Francis Vinton Greene (June 27, 1850 – May 15, 1921) was a United States Army officer who fought in the Spanish–American War.

[1] He came from the Greene family of Rhode Island, noted for its long line of participants in American military history.

[4][5] After leaving the Army, Greene became president of the Barber Asphalt Paving Company, joining the New York National Guard on December 18, 1889, as a major and serving as 1st Brigade engineer.

[11] He was president of the Niagara-Lockport and Ontario Power Company, along with other business ventures with Buffalo businessman John J. Albright.

His father was Civil War general, George Sears Greene, famous for his defense of Culp's Hill at the Battle of Gettysburg.

His older brother, Samuel Dana Greene, was the executive officer of the USS Monitor during the Battle of Hampton Roads.