Evan Herbert Whildin (January 20, 1950 – July 12, 2000)[1] was an American businessman in the firearms industry; a former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms agent; and a firearms cartridge designer.[2] 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,[2] [3] and the 9mm AE (1988)[4] and .41 AE (1986) cartridges.[5] [6]
Whildin was born on January 20, 1950 in Coaldale, Pennsylvania. He died on July 12, 2000 in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania at the age of 50.[7]