Famous People with Name Gren

Grenville Hair            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Grenville Hair: was a footballer who played his entire professional career for Leeds United between 1948 and 1964. He later became the manager of Wellington Town and Bradford City. He died following a Bradford City training session.

Grenville Rodney Millington            Origin/Culture/Country: Welsh

Grenville Rodney Millington: was a leading football player in the 1880s. He was a Welsh International, and was a player in the Preston North End side which became known as "The Invincibles".He was born at Penmachno, Caernarfonshire on 5 August 1862. As a student he played both association football and rugby football, but he eventually emerged as a first rate goalkeeper while studying at St Thomas's Hospital, London. He made the first of his eight appearances for Wales in 1885, and in 1887 was invited to play as an amateur for Preston North End in their FA Cup ties.

Grenville Davey            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Grenville Davey: is an English sculptor.Davey's work is influenced by the work of sculptors such as Tony Cragg and Richard Deacon and shows a similar interest in industrial materials. The simplicity of his forms shows an affinity with minimalism. Many of his works make re

Grenville Thomas Owen Wilson            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Grenville Thomas Owen Wilson: is an English former cricketer who played 13 first-class games for Worcestershire in the early 1950s.

Grenville David Alabaster            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Grenville David 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

Gunnar Gren            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Gunnar Gren: was a Swedish football player and coach, part of the famous "Gre-No-Li" trio of forwards at A.C. Milan and the Swedish national team.Considered one of Sweden's all-time greats, Gren won several trophies in his career, including the Swedish title with IFK Göteborg. He won the Guldbollen in 1946. In 1949, he joined AC Milan and became the 'Gre' part of the famous Gre-No-Li trio with his international teammates Gunnar Nordahl ('No') and Nils Liedholm ('Li').

Mats Gren            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Mats Gren: a former Swedish footballer and current assistant manager of Grasshopper.Mats Gren played for Falu BS 1982-1984. He then played for IFK Göteborg in 1984-1985 and became Swedish champion in 1984. He then moved to Grasshopper, where he played from 1985-2000. He became Swiss champion 5 times (1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1998) and won 4 cuptitles (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994)

Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Friedrich Albrecht Carl Gren: was a German chemist who was a native of Bernburg. He began his career working in a pharmacy in Bernburg, and later worked as a pharmacist in Offenbach am Main and Erfurt. In 1782 he began his studies at the University of Helmstedt, and in 1788 became professor of chemistry and physics at the University of Halle. In 1790 Friedrich Gren was founder of the Journal der Physik (in 1795-97 called Neues Journal der Physik), which in 1799 was renamed Annalen der Physik by Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert (1769-1824). Today it is the oldest and one of the best-known journals on physics. He was also the author of a popular textbook on chemistry titled Systematisches Handbuch der gesamten Chemie.