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 Monroe Curtis Beardsley (; December 10, 1915 – September 18, 1985) was an American philosopher of art. Biography Beardsley was born and raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, and educated at Yale University (B.A. 1936, Ph.D. 1939), where he re ...

(1915–1985), American philosopher *

Monroe D. Donsker Monroe David Donsker (October 17, 1924 – June 8, 1991) was an American mathematician and a professor of mathematics at New York University (NYU). His research interest was probability theory.. Education and career Donsker was born in Bur ...

(1924–1991), American mathematician and a professor * Monroe Evans (), first Jewish mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States *

Monroe Hayward Monroe Leland Hayward (December 22, 1840December 5, 1899) was a politician from Nebraska. He was elected to become a Senator of Nebraska in 1899, dying before taking the oath of office. Life and career Hayward was born in Willsboro, New York. He ...

(1840–1899), American politician and senator *

Monroe Heath Monroe Heath (March 27, 1827October 21, 1894) was a U.S. politician. He served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1876–1879) for the Republican Party, after winning the 1876 election. He was subsequently reelected the following year, defeating ...

(1827–1894), American politician, mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States *

Monroe Fein The ''Altalena'' Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June 1948 by the newly created Israel Defense Forces against the Irgun (also known as IZL), one of the Jewish paramilitary groups that were in the process of merging to for ...

(1923–1982), US Navy lieutenant and captain of the ''Altalena'' in the 1948 ''Altalena'' Affair *

Monroe Karmin Monroe William ("Bud") Karmin (September 2, 1929 – January 15, 1999) was an American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967 when working as an investigative reporter for the ''Wall Street Journal''. He also worked at different times for ' ...

(1929–1999), American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist *

Monroe Henry Kulp Monroe Henry Kulp (October 23, 1858 – October 19, 1911) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Early life Kulp was born in Barto, Pennsylvania on October 23, 1858, the son of Darlington R. Kulp and Eliza ...

(1858–1911), American politician *

Monroe Alpheus Majors Monroe Alpheus Majors (October 12, 1864 – December 10, 1960)"Majors, Monroe Alpheus"
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(1864–1960), American physician, writer and civil rights activist * Monroe G. McKay (1928–2020), United States circuit judge *

Monroe Morton Monroe Bowers Morton, nicknamed Pink Morton (July 31, 1856 – February 12, 1919) was a prominent building owner, publisher, building contractor, developer, and postmaster in late 19th-century Georgia. An African American, he lived most of his life ...

(1856–1919), African-American businessperson and postmaster *

Monroe Jackson Rathbone II Monroe Jackson Rathbone II (March 1, 1900 – August 2, 1976) was an American businessman who was the chairman, president, and CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey (now the Exxon Corporation). Early life and education Rathbone was born in Parke ...

(1900–1976), American businessman, chairman, president, and CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey * Monroe Minor Redden (1901–1987), American politician *

Monroe Rosenfeld Monroe H. "Rosey" Rosenfeld (c.1861 – December 13, 1918) was an American songwriter and journalist. Biography Rosenfeld was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of German immigrants. By the early 1880s, he was working in New York City as a ...

(c. 1861–1918), American songwriter and journalist *

Monroe M. Shipe Colonel Monroe Martin Shipe (March 12, 1847–April 27, 1924), also called M. M. Shipe, was an American real estate developer who developed Hyde Park, an early streetcar suburb in Austin, Texas. He also founded the Austin Electric Railway Comp ...

(1847–1924), American real estate developer and streetcar network operator

Fictional characters

* Monroe Ficus, in the American sitcom ''

Too Close for Comfort ''Too Close for Comfort'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on ABC from November 11, 1980, to May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984, to February 7, 1987. Its name was changed to ''The Ted Knight Show'' whe ...

'' * Monroe, in the American television series ''

Grimm Grimm may refer to: People * Grimm (surname) * Brothers Grimm, German linguists ** Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), German philologist, jurist and mythologist ** Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm * Christian ...

'' * Monroe, in the American animated television series ''

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee ''The Life and Times of Juniper Lee'' (also known simply as ''Juniper Lee'' or ''Witch Girl Juniper Lee'') is an American animated television series created by former MTV reality star Judd Winick for Cartoon Network and produced by Cartoon Network ...

'' (2005–2007) * Monroe, main character of William Wray's comic strip ''Monroe'', published in ''Mad'' magazine {{given name English-language masculine given names