Evan Turner (born October 27, 1988(1988-10-27)), who is sometimes referred to by the nickname The Villain, is an American basketball player for The Ohio State University who was born in Chicago, Illinois. Turner plays the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Turner attended St. Joseph High School in Westchester, where he was overshadowed at first by teammate Demetri McCamey and then later by fellow Chicago area basketball star Derrick Rose. By his senior season, he was one of the top high school basketball players at his position in the nation. He was the Big Ten Conference scoring champion for the 2008–09 season and was a first-team 2009 All-Big Ten selection. He was also selected as a member of the 2009 All-Big Ten Conference Tournament team team. After the 2008–09 season he officially decided to return for his junior season in 2009-10. He is currently projected as a lottery pick in RealCollegeBasketball.com's mock for the 2010 NBA Draft.

Turner was a star on the 2002-03 Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School's varsity boys basketball team that finished the 2002-03 season with a record of 23-2. He played in the Summer 2004 AAU Boys 15-under Basketball National Championship Tournament for the Illinois Knights. As a high school sophomore, he helped lead a St. Joseph's, his high school team's, run in the Illinois AA Boys High School basketball tournament, which helped him get the attention of NCAA Division I basketball coaches. He was part of a sophomore class that was considered to be the best in the history of the state of Illinois. It included Rose, and his St. Joseph's teammate McCamey, who overshadowed him as the second best prospect in the class behind Rose.