Famous people · Glendale
Close to home: 15 famous people born near Glendale
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Glendale yet, so here are the best-known people born within 35 miles, nearest first.
Born nearby
15
within 35 miles
Closest
8 mi
Edward Lawrie Tatum
Best known
Edward Lawrie Tatum
in 53 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Glendale’s famous people
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Famous people born near Glendale
Wikipedia doesn’t list anyone born in Glendale yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.
Scott Carpenter
1925–2013American test pilot, astronaut and aquanaut
John Fante
1909–19831909–1983; American novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Italian descent
John Carroll Lynch
born 1963American character actor and film director
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glendale, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. Nearby people are those born in a town within 35 miles; distances are town center to town center. People known mainly for crimes aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (8)
- Edward Lawrie Tatum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Lawrie_Tatum, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Carpenter: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Emma Coburn: Citizen59, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jack D. Fischer: NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Elise Cranny: jenaragon94, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Hilary Cruz: Donmike10 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bert Niehoff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nort Billings: George Yates of the Des Moines Register, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons