Famous People with Name Glen

Glen Travis Campbell            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glen Travis Campbell: is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning, and two time nominated Golden Globe Award American country pop singer and guitarist and occasional actor. He is best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a television variety show

Glen Courtney Combs            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glen Courtney Combs: is a retired American basketball player.A 6'2" guard from Virginia Tech, Combs was nicknamed "The Kentucky Rifle" for his long-range shooting. He was drafted by the National Basketball Association's San Diego Rockets in 1968, although he never played for them, opting to spend his entire career in the rival American Basketball Association. Combs was a member of the Dallas/Texas Chaparrals, the Utah Stars, the Memphis Tams, and the Virginia Squires, and he appeared in three league All-star games (1970, 1971, 1972). He also won an ABA Championship in 1971 as a member of the Stars, and he led the league in three-point baskets made (103) in 1971–72. When he retired in 1975, he had scored 7,666 career points

Glen Michael Gondrezick            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glen Michael Gondrezick: was a National Basketball Association player from 1977 to 1983 for the New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets. Gondrezick was a shooting guard and small forward who played collegiately at UNLV.

Glen Anthony Rice            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glen Anthony Rice: is a retired American basketball player in the NBA. Rice was a three-time NBA All-Star guard/forward well known for his pinpoint shooting accuracy, ranking 4th in NBA history with 1,559 three-point field goals made during his 15-year career. Rice has been a player on both a team that won an NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship and a team that won an NBA Championship

Glen Glenn Roberts            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glen Glenn Roberts: was a National Basketball League player. In college basketball, Roberts was the first player to put the "jump shot" to practical use.Glen Roberts’ Pound, Virginia high school did not field a basketball team his first two high school years. Roberts’ team won the state championship his junior and senior years (1930 & 31). The team record for 1930 was 28 wins and 2 two losses with 1931 being 35 wins and 0 losses. Roberts was designated captain of the All-State team both years. Roberts played varsity ball 4 years (1931-35) at Emory & Henry College scoring 2,013 points in 104 games for a per game average of 19.4 points in an era when team scores were seldom over 30 or 35 points per game. His scoring was a new record for that time and still stands for play prior to the 1937 revision of the center-jump rule which called for walking the ball back to the center-line after every basket made and with the clock still running. (It’s been estimated that this used up 8 to 10 minutes per game.) Roberts scored 1,531 points against college opposition in 80 games and 482 points against pro and semi-pro teams in 24 games. Emory and Henry’s overall team record was 90 wins and 14 losses. His scoring total and per-game average was featured in Ripleys’ "Believe it or Not" in 1936.

James Allison Glen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Allison Glen: was a Canadian parliamentarian and Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1940 to 1945. Glen was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1926 election as a Liberal-Progressive at a time when Manitoba Progressives, including the Manitoba Progressive Party provincial government, had decided to align with the Liberals in order to increase their influence. Glen remained a Liberal-Progressive in name until the 1945 election when he ran as a Liberal—immediately prior to the 1945 election, Mackenzie King appointed Glen to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of Mines and Resources. In practice, however, he and his fellow Liberal-Progressives were Liberals in every respect.

Francis Wayland Glen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Francis Wayland Glen: was a manufacturer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Ontario South in the Canadian House of Commons from 1878 to 1887 as a Liberal member.