#1Famous people · Glassboro
13 famous people were born in Glassboro from 1839 to 1994
Most widely known is Betty Castor, the American politician, with articles in 7 languages. Betty Castor was born in 1941. Per head, the list is long: 5.5 for every 10,000 residents, where the typical town in New Jersey has 0.5. The list is still growing: 4 were born since 1970.
Born here
13
notable people
Best known
Betty Castor
in 7 Wikipedia languages
First
1839
Louis H. Carpenter
Youngest
1994
Corey Clement
Most common field
Sports
5 people
What stands out about Glassboro’s famous people
★ What stands out · Through the years
When Glassboro’s famous people were born
The 1990s saw the most births of any decade: 2.
SportsPolitics & LawMilitaryBusinessWriting & Arts
Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.
The best known
Born in Glassboro
Betty Castor has articles in 7 languages, Corey Clement in 7 and Mark Lambert Bristol in 7.
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What Glassboro is known for
Glassboro has 6.4× the usual share of soldiers and sailors.
The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.
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Everyone else born in Glassboro
10 more, from 1839 to 1990.
Louis H. Carpenter
1839–1916American Civil War, Indian Wars, Cuban-American War Medal of Honor recipient
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From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Glassboro 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)
- Betty Castor: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Corey Clement: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Lambert Bristol: Pach, N.Y., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Louis H. Carpenter: HARPER'S WEEKLY, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Gary Brackett: TownePost Network. Cropped and color-corrected prior to upload by Daniel Case, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Thomas M. Ferrell: Lewis Publishing Company (New York, NY) , publisher., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brian Oliver: TempleM, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- George Johnson: Pete Sheffield, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jarvis Lynch: USMC, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Earl C. Long: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons