Zeleny or Zelenyi (in or , meaning "green") is a surname. The feminine form is Zelena (in ). The Russian-language equivalent is Zelyony, sometimes transliterated as Zeliony. Notable people with this surname include:
People
Charles Zeleny (1878–1939), Czech-American zoologist and professor at the University of Illinois Charlie Zeleny, American metal rock drummer Daniell Zeleny, Australian footballer Jaroslav Zelený, Czech footballer Jeff Zeleny, Pulitzer Prize-winning Czech-American journalist for CNN and the New York Times John Zeleny (1872–1951), Czech-American physicist at the University of Minnesota, inventor of the Zeleny electroscope Jindřich Zelený (1922–1997), Czech philosopher Josef Zelený (1824–1886), Moravian artist Lawrence Zeleny (1904–1995, American biochemist and ornithologist, founder of North American Bluebird Society Lev Zeleny, Russian physicist Milan Zeleny (born 1942), American economist Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny (born 1973), Mexican novelist Václav Zelený, Czech botanist
See also
Danylo Ilkovych Terpylo, Ukrainian warlord and pogromist, known as Zelenyy.