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Famous people · Glendale
Athletes stand out among the 27 famous people born in Glendale
Brady Ellison, the American archer, is the most widely known, written about in 33 languages. Most were born since 1970: 16 of them. Born in 1915, Lou Novikoff is the first name on record, and Rickson van Hees, born in 2002, the most recent. Fewer than a quarter of the 94 towns in Arizona with famous people list more.
Born here
27
notable people
Best known
Brady Ellison
in 33 Wikipedia languages
First
1915
Lou Novikoff
Youngest
2002
Rickson van Hees
Most common field
Sports
20 people
Also called it home
4
notable residents
What stands out about Glendale’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Glendale’s famous people were born
Count by decade and the 1980s come out on top, with 7 births.
SportsNotableMusicFilm, TV & StageWriting & ArtsPolitics & LawBusiness
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
Known for
What Glendale is known for
Athletes stand out most, at 2.1 times the usual share.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
The best known
Born in Glendale
Brady Ellison has articles in 33 languages, Marty Robbins in 27 and Bradley Pierce in 19.
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Everyone
Everyone else born in Glendale
Another 24, the earliest born in 1915.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Glendale home
Born elsewhere, they lived here: 4 in all, led by Jordin Sparks.
Jonathan Larkin
born 1984American politician and a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives
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Famous people from the towns next door
The best known from each town bordering Glendale.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glendale and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (15)
- Marty Robbins: AMD Inc.-management, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brandon McDonald: BrokenSphere, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arianna Romero: Jamie Smed, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Mcdonnell: Filibert, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Peterson: Derroyka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Angel Goodrich: Danny Karwoski, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Hammerstone: Drdisque, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nick Evans: slgckgc on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Richard D. Mahoney: HarveyPrototype at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ryan Carpenter: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lou Novikoff: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Jordin Sparks: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- CeCe Peniston: Venomous Zeal, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benson Henderson: Zekerags, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mary Peters: DOT, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons