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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
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
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]
Gordon Segal , founder and CEO of
Crate & Barrel
[10]
Gwynne Shotwell , American businesswoman, engineer, president and chief operating officer of
SpaceX
[11]
Entertainment
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
[12]
John Cusack , actor
[12]
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
[13]
[14]
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
[10]
John Lee Mahin , Oscar-nominated screenwriter
Jeff McCracken , actor, director, producer
Elizabeth McGovern , Oscar-nominated actress
[15]
Patrick Melton , screenwriter
Josh Meyers , actor and comedian
[16]
Seth Meyers , actor and comedian
[17]
John Moffatt , producer
Jessie Mueller , actress and singer
Bill Murray , actor and comedian
Ajay Naidu , actor and singer
[18]
Christopher Nolan , director, screenwriter, and producer
[19]
Jonathan Nolan , screenwriter, producer and director
James Olson , actor
Geeta Patel , film and TV director
D.A. Pennebaker , documentary filmmaker
[20]
William Petersen , actor
Steve Pink , director, screenwriter, and producer
Jeremy Piven , actor
[21]
[22]
Shira Piven , director
[23]
David Schwimmer , actor
Anna D. Shapiro , award-winning director
[24]
[25]
[26]
Jerry Springer
[27]
[28]
[29]
[30]
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
[31]
Rafer Weigel , actor, television personality
[32]
[33]
Martin Sherman , actor
Music
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
[34]
Steve Goodman , songwriter and musician
[35]
Greg Graffin
[36]
Nancy Gustafson , opera singer
David Ryan Harris , musician
Stafford James , musician, composer
[37]
[38]
Josh Kantor , organist
[39]
Howard Levy , harmonica musician
[40]
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
[41]
Frank Rosenwein , classical oboist
Natalie Sleeth , composer
Grace Slick , of
Jefferson Starship
Patrick Stump , of
Fall Out Boy
[42]
Eddie Vedder , of
Pearl Jam
[43]
[44]
Loraine Wyman , early 20th century performer and fieldworker in
folk song
Politics, government, and military
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
[45]
Alan E. Ashcraft Jr. , Illinois state representative and judge
[46]
George Wildman Ball , Undersecretary of State for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
James J. Barbour , Illinois lawyer and state legislator, practiced law in Evanston
[47]
John Lourie Beveridge , 16th
governor of Illinois
Charles E. Browne , Wisconsin territorial legislator
[48]
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
[49]
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
[50]
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
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
Mike Adamle , NFL running back and sports broadcaster
[51]
[52]
[53]
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
[54]
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
[55]
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
Jane Fulton Alt , photographer
John Dilg , painter and educator
Edie Fake , fine artist and comic/zine author
[56]
Karen Finley , performance artist
Margaret Burnham Geddes , architect
Martha Nessler Hayden , painter
[57]
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
[58]
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).
[59]
Writers, playwrights, journalists
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 ,
[60]
[61]
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
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