Share Famous people · Glendora 22 famous people were born in Glendora, more of them athletes than in most townsSoleil 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 known Soleil Moon Frye Film, TV & Stage · born 1976 +18more Born here
22
notable people
Best known
Soleil Moon Frye
in 19 Wikipedia languages
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 & railroads The American century Today 1900 1950 2000 Mark Delgado Soleil Moon Frye Erin Gruwell Sports Film, TV & Stage Notable Science & 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.
Sports 15 people 68%1.9× usual Film, TV & Stage 3 people 14%1.4× usual Notable 3 people 14% Science & Medicine 1 person 5%about usual 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.
#1 Film, TV & Stage Soleil Moon Frye born 1976 American actress, director, screenwriter
#2 Sports Mark Delgado born 1995 American soccer player
#3 Science & Medicine Erin Gruwell born 1969 American academic
Everyone Everyone else born in Glendora Of the other 19, 14 are athletes.
All · 19 Sports · 14 Film, TV & Stage · 2 Notable · 3
Any time Mills & railroads · 1 The American century · 3 Today · 15
CJ Casey Jacobsen born 1981 American basketball player
RD Roy L. Dennis 1961–1978 American boy with a rare disorder
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
SB Shane Bowers born 1971 American baseball player
Shawn Wooten born 1972 American baseball player
DJ Peters born 1995 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
DB David Berg born 1993 American baseball player
DZ Dennis Van Zant born 1952 Professional basketball player
CS Christopher Schaap born 1991 Actor
DW Dennis Weathersby born 1980 American football player
Eric Rogers born 1991 American football player
Greggy Soriano born 1984 American chef
JA Jonathon Amaya born 1988 American football player
Scott Hurst born 1996 American baseball player
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home Also called Glendora home Born elsewhere, Jamshid Sharmahd lived here.
Jamshid Sharmahd 1955–2024 German-Iranian software engineer, member of the Kingdom Assembly of Iran
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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.
Photo credits (13) Soleil Moon Frye: Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Mark Delgado: Tiff seattle, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Erin Gruwell: Phil Konstantin, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Jamie Herrell: Angelo Nuñez, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Shawn Wooten: Joel Dinda: Flickr, website, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons DJ Peters: Spanneraol, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Eric Rogers: Michael Dorosh, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Greggy Soriano: Marco Soriano, CC BY-SA 3.0 , Wikimedia Commons Scott Hurst: Jeffrey Hyde, CC BY-SA 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Jamshid Sharmahd: Gazelle Sharmahd, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Jason David Frank: Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0 , Wikimedia Commons Alex Morgan: Hameltion, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Wikimedia Commons Rosa Rolanda: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons