bloomsbury. Surgeon to Henry, Duke of Norfolk and author of "NekpokhΔeia" or "The Art of Embalming". 39th child of William Greenhill and Elizabeth Greenhill of Harrow and Abbots Langley.
• William Greenhill (1610-1668), of Harrow and Abbots Langley. Secretary to General Monck. Bore Coat of arms of "Vert 2 Barrs argent, in chief a Leopard passant or" with a demi-griffin as its crest.
• William Greenhill (1591-1671), dissenting Protestant Vicar of Stepney Congregational Church who was entrusted the spiritual care of Charles I's orphans by Parliament. Author of "Exposition of the First Five Chapters of Ezekiel".
• William Alexander Greenhill (1814–1894), doctor and pioneering sanitary reformer. Also a translator of Greek, Arabic and Roman texts.
• Greenhill coat of arms: