CITY

Official Website:
http://www.cityofevanston.org/

Population:
74239 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1857

County:
Cook County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
St. George High School, Evanston, IL	1927
Evanston Township High School, Evanston, IL	1883
Northwestern University	1851

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known 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	1-Dec-1940		Founder of the Discovery Institute
William Christopher	Actor	20-Oct-1932	31-Dec-2016	Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H
Kit Clayton	Electronic Musician	1974		Orthlorng Musork
James M. Cole	Attorney	2-May-1952		US Deputy Attorney General, 2010-15
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
Robert Dold	Politician	23-Jun-1969		Congressman, Illinois 10th
Paddy Driscoll	Football	11-Jan-1895	28-Jun-1968	NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Halfback
Thomas C. Foley	Business	9-Jan-1952		US Ambassador to Ireland, 2006-09
Willie Geist	TV Personality	3-May-1975		Way Too Early with Willie Geist
Charles Gibson	Journalist	9-Mar-1943		Good Morning America
Zach Gilford	Actor	14-Jan-1982		Matt Saracen on Friday Night Lights
Alicia Goranson	Actor	22-Jun-1974		Becky on Roseanne
John Maxwell Hamilton	Author	28-Mar-1947		Journalism's Roving Eye
Laurens Hammond	Inventor	11-Jan-1895	3-Jul-1973	Hammond Organ
Barbara Harris	Actor	25-Jul-1935		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
Edgar D. Jannotta	Business	27-Apr-1931		Chairman, William Blair & Company
Jake Johnson	Actor	20-May-1979		Nick on New Girl
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		Cora on Downton Abbey
Josh Meyers	Actor	8-Jan-1976		MADtv
Mary E. Minnick	Business	27-Nov-1959		VP at Coca Cola
John Naber	Swimmer	20-Jan-1956		Four Olympic Gold Medals in 1976
Ajay Naidu	Actor	12-Feb-1972		Samir in Office Space
Tom Neal	Actor	28-Jan-1914	7-Aug-1972	Detour
James Olson	Actor	8-Oct-1930		Rachel, Rachel
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
Dotson Rader	Author	25-Jul-1942		I Ain't Marchin' Anymore!
Donald Rumsfeld	Government	9-Jul-1932		US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 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
Grace Slick	Singer	30-Oct-1939		Jefferson Airplane and Starship
Daniel Sunjata	Actor	30-Dec-1971		Franco Rivera on Rescue Me
Peter Ueberroth	Baseball	2-Sep-1937		Commissioner of Baseball, 1984-89
Eddie Vedder	Singer	23-Dec-1964		Lead singer, Pearl Jam
John C. Whitehead	Business	2-Apr-1922	7-Feb-2015	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, 2004-07
Richard S. Williamson	Diplomat	9-May-1949	8-Dec-2013	Special Envoy to Sudan

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edwin G. Booz	Business	2-Sep-1887	1-Oct-1951	Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton
Algis Budrys	Author	9-Jan-1931	9-Jun-2008	Rogue Moon
LeRoy T. Carlson	Business	15-May-1916	23-May-2016	Founder of Telephone and Data Systems
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
Melville J. Herskovits	Anthropologist	10-Sep-1895	25-Feb-1963	The Myth of the Negro Past
Jock Hutchison	Golf	6-Jun-1884	27-Sep-1977	Winner of 2 Majors
Robert S. Ingersoll	Diplomat	28-Jan-1914	22-Aug-2010	CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72
Richard W. Leopold	Historian	6-Jan-1912	23-Nov-2006	Robert Dale Owen: A Biography
Robert V. Remini	Historian	17-Jul-1921	28-Mar-2013	Andrew Jackson
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
Richard S. Williamson	Diplomat	9-May-1949	8-Dec-2013	Special Envoy to Sudan

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