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Evelyn Einstein

Evelyn Einstein (1941-2011), adopted daughter of Hans Albert and granddaughter by adoption of Albert Einstein; anthropologist, HUAC protester, litigant in the $15 million family correspondence trust suit, and critic of the Hebrew University's Einstein merchandising.

Evelyn Frechette

Evelyn 'Billie' Frechette (1907–1969), Menominee girlfriend of John Dillinger, convicted in 1934 of harboring a federal fugitive, later a touring lecturer, portrayed by Marion Cotillard in Public Enemies (2009).

Evelyn Furtsch

Evelyn Furtsch (Evelyn Furtsch Ojeda), 1914-2015, American sprinter; gold medalist in the 4x100m relay at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in world-record 46.9; first female athletics Olympic champion to reach 100.

Evelyn Glennie

Evelyn Glennie is a Scottish percussionist and composer, born in Aberdeen in 1965, who became the first person to sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist despite being profoundly deaf since age 12.

Evelyn Hu

Evelyn Hu is an American applied physicist and electrical engineer, the Tarr-Coyne Professor at Harvard, known for nanofabrication and quantum photonics research and elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Evelyn Ijeh

Evelyn Ijeh, born 2001, is a Swedish striker for North Carolina Courage (NWSL) and Sweden, daughter of 2002 Allsvenskan top scorer Peter Ijeh; ex-Växjö, Tigres, AC Milan.

Evelyn Keyes

Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008), American film actress, Suellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939); Columbia leading lady in Here Comes Mr. Jordan, The Jolson Story, and film noirs; married John Huston and Artie Shaw.

Evelyn Lozada

Evelyn Lozada, Bronx-born Puerto Rican reality TV personality and original cast member of VH1's Basketball Wives (2010), star of Ev & Ocho and Livin' Lozada, author of Inner Circle, who left in 2021 and returned for season 11.

Evelyn M. Witkin

Evelyn M. Witkin was an American bacterial geneticist who discovered the SOS response, the set of genes E. coli switches on when its DNA is damaged, and won the 2015 Lasker Award.

Evelyn MacGuire

Evelyn "Evie" MacGuire is a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away, played by Philippa Northeast, who arrives with twin brother Oscar through a cult storyline.

Evelyn Mase

Evelyn Ntoko Mase (1922–2004) was a South African nurse, first wife of Nelson Mandela from 1944 to their 1958 divorce, mother of his four children, a Jehovah's Witness from 1954, and later wife of Simon Rakeepile.

Evelyn McGee Colbert

Evelyn McGee Colbert, also known as Evie McGee Colbert, is an American arts advocate, film producer, and wife of Stephen Colbert, who cofounded Montclair Film and leads Spartina Productions.

Evelyn McHale

Evelyn McHale, subject of "The Most Beautiful Suicide," died May 1, 1947 jumping from the Empire State Building's 86th floor; Robert Wiles' LIFE photo of her on a crushed car became an icon Warhol appropriated.

Evelyn N. Wang

Evelyn N. Wang is an American mechanical engineer at MIT known for heat-transfer research on solar energy and water purification, and director of ARPA-E from 2023 to 2025.

Evelyn Nesbit

Evelyn Nesbit (Florence Evelyn Nesbit, 1884–1967), American artists' model, chorus girl, and actress, a Gibson Girl model and early celebrity, known for the 1906 murder of Stanford White by her husband Harry Thaw, the 'Trial of the Century'.

Evelyn Overton

Evelyn Overton was an American baker who, with her husband Oscar, founded the 1972 bakery that grew into The Cheesecake Factory, adapting her Original cheesecake from a 1940s Detroit newspaper recipe.

Evelyn Padin

Evelyn Padin, born in 1960 in Jersey City, is a United States district judge for the District of New Jersey since 2022 and a former New Jersey State Bar Association president.

Evelyn Quan Wang

Evelyn Quan Wang is the fictional protagonist of Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), a Chinese American laundromat owner played by Michelle Yeoh, originally named Michelle and written for Yeoh after Jackie Chan was considered; the role won Yeoh the Best Actress Oscar.

Evelyn Regner

Evelyn Regner, born 1966 in Vienna, is an Austrian Social Democratic politician who has served in the European Parliament since 2009 and chairs its delegation for relations with Mercosur.

Evelyn Ryan

Evelyn Lehman Ryan, Defiance, Ohio contest writer and popular poet; subject of Terry Ryan's 2001 memoir The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio and the 2005 Julianne Moore film; won hundreds of 25-words-or-fewer ad contests over 24 years.

Evelyn Sharma

Evelyn Lakshmi Sharma, German-Indian actress and model born 1986 in Frankfurt, known as Lara in Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani; Bollywood career 2012 to 2019, first solo lead Ishqedarriyaan, Telugu debut Saaho; distinct from Nepali actress Aanchal Sharma.

Evelyn Verraszto

Evelyn Verrasztó (Verraszto), Hungarian swimmer born 1989 in Budapest, five-time Olympian (2004-2020), 200 m medley specialist, short course world record holder 2:04.64 (2009), and two-time European 4x200 m freestyle relay champion.

Evelyn Wanjiru

Evelyn Wanjiru Agundabweni is a Kenyan gospel singer, songwriter, and worship leader known for "Mungu Mkuu" and "Hossana", who hosts the annual Praise Atmosphere worship event.

Evelyn Ward

Evelyn Ward (1923-2012), American Broadway and television actress from West Orange, New Jersey; Broadway roles in Early to Bed and New Girl in Town; first wife of Jack Cassidy and mother of David Cassidy.

Evelyn Waugh

Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh (1903-1966), English satirical novelist and Catholic convert, author of Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, Scoop, Brideshead Revisited, and the Sword of Honour trilogy.

Evelyne Hall

Evelyne Hall (Evelyne Ruth Hall, later Adams; 1909-1993), American hurdler who took silver in the 80 m hurdles at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, sharing the world record 11.7 with Babe Didrikson, then coached and administered US women's track.

Evelyne Leu

Evelyne Leu, born 1976, Swiss freestyle aerials skier; won gold at the 2006 Turin Olympics with 202.55 points, silver at 2005 Ruka Worlds, competed at four Games 1998-2010, retired spring 2010.

Evelyne Viens

Evelyne Viens, Canadian soccer striker born 1997 in L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec; Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist, USF record scorer, 2020 NWSL fifth pick, Serie A top scorer with AS Roma, now Paris FC.

Even a Replica Can Fall in Love

Even a Replica Can Fall in Love (レプリカだって、恋をする。, Replica Datte, Koi o Suru) is a Dengeki Bunko light novel series by Harunadon and raemz about Nao, a replica who lives Sunao Aikawa's life until she falls in love; Yen Press licenses it in English.

Even and odd functions

Even and odd functions satisfy f(-x) = f(x) and f(-x) = -f(x), giving y-axis and origin symmetry; examples include x², cos x, x³, and sin x.