Glenn

American

[glen] / glɛn /

noun

John (Herschel, Jr.), 1921–2016, U.S. astronaut and politician: first U.S. orbital space flight 1962; U.S. senator 1975–99.
a male or female given name.

Glenn British

/ ɡlɛn /

noun

John. born 1921, US astronaut and politician. The first American to orbit the earth (Feb, 1962), he later became a senator (1975–99) and in 1998 returned to space at the age of 77

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Sunderland city councillor Glenn Gibbins has been sentenced to a 12-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work for the "grossly offensive" post made in March 2024.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Glenn McKibbin, the secretary of Inler Angling Club, said about 1,000 fish were killed in the incident and it "could not have happened in a worse location on the river or at a worse time".

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

That was effectively echoed by Glenn Hubbard, a former economic adviser to George W. Bush and now a Columbia Business School professor, when Lila and I talked with him last week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

A civics teacher helped set John Glenn on the path to space.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

“Al, I don’t think I’ll be getting married no time soon,” Glenn told him.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner

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