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Famous people · Glendora

22 famous people were born in Glendora, more of them athletes than in most towns

Soleil Moon Frye leads the list, covered in 19 languages. The largest group, 17, was born since 1970. Born in 1888, Blaine Thomas is the first name on record, and Scott Hurst, born in 1996, the most recent. For every 10,000 residents the town has 4.3, while at least half the towns in California list nobody born there.

#1 best knownSoleil Moon FryeFilm, TV & Stage · born 1976
+18more
Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Soleil Moon Frye
in 19 Wikipedia languages
First
1888
Blaine Thomas
Youngest
1996
Scott Hurst
Most common field
Sports
15 people
Also called it home
1
notable residents

What stands out about Glendora’s famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Glendora’s famous people were born

The busiest decade was the 1990s, with 8 births.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Mark DelgadoSoleil Moon FryeErin Gruwell
SportsFilm, TV & StageNotableScience & Medicine

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

Known for

What Glendora is known for

Compared with the usual town, athletes are the most over-represented field, at 1.9 times.

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 Glendora

Soleil Moon Frye has articles in 19 languages, Mark Delgado in 16 and Erin Gruwell in 14.

Soleil Moon Frye#1
Film, TV & Stage

Soleil Moon Frye

born 1976

American actress, director, screenwriter

19 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Mark Delgado#2
Sports

Mark Delgado

born 1995

American soccer player

16 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Erin Gruwell#3
Science & Medicine

Erin Gruwell

born 1969

American academic

14 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Everyone

Everyone else born in Glendora

Of the other 19, 14 are athletes.

CJ

Casey Jacobsen

born 1981

American basketball player

RD

Roy L. Dennis

1961–1978

American boy with a rare disorder

Jamie Herrell

Jamie Herrell

born 1994

Filipino beauty pageant titleholder

JS

Julie Smith

born 1968

American softball player

JC

Justin Chapman

born 1985

American actor and journalist

Film, TV & StageWikipedia ↗
SB

Shane Bowers

born 1971

American baseball player

JD

J. J. Davis

born 1978

American baseball player

BT

Blaine Thomas

1888–1915

American baseball player

CJ

Chad Jeffries

born 1992

American football player

DZ

Dennis Van Zant

born 1952

Professional basketball player

DW

Dennis Weathersby

born 1980

American football player

JA

Jonathon Amaya

born 1988

American football player

A chosen home

Also called Glendora home

Born elsewhere, Jamshid Sharmahd lived here.

Jamshid Sharmahd

Jamshid Sharmahd

1955–2024

German-Iranian software engineer, member of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran

Science & MedicineWikipedia ↗
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Nearby, Covina has the most on record, with 42.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glendora 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.

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