List of people from Evanston, Illinois
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The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Evanston, Illinois. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from Evanston, Illinois.
Academia
[edit]- Oliver Marcy, two-time president of Northwestern University.
- Dale T. Mortensen, Nobel Prize winner in economics, faculty of Northwestern University.
- Gail Thain Parker, Scholar of American literature, President, Bennington College.
- Dwight H. Perkins, Economist, Harvard University.
- Edmund Phelps, Nobel Prize winner in economics and professor.
- Morton O. Schapiro, 16th president of Northwestern University, and 16th president of Williams College
- Stuart Vyse, psychologist and author. Specialist on superstitions.[1]
- John Carrier Weaver, American professor of geography, and college administrator for several major universities in the United States.
- John Henry Wigmore, dean of Northwestern Law School.
Business
[edit]- John C. Whitehead, banker, chairman of Goldman Sachs, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State 1985–89, board member of World Trade Center Memorial Foundation (WTC Memorial Foundation)[2]
- William Liston Brown, director of American Ship Building Company[3][4]
- James Cayne, former CEO of Bear Stearns[5]
- Lester Crown, son of Chicago financier Henry Crown and controls family holdings[6]
- John Donahoe, president and CEO of eBay, born in Evanston[7]
- Bob Galvin, former CEO of Motorola[8]
- Hecky Powell, restaurateur[9]
- Robert Sampson, disability rights activist born in Evanston[10]
- Gordon Segal, founder and CEO of Crate & Barrel[11]
- Gwynne Shotwell, American businesswoman, engineer, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX[12]
Entertainment
[edit]- Kate Baldwin, actress and singer
- Viola Barry, silent film actress
- William Bassett, actor
- Carlos Bernard, actor
- Marlon Brando, actor
- Tamara Braun, actress
- Heather Burns, actress
- Ronnie Burns, actor
- Timothy Carhart, actor
- William Christopher, actor, charity spokesperson
- Joan Cusack, actress[13]
- John Cusack, actor[13]
- John Dickson, poet and short story writer
- Sean Evans, host of Hot Ones
- Robert Falls, director
- Richard Fancy, actor
- Julie Fulton, actress
- Zach Gilford, actor
- Alicia Goranson, actress
- Seth Gordon, director, producer, editor
- Laura Harrier, actress
- Barbara Harris, actress
- Charlton Heston, actor
- Anders Holm, comedian and co-creator of Workaholics
- James Jewell, voice actor, producer & director for radio shows The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet
- Jake Johnson, actor
- Amanda Jones, Miss Illinois USA 1973 & Miss USA 1973
- Tim Kazurinsky, actor and writer, Saturday Night Live[14][15]
- Walter Kerr, drama critic
- Lauren Lapkus, actor and comedian
- Jeffrey Lieber, writer and co-creator of the television series Lost
- Richard Long, actor
- Michael Madsen, actor[11]
- John Lee Mahin, Oscar-nominated screenwriter
- Jeff McCracken, actor, director, producer
- Elizabeth McGovern, Oscar-nominated actress[16]
- Patrick Melton, screenwriter
- Josh Meyers, actor and comedian[17]
- Seth Meyers, actor and comedian[18]
- John Moffatt, producer
- Jessie Mueller, actress and singer
- Bill Murray, actor and comedian
- Ajay Naidu, actor and singer[19]
- Christopher Nolan, director, screenwriter, and producer[20]
- Jonathan Nolan, screenwriter, producer and director
- James Olson, actor
- Geeta Patel, film and TV director
- D.A. Pennebaker, documentary filmmaker[21]
- William Petersen, actor
- Steve Pink, director, screenwriter, and producer
- Jeremy Piven, actor[22][23]
- Shira Piven, director[24]
- David Schwimmer, actor
- Anna D. Shapiro, award-winning director[25][26][27]
- Jerry Springer[28][29][30][31]
- Hope Summers, actress, founder of Evanston's Showcase Theater
- Daniel Sunjata, actor
- Dave VanDam, voice actor
- Lori Voornas, radio personality
- Ruby Wax, comedian
- Jenniffer Weigel, actress, writer[32]
- Rafer Weigel, actor, television personality[33][34]
- Martin Sherman, actor
Music
[edit]- Steve Albini, music producer
- Fred Anderson, saxophonist
- Benjamin Bagby, singer, performer of medieval music
- Stuart D. Bogie, musician and arranger
- David Burge, pianist
- Kenneth C. Burns, Jethro of Homer and Jethro
- Kevin Cronin, of REO Speedwagon
- Patti Drew, 1960s soul singer
- Alexander Frey, conductor, pianist, organist, harpsichordist, composer and recording artist
- Ezra Furman, of Ezra Furman and the Harpoons[35]
- Steve Goodman, songwriter and musician[36]
- Greg Graffin[37]
- Nancy Gustafson, opera singer
- David Ryan Harris, musician
- Stafford James, musician, composer[38][39]
- Josh Kantor, organist[40]
- Howard Levy, harmonica musician[41]
- Junior Mance, jazz pianist and composer
- Jason Narducy, musician
- Michael Omartian, pianist, keyboard player and producer
- Julianne Phillips, model and actress
- Matthew Polenzani, opera singer
- Ryan Raddon, producer known as Kaskade[42]
- Frank Rosenwein, classical oboist
- Natalie Sleeth, composer
- Grace Slick, of Jefferson Starship
- Patrick Stump, of Fall Out Boy[43]
- Eddie Vedder, of Pearl Jam[44][45]
- Loraine Wyman, early 20th century performer and fieldworker in folk song
Politics, government, and military
[edit]- Lorraine H. Morton, mayor of Evanston, Illinois from 1993 to 2009; Evanston's Longest serving mayor, first democratic mayor and first African-American mayor
- W. Russell Arrington, Illinois state legislator and lawyer[46]
- Alan E. Ashcraft Jr., Illinois state representative and judge[47]
- George Wildman Ball, Undersecretary of State for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
- James J. Barbour, Illinois lawyer and state legislator, practiced law in Evanston[48]
- John Lourie Beveridge, 16th governor of Illinois
- Charles E. Browne, Wisconsin territorial legislator[49]
- Marguerite S. Church, U.S. Representative 1951–1963
- Ralph E. Church, U.S. Representative 1935–1941, 1943–1950
- James M. Cole, U.S. Deputy Attorney General
- Burton C. Cook, U.S. Representative 1865–1871
- Charles Gates Dawes, Vice President of the United States, 1925–1929; Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1925
- Henry M. Dawes, U.S. Comptroller of the Currency 1923–1924
- Frances L. Dawson, Illinois state representative and educator[50]
- Thomas C. Foley, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate in Connecticut
- Robert Gettleman, federal judge
- James William Good, U.S. Secretary of War 1929
- Nathaniel M. Gorton, federal judge
- Mary Jeanne Hallstrom, nurse and politician
- Julian J. Hook, Minnesota state legislator and lawyer[51]
- Jim Kolbe, congressman
- Lynn Morley Martin, Secretary of Labor under President George H.W. Bush
- Catherine Waugh McCulloch, lawyer, suffragist, first woman to be elected Justice of the Peace in Illinois
- H.H.C. Miller, colonel to Illinois Governor Richard Yates, Jr., three-time mayor of Evanston
- Lenora Moragne (1931–2020), nutritionist
- John Porter, congressman
- Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, congressman
- Andrew Shuman, Lieutenant Governor of Illinois 1877–1881
- Joseph A. Strohl, Wisconsin state senator
- Leroy D. Thoman, U.S. Civil Service Commissioner 1883–1885
- Julius White, American Civil War brigadier general
Scientists
[edit]- Isabella Garnett, pioneering African-American female physician and founder of Community Hospital
- J. Allen Hynek, astronomer, professor, and ufologist
- Peter Shirley, computer scientist and computer graphics researcher
Sports figures
[edit]- Mike Adamle, NFL running back and sports broadcaster[52][53][54]
- Cornelia Wicker Armsby, golfer
- Bessie Anthony, golfer
- Elmer Bennett, ACB basketball player
- Dave Bergman, MLB player for the New York Yankees, Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers
- Pete Burnside, MLB pitcher for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers and Baltimore Orioles
- John Castino, MLB infielder for the Minnesota Twins
- Jack Cooley, basketball player for the University of Notre Dame
- Yu Darvish, baseball player for the Chicago Cubs[55]
- Luke Donald, professional golfer
- Paddy Driscoll, Hall of Fame football player
- Lindsey Durlacher, wrestler
- Kevin Foster, MLB pitcher for the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and Texas Rangers
- Pat Fitzgerald, head football coach for the Northwestern Wildcats
- Tim Floyd NBA and college basketball coach
- Clint Frank, college football halfback, 1937 Heisman Trophy winner
- Kevin Frederick, MLB pitcher for the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays
- Timothy Goebel, Olympic figure skater
- Dov Grumet-Morris (born 1982), ice hockey player
- Robert Jeangerard, Olympic basketball gold medalist
- Damon Jones, NFL tight end
- Brandon Hyde, coach for the Chicago Cubs
- Mike Kenn, offensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons, Pro Bowl selection
- Bob Lackey, Marquette and ABA basketball player
- Jim Lindeman, MLB player for the St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston Astros and New York Mets
- Freddie Lindstrom, Hall of Fame baseball player[56]
- Billy Martin, tennis player and coach
- Brian McBride, soccer player
- Bob Mionske, Olympic and professional bicycle racer
- Emery Moorehead, tight end for Super Bowl XX champion Chicago Bears
- Steve Parker, NFL player
- Wes Parker, MLB first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Josh Paul, MLB catcher for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Dan Peterson, basketball coach
- Mike Quade, baseball player, coach and manager of Chicago Cubs
- Dewey Robinson, MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
- Mike Rogodzinski, MLB outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Clarke Rosenberg (born 1993), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Erik Spoelstra, head coach, Miami Heat
- Everette Stephens, player for the Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks
- Dick Strahs, MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
- Peter Ueberroth, sixth commissioner of Major League Baseball, chairman of the United States Olympic Committee
- Ed Weiland, MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
- Aaron Williams, NBA basketball player
- Tommy Wingels, NHL player for the Chicago Blackhawks
Visual artists, designers
[edit]- Jane Fulton Alt, photographer
- John Dilg, painter and educator
- Edie Fake, fine artist and comic/zine author[57]
- Karen Finley, performance artist
- Margaret Burnham Geddes, architect
- Martha Nessler Hayden, painter[58]
- Kysa Johnson, painter
- Albert Henry Krehbiel, art teacher; impressionist painter and muralist; married to Dulah Marie Evans; died in Evanston
- Allison Miller, abstract painter
- Eugene Montgomery, painter
- Jay Ryan, illustrator and screen-printer, working professionally as The Bird Machine, musician
- Robert Slimbach, typeface designer, author of Myriad, Adobe Garamond, Adobe Jenson, Utopia, Cronos
- Adrian Smith, architect of the tallest building in the world[59]
- Gahan Wilson, cartoonist for The New Yorker, Playboy.
- Erik Winquist, visual effects supervisor, Best known for his work on films featuring computer generated effects: Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005), Avatar (2009), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).[60]
Writers, playwrights, journalists
[edit]- Mildred L. Batchelder, namesake of the ALA award given to the publisher of a translated children's book
- Beatrice Bruteau, American contemplative, philosopher and author
- Algis Budrys, science fiction author
- Carolyn Crimi, writer of children's books
- Allen G. Debus, historian of science and medicine, known primarily for his work on the history of chemistry and alchemy.
- Sarah Dessen, fiction author
- Carl Fick, author and film director
- James Foley, journalist, freelance war correspondent, and first American killed by the terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,[61][62]
- Jeffrey Gettleman, journalist
- Charles Gibson, news anchor
- Laurens Hammond, inventor of the Hammond organ
- George W. Hotchkiss, 19th-century journalist, editor, historian, and lumber dealer
- Cassidy Hubbarth, sports anchor
- Charles R. Johnson, author, National Book Award winner
- Clara Ingram Judson, children's book author
- Benay Lappe, publicist, professor, writer, female theologian, Covenant Award winner in education
- Mark McIntosh, priest and theologian
- Samuel Merwin, author and playwright
- Bob Mionske, attorney, author, former Olympic and professional bicycle racer
- Drew Pearson, newspaper columnist
- Richard Powers, author and National Book Award winner
- Alice Riley (1867–1955), author of children's media; founder of the Drama League of America and the Evanston Arts Center; lived in Evanston
- Albert Tangora, holder of world speed record for typing on a manual typewriter
- George Thiem, 1950 Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter
- Edward Thomson, writer and bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
- Henry Kitchell Webster, author and playwright
- Edmund White, literary critic, novelist
- Frances Willard, temperance advocate and suffragist
- Garry Wills, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer/critic
Other
[edit]- Starr Faithfull, socialite known for her unsolved death
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