Green") (1806 or 1807 – July 15, 1874) was an American Methodist leader, slaveholder, and co-founder of Vanderbilt University.

[2] Green joined the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Tennessee in 1824, at the age of seventeen.

During the course of his ministry, Green carried medical pills and powders for sick patients, even though he did not have a doctor's license.

[7] In September 1861, the Nashville Daily Patriot published an article suggesting Green had been appointed as Brigadier General of the Confederate States Army, though they added, "We trust it is nothing more than a rumor.

[1] As early as 1859, he was the president of the board of trustees of the Central University, its precursor before it received a donation from Cornelius Vanderbilt.

[11] Green was recognized as an "authority" on fishing,[12] and he gave a lecture about it at the Tulip Street Methodist Church in 1874.

[19] His portrait hangs in the board of trust lounge of Kirkland Hall, the administrative building of Vanderbilt University.

[1] Moreover, the Alex Green Elementary School, located in Whites Creek, Tennessee North of Nashville, is named in his honor.