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Evanston, IL

CITY

Population:
74239 (2000 census)

County:
Cook County

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Northwestern University
1851
St. George High School, Evanston, IL
1927
Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL
 

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alex Agase
Football
27-Mar-1922 3-May-2007 Head Coach at Northwestern, Purdue
Robert J. Allison, Jr.
Business
29-Jan-1939   CEO of Anadarko Petroleum, 1979-2002
Carlos Bernard
Actor
12-Oct-1962   Tony Almeida on 24
Bruce Chapman
Government
1934   Founder of the Discovery Institute
William Christopher
Actor
20-Oct-1932   Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H
Kit Clayton
Electronic Musician
1974   Orthlorng Musork
Joan Cusack
Actor
11-Oct-1962   Grosse Pointe Blank
John Cusack
Actor
28-Jun-1966   High Fidelity
Justin Dart
Business
17-Aug-1907 26-Jan-1984 Drug store magnate
Patrick Dennis
Novelist
18-May-1921 6-Nov-1976 Auntie Mame
Charles Gibson
Journalist
9-Mar-1943   Good Morning America
Alicia Goranson
Actor
22-Jun-1974   Becky on Roseanne
Laurens Hammond
Inventor
11-Jan-1895 3-Jul-1973 Hammond Organ
Barbara Harris
Actor
25-Jul-1935   Stage actress ended up in Freaky Friday
Charlton Heston
Actor
4-Oct-1923 5-Apr-2008 The Ten Commandments
David R. Hunter
Administrator
17-May-1916 25-Nov-2000 Progressive fund advisor
Walter Kerr
Critic
8-Jul-1913 9-Oct-1996 New York Times drama critic
Jim Kolbe
Politician
28-Jun-1942   Congressman from Arizona, 1985-2007
John J. Louis, Jr.
Business
10-Jun-1925 15-Feb-1995 US Ambassador to the UK, 1981-83
Lynn Martin
Politician
26-Dec-1939   US Secretary of Labor, 1991-93
Elizabeth McGovern
Actor
18-Jul-1961   Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime
Josh Meyers
Actor
8-Jan-1976   MADtv
Mary E. Minnick
Business
27-Nov-1959   VP at Coca Cola
Ajay Naidu
Actor
12-Feb-1972   Samir in Office Space
Tom Neal
Actor
28-Jan-1914 7-Aug-1972 Detour
Drew Pearson
Journalist
13-Dec-1897 1-Sep-1969 Washington Merry-Go-Round
William L. Petersen
Actor
21-Feb-1953   CSI, Manhunter
Edmund S. Phelps
Economist
26-Jul-1933   Golden Rules of Economic Growth
John Edward Porter
Politician
1-Jun-1935   Congressman from Illinois, 1980-2001
Richard Powers
Novelist
18-Jun-1957   The Gold Bug Variations
Donald Rumsfeld
Government
9-Jul-1932   US Secretary of Defense, 2001-06
Leonard D. Schaeffer
Business
28-Jul-1945   CEO of WellPoint, 1992-2004
Grant Shaud
Actor
27-Feb-1961   Miles Silverberg on Murphy Brown
Richard B. Shull
Actor
24-Feb-1929 14-Oct-1999 Holmes and Yo-Yo
Daniel Sunjata
Actor
30-Dec-1971   Franco Rivera on Rescue Me
Eddie Vedder
Musician
23-Dec-1964   Lead singer, Pearl Jam
John C. Whitehead
Business
1922   US Deputy Secretary of State, 1985-89
Brad Will
Journalist
14-Jun-1970 27-Oct-2006 American journalist murdered in Oaxaca
Roger Williams
Politician
13-Sep-1949   Texas Secretary of State
Richard S. Williamson
Diplomat
9-May-1949   Special Envoy to Sudan

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
George Connor
Football
21-Jan-1925 31-Mar-2003 Chicago Bears tackle, Hall of Famer
Charles G. Dawes
Politician
27-Aug-1865 23-Apr-1951 US Vice President, 1925-29
Theodore W. Schultz
Economist
30-Apr-1902 26-Feb-1998 Investment in Human Capital
Gene Siskel
Critic
26-Jan-1946 20-Feb-1999 Siskel and Ebert



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