21 Notable alumni of Westminster Theological Seminary
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Westminster Theological Seminary is ranked #4,480 in the world and #1,168 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from Westminster Theological Seminary sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Westminster Theological Seminary won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Brian D. Miller
1955-. (aged 71)
lawyer
Brian David Miller is an American attorney who served as the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery. In this role, Miller oversees the United States Department of the Treasury's implementation of the Coronavirus Economic Stablization Act of 2020, part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In September 2025, President Donald Trump nominated Miller to become the...
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2. Deok-Kyo Oh
1952-. (aged 74)
theologian
Deok-Kyo Oh is a South Korean theologian. He served as the president of Hapdong Theological Seminary in South Korea and President of the International University of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia. He became a member of South Korea's National Unification Advisory Council in 2014. He is the president of Torch Trinity Graduate University in 2024.
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3. William Edgar
1944-. (aged 82)
theologian
pianist
jazz musician
William "Bill" Edgar is an American apologist and was professor of apologetics at Westminster Theological Seminary. He has been called by Charles Colson "one of evangelicalism's most valued scholars and apologists".
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4. Willem A. Vangemeren
1948-. (aged 78)
biblical scholar
Willem A. VanGemeren is Professor Emeritus of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, where he was the doctoral program director for ten years. Since 2016, he has been Distinguished Professor of Old Testament Theology at Chongshin University and Seminary in Seoul, Korea. He has been involved in education since 1974 and has taught...
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5. J. Ramsey Michaels
1931-2020 (aged 89)
theologian
J. Ramsey Michaels, Th.D., Harvard was an American theologian who was for many years a professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Southwest Missouri State University. He continued to teach occasionally as an adjunct professor at Bangor Theological Seminary in Portland, Maine, and as a visiting professor at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena. He is perhaps best known for his commentary...
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6. Allan Harman
1936-. (aged 90)
translator
Bible translator
Allan Macdonald Harman, OAM, RFD is an Australian Presbyterian theologian and Old Testament scholar. He has been described as a "well-known and highly regarded figure in Christian and especially evangelical circles within Australia and overseas."
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7. James B. Jordan
1949-. (aged 77)
historian
theologian
James Burrell Jordan is an American Protestant theologian and author. He is the director of Biblical Horizons ministries, an organisation in Niceville, Florida that publishes books, essays and other media dealing with Bible commentary, Biblical theology, and liturgy. It adheres to biblical absolutism including Young Earth Creationism and is committed to the concept of biblical theocracy.
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8. Richard Gaffin
1936-. (aged 90)
theologian
Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. is a Calvinist theologian, Presbyterian minister, and was the Charles Krahe Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1999 to 2008. He became the Professor Emeritus, Biblical and Systematic Theology in 2008.
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9. Joel R. Beeke
1952-. (aged 74)
university teacher
theologian
Joel Robert Beeke is an American Reformed theologian who serves as a pastor in the Heritage Reformed Congregations and as chancellor of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He helped found Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary in 1995 under the oversight of the Heritage Reformed Congregations, serving as its president until assuming the chancellorship in 2023. He teaches homiletics, systematic theology, and practical...
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10. John Gerstner
1914-1996 (aged 82)
theologian
John Henry Gerstner was an American Reformed and Presbyterian theologian and professor of Church History at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary. He was an expert on the life and theology of Jonathan Edwards.
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11. Carl McIntire
1906-2002 (aged 96)
pastor
Charles Curtis McIntire Jr., known as Carl McIntire, was a founder and minister in the Bible Presbyterian Church, founder and long-time president of the International Council of Christian Churches and the American Council of Christian Churches, and a popular religious radio broadcaster, who proudly identified himself as a fundamentalist.
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12. Philip Ryken
1966-. (aged 60)
religious figure
Philip Graham Ryken is an American theologian, Presbyterian minister, and academic administrator. He is the eighth president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
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13. Timothy J. Keller
1950-2023 (aged 73)
university teacher
theologian
writer
non-fiction writer
priest
Timothy James Keller was an American Presbyterian pastor, Reformed theologian, and Christian apologist. He was the chairman and co-founder of Redeemer City to City, which trains pastors for service around the world. Keller was also the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City and the author of The New York Times bestselling books The Prodigal God (2008),...
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14. Wayne Grudem
1948-. (aged 78)
missionary
pastor
writer
preacher
theologian
Wayne A. Grudem is an American Reformed Baptist theologian and New Testament scholar. Known for his widely used Systematic Theology, he was a research professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary in Phoenix, Arizona.
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15. John Frame
1939-. (aged 87)
Christian theologian
Protestant theologian
philosopher
university teacher
John McElphatrick Frame is a retired American Christian philosopher and Calvinist theologian especially noted for his work in epistemology and presuppositional apologetics, systematic theology, and ethics. He is one of the foremost interpreters and critics of the thought of Cornelius Van Til.
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16. Peter Lillback
1952-. (aged 74)
theologian
Peter A. Lillback is an American theologian and church historian, the president and professor of historical theology and church history at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He has held the presidency since 2005.
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17. Richard L. Pratt, Jr
1953-. (aged 73)
theologian
Richard Linwood Pratt Jr. is an American theologian, author, and founder and President of Third Millennium Ministries. Pratt claims that Third Millennium was launched in response to the lack of training of Christian leaders around the world, and that "where the church is growing the fastest, those Christian leaders have the least amount of training". The stated aim of Third...
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18. Francis Schaeffer
1912-1984 (aged 72)
writer
philosopher
theologian
pastor
Francis August Schaeffer was an American evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He co-founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland with his wife Edith Schaeffer, a prolific author in her own right. Opposed to theological modernism, Schaeffer promoted what he claimed was a more historic Protestant faith and a presuppositional approach to Christian apologetics, which he believed would answer the questions...
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19. William L. Lane
1931-1999 (aged 68)
Judaic scholar
Bible translator
translator
university teacher
theologian
William L. Lane was an American New Testament theologian and professor of biblical studies.
20. Bob Fu
1968-. (aged 58)
pastor
human rights defender
Bob Fu is a Chinese-American pastor. In 2002, he founded ChinaAid, which provides legal aid to Christians in China, and has been its president since then. Bob Fu was born in Shandong in 1968 and studied English literature at Liaocheng University in the 1980s. He converted to Christianity after an American teacher gave him a biography of a Chinese Christian...
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21. Bong-Ho Son
1938-. (aged 88)
philosopher
Bong-Ho Son is a South Korean Christian ethics scholar and social activist. Son was born in Korea, and graduated from Gyeongju High School and Seoul National University. He then studied theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in the United States, and received his PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He has taught at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies...
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