List of Sons and Daughters of the City of Evanston, Illinois
This is a list of public figures that American US in the city of Evanston ( Illinois ) were born. The list does not claim to be complete.
19th century
- Samuel Merwin (1874–1936), writer, journalist and screenwriter
- Hugh Robert Wilson (1885–1946), ambassador
- Viola Barry (1894–1964), silent film actress
- Paddy Driscoll (1895-1968) American football player, coach, and baseball player
- Laurens Hammond (1895–1973), businessman and inventor of the Hammond organ
20th century
1901-1920
- Cecil Irwin (1902-1935), jazz musician
- John Lee Mahin (1902-1984), screenwriter
- Whitney Jennings Oates (1904–1973), classical philologist
- Joe Rushton (1907-1964), jazz bass saxophonist
- Francis Daniels Moore (1913-2001), surgeon
- Leonard H. Murray (1913-2001), railroad manager
- Gardner Read (1913-2005), composer
- Tom Neal (1914–1972), actor and boxer
- Robert S. Babcock (1915–1985), politician, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
- James F. Mead (1916–1987), biochemist and nutritionist
- Kay Davis (1920–2012), singer
- Nancy Freedman (1920-2010), writer
1921-1940
- Patrick Dennis (1921–1976), writer
- Richard T. Whitcomb (1921-2009), aircraft engineer
- John Lawrence May (1922-1994), Roman Catholic Bishop
- John C. Whitehead (1922–2015), entrepreneur, Assistant Secretary of State of the United States
- Charlton Heston (1923-2008), actor
- William Hamilton (1924–2012), theologian
- George D. Watkins (* 1924), physicist
- DA Pennebaker (1925-2019), documentary filmmaker
- George Irving Bell (1926-2000), mountaineer
- "Bebop" Sam Thomas (1927–1988), jazz guitarist
- Gordon Sherwood (1929-2013), composer
- Richard B. Shull (1929–1999), actor
- Nuel Belnap (* 1930), philosopher
- Anthony Downs (* 1930), political scientist and economist
- James Olson (born 1930), actor
- William Sheridan Allen (1932-2013), historian
- Thomas F. Budinger (* 1932), medical physicist
- William Christopher (1932-2016), actor
- Bob Cranshaw (1932-2016), jazz bassist
- Robert Jeangerard (1932-2014), basketball player
- Bob Bondurant (* 1933), racing car driver
- Edmund S. Phelps (* 1933), economist
- Barbara Harris (1935-2018), actress
- John Edward Porter (born 1935), politician
- Peter Freyd (* 1936), mathematician
- Peter Ueberroth (* 1937), sports official
- Grace Slick (born 1939), rock singer
1941-1960
- Thomas H. Rich (* 1941), Australian vertebrate paleontologist
- Jim Kolbe (born 1942), Republican politician
- Rick Boyer (born 1943), writer
- Jerry Portnoy (born 1943), blues musician
- Fred Schmidt (* 1943), swimmer
- Lawrence J. Crabb (* 1944), psychologist and author
- Michael Omartian (* 1945), music producer and multi-instrumentalist
- Stafford James (born 1946), jazz bassist
- Mary-Claire King (* 1946), geneticist
- Gregory Fuller (* 1948), German writer
- Bruce Jarchow (born 1948), actor
- Charles Richard Johnson (born 1948), writer
- Stephen Hunter Flick (born 1949), sound engineer
- Roger Williams (* 1949), politician
- Frank Collison (born 1950), actor
- James Anthony Walker (born 1950), composer
- Mary Patten (* 1951), artist and activist
- James M. Cole (* 1952), lawyer
- Ed Petersen (* 1952), jazz musician and university professor
- William Petersen (* 1953), actor and producer
- Ruby Wax (* 1953), American-British comedian
- Lucy Ellmann (* 1956), English writer
- Mike Kenn (born 1956), American football player
- Billy Martin (born 1956), tennis player
- John Naber (* 1956), swimmer
- Robert Slimbach (* 1956), font designer
- Rogers Brubaker (* 1956), sociologist
- Mark Huck (* 1957), speed skater
- Myra Melford (* 1957), jazz pianist and composer
- Richard Powers (born 1957), writer
- Bob Buckhorn (* 1958), politician
- Evan Ziporyn (* 1959), composer and clarinetist
- John Donahoe (* 1960), entrepreneur
- Mark Gorski (* 1960), racing cyclist
1961-1980
- Harald Leibrecht (* 1961), German politician (FDP)
- Elizabeth McGovern (born 1961), actress
- Grant Shaud (born 1961), actor
- Carlos Bernard (born 1962), actor
- Steven Maher (* 1962), luge rider
- Fisher Stevens (* 1963), actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer
- Cathy Podewell (born 1964), actress
- Eddie Vedder (* 1964), singer, songwriter, guitarist and frontman of the band Pearl Jam
- Cynthia Eckert (* 1965), rower
- John Cusack (born 1966), actor
- Steven Quale (* 1967), film director, screenwriter, cameraman and film editor
- Anna D. Shapiro (* 1967), theater director
- Kevin Foster (1969-2008), baseball player
- Jeffrey Lieber (born around 1969), screenwriter
- Sarah Dessen (* 1970), author of children's books
- Derrick Harmon (* 1970), light heavyweight boxer
- Erik Spoelstra (* 1970), basketball coach
- Bradley Roland Will (1970-2006), journalist, anarchist and indymedia activist
- Tamara Braun (* 1971), actress
- Susie Cusack (born 1971), actress
- Daniel Sunjata (born 1971), actor
- Reiko Aylesworth (born 1972), actress
- Ajay Naidu (born 1972), actor
- Seth Meyers (* 1973), actor
- Lindsey Durlacher (1974-2011), wrestler
- Alicia Goranson (born 1974), actress
- Seth Gordon (* 1974), director, screenwriter and film producer
- Kate Baldwin (born 1975), actress
- Willie Geist (born 1975), television presenter
- Jon Wellner (born 1975), actor
- Abigail Washburn (born 1977), singer
- Jake Johnson (born 1978), actor
- Timothy Goebel (* 1980), figure skater
- Andrew Hutchinson (born 1980), ice hockey player
- Brandon Schaefer (* 1980 or 1981), poker player
1981-2000
- Anders Holm (* 1981), actor, comedian and screenwriter
- Zach Gilford (born 1982), actor
- Dov Grumet-Morris (* 1982), ice hockey goalkeeper
- Jessie Mueller (born 1983), actress
- Jeffrey Lieber (* before 1984), screenwriter
- Lauren Lapkus (born 1985), actress
- Christian Friedrich (* 1987), baseball player
- Tommy Wingels (* 1988), ice hockey player
- Conor Dwyer (* 1989), swimmer
- Brian Hansen (* 1990), speed skater
- Jack Cooley (born 1991), basketball player
Year of birth unknown
- Amy Sue Barston , cellist and music educator
Web links
Commons : People of Evanston, Illinois - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Viola Barry on IMDb.com (English)
- ↑ Bob Jean Gerard in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Fred Schmidt in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Bruce Jarchow on IMDb.com (English)
- ↑ Cindy Eckert in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Kevin Foster in the database of Baseball-Reference (English)
- ↑ Kate Baldwin on IMDb.com (English)
- ↑ Abigail Washburn on IMDb.com (English)
- ↑ Jessie Mueller on IMDb.com (English)
- ↑ Jessie Mueller at Library of Congress Control Number (English)
- ↑ Christian Friedrich in the database of Baseball Reference (English)
- ↑ Conor Dwyer in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
- ↑ Jack Cooley in the database of Basketball-Reference (English)