Glidden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Bob Glidden
Bob Glidden (August 18, 1944 – December 17, 2017) was an American drag racer. He was retired from Pro Stock racing in 1997 and returned in 2010. Glidden retired as the driver with the most wins in National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) history ...
(1944–2017), American drag racer
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Carlos Glidden
Carlos Glidden (November 8, 1834 – March 11, 1877), along with Christopher Sholes, Frank Haven Hall, and Samuel W. Soule, invented the first practical typewriter at a machine shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in th ...
(1834–1877), American typewriter inventor
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Charles Jasper Glidden (1857–1927), American telephone pioneer
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Edward Hughes Glidden
Edward Hughes Glidden (1873 – May 2, 1924) was a Baltimore-based architect of many residential apartment buildings and commercial structures including the Sydenham Hospital Sydenham Hospital was a healthcare facility in Harlem, Manhattan, New Y ...
(1873–1924), American architect
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Elizabeth Glidden
Elizabeth Glidden is a lawyer, public policy professional, adjunct faculty at Humphrey School of Public Affairs in Minnesota, and former member of the Minneapolis City Council. She is the Director of Public Policy and Strategic Initiatives for th ...
, American lawyer and Minneapolis politician
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Francis Harrington Glidden
Francis Harrington Glidden (1832–1922) was an American businessman best known for founding the company now known as the Glidden Company, which became a subsidiary of Akzo Nobel NV before that company sold the Glidden business to PPG Industries, ...
(1832–1922), American businessman
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Freddie Glidden
Frederick Glidden (7 September 1927 – 1 January 2019) was a Scottish professional footballer who spent most of his career with Heart of Midlothian.
Career Early years
Raised in Stoneyburn, Glidden played for several different juvenile sides ...
(1927–2019), Scottish footballer
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Gilbert Glidden
Gilbert Swinburne Glidden (15 December 1915 – October 1988) was an English footballer who played for Sunderland, Port Vale, Reading, and Leyton Orient.
Career
Glidden was signed to Sunderland, before joining Port Vale in May 1935. He played ...
(1915–1988), English footballer
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Henry Orange Glidden
Henry Orange Glidden was an architect, artist, and dedicated supporter of the arts who lived and worked in eastern Massachusetts during the first three quarters of the 20th century.
Biography
Henry was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, on ...
(1891–1978), American architect and artist
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Joseph Glidden
Joseph Farwell Glidden (January 18, 1813 – October 9, 1906) was an American businessman and farmer. He was the inventor of the modern barbed wire. In 1898, he donated land for the Northern Illinois State Normal School in DeKalb, Illinois, whic ...
(1813–1906), American barbed wire inventor
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Joy Glidden
Joy Glidden (born 1960 in Moncton, New Brunswick) is a founding director, curator, television director, and senior executive in the non-profit visual arts field. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Career
Glidden is best ...
(born 1960), Canadian American art curator
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Sarah Glidden
Sarah Glidden (born in 1980) is an American cartoonist known for her nonfiction comics and graphic novels.
Biography
Glidden was born in Massachusetts, to a family of Jewish background.
Glidden studied painting at Boston University. She began ...
(born 1980), American cartoonist
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Tommy Glidden
Thomas William Glidden (20 July 1902 – 10 July 1974) was an English footballer who played at outside-right. He captained West Bromwich Albion to victory in the 1931 FA Cup Final, with the team also winning promotion to Division One in the sam ...
(1902–1974), English footballer
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William T. Glidden (1805–1893), American sea captain and shipping line owner
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