Glenn is a given name and a surname.
The surname Glenn is derived from the Irish/Scottish Gaelic word gleann. In the 19th century, Glenn also became common as a given name in English speaking cultures.
In Sweden, Glenn is relatively common first name in the western parts of the country but especially Gothenburg, originally due to a large and influential population of emigrated Scotsmen, especially in the city's early centuries. 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. The Swedish name is not Gaelic in origin, but rather derived from the Norse God Glenr, being part of the Viking revival.
Glenn may refer to:
In musicGlenn Danzig (born 1955), American rock musicianGlenn Frey (1948–2016), American rock musician known for his work with The EaglesGlenn Gould (1932–1982), Canadian pianistGlen Hansard (born 1970), Irish singer/songwriterGlenn Hughes (born 1952), English rock musicianGlenn Hughes (Village People) (1950–2001), musician known for his work with The Village PeopleGlenn Miller (1904–1944), American jazz musicianGlenn Robinson (musician) (born 1985), American rock musicianGlenn Tilbrook (born 1957), British musicianGlenn Tipton (born 1947), English rock musicianGlenn Yarbrough (born 1930), American folk singerThe Extra Glenns, American musical duo in the 1990sIn other fieldsGlenn Beck (born 1964), American talk-radio and television hostGlenn Close (born 1947), American actressGlenn Corbett (1930–1993), American actorGlenn Cox (1987), an American studying RussianGlenn Flear (born 1959), British chess playerGlenn Ford (1916–2006), American actorGlenn Glass (born 1940), American football playerGlenn Greenwald (born 1967), American author and bloggerGlenn Hoddle (born 1957), English footballerGlenn Howerton (born 1976), American actor, producer and screenwriterGlenn Hysén (born 1959), Swedish football playerGlenn Jacobs, pro wrestlerGlenn Johnson (born 1984), English footballerGlenn L. Martin (born 1886), aviation pioneerGlenn Lazarus (born 1965), Australian rugby league footballerGlenn Loovens (born 1983), Dutch football playerGlenn Love (born 1989), American football playerGlenn McGrath (born 1970), Australian cricketerGlenn Quinn (1970–2002), Irish actorGlenn Rubenstein (born 1976), American journalistGlenn Ross (born 1971), British strongman/powerlifterGlenn T. Seaborg (1912–1999), American chemist, Nobel Prize laureateGlenn Sears, retired American race car driverGlenn Stewart (born 1984), Australian Rugby League playerGlenn Strange (1899–1973), American actorGlenn Strömberg (born 1960), Swedish football playerGlenn Tresidder (born 1986), English Entrepreneur, Musical Artist, Radio HostGlenn E. Trowbridge (born 1943), American politician.Glenn Turner (born 1947), New Zealand cricketerGlenn Whelan (born 1984), Irish footballerGlenn Withrow (born 1953), American actorGlenn Young (born 1929), American football (NFL) playerFictionalGlenn (a.k.a. Frog), from the video game Chrono TriggerGlenn, from the video game Chrono CrossGlenn Martin, a fictional character in Nickelodeon's TV series Glenn Martin, DDSGlenn Quagmire, from the animated American television sitcom Family GuyGlenn, a fictional character in the comic The Walking Dead and the television series of the same name.Glenn Cullen, a fictional character in the BBC Television series The Thick of ItGlenn Matthews, otherwise known as The Janitor from the TV series ScrubsAaron Glenn, American football cornerbackAlex Glenn, New Zealand Rugby League playerAlice Glenn, former Irish Fine Gael politicianAnnie Glenn, wife of former astronaut and Senator John GlennChristopher Glenn, American radio and television news journalistDarrell Glenn, American pop singerEd Glenn (1860–1892), American baseball playerGeorge Glenn, fictional character from the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam SEEDGlen Glenn (singer) (born 1934), American rockabilly singerGraham Glenn, former senior Australian public servantJoe Glenn (American football), head coach at the University of WyomingJohn Glenn (1921–2016), American test pilot, astronaut, and senatorJohn Glenn (Alberta), first documented European to settle in the Calgary, Alberta, Canada areaJohn Thomas Glenn, mayor of Atlanta from 1889 to 1891Hugh J. Glenn, businessman and California politicianKevin Glenn, Canadian Football League quarterbackLinda MacDonald Glenn, American bioethicistLorri Neilsen Glenn, Canadian poet, ethnographer and essayistLuther Glenn, Georgia lawyer, politician, and antebellum Mayor of AtlantaOliver Edmunds Glenn, American mathematicianOtis F. Glenn, Republican United States Senator from the State of IllinoisRobert Broadnax Glenn, American politician and governor of North CarolinaRoy Glenn, American character actorScott Glenn (born 1941), American actorGliford Glenn Caballes, Boyfriend of Diana GraceStanley Glenn, American baseball catcherTarik Glenn, American football offensive tackleTerry Glenn, American football wide receiverThomas G. Glenn, Canadian opera singerThomas L. Glenn, United States Representative from IdahoTyree Glenn (1912−1979), American musicianWilliam Glenn (disambiguation), multiple people