Wheaton College (Illinois)

==Notable alumni==
{{main|List of Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni}}
Wheaton is also notable for graduating one of Illinois' first African-American college graduates, [[Edward Breathitte Sellers]], in 1866.<ref name="nps.gov"/>

*[[Todd Beamer]] (Class of 1991){{snd}}software salesperson & passenger on [[United Airlines Flight 93]] during the [[September 11 attacks]]<ref>{{cite news|author=Mene Ukueberuwa|title=Remember Todd Beamer of United 93|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/flight-93-united-todd-beamer-9-11-september-eleventh-jihadist-terrorist-attack-11631223355|access-date=2021-09-13|newspaper=Wall Street Journal| date=September 9, 2021 |location=New York}}</ref>
*[[Rob Bell]]{{snd}}NY Times best-selling author ([http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/7557116554.html Love Wins]), speaker, podcaster, and founder/former pastor of [https://marshill.org/ Mars Hill Bible Church] in MI, (separate, distinct, and not to be confused with [[Mars Hill Church|Mars Hill]] in Seattle.) In 2011, Time named Bell one of [https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066460,00.html Time Magazine's 100 most influential people] 
*[[Suessa Baldridge Blaine]] (1860-1932), writer of temperance pageants
*[[William Lane Craig]]{{snd}}apologist, professor of philosophy at [[Talbot School of Theology]], author of the [[Kalam cosmological argument|Kalam Cosmological Argument]]
*[[Wesley Earl Craven]] (August 2, 1939 – August 30, 2015){{snd}}prominent film director, writer, producer, and actor known for contributions to the horror genre<ref>Muir (1998). ''Wes Craven: The Art of Horror.'' p.8</ref>
*[[Bart D. Ehrman]]{{snd}}American New Testament scholar focusing on textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity
*[[Jim Elliot|Philip James "Jim" Elliot]] (October 8, 1927 – January 8, 1956){{snd}}martyred missionary to Ecuador
*[[Michael Gerson]] (May 15, 1964 - November 17, 2022){{snd}}speechwriter for President [[George W. Bush]]
*[[Billy Graham]] (November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018){{snd}}prominent Christian evangelist
*[[David Iglesias]]{{snd}}[[Judge Advocate]] (JAG), at [[the Pentagon]], member of the legal team that was the inspiration for the film ''[[A Few Good Men (film)|A Few Good Men]]'', [[United States Attorney]] for the [[United States District Court for the District of New Mexico|District of New Mexico]]
*[[Robert W. Lane]]{{snd}}former CEO of [[John Deere]]
*[[Zac Niringiye]]{{snd}}Masters in Theology{{snd}}Ugandan Anglican Bishop and activist<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wheaton.edu/academics/academic-centers/human-needs-and-global-resources-hngr/symposium/2017-symposium/dr-zac-niringiye/ | title = Dr Zac Niringiye | publisher = Wheaton College | location = Wheaton, Illinois | access-date = 2020-04-12 }}</ref>
*[[C. Herbert Oliver]]{{snd}}civil rights activist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://magazine.wheaton.edu/stories/spring-2018-civil-rights-faithful-activist-rev-c-herbert-oliver| title=Rev. C. Herbert Oliver '47 | date=May 2018 }}</ref>
*[[Sophy Parfin]] – entomologist
*[[John Piper (theologian)|John Piper]]{{snd}}[[Reformed Baptists|Reformed Baptist]] theologian and founder of the [[Christian hedonism]] movement
*[[Robert Van Kampen]]{{snd}}founder of mutual fund company [[Van Kampen Investments]]