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Barrett Green (born 1977), American football player; Barry Green (musician) (born 1945), American musician Bartholomew Green (disambiguation), multiple people Beatrice Green (1894–1927), Welsh labour activist
Green was born on February 11, 1970, in Kingston, New York, to a Jewish family. [1] He was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [2] He attended Quaker Valley High School, where he graduated as one of four valedictorians in 1988; as a Quaker Valley student, he was president of the Key Club and played on the school's soccer and tennis teams.
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Green was born in Sheepshead Bay, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. [2] In 1957, his family moved to Canoga Park, Los Angeles, where he grew up. [3] [2] Green's parents were Jewish and eventually became Christian Scientists.