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Evanston, IL

CITY

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

Population:
74239 (2000 census)

Founding Date:
1857

County:
Cook County

SCHOOLS

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

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
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

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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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