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.
Business
Entertainment
- Carlos Bernard, actor.
- Tamara Braun, actress.
- Marlon Brando, actor.
- Heather Burns, actress.
- Timothy Carhart, actor
- William Christopher, actor, charity spokesperson.
- Joan Cusack, actress.
- John Cusack, actor.
- Robert Falls, Tony Award winning director.
- Zach Gilford, actor.
- Alicia Goranson, actress.
- Barbara Harris, actress.
- Charlton Heston, actor.
- Julie Fulton, actress.
- Tim Kazurinsky, actor and writer Saturday Night Live
- Walter Kerr, drama critic.
- Jeffrey Lieber, writer and co-creator of the television series Lost.
- Richard Long, actor.
- John Lee Mahin, Oscar-nominated screenwriter.
- Michael Madsen, actor.
- Elizabeth McGovern, Oscar-nominated actress.
- Josh Meyers, actor and comedian.
- Seth Meyers, actor and comedian [1]
- John Moffatt, producer.
- Ajay Naidu, actor.
- D.A. Pennebaker, documentary filmmaker[2]
- William Petersen, actor.
- Steve Pink, director, screenwriter, and producer.
- Jeremy Piven, actor.
- Anna D. Shapiro, award-winning director.
- Daniel Sunjata, actor.
- Ruby Wax, comedienne.
- Jenniffer Weigel, actress, writer.
- Rafer Weigel, actor, television personality.
Sports figures
- 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.
- 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.
- Clint Frank, 1937 Heisman Trophy winner
- Kevin Frederick, MLB pitcher for the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays.
- Dov Grumet-Morris, ice hockey player
- Damon Jones, former NFL tight end.
- Mike Kenn, offensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons, Pro Bowl winner.
- Bob Lackey, 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.
- Bob Mionske, former Olympic and professional bicycle racer.
- Emery Moorehead, former tight end Chicago Bears.
- 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, manager, Chicago Cubs.
- Dewey Robinson, MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox.
- Mike Rogodzinski, MLB outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies.
- Erik Spoelstra, head coach, Miami Heat.
- Everette Stephens, player for the Indiana Pacers and Milwaukee Bucks.
- Peter Ueberroth, 6th 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.
Writers, thinkers, artists, scientists, and cultural figures
- Jane Fulton Alt, photographer.
- Mildred L. Batchelder, namesake of the ALA award given to the publisher of a translated children's book.
- Algis Budrys, science fiction author.
- Allen G. Debus, historian of science and medicine.
- Laurens Hammond, inventor of the Hammond organ.
- Charles R. Johnson, author, National Book Award Winner.
- Carl Fick, author and film director.
- Karen Finley, Performance Artist
- Charles Gibson, news anchor.
- J. Allen Hynek, astronomer, professor, and ufologist.
- Bob Mionske, attorney, author, and former Olympic and professional bicycle racer.
- Eugene Montgomery, painter.
- Dale T. Mortensen, Nobel Prize winner in economincs.
- Roger Myerson, 2007 Nobel Prize winner in economics.
- Drew Pearson, newspaper columnist .
- Edmund Phelps, Nobel Prize winner in economics.
- Mark Pinsky, inventor of the Pinsky Phenomenon in mathematics.
- Richard Powers, author and National Book Award winner.
- Adrian Smith, architect of the tallest building in the world. [3]
- Albert Tangora, holder of world speed record for typing on a manual typewriter.
- Garry Wills, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer/critic.
- Gahan Wilson, cartoonist for the New Yorker, Playboy.
Politics
- George Wildman Ball, Undersecretary of State for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
- Charles Gates Dawes, Vice President of the United States, 1925–1929; Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1925.
- Jim Kolbe, U.S. Congressman.
- Lynn Morley Martin, Secretary of Labor under President Ronald Reagan
- Catherine Waugh McCulloch, lawyer, suffragist, first woman to be elected Justice of the Peace in Illinois.
- John Porter, U.S. Congressman.
- Donald Rumsfeld, U.S. Secretary of Defense, U.S. Congressman.
- Joseph A. Strohl, Wisconsin State Senator.
- Frances Willard, temperance advocate and suffragist.
- Lloyd Zimmerman, Minnesota jurist.
Musicians
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