Famous People with Name Evelyn

Evelyn Christine Pielou            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Evelyn Christine Pielou: a statistical ecologist and an emeritus professor of mathematical ecology at University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Early in her career, she was a researcher for the Canadian Department of Forestry (1963-64) and the Canadian Department of Agriculture (1964-67). Later, she was professor of biology at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario (1968-71) and at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia (1974-81) and was the Oil Sands Environmental Research professor at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta (1981-86). She has contributed significantly to the development of mathematical ecology, the mathematical modeling of natural systems.

Evelyn Thomas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Evelyn Thomas: an American singer from Chicago, Illinois, best known for the dance hit "High Energy".Although best known worldwide for her '80s Hi-NRG club hits, Thomas recorded and performed in disco, jazz, and gospel music styles for a decade before her successful sti

Evelyn Ng            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Evelyn Ng: is a Canadian professional poker player. Ng began her gambling career playing pool for money at age 14. By age 17, she had expanded into dealing blackjack and poker games in her hometown of Toronto. Around that time, she dated fellow Canadian poker player Daniel Negreanu. He helped her develop a style of play designed to combat aggressive players. Ng achieved fame on the World Poker Tour (WPT) circuit in 2003 after placing second in the Ladies' Night I tournament - finishing ahead of established professionals including Annie Duke, Kathy Liebert and Jennifer Harman.

Evelyn Terhune            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Evelyn Terhune: is an American Olympic fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto-Konno            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Evelyn Tokue Kawamoto-Konno: was an American swimmer. She is the wife of Ford Konno.