#1Famous people · Glenview
Glenview counts 8 famous people, first among them Sam Witwer
Articles in 28 languages make the American actor Sam Witwer the best known. 4 of them were born since 1970, more than in any other period. From Mark Shapiro in 1901 to Olivia Smoliga in 1994, the births cover 93 years. The biggest group are performers: 3.
Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Sam Witwer
in 28 Wikipedia languages
First
1901
Mark Shapiro
Youngest
1994
Olivia Smoliga
Most common field
Film, TV & Stage
3 people
Also called it home
3
notable residents
What stands out about Glenview’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Glenview’s famous people were born
Births peak in the 1980s, with 2 people born in that decade.
Film, TV & StageSportsMilitaryBusinessWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Glenview
Performers take two of the three places.
#1
#2AL#3
Known for
What Glenview is known for
Performers stand out most, at 4 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.
Everyone
Everyone else born in Glenview
Here are 5 more, born from 1901 to 1988.
No one matches both filters.
A chosen home
Also called Glenview home
Notable people Wikidata lists as living in Glenview, though born elsewhere.
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Famous people from the towns next door
Of the towns nearby, 7 have famous names listed.
From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glenview 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 (10)
- Sam Witwer: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Olivia Smoliga: ~~swimfreak~~, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- John A. Lynn: Domenjod, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kelley Menighan Hensley: RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Shapiro: Tara Bajakian from Columbia Photo Studio, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
- Laura Fine: SecretName101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Daniel Ivankovich: Odysseus E Johnson III, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz: SecretName101, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scott Adsit: Florida Supercon from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jim Les: Arbor to SJ, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons