Famous people · Glenvil
Born near Glenvil: 13 famous people within 35 miles
The nearest, Samuel Roy McKelvie, was born in Fairfield, 9 mi away. Sandy Dennis is the most widely known, written about in 44 languages. No famous person on record lists Glenvil as their birthplace yet. 233 towns across Nebraska can name a famous person born there.
Born nearby
13
within 35 miles
Closest
10 mi
Sandy Dennis
Best known
Sandy Dennis
in 44 Wikipedia languages
What stands out about Glenvil’s famous people
★ What stands out · Close to home
Famous people born near Glenvil
They were born in 5 towns within 35 miles, nearest first.
Ivan Sutherland
born 1938American computer scientist and Internet pioneer
Neal Hefti
1922–2008American jazz trumpeter, composer, songwriter, and arranger
Tom Osborne
born 1937American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, politician
Nelson M. Holderman
1885–1953United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glenvil 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 (10)
- Sandy Dennis: N/A studio, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ivan Sutherland: Dick Lyon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Gwen Lee: Bain News Service, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sheila Hicks: W. Punt for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Samuel Roy McKelvie: Harris & Ewing, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Osborne: US Congress;, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ida A. Bengtson: NIH History Office from Bethesda, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Paul Revere: Kepgeek, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Spencer: Robert Carpenter Spencer (1879 - 1931), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Nelson M. Holderman: U.S. Government, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons