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As a first name, it can refer to persons of either sex, although it is more commonly borne by females.
Women
Evelyn Ashford (born 1957), US female sprinter, gold medalist of the women's 100 meters running during the 1984 Summer Olympics
Evelyn Margaret Ay, winner of the 1954 Miss America pageant
Evelyn Beatrice Hall, writer and biographer of Voltaire
Evelyn Braxton, mother of seven-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer-songwriter Toni Braxton
Evelyn Brent (1901–1975), American film and stage actress
Evelyne Brochu (born 1982), Canadian film, television and theatre actress
Evelyn Carrera (born 1971), Dominican Republic volleyball player
Evelyn Chew, Malaysian-Canadian stage actress
Evelyn De Morgan (1855–1919), English Pre-Raphaelite painter
Ewelina Flinta (born 1979), Polish singer
Evelyn Garcia, Salvadorian cyclist
Evelyne Gebhardt (born 1954), German politician and Member of the European Parliament
Evelyn Gigantes (born 1945), Canadian politician and Cabinet Minister
Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie,[1] DBE (born 19 July 1965) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist
Evelyn Grady, first woman to be elected as the Lieutenant Governor of the state of Mississippi, USA (1975)
Evelyn Hatch (born 1869), muse of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Evelyn Hart (born 1956), Canadian ballerina and principal dancer of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Evelyn Hooker (1907–1996), American psychologist most noted for her studies on homosexuality
Evelyn Keyes (1916–2008), American actress most noted for her role as Suellen O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind
Evelyn Kozak (born August 14, 1899), American supercentenarian who at the age of 115 years, 288 days is the world's oldest living Jewish person.
Evelyn King (singer) (born 1960), popular American R&B and disco singer of the late '70s and early '80s
Evelyn Lau (born 1971), Chinese-Canadian poet and novelist
Evelyn Laye (1900–1996), British theatre actress
Evelyn Lear (1926–2012), American soprano and opera singer
Evelyn Lincoln (1909–1995), personal secretary to John F. Kennedy from his election to the Senate in 1953 until his 1963 assassination
Evelyn Beatrice Longman (1874–1954), American sculptor and first woman to be elected a full member of the National Academy of Design
Evelyn Mase (1922–2004), South African nurse and first wife of Nelson Mandela
Evelyn Matthei (born 1953), Chilean politician, former Minister of Labor and candidate for President of Chile in 2013
Evelyn Nesbit (1884–1967), American model noted for her entanglement in the murder of her ex-lover by her first husband
Evelina Papantoniou (born 1979), Greek model
Evelina Papoulia (born 1971), Greek actress
Evelyn Preer (1896–1932), African-American actress and blues singer
Evelyn Reed (1905–1979), leading member of the American Socialist Workers Party and women's rights agitator
Evelyn Thomas (born 1945), American disco singer
Evelyn Tubb, soprano and long-time member of The Consort of Musicke
Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941), English writer on mysticism and metaphysical poet
Evelyn Verrasztó (born 1989), Hungarian swimmer
Evelyn Wells, biographer, especially of the ancient Egyptian royals
Evelyn Williamson (born 1971), New Zealand triathlon athlete
Evelyn Wood (teacher) (1909–1995), American advocate of speed reading
