Evan Whildin

{{Short description|American businessman (1950–2000)}}

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Evan Herbert Whildin (January 20, 1950 – July 12, 2000){{cite web |title=U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/13109870?mark=7b22746f6b656e223a2279483263554a7937513636424a452f694b3330746b6539645070766733747968613864352b39574d376d4d3d222c22746f6b656e5f76657273696f6e223a225632227d |website=Ancestry |access-date=23 April 2024}} was an American businessman in the firearms industry; a former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agent; and a firearms cartridge designer.{{cite Q|Q105321478|publisher=Gun Digest Books|pages=85–}} He was vice president and general manager of Philadelphia's Action Arms firearms company, and while working for them developed the .50 AE cartridge (famous in the Desert Eagle pistol) in 1988,{{cite Q|Q105321492|pages=160–}} and the 9mm AE (1988){{cite Q|Q105321493|pages=855–}} and .41 AE (1986) cartridges.{{cite Q|Q105321496|publisher=DBI Books|page=7}}{{cite Q|Q105321498|publisher=Gun Digest Books|pages=353–}}

Whildin was born on January 20, 1950 in Coaldale, Pennsylvania. He died on July 12, 2000 in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania at the age of 50.{{cite news |title=Evan H. Whildin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/republican-and-herald-obituary-for-evan/145897607/ |access-date=23 April 2024 |work=Republican and Herald |date=12 July 2000}}