
18 famous people were born within 35 miles of Glen
Closest of all is Earle Meadows, from Corinth, 8 mi away. No famous person’s birth in Glen is on record yet. Across Mississippi, 267 towns list someone born there. Hattiesburg’s 75 names make the longest list in Mississippi.
What stands out about Glen’s famous people
Famous people born near Glen
Nobody born in Glen is confirmed by English Wikipedia yet. These are the best known born within 35 miles.







George E. Allen
1896–1973American football coach, political operative
Quinton Claunch
1921–2021American musician, songwriter, record producer and record label owner
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glen and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, 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, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.
Photo credits (7)
- Earle Meadows: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Hayden Thompson: Robman94, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Travis Childers: Congress.gov, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Roscoe Turner: CBS Radio (Columbia Broadcasting System)/photo by Maurice Seymour, Chicago, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bill G. Lowrey: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- George E. Allen: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert S. Lewis: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons