List of Evanston Township High School alumni

Business

• Henry Engelhardt, CEO of the Admiral Group
• Lester Crown, businessman
• Bob Galvin was the CEO of Motorola.

  Film, television, and theatre

• Heather Burns is an actress who appeared in films such as Miss Congeniality, Two Weeks Notice, and You've Got Mail.
• Joan Cusack is a two-time Academy Award-nominated actress also known for such films as Addams Family Values, Broadcast News, School of Rock, Toys and Toy Story 2.
• John Cusack is a Golden Globe Award-nominated actor, also known for such films as Being John Malkovich, Con Air, Eight Men Out, The Grifters and Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
• Jules Engel was an animator whose work includes Popeye the Sailor, and the Walt Disney films Fantasia and Bambi.
• Karen Finley is an artist, actress, educator and performer, whose art is displayed in museums around the world.
• Zach Gilford is an actor, best known for his role on the television series Friday Night Lights.
• Alicia Goranson is an actress, best known for her role as Becky Conner on the television series Roseanne.
• Laura Harrier is an actress, best known for her role as Liz in.
• Anders Holm is an actor and writer, best known for his role Anders "Ders" Holmvik on the television series Workaholics.
• Amanda Jones was crowned Miss USA 1973.
• Lauren Lapkus is an actress and comedian, best known for her role as Susan Fischer in the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black.
• Jeffrey Lieber is a writer who is co-creator of the television series Lost.
• Michael Madsen is an actor best known for roles in films such as Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill.
• Jessie Mueller is a Tony Award-winning and a two-time Drama Desk-nominated theatre actress best known for roles in Broadway musicals such as Melinda Wells in On A Clear Day You Can See Forever, Janet Conover/Helena Landless in The Mystery Of Edwin Drood, and Billie Bendix in Nice Work If You Can Get It.
• Ajay Naidu is an actor who has appeared in films such as Pi, Office Space, and the television series LateLine.
• Tom Neal, was a stage, film and television actor and amateur boxer.
• Steve Pink is a director, screenwriter, and producer who has worked on films such as High Fidelity, Grosse Point Blank, and Hot Tub Time Machine.
• Jeremy Piven is an actor, best known for his roles as Ari Gold on the television series Entourage and as Harry Gordon Selfridge on the series Mr. Selfridge.
• Jeffrey Sweet is an award-winning member of the playwrights ensemble of the Victory Gardens Theater of Chicago, a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild, and the author of an oral history of Second City called Something Wonderful Right Away.
• Dave VanDam American voice impressionist.
• Lena Waithe is a television writer, producer, and actress, currently playing Denise on the Netflix series Master of None
• Ruby Wax is an actress, comedian, and writer.
• Jenniffer Weigel is a Chicago television and radio personality.
• Rafer Weigel is a St. Louis television news anchor and former Chicago sportscaster.

  Government and public service

• George Wildman Ball was U.S. Under Secretary of State under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. He was briefly United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
• Jason Carter was a Georgia state senator and the 2014 Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia.
• David E. Miller was elected five times as an Illinois state representative and was the 2010 Democratic nominee for Illinois comptroller.
• Sue Mullins was an Iowa farmer and state legislator.
• John Edward Porter was a United States Congressman representing Illinois's 10th congressional district.

  Letters

• Jessica Abel is a comic book writer and artist.
• James Atlas is the president of Atlas & Company, publishers, and founding editor of the Penguin Lives Series.
• David Epstein author and investigative reporter at ProPublica.
• Graham Elwood is a comedian, actor, writer and documentarian, famous for Laffganistan and the Comedy Film Nerds podcast.
• Cornelia Grumman is a 2003 Pulitzer Prize–winning editorial writer.
• Charles R. Johnson is an author. His novel Middle Passage won the 1990 National Book Award.
• Margaret Landon is an author whose book Anna and the King of Siam was adapted into the stage musical and film The King and I.
• Audrey Niffenegger is an artist and author of The Time Traveller's Wife.
• Jack N. Rakove received the 1997 Pulitzer Prize in History for the book .
• Megan Twohey is an investigative reporter with The New York Times who published an investigation in 2017 detailing the sexual abuse allegations made against Harvey Weinstein.

  Music

• David Burge is a composer, author, and pianist who works with contemporary music.
• Bob Cranshaw is a jazz bass player.
• Kay Davis is a jazz singer.
• Alexander Frey is an internationally renowned conductor, pianist, organist and recording artist.
• Ezra Furman is the lead singer of the rock/folk band "Ezra Furman and the Harpoons"
• Nancy Gustafson is an opera soprano.
• Junior Mance is a jazz pianist.

  Science, technology, and education

• Robert Axelrod, political science professor at the University of Michigan, recipient of 2012 National Medal of Science
• Matthew Cook, mathematician and computer scientist who proved Stephen Wolfram's conjecture that the Rule 110 cellular automaton is Turing-complete
• William E. Cross Jr. Academic and author.
• Ann Hardy, computer pioneer
• Jay Rosenberg Philosopher, academic.
• Sarah Whiting, architect and Dean of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design

  Sports

• Alex Agase was a football guard and head coach at Northwestern and Purdue. In 1963, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
• Lou Agase was a standout college football player and later coach, who later briefly served as head coach of the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
• Paddy Driscoll was a quarterback who was elected to both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame. He both played for and coached the Chicago Cardinals and Chicago Bears.
• Kevin Foster was a Major League Baseball pitcher, playing most of his career with the Chicago Cubs.
• Clint Frank was a halfback at Yale University. He won the 1937 Heisman Trophy and was the first winner of the Maxwell Award.
• Robert Gary is a 2-time Olympian and current head coach of Furman University's men's track & field and cross country teams. He formerly coached both sports at The Ohio State University, where he competed as a collegian.
• Dov Grumet-Morris was a professional ice hockey player
• William Heusner was a swimmer who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and won two medals at the 1951 Pan American Games.
• Damon Jones was an NFL tight end, playing his entire career for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
• Yonel Jourdain was a running back and kick returner for the Buffalo Bills.
• Mike Kenn was a 5-time NFL Pro Bowl offensive tackle, playing his entire career for the Atlanta Falcons. His uniform number 78 was retired by the Falcons.
• Bob Lackey was a two-time All-American basketball player known as the "Black Swan", at Marquette University, who played two years for the New York Nets.
• Cecil Martin was an NFL fullback who played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
• Ed Martin, USFL player
• Emery Moorehead was an NFL tight end who played most of his career for the Chicago Bears. He was the starting tight end for the Super Bowl XX champion Chicago Bears.
• Steve Parker, NFL player
• Dan Peterson is a professional basketball coach. He retired after leading Olimpia Milano to the 1987 Grand Slam Champions Cup, Italian Championship and Italian Cup. In 2011, Peterson was hired to coach his old team, Olimpia Milano, for the second half of that season after the old coach was fired.
• Jim Purnell was an NFL linebacker, playing most of his career with the Chicago Bears.
• Richard Mason Rocca was a basketball player who played on the Italian national team and for Olimpia Milano.
• Mike Rogodzinski was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies.
• Diane Simpson-Bundy is a two-time Olympic gymnast and television broadcaster.
• Everette Stephens was an NBA guard.
• Ray Woods, brother of Ralf, was a three-time men's basketball All-American and one-time Helms National Player of the Year at Illinois.
• Pollyanna Johns Kimbrough was a WNBA center who played for the Charlotte Sting, Cleveland Rockers, Miami Sol, and Houston Comets.
• Miles Grosz was a Division 3 Wide Receiver at Coe College.