GLENVILLE, CLEVELAND

Glenville is a neighborhood in the Eastern section of Cleveland, Ohio. Until the 1940s Glenville was predominantly Jewish. Since then, however, there has been a shift and today Glenville is predominantly African-American. Glenville has since been one of Cleveland's most well known and troubled sections of the city having suffered issues pretaining to racial rioting, urban decay, and similar issues.

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Education

Notable People

External Links

Education

Glenville High School and it's feeder schools serve the community at large.

Notable People

The following is a list of residents who at one time were raised in Glenville-

★ Bone Thugs N Harmony, Cleveland based Hip-Hop/Rap group

★ Benny Friedman, NFL coach and football player

★ Willie Gilbert, playwright

★ Ted Ginn Jr., NFL player for Miami Dolphins

★ Steve Harvey, actor & comedian

★ Wilson Hirschfeld, journalist

★ Jerome Lawrence, playwright

★ Hal Lebowitz, sports journalist/editor (most notably for the The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

★ Jesse Owens, famed track and field athlete who won the 1936 Olympic Gold Medal.

★ Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, creators of the comic book hero Superman

★ Troy Smith, 2006 Heisman Trophy Award winner, former Quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and current backup quarterback of the Baltimore Ravens

★ Donte Whitner, NFL player for the Buffalo Bills

★ Michael R. White, former Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.

★ Pierre Woods, NFL University of Michigan Stand out linebacker and player for the New England Patriots

★ Ricky Palmer, NFL video assistant Cleveland Browns

★ Al Fatz, Hip Hop artist who is signed to Atlantic Records and part of the Madden 07 Soundtrack with his song "Came Down!"

External Links

★ Cleveland City Neighborhood Profile