Famous People with Name Glenn

Glenn Hammond Curtiss            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glenn Hammond Curtiss: was an American aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation.On 7 March 1898, Curtiss married Lena Pearl Neff, daughter of Guy L. Neff, in Logansport, Indiana. Curtiss began his career as a bicycle racer, Western Union bicycle messenger, and bicycle shop owner. He developed an interest in motorcycles when internal combustion engines became more available. He began manufacturing motor-bicycles with his own single cylinder internal combustion engines, the first with a tomato can for a carburetor. In 1903 he set a motorcycle land speed record at 64 mph (103 km/h) for one mile (1.6 km). In 1907 he set a new record of 136.36 mph (219.31 km/h),

Glenn Ligon            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glenn Ligon: an American conceptual artist.he graduated with a B.A. from Wesleyan University and currently lives and works in New York City.[1] He works in multiple media, including painting, video, photography, and digital media such as Adobe Flash for his work Annotations. Ligon is best known for his large, text-based paintings in which a chosen phrase is repeated over and over, eventually dissipating into murk. Another series of large paintings was based on children's interpretations of 1970s black-history coloring books. Ligon's work is greatly informed by his experiences as an African American and as a gay man living in the United States. In 2005, Ligon won an Alphonse Fletcher Foundation Fellowship for his art work.

Glenn Edward ("Ed") Moses, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glenn Edward ("Ed") Moses, Jr.: is an American swimmer who won gold and silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was born in Loma Linda, California to Glenn Edward, a United States Air Force colonel, and Sissy Moses, a school teacher.

Glenn Lewis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glenn Lewis: a Canadian R&B and neo soul singer-songwriter. Originally planning to pursue a career in animation as a teenager, Lewis instead decided to focus on music. His father was a member of the musical group Crack of Dawn. Lewis has cited Stevie Wonder as his big

Glenn Stetson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Glenn Stetson: was Canadian singer, concert promoter and television producer. Glenn Campbell Stetson was born in the Ottawa Valley (Ramsayville) of eastern Ontario and raised in Hamilton, Ontario. He was a lead singer with The Diamonds, whose hits included "The Stroll",

John Herschel Glenn, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Herschel Glenn, Jr.: is a former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut and United States senator who was the first American to orbit the Earth and third American in space. Glenn was a Marine Corps fighter pilot before joining NASA's Mercury program as a member of NASA's

Cheryl D. Glenn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Cheryl D. Glenn: is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing Maryland's 45rd legislative district which is situated in northeast Baltimore.Glenn has been a member of House of Delegates since January 10, 2007. She serves on the Environmental Matters Committ

Milton Willits Glenn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Milton Willits Glenn: was an American Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1957-1965.He was elected to serve on the Atlantic County Board of Chosen Freeholders from June 1946 to J

Otis Ferguson Glenn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Otis Ferguson Glenn: was a Republican United States Senator from the State of Illinois. He served as the State's Attorney for Jackson County from 1906 to 1908 and again from 1916 to 1920 when he was elected to the State Senate, serving there until 1924. In 1928, when Frank L.

Luther Judson Glenn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Luther Judson Glenn: was a prominent Georgia lawyer, politician, Confederate officer during the American Civil War, and antebellum Mayor of Atlanta.