he was first american to orbit the earth
John Glenn
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth on Febuary 20, 1962 :)
He didn't. John Glenn was the first person to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn is notably famous for being the first American to orbit the Earth. He is the son of John Herschel and Clara Sproat Glenn.
John Glenn's parents were John H. Glenn, Sr and Clara Sproat Glenn. John Glenn was born in 1921 in Ohio. He was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth.
John Glenn did not go to the moon, but he was the first American to orbit the earth.
John Glenn was the first U.S.Marine to orbit the Earth ; more cool facts at the link below .
John Glenn orbited the earth, the first American to do so. He was forty at the time.
John Glenn did not land anywhere on the moon. He was the first American to orbit Earth, in 1962.
John Glenn was 40 years old. Glenn turned 90 years old on July 18, 2011. H.B. !
John Glenn
yes, but no in a way because john glenn is the first 7 American astronauts that went to space. The first person is Colonel Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin.