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The name was very prevalent in the local football team IFK Göteborg which in the early 1980s had no fewer than four players named Glenn, including Glenn Hysén and Glenn Strömberg .
Jun 13, 2024 · Glenn is a Scottish and Aboriginal name meaning "valley". It was popular in the 1950s and 1960s, and has associations with Glenn Miller, Glenn Ford, and The Walking Dead.
May 21, 2024 · John Glenn (born July 18, 1921, Cambridge, Ohio, U.S.—died December 8, 2016, Columbus, Ohio) was the first U.S. astronaut to orbit Earth, completing three orbits in 1962. (Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first person in space, had made a single orbit of Earth in 1961.) Glenn joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1942.
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John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. [3]
Glenn as a boys' name (also used less regularly as girls' name Glenn) has the meaning "glen". Glenn is an alternate form of Glen (Irish, Gaelic): place name from Gaelic gleann.
Jan 21, 2022 · A famous bearer of the surname was American astronaut John Glenn (1921-2016). The name peaked in popularity in 1962 when he became the first American to orbit the earth. Though this name is borne by the American actress Glenn Close (1947-), it has never caught on as a feminine name.
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Glenn is a Scottish name derived from the Gaelic word for valley or glen. It is also a common surname in Sweden and a village name in Ireland. Learn more about its usage, numerology, chakra, and notable people.
