Monroe (surname)
Monroe is a surname of Scottish origin, also spelled Munro. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alan H. Monroe, professor, creator of Monroe's motivated sequence
- Alexander W. Monroe, American politician and Confederate States Army officer
- Bill Monroe, American musician
- Burt Monroe, American ornithologist
- Christopher Monroe, American physicist
- Craig Monroe, American MLB baseball player
- Earl Monroe, American Hall of Fame basketball player
- Greg Monroe American professional basketball player*
- Jack Monroe Disambiguation
- James Monroe, the 5th U.S. president, in office from 1817 to 1825
- James Monroe, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and nephew of President Monroe
- James T. Monroe, professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature
- Jordan Monroe, American glamour model
- Kristen Monroe, American professor of Political Science
- Larry Monroe , American MLB pitcher
- Larry Monroe , American radio host in Austin, Texas
- Marilyn Monroe, American actress, singer and model
- Mircea Monroe, American actress
- Nicholas Monroe, American tennis player
- Robert Monroe, author, founder of The Monroe Institute
- Rodney Monroe American basketball player
- Rodrick Monroe, American football player
- Tom Monroe, American actor
- Vaughn Monroe, American baritone singer, trumpeter and big band leader
Fictional characters
- Monroe of the Cartoon Network cartoon The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
- Mr. Monroe of the Nickelodeon comedy Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
- Dr Marvin Monroe of the Fox cartoon The Simpsons
- Alison "Sonny" Monroe from the Disney comedy series Sonny with a Chance
- Andrew Monroe, police officer in British television series The Bill
- Adam Monroe from the NBC drama series Heroes
- Dr Gabriel Monroe title character in the ITV drama series Monroe
- Sebastian Monroe, President of the Monroe Republic in Revolution
- Monroe, played by Silas Weir Mitchell, is a Wider Blutbad in Grimm
- Monroe Ficus, played by Jm J. Bullock in Too Close for Comfort
