Glenville, Cleveland
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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 pertaining to racial rioting, urban decay, and similar issues.
[edit] Education
Glenville High School and its feeder schools serve the community at large.
[edit] 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 four 1936 Olympic Gold Medals.
- 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!"
