Monroe (surname)
Monroe is a surname of Scottish origin.
People named Munroe include:
- Alan H. Monroe, professor, creator of Monroe's motivated sequence
- Bill Monroe, musician
- Burt Monroe, American ornithologist
- Craig Monroe, MLB baseball player
- Earl Monroe, basketball player
- James Monroe, the 5th U.S. president
- James T. Monroe, professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature
- Jordan Monroe, American glamour model
- Kristen Monroe, professor of Political Science
- Marilyn Monroe, American actress
- Nick Monroe, American tennis player
- Robert Monroe, author, founder of The Monroe Institute
- Vaughn Monroe, singer, trumpeter
Fictional characters
- Dr Marvin Monroe (voiced by Harry Shearer) of the Fox cartoon The Simpsons (1989-present)
- Alison "Sonny" Monroe (Demi Lovato) from the Disney comedy series Sonny with a Chance (2009-present)
- Adam Monroe (David Anders) from the NBC drama series Heroes (2006-2010)
- Dr Gabriel Monroe (James Nesbitt) title character in the ITV drama series Monroe (2011-present)