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

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Academia

Oliver Marcy Oliver Marcy (February 13, 1820 – March 19, 1899) was twice an acting president at Northwestern University from 1876-1881 and in 1890. Biography Oliver Marcy was born in Colrain, Massachusetts on February 13, 1820, the seventh of 11 childr ...

, two-time president of Northwestern University. *

Dale T. Mortensen Dale Thomas Mortensen (February 2, 1939 – January 9, 2014) was an American economist and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Early life and education Mortensen was born in Enterprise, Oregon. He received his BA in econom ...

, 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 Morton Owen Schapiro (born July 13, 1953) is an American economist and the former president of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Before assuming the Northwestern presidency in 2009, he served as president of Williams College for nine ...

, 16th president of Northwestern University, and 16th president of Williams College *

Stuart Vyse Stuart Vyse is an American psychologist, teacher, speaker and author who specializes in belief in superstitions and critical thinking. He is frequently invited as a speaker and interviewed by the media as an expert on superstitious behavior. His ...

, psychologist and author. Specialist on superstitions. *

John Carrier Weaver John Carrier Weaver (May 21, 1915 – March 10, 1995) was an American professor of geography, and college administrator for several major universities in the United States. Early life Weaver was born in Evanston, Illinois. His father, A. T. W ...

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professor of geography, and college administrator for several major universities in the United States. *

John Henry Wigmore John Henry Wigmore (1863–1943) was an American lawyer and legal scholar known for his expertise in the law of evidence and for his influential scholarship. Wigmore taught law at Keio University in Tokyo (1889–1892) before becoming the first ...

, dean of

Northwestern Law School Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law is the law school of Northwestern University, a private research university. It is located on the university's Chicago campus. Northwestern Law has been ranked among the top 14, or "T14" law sch ...

Business

John C. Whitehead John Cunningham Whitehead (April 2, 1922 – February 7, 2015) was an American banker and civil servant, a board member of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation (WTC Memorial Foundation), and, until his resignation in May 2006, chairman of ...

, banker, chairman of

Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ...

, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State 1985–89, board member of

World Trade Center Memorial Foundation The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum in New York City commemorating the September 11 attacks of 2001, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bomb ...

(WTC Memorial Foundation) *

William Liston Brown William Liston Brown (August 23, 1842 – November 1, 1929) was an American businessman and industrialist in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Brown served in the Chicago Mercantile Independent Battery Light Artillery during the Civil War, then de ...

, director of

American Ship Building Company The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the World War II, Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898. It changed ...

* James Cayne, former CEO of Bear Stearns * Lester Crown, son of Chicago financier Henry Crown and controls family holdings *

John Donahoe John Joseph Donahoe II (born April 30, 1960) is an American businessman who is the CEO of Nike. Early in his career he worked for Bain & Company, becoming the firm's president and CEO in 1999. He is on the board of directors at Nike, The Bridgespa ...

, president and CEO of eBay, born in Evanston *

Bob Galvin Robert William "Bob" Galvin (October 9, 1922 – October 11, 2011) was an American executive. He was the son of the founder of Motorola, Paul Galvin, and served as the CEO of Motorola from 1959 to 1986. Motorola career Born in Marshfield, Wiscon ...

, former CEO of Motorola * Hecky Powell, restaurateur * Gordon Segal, founder and CEO of Crate & Barrel * Gwynne Shotwell, American businesswoman, engineer, president and chief operating officer of

SpaceX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is an American spacecraft manufacturer, launcher, and a satellite communications corporation headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the stated goal of ...

Entertainment

* Kate Baldwin, actress and singer *

Viola Barry Viola Barry ( – April 2, 1964) was an American silent film actress who starred in a number of films during the 1910s. Early years Gladys Viola Wilson was born in Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of Rev. J. Stitt Wilson, a Methodist minister. ...

, silent film actress * William Bassett, actor * Carlos Bernard, actor *

Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academ ...

, actor * Tamara Braun, actress *

Heather Burns Heather Burns (born April 7, 1975) is an American actress, known for her role as Miss Rhode Island Cheryl Frasier in the 2000 film '' Miss Congeniality'' and its 2005 sequel, '' Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous''. Her other film appearan ...

, actress * Ronnie Burns, actor * Timothy Carhart, actor * William Christopher, actor, charity spokesperson * Joan Cusack, actress * John Cusack, actor * John Dickson, poet and short story writer * Sean Evans, host of ''

Hot Ones ''Hot Ones'' is an American YouTube talk show, created by Christopher Schonberger and Sean Evans and produced by First We Feast and Complex Media. Its basic premise involves celebrities being interviewed by Evans over a platter of increasingly sp ...

'' * Robert Falls, director * Richard Fancy, actor *

Julie Fulton Julie Fulton (born April 10, 1959) is an American actress of stage and screen. Fulton was born in Evanston, Illinois. Career Fulton portrayed astronaut Judith Resnik in the movie about the shuttle disaster Challenger. She also played a secretar ...

, actress * Zach Gilford, actor *

Alicia Goranson Alicia may refer to: People * Alicia (given name), list of people with this name * Alisha (singer) (born 1968), US pop singer * Melinda Padovano (born 1987), a professional wrestler, known by her ring name, Alicia Places * Alicia, Bohol, Phil ...

, actress * Seth Gordon, director, producer, editor *

Laura Harrier Laura Ruth Harrier (born March 28, 1990) is an American actress and model. She began modeling at the age of 17 after she was discovered by a location scout. She moved to New York City where she continued modeling and was represented by agencie ...

, actress * Barbara Harris, actress *

Charlton Heston Charlton Heston (born John Charles Carter; October 4, 1923April 5, 2008) was an American actor and political activist. As a Hollywood star, he appeared in almost 100 films over the course of 60 years. He played Moses in the epic film ''The Ten C ...

, actor *

Anders Holm Anders Christian Holm (born May 29, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is one of the stars and creators of the Comedy Central show ''Workaholics'' and starred in the short-lived NBC series ''Champions''. He, along wit ...

, comedian and co-creator of '' Workaholics'' * James Jewell, voice actor, producer & director for radio shows '' The Lone Ranger'' and ''

The Green Hornet The Green Hornet is a superhero created in 1936 by George W. Trendle and Fran Striker, with input from radio director James Jewell. Since his 1930s radio debut, the character has appeared in numerous serialized dramas in a wide variety of media ...

'' * Jake Johnson, actor * Amanda Jones, Miss Illinois USA 1973 & Miss USA 1973 * Tim Kazurinsky, actor and writer, '' Saturday Night Live'' *

Walter Kerr Walter Francis Kerr (July 8, 1913 – October 9, 1996) was an American writer and Broadway theatre critic. He also was the writer, lyricist, and/or director of several Broadway plays and musicals as well as the author of several books, genera ...

, drama critic * Lauren Lapkus, actor and comedian * Jeffrey Lieber, writer and co-creator of the television series ''

Lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

'' * Richard Long, actor * Michael Madsen, actor *

John Lee Mahin John Lee Mahin (August 23, 1902, Evanston, Illinois – April 18, 1984, Los Angeles) was an American screenwriter and producer of films who was active in Hollywood from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was known as the favorite writer of Clark Gable a ...

, Oscar-nominated screenwriter * Jeff McCracken, actor, director, producer * Elizabeth McGovern, Oscar-nominated actress * Patrick Melton, screenwriter * Josh Meyers, actor and comedian *

Seth Meyers Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American comedian, writer, producer, actor, and television host. He hosts ''Late Night with Seth Meyers'', a late-night talk show on NBC. Prior to that, he was a cast member and head writer for NBC ...

, actor and comedian * John Moffatt, producer * Jessie Mueller, actress and singer * Bill Murray, actor and comedian * Ajay Naidu, actor and singer * Christopher Nolan, director, screenwriter, and producer * Jonathan Nolan, screenwriter, producer and director * James Olson, actor *

Geeta Patel Geeta Vasant Patel (born December 22, 1975) is an American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer best known for her work on ''Meet the Patels'' (2014), ''House of the Dragon'' (2022), and ''Ahsoka'' (2023). Career In the ...

, film and TV director *

D.A. Pennebaker Donn Alan Pennebaker (; July 15, 1925 – August 1, 2019) was an American documentary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of direct cinema. Performing arts and politics were his primary subjects. In 2013, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sc ...

, documentary filmmaker * William Petersen, actor * Steve Pink, director, screenwriter, and producer * Jeremy Piven, actor * Shira Piven, director * David Schwimmer, actor *

Anna D. Shapiro Anna Davida Shapiro (born March 10, 1966) is an American theater director, was the artistic director of the Steppenwolf Theater Company, and a professor at Northwestern University. Throughout her career, she has directed both the Steppenwolf The ...

, award-winning director * Jerry Springer * Hope Summers, actress, founder of Evanston's Showcase Theater * Daniel Sunjata, actor *

Dave VanDam David J. VanDam (April 17, 1955 – July 3, 2018), well known as "Evil Dave Letterman" or simply "Evil Dave", was an American voice impressionist who began appearing on '' The Howard Stern Show'' in 1999 until his death. Although VanDam's natural ...

, voice actor * Lori Voornas, radio personality * Ruby Wax, comedian *

Jenniffer Weigel Jenniffer Colleen Weigel (born October 6, 1970), known professionally as Jenniffer Weigel, is a Chicago radio and television personality, as well as an author and performer who owns her own Chicago-area production company. She was a morning cohost ...

, actress, writer *

Rafer Weigel Rafer Weigel (born May 5, 1969) is an American broadcast journalist who most recently was an early morning weekday news anchor and general assignment reporter at WFLD-Channel 32 in Chicago. Formerly, he was the weekend sports anchor and reporte ...

, actor, television personality * Martin Sherman, actor

Music

* Steve Albini, music producer * Fred Anderson, saxophonist *

Benjamin Bagby Benjamin Bagby (born February 20, 1950) is an American singer, composer, harpist, and performer of medieval music. Biography Born in Evanston, Illinois, Bagby was educated at Oberlin College, Ohio, and the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Bagby foun ...

, singer, performer of medieval music *

Stuart D. Bogie Stuart D. Bogie is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and music producer. Originally from Evanston, Illinois, Bogie became a staple in the Brooklyn music scene. Early years Bogie studied music at the Interlochen Arts Academ ...

, musician and arranger *

David Burge David Russell Burge (March 25, 1930 – April 1, 2013) was an American pianist, conductor and composer. As a performer, he was noted for championing contemporary pieces. The ''New York Times'' called him "one of America's important pianists," and h ...

, pianist *

Kenneth C. Burns Kenneth is an English given name and surname. The name is an Anglicised form of two entirely different Gaelic personal names: ''Cainnech'' and '' Cináed''. The modern Gaelic form of ''Cainnech'' is ''Coinneach''; the name was derived from a by ...

, Jethro of

Homer and Jethro Homer and Jethro were the stage names of American country music duo Henry D. "Homer" Haynes (1920–1971) and Kenneth C. "Jethro" Burns (1920–1989), popular from the 1940s through the 1960s on radio and television for their satirical versio ...

* Kevin Cronin, of

REO Speedwagon REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. The ...

Patti Drew Patti Drew (born December 29, 1944, Charleston, South Carolina) is an American pop singer who achieved brief success in the late 1960s. Drew was raised in Nashville, Tennessee and Evanston, Illinois, where she sang in church with her sisters, Lorr ...

, 1960s soul singer * Alexander Frey, conductor, pianist, organist, harpsichordist, composer and recording artist *

Ezra Furman Ezra Furman (born September 5, 1986) is an American musician and songwriter. Furman was the lead singer and guitarist of Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, formed in 2006, which ended with ''Mysterious Power'' (2011). Her subsequent work has include ...

, of

Ezra Furman and the Harpoons Ezra Furman and the Harpoons were a four-piece rock band active between 2006 and 2011. The band consisted of Ezra Furman (vocals, guitar), Job Mukkada (bass guitar), Adam Abrutyn (Drum kit, drums), and Andrew Langer (guitar). They formed at Tufts ...

Steve Goodman Steven Benjamin Goodman (July 25, 1948 – September 20, 1984) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter from Chicago. He wrote the song "City of New Orleans", which was recorded by Arlo Guthrie and many others including John Denver, ...

, songwriter and musician * Greg Graffin *

Nancy Gustafson Nancy Gustafson (born June 27, 1956, in Evanston, Illinois) is an American opera singer. She received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 1978 and her M.Mus. from Northwestern University. She has appeared in numerous productions at venues bo ...

, opera singer *

David Ryan Harris David Ryan Harris (born April 19, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Harris moved to Atlanta at a young age. Harris has had a varied career as a musi ...

, musician *

Stafford James Stafford James (born April 24, 1946) is an American double-bassist and composer.Allmusic/ref> Biography Stafford James was born in Evanston, Illinois. From ages 6 to 11 he was a left handed violinist in the school orchestra. He also possessed d ...

, musician, composer * Josh Kantor, organist * Howard Levy, harmonica musician * Junior Mance, jazz pianist and composer *

Jason Narducy Jason V. Narducy is an American musician from Evanston, Illinois, United States. After receiving his first guitar at the age of nine Narducy started his music career, playing guitar and writing songs for his punk rock band, Verboten. Verboten i ...

, musician *

Michael Omartian Michael Omartian (born November 26, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He produced number-one records in three consecutive decades. He has earned 11 Grammy Awards nominations and won three. He sp ...

, pianist, keyboard player and producer * Julianne Phillips, model and actress *

Matthew Polenzani Matthew Polenzani (born 1968) is an American lyric tenor. He has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera, Royal Opera House, Bayerische Staatsoper, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Vienna State Opera, and San Francisco Opera, among others. He h ...

, opera singer *

Ryan Raddon Ryan Gary Raddon (born February 25, 1971), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer. ''DJ Times'' voted Kaskade "America's Best DJ" in 2011 and 2013. ''DJ Magazine, DJ Mag'' named Kaskade fifty-firs ...

, producer known as Kaskade * Frank Rosenwein, classical oboist *

Natalie Sleeth Natalie Allyn Sleeth (née Wakeley; October 29, 1930 – March 21, 1992) was an American composer of hymns and choral music.Grace Slick, of

Jefferson Starship Jefferson Starship is an American rock band from San Francisco, California, formed in 1974 by a group of musicians including former members of Jefferson Airplane. Between 1974 and 1984, they released eight gold or platinum-selling studio albu ...

Patrick Stump Patrick Martin Stumph (born April 27, 1984), known professionally as Patrick Vaughn Stump, is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Fall Out Boy, originally from Wilmette, I ...

, of

Fall Out Boy Fall Out Boy is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Wilmette, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist Pete Wentz, lead guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer A ...

Eddie Vedder Eddie Jerome Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of four guitarists of the rock band Pearl Jam. He also appeared as a guest vocalist i ...

, of

Pearl Jam Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band's lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guita ...

Loraine Wyman (Julie) Loraine Wyman (October 23, 1885 – September 11, 1937) was an American soprano, noted for her concert performances of folk songs, some of which she collected herself from traditional singers in field work. Paul J. Stamler has called Wyma ...

, early 20th century performer and fieldworker in

folk song Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be c ...

Politics, government, and military

Lorraine H. Morton Lorraine Hairston Morton (December 8, 1918 – September 8, 2018) was an American politician who was the mayor of Evanston, Illinois, from 1993 to 2009.

, mayor of Evanston, Illinois from 1993 to 2009; Evanston's Longest serving mayor, first democratic mayor and first African-American mayor *

W. Russell Arrington William Russell Arrington (July 4, 1906 – October 3, 1979) was an American politician and lawyer. Born on Independence Day in Gillespie, Illinois, Arrington was educated in East St. Louis before proceeding to the University of Illinois, wher ...

, Illinois state legislator and lawyer * Alan E. Ashcraft Jr., Illinois state representative and judge *

George Wildman Ball George Wildman Ball (December 21, 1909 – May 26, 1994) was an American diplomat and banker. He served in the management of the US State Department from 1961 to 1966 and is remembered most as the only major dissenter against the escalation of ...

, Undersecretary of State for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson * James J. Barbour, Illinois lawyer and state legislator, practiced law in Evanston *

John Lourie Beveridge John Lourie Beveridge (July 6, 1824 – May 3, 1910) was the 16th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1873 to 1877. He succeeded the recently elected Richard J. Oglesby, who resigned to accept a Senate seat. Beveridge previously served in t ...

, 16th governor of Illinois * Charles E. Browne, Wisconsin territorial legislator *

Marguerite S. Church Marguerite Stitt Church (September 13, 1892 – May 26, 1990) was an American psychologist and politician who represented Illinois' 13th congressional district as a Republican Party (United States), Republican from 1951 to 1963. Early life an ...

, U.S. Representative 1951–1963 *

Ralph E. Church Ralph Edwin Church (May 5, 1883 – March 21, 1950) was an American lawyer and Republican politician. He served in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1917 to 1932 and then represented the northern suburbs of Chicago in the United Stat ...

, U.S. Representative 1935–1941, 1943–1950 * James M. Cole, U.S. Deputy Attorney General *

Burton C. Cook Burton Chauncey Cook (May 11, 1819 – August 18, 1894) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. Biography He was born in Pittsford, New Yorkon May 11, 1819. Cook attended the Collegiate Institute, Rochester, New York. He studied law, and in 1 ...

, U.S. Representative 1865–1871 *

Charles Gates Dawes Charles Gates Dawes (August 27, 1865 – April 23, 1951) was an American banker, general, diplomat, composer, and Republican politician who was the 30th vice president of the United States from 1925 to 1929 under Calvin Coolidge. He was a co-reci ...

, Vice President of the United States, 1925–1929; Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1925 *

Henry M. Dawes Henry May Dawes (April 22, 1877 – September 29, 1952) was an American businessman and banker from a prominent Ohio family. He served as a United States Comptroller of the Currency from 1923 to 1924 and also worked as an executive in the oil indu ...

, U.S. Comptroller of the Currency 1923–1924 * Frances L. Dawson, Illinois state representative and educator * Thomas C. Foley, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate in Connecticut * Robert Gettleman, federal judge *

James William Good James William Good (September 24, 1866 – November 18, 1929) was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Iowa, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Cabinet of President Herbert Hoover as Secretary of War. He w ...

, U.S. Secretary of War 1929 *

Nathaniel M. Gorton Nathaniel Matheson Gorton (born July 25, 1938) is an American lawyer who has served as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts since 1992. Early life and early legal career Gorton was born in 1938 in Evanst ...

, federal judge *

Mary Jeanne Hallstrom Mary Jeanne "Dolly" Hallstrom (December 26, 1924 – August 2, 2006) was an American nurse and politician. Born in East Orange, New Jersey, Hallstrom went to Loyola University Chicago and had nursing training at St. Mary's Hospital in Evanston ...

, nurse and politician * Julian J. Hook, Minnesota state legislator and lawyer * 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 A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

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 Donald Henry Rumsfeld (July 9, 1932 – June 29, 2021) was an American politician, government official and businessman who served as Secretary of Defense from 1975 to 1977 under president Gerald Ford, and again from 2001 to 2006 under Presi ...

, U.S. Secretary of Defense, congressman *

Andrew Shuman Andrew Shuman (November 8, 1830 – May 5, 1890) was an American newspaper editor and politician. A native of New York, Shuman worked at several small local newspapers until he secured a position at the '' Syracuse Journal'' in 1853. He left the ...

, Lieutenant Governor of Illinois 1877–1881 *

Joseph A. Strohl Joseph A. Strohl (born March 19, 1946) is a Wisconsin lobbyist and former Majority Leader of the Wisconsin State Senate. He represented Racine County as a Democrat from 1979 through 1991. Biography Joseph Strohl was born on March 19, 1946, in ...

, Wisconsin state senator *

Leroy D. Thoman Leroy Delano Thoman (July 31, 1851 – April 19, 1909) was an American judge and civil service commissioner. Thoman was born in Salem, Ohio, July 31, 1851. He was educated in the common schools and became a teacher at the age of sixteen. After ...

, U.S. Civil Service Commissioner 1883–1885 * Julius White, American Civil War brigadier general

Scientists

Isabella Garnett Isabella Garnett (August 22, 1872 – August 23, 1948) founded the first hospital in the city of Evanston, Illinois that would serve African-American patients. After her hospital merged into Evanston's new Community Hospital in 1928, she serv ...

, pioneering African-American female physician and founder of Community Hospital *

J. Allen Hynek Josef Allen Hynek (May 1, 1910 – April 27, 1986) was an American astronomer, professor, and ufologist. He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research. Hynek acted as scientific advisor to UFO studies undertaken by the U.S. Air Force under ...

, astronomer, professor, and ufologist *

Peter Shirley Peter Shirley (born 1963) is an American computer scientist and computer graphics researcher. He is a Distinguished Scientist at NVIDIA and adjunct professor at the University of Utah in computer science. He has made extensive contributions to i ...

, computer scientist and computer graphics researcher

Sports figures

Mike Adamle Michael David Adamle (born October 4, 1949) is a former American football player and sports broadcaster. Adamle was a sports anchor at other Chicago television stations, including WLS-TV from 1982 to 1989 before hosting '' American Gladiators'', ...

, NFL running back and sports broadcaster *

Cornelia Wicker Armsby Cornelia Wicker Armsby (1884 – April 23, 1969) was an American golfer and socialite, who lived much of her adult life in Europe. Early life Cornelia Wicker Armsby was from Evanston, Illinois, the daughter of James Kendall Armsby and Cornelia An ...

, golfer *

Bessie Anthony Bessie Anthony (March 19, 1880 – November 22, 1912) was an American amateur golfer. She was the U.S. Women's Amateur in 1903, and won the Women's Western Amateur tournament in its first three years, 1901, 1902, and 1903. Early life Anthony wa ...

, golfer *

Elmer Bennett Elmer James Bennett (born February 13, 1970) is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 6'0" (1.83 m), he played at the point guard position. High school Bennett played competitively for Bellaire High School, in Bella ...

, ACB basketball player *

Dave Bergman David Bruce Bergman (June 6, 1953 – February 2, 2015) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman, designated hitter and left fielder who played between 1975 and 1992. Early life Born in Evanston, Illinois, Bergman was an alumnus of M ...

, MLB player for the New York Yankees,

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...

, San Francisco Giants and

Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) Central division. One of the AL's eight charter franchises, the club was f ...

Pete Burnside Peter Willits Burnside (July 2, 1930 – August 26, 2022) was an American professional baseball player and left-handed pitcher who appeared in 196 Major League Baseball games in 1955 and from 1957 to 1963 for the New York / San Francisco Giant ...

, MLB pitcher for the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. ...

, San Francisco Giants, Washington Senators,

and Baltimore Orioles *

John Castino John Anthony Castino (born October 23, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball player. Castino played as an infielder, primarily at third base and second base, with the Minnesota Twins from 1979 through 1984. Professional career Castino graduat ...

, MLB infielder for the

Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area w ...

* Jack Cooley, basketball player for the University of Notre Dame * Yu Darvish, baseball player for the

Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...

Luke Donald Luke Campbell Donald MBE (born 7 December 1977) is an English professional golfer and former world number one. He plays mainly on the U.S.-based PGA Tour but is also a member of the European Tour. Donald had an outstanding year in 2011, winnin ...

, professional golfer * Paddy Driscoll, Hall of Fame football player * Lindsey Durlacher, wrestler * Kevin Foster, MLB pitcher for the

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta ...

, and Texas Rangers * Pat Fitzgerald, head football coach for the Northwestern Wildcats * Tim Floyd NBA and college basketball coach * Clint Frank,

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

halfback, 1937

Heisman Trophy The Heisman Memorial Trophy (usually known colloquially as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman) is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and hard ...

winner *

Kevin Frederick Kevin Albert Francis Frederick (born November 4, 1976) is an American former professional baseball player. In nine seasons, Frederick was primarily a relief pitcher. Career Frederick attended high school at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshir ...

, MLB pitcher for the

and Toronto Blue Jays *

Timothy Goebel Timothy Richard Goebel (born September 10, 1980) is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. He was the first person to land a Quadruple jump, quadruple salchow jump in comp ...

, Olympic figure skater *

Dov Grumet-Morris Dov Grumet-Morris (born February 28, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the American Hockey League (AHL). He played ten years of professional hockey in North America and Europe. Early life Grumet-Morris, ...

(born 1982), ice hockey player *

Robert Jeangerard Robert Eugene Jeangerard (June 20, 1933 – July 5, 2014) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Jeangerard played collegiately at the University of Colorado. He then played for th ...

, Olympic basketball gold medalist *

Damon Jones Damon Darron Jones (born August 25, 1976) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who was an assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A combo guard, he played college baske ...

, NFL tight end *

Brandon Hyde Brandon Michael Hyde (born October 3, 1973) is an American professional baseball manager for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). Hyde had previously served as the bench coach, director of player development, and first base coach ...

, coach for the

Mike Kenn Michael Lee Kenn (born February 9, 1956) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 17-year career as an offensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 to 1994. He played ...

, offensive tackle for the

Atlanta Falcons The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The Falcons joined th ...

, Pro Bowl selection *

Bob Lackey Robert Lackey (April 9, 1949 – June 4, 2002) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Evanston, Illinois. Robert Lackey was born to Raymond Oliver Lackey and died from cancer in 2002. In high school at Evanston Township H ...

, Marquette and ABA basketball player *

Jim Lindeman James William Lindeman (born January 10, 1962) is a former Major League Baseball player. He played mostly in the outfield and at first base, appearing in parts of nine seasons in the majors from 1986 until 1994. Professional career He was the S ...

, MLB player for the St. Louis Cardinals,

and New York Mets * Freddie Lindstrom, Hall of Fame baseball player * Billy Martin, tennis player and coach * Brian McBride, soccer player *

Bob Mionske Robert ("Bob") Charles Mionske (born August 26, 1962) is a two-time U.S. Olympic racing cyclist (1988 and 1992) and U.S. National Champion (1990). In the 1988 Summer Olympics, held in Seoul, South Korea, he placed fourth in the Individual Road ...

, Olympic and professional bicycle racer *

Emery Moorehead Emery Matthew Moorehead (born March 22, 1954) is a former American football tight end and wide receiver in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Chicago Bears. He won a Super Bowl ring as the starting ...

, tight end for

Super Bowl XX Super Bowl XX was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Chicago Bears and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for ...

champion

Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...

* Steve Parker, NFL player * Wes Parker, MLB first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers *

Josh Paul Joshua William Paul (born May 19, 1975) is a retired American professional baseball catcher and professional coach. He most recently served as the quality control coach for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB for ...

, MLB catcher for the Chicago White Sox,

, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Tampa Bay Devil Rays * Dan Peterson, basketball coach * Mike Quade, baseball player, coach and manager of

* Dewey Robinson, MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox * Mike Rogodzinski, MLB outfielder for the

Clarke Rosenberg Clarke Rosenberg ( he, קלארק רוזנברג; born April 13, 1993) is an American basketball player who currently plays for Ironi Nahariya of the Liga Leumit (basketball), Israeli Basketball National League and the Balkan International Basketb ...

(born 1993), American-Israeli basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League *

Erik Spoelstra Erik Jon Spoelstra ( ; born November 1, 1970) is an American professional basketball coach who is the head coach for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has won two NBA championships as the head coach of the Heat. A Fi ...

, head coach, Miami Heat *

Everette Stephens Everette Louis Stephens (born October 21, 1966) is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2nd round (31st overall) of the 1988 NBA draft. A 6'2" guard from Purdue University, Stephens p ...

, player for the

Indiana Pacers The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...

and Milwaukee Bucks *

Dick Strahs Richard Bernard Strahs (December 4, 1923 – May 26, 1988) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in nine games for the Chicago White Sox. Born in Evanston, Illinois, Strahs stood tall and weighed . S ...

, MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox * Peter Ueberroth, sixth commissioner of Major League Baseball, chairman of the United States Olympic Committee *

Ed Weiland Edwin Nicholas Weiland (November 26, 1914 – July 12, 1971) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched for the Chicago White Sox for five games during the 1940 Chicago White Sox season and 1942 Chicago White Sox ...

, MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox * Aaron Williams, NBA basketball player *

Tommy Wingels Thomas Wingels (born April 12, 1988) is an American former professional ice hockey forward. He played most of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose Sharks, the Ottawa Senators, the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruin ...

, NHL player for the Chicago Blackhawks

Visual artists, designers

* Jane Fulton Alt, photographer * John Dilg, painter and educator * Edie Fake, fine artist and comic/zine author *

Karen Finley Karen Finley (born 1956) is an American performance artist, musician and poet. Her performance art, recordings, and books are used as forms of activism. Her work frequently uses nudity and profanity. Finley incorporates depictions of sexuality, ...

, performance artist *

Margaret Burnham Geddes Margaret Burnham Geddes (née Kelly; September 26, 1907 – February 18, 1995) was an American architect, urban planner, and activist who worked in Providence, Rhode Island. She designed several early modernist houses in southern New England with ...

, architect *

Martha Nessler Hayden Martha Nessler Hayden (born 1936) is an American artist, known for Modernist landscape painting and artist books. Hayden lives and works in Sharon, Wisconsin, in a historic Victorian home. She has produced art in many mediums including oil paint ...

, painter * Kysa Johnson, painter *

Albert Henry Krehbiel Albert Henry Krehbiel (November 25, 1873 – June 29, 1945), was the most decorated United States, American painter ever at the French Academy, winning the Prix De Rome, four gold medals and five cash prizes. He was born in Denmark, Iowa and tau ...

, art teacher;

impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

painter and muralist; married to

Dulah Marie Evans Dulah Marie Evans, later Dulah Marie Evans Krehbiel (17 February 1875 – 24 July 1951) was an American painter, photographer, printmaker, illustrator, and etcher. Evans received commissions from the Armour Food Company and Santa Fe Railroad ...

; died in Evanston *

Allison Miller Allison Miller is an American actress. She is best known for playing Michelle Benjamin on the NBC series '' Kings'', Skye Tate on the Fox series '' Terra Nova'', and Carrie on the NBC series ''Go On''. She starred as Laura Larson on the Syfy tel ...

, 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 * 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).

Writers, playwrights, journalists

Mildred L. Batchelder Mildred Leona Batchelder (September 7, 1901 – August 25, 1998) was an American librarian, named by '' American Libraries'' in December 1999 as among “100 of the most important leaders we had in the 20th century”. “In the mid-twentieth cent ...

, namesake of the

ALA Ala, ALA, Alaa or Alae may refer to: Places * Ala, Hiiu County, Estonia, a village * Ala, Valga County, Estonia, a village * Ala, Alappuzha, Kerala, India, a village * Ala, Iran, a village in Semnan Province * Ala, Gotland, Sweden * Alad, Seydu ...

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 Allen George Debus (August 16, 1926 – March 6, 2009) was an American historian of science, known primarily for his work on the history of chemistry and alchemy. In 1991 he was honored at the University of Chicago with an academic conference hel ...

, historian of science and medicine, known primarily for his work on the history of

chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

and alchemy. * Sarah Dessen, fiction author *

Carl Fick Carl Metcalfe Fick (September 23, 1918 – February 23, 1990) was an American documentary film director and author. He was best known for the Cannes award-winning short docudrama '' A Day in the Death of Donny B'' (1969), as well as his novels ''Th ...

, author and film director * James Foley, journalist, freelance war correspondent, and first

killed by the terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, *

Jeffrey Gettleman Jeffrey A. Gettleman (born 1971) is an American Pulitzer prize-winning journalist. Since 2018, he has been the South Asia bureau chief of The New York Times based in New Delhi. From 2006-July 2017, he was East Africa bureau chief for ''The Times' ...

, journalist * Charles Gibson, news anchor * Laurens Hammond, inventor of the

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

George W. Hotchkiss George Woodward Hotchkiss (October 16, 1831 – March 1, 1926) was a nineteenth-century pioneer lumber dealer businessman and journalist who wrote on the lumber industry. He was the co-founder and editor of several newspapers, including the worl ...

, 19th-century journalist, editor, historian, and lumber dealer *

Cassidy Hubbarth Cassidy Hubbarth (born September 19, 1984) is an American television anchor. Hubbarth formerly hosts ESPN2's ''NBA Tonight'' and also anchors ESPN's ''SportsCenter and College Football Live.'' Early life Hubbarth was born in the Chicago area to E ...

, sports anchor *

Charles R. Johnson Charles Richard Johnson (born April 23, 1948) is a scholar and the author of novels, short stories, screen-and-teleplays, and essays, most often with a philosophical orientation. Johnson has directly addressed the issues of black life in Am ...

, author, National Book Award winner *

Clara Ingram Judson Clara Ingram Judson (May 4, 1879 – May 24, 1960) was an American writer who wrote over 70 children's books, primarily nonfiction including several biographies of American presidents. In 1960, she won the second Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal from th ...

, children's book author *

Benay Lappe Benay Lappe (Hebrew: בִּנֵיי לַפֶּה/בנאי לאפה) is a rabbi and a teacher of Talmud in the United States. In 2016, Lappe was awarded the Covenant Award for innovation in Jewish education by the Covenant Foundation. Biography La ...

, publicist, professor, writer, female theologian, Covenant Award winner in education *

Mark McIntosh Mark Allen McIntosh (February 2, 1960—October 13, 2021) was an American Episcopal priest and theologian. He specialized in systematic theology, historical theology, and the history of Christian spirituality, engaging especially with Christian ...

, priest and theologian * Samuel Merwin, author and playwright *

, 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 Ezra George Thiem (July 8, 1897 – July 8, 1987) was an American journalist, an investigative reporter whose work was rewarded twice with the annual Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. He then became a politician who served in the Illinois state l ...

1950 Pulitzer Prize The following are the Pulitzer Prizes for 1950. Journalism awards *Public Service: ** The ''Chicago Daily News'' and the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'', for the work of George Thiem and Roy J. Harris, respectively, in exposing the presence of 37 ...

-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 Garry Wills (born May 22, 1934) is an American author, journalist, political philosopher, and historian, specializing in American history, politics, and religion, especially the history of the Catholic Church. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Genera ...

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

-winning writer/critic

Other

Starr Faithfull Starr may refer to: People and fictional characters * Starr (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Starr (given name), a list of people and fictional characters Places United States * Starr, Ohio, an unincorporated commu ...

, socialite known for her unsolved death

References

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