77 Notable alumni of Wheaton College – Illinois

Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees

Wheaton College – Illinois is ranked #1,223 in the world and #309 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 77 notable alumni from Wheaton College – Illinois sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Wheaton College – Illinois won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Paul-Gordon Chandler

1. Paul-Gordon Chandler

1964-. (aged 62)
priest
Paul Gordon Chandler is the Founding President of CARAVAN Arts. He is an author, art curator, interfaith peacemaker, social entrepreneur, and Anglican clergyman. From 2021 to 2024, he was the US Episcopal Bishop of Wyoming. He has worked on various projects concerning the Middle East and Africa, ecumenical publishing, relief and development agencies, the arts and the Anglican Communion. He...
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Orrin Nelson Carter

2. Orrin Nelson Carter

1854-1928 (aged 74)
judge
Orrin Nelson Carter was an American jurist.
Edwin Kull

3. Edwin Kull

1855-1941 (aged 86)
farmer politician
Edwin O. Kull was an American farmer, educator, and politician. Born in the Town of Bloomfield, Walworth County, Wisconsin, Kull attended Wheaton College. He taught school in both Illinois and Walworth County. Kull had a farm in the town of Bloomfield and was involved with the farmers' cooperative creamery and fire insurance company. He served as justice of the peace,...
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Edward W. Moser

4. Edward W. Moser

1924-1976 (aged 52)
anthropologist linguist Bible translator translator
Edward W. Moser was an American linguist and expert in the Seri language and culture working with the Summer institute of Linguistics.
Juanita Breckenridge Bates

5. Juanita Breckenridge Bates

1860-1946 (aged 86)
Christian minister suffragette
Juanita Breckenridge Bates was an American Congregationalist minister, her application being the test case to determine the policy of the denomination. She was the first woman to be awarded a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Oberlin College (1891), and Oberlin was the first school to award this degree. For decades, she was a community organizer in the women's suffrage movement.
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Gordon A. Haaland

6. Gordon A. Haaland

1940-2017 (aged 77)
Gordon Arthur Haaland was an American academic. He was the fifteenth President of the University of New Hampshire from 1984 to 1990, and of Gettysburg College from 1990 to 2004. He was an alumnus of Wheaton College and the State University of New York at Buffalo, earning a doctorate degree in social psychology at the latter.
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Edwin Hartley Pratt

7. Edwin Hartley Pratt

1849-1930 (aged 81)
homeopath
Edwin Hartley Pratt, or E.H. Pratt, was an American practitioner of homeopathic medicine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He originated the briefly popular practice of "orificial surgery", which sought to cure a variety of physical and psychological ills by surgical corrections to the various orifices of the body. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal...
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Ellen Powell Thompson

8. Ellen Powell Thompson

1840-1911 (aged 71)
botanist botanical collector scientific collector suffragist teacher
Ellen Louella Powell Thompson (1840–1911) was an American naturalist and botanist, and an active advocate for women's suffrage.
Carolyn Raffensperger

9. Carolyn Raffensperger

lawyer
Carolyn E. Raffensperger is an environmental lawyer and the executive director of the Science & Environmental Health Network, as well as being a leading expert on the Precautionary Principle. She has authored a number of papers and publications, as well as being featured in a number of notable magazines. Raffensperger was also a state field representative for the Sierra Club.
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Douglas Jacobsen

10. Douglas Jacobsen

1951-. (aged 75)
religious studies scholar church historian university teacher theologian
Douglas Jacobsen is a scholar in the field of religious studies whose work encompasses history, theology, and sociology. His early works are analyses of Pentecostalism and American Protestantism. He won the Pneuma Book Award from the Society for Pentecostal Studies in 2004. His current work focuses on world Christianity, including the books The World's Christians: Who They Are, Where They...
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William B. Powell

11. William B. Powell

1836-1904 (aged 68)
academic administrator writer
William Bramwell Powell was an American educator, author and superintendent of schools who co-founded the National Geographic Society.
Jake Armerding

12. Jake Armerding

singer-songwriter singer
Jake Armerding is an American folk musician and multi-instrumentalist from Boston, Massachusetts. He plays mostly acoustic string instruments like the mandolin, acoustic guitar, and fiddle. In 1990, Jake began playing with Northern Lights occasionally, along with his father, Taylor Armerding. He joined the band full-time in 1992 and was a member until 1999 when he left the band to pursue...
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Almon Harris Thompson

13. Almon Harris Thompson

1839-1906 (aged 67)
geologist explorer meteorological observer
Almon Harris Thompson, also known as A. H. Thompson, was an American topographer, geologist, explorer, educator and Civil War veteran. Often called "The Professor" or simply "Prof", Thompson is perhaps best known for being second in command of John Wesley Powell's Second Geographical Expedition (1871–1875), a federally funded scientific expedition that retraced the route of Powell's original expedition in order...
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John J. Tyson

14. John J. Tyson

1947-. (aged 79)
biologist
John J. Tyson is an American systems biologist and mathematical biologist who serves as university distinguished professor of biology at Virginia Tech, and is the former president of the Society for Mathematical Biology. He is known for his research on biochemical switches in the cell cycle, dynamics of biological networks and on excitable media.
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Bruce Ellis Benson

15. Bruce Ellis Benson

1960-. (aged 66)
philosopher
Bruce Ellis Benson is an American philosopher. He was formerly a professor at Wheaton College in Illinois.
Judith Hand

16. Judith Hand

1940-. (aged 86)
peace activist novelist
Judith L. Hand is an American evolutionary biologist, ethologist and a novelist. She writes on a variety of topics related to the science of animal and human behavior, including the biological and evolutionary roots of war, gender differences in conflict resolution, the empowerment of women, and the steps for ending war.
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Brent Nelsen

17. Brent Nelsen

1959-. (aged 67)
political scientist
Brent Nelsen is an American political science professor at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. There, he currently serves as the Jane Fishburne Hipp Professor of Politics and International Affairs and the Director of The Tocqueville Center for the Study of Democracy and Society. He has taught at Furman since 1990.
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Marcus Ch'eng

18. Marcus Ch'eng

1884-1963 (aged 79)
Marcus Cheng, was a leading Chinese Protestant evangelical leader. Cheng became a prominent evangelical leader and Chinese nationalist and gained international attention in the 1920s. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Cheng joined other Protestant leaders to form the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, which promised independence of foreign financing and control in return for religious autonomy....
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Marvin R. Wilson

19. Marvin R. Wilson

1935-. (aged 91)
translator biblical scholar university teacher theologian
Marvin R. Wilson is an American evangelical Biblical scholar, and was the Harold J. Ockenga Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts until his 2018 retirement.
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David Iglesias

20. David Iglesias

1958-. (aged 68)
university teacher military officer lawyer
David Claudio Iglesias is a Panamanian-American attorney from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Lanny D. Schmidt

21. Lanny D. Schmidt

1938-2020 (aged 82)
chemist
Lanny D. Schmidt was an American chemist, inventor, author, and Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota. He is well known for his extensive work in surface science, detailed chemistry (microkinetics), chemical reaction engineering, catalysis, and renewable energy. He is also well known for mentoring over a hundred graduate students and his work on...
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Timothy R. Coffin

22. Timothy R. Coffin

Timothy R. Coffin is a retired United States Army brigadier general who became the 33rd Commanding General of the White Sands Missile Range on 2 July 2014.
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Christian M. M. Brady

23. Christian M. M. Brady

1968-. (aged 58)
university teacher priest Hebraist
Christian M. M. Brady is an American scholar who specializes in biblical literature, rabbinic literature, and the targumim, especially Targum Lamentations and Targum Ruth. As of June 1, 2025, he became the 16th president of Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. He was the inaugural dean of the Lewis Honors College and professor of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Cultures...
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Marshall Hollingsworth

24. Marshall Hollingsworth

1993-. (aged 33)
association football player
Marshall Hollingsworth is an American retired soccer player who played as a midfielder and fullback. After graduating from Wheaton College, he played professionally for Columbus Crew SC, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, and Lansing Ignite.
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Douglas Yeo

25. Douglas Yeo

1955-. (aged 71)
music educator
Douglas Yeo is an American bass trombonist who played in the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1985 to 2012, where he held the John Moors Cabot Bass Trombone Chair. He was also on the faculty of the New England Conservatory. In 2012 he retired from the BSO and accepted a position as professor of trombone at the Arizona State University School...
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David J. Apol

26. David J. Apol

David John Apol is General Counsel at the United States Office of Government Ethics. He served as an acting director of the OGE between the resignation of Walter Shaub on July 19, 2017 and the appointment of Emory Rounds on July 13, 2018.
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Don Soderquist

27. Don Soderquist

1934-2016 (aged 82)
economist merchant businessperson
Donald G. Soderquist was an American businessman known for his work as chief operating officer and senior vice chairman of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
Harry Rimmer

28. Harry Rimmer

1890-1952 (aged 62)
evangelist pastor
Harry Rimmer was an American evangelist and creationist. He is most prominent as a defender of creationism in the United States, a fundamentalist leader and writer of anti-evolution publications.
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Richard Longenecker

29. Richard Longenecker

1930-2021 (aged 91)
theologian
Richard N. Longenecker was a New Testament scholar. He held teaching positions at Wheaton College and Graduate School (1954–57; 1960–63); Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1963–72); Wycliffe College (Toronto, 1972–94, from which he received an honorary doctorate in 1996); University of St. Michael's College (Toronto, 1976–78); and McMaster Divinity College (Hamilton, 1994–2001). His education included B.A. and M.A. degrees from Wheaton...
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Lee Ware

30. Lee Ware

1952-. (aged 74)
politician
Robert Lee Ware Jr. is an American politician representing Virginia's 72nd House of Delegates district. He was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1998, representing the 65th district. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Robert W. Lane

31. Robert W. Lane

1949-. (aged 77)
business executive
Robert W. Lane is the former chief executive officer of Deere & Company from 2000 to 2009. He retired as the chairman of the board in February 2010. He served on several boards including: The Northern Trust Company, General Electric Company, BMW AG and Verizon Communications. He was ranked 10th by Forbes Magazine's Top CEOs based on compensation in 2009.
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Elliot Leung

32. Elliot Leung

composer
Elliot Ho Yat Leung is a composer from Hong Kong who works in China and Hollywood. He received the Huabiao Award for Outstanding Composer in 2023, becoming the youngest winner in the history of this category. His works have been premiered by the New York Philharmonic, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, performed in halls such...
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Peter E. Gillquist

33. Peter E. Gillquist

1938-2012 (aged 74)
writer
Peter Edward Gillquist was an American archpriest in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America and retired chairman of the archdiocese's department of missions and evangelism. He was chairman of Conciliar Press (Ben Lomond, California) and the author of numerous books, including Love Is Now, The Physical Side of Being Spiritual and Becoming Orthodox. He also served as project...
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R. Timothy Ziemer

34. R. Timothy Ziemer

1946-. (aged 80)
military personnel
R. Timothy Ziemer is an American retired naval officer. He was a U.S. Navy helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War, commanded several squadrons and an air wing during the First Gulf War, and completed his Navy career as commander of the Navy's Mid-Atlantic Region, with the rank of rear admiral. After retiring he became an expert in global disaster response...
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Robert Holmes Bell

35. Robert Holmes Bell

1944-2023 (aged 79)
lawyer judge
Robert Holmes Bell was an American lawyer and United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan from 1987 to 2017. Before assuming the role, he worked as an attorney and judge in Michigan. Bell became a senior judge in 2017, a role which he served until his death in 2023. His son...
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Mark S. Inch

36. Mark S. Inch

geographer
Mark Sherwin Inch is an American correctional officer and retired United States Army major general who served as the 9th Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons of the United States. He resigned from that position on May 18, 2018.
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John G. Stackhouse, Jr

37. John G. Stackhouse, Jr

1960-. (aged 66)
columnist
John Gordon Stackhouse Jr. is a Canadian scholar of religion.
James S. Albus

38. James S. Albus

1935-2011 (aged 76)
author engineer
James Sacra Albus was an American engineer, Senior NIST Fellow and founder and former chief of the Intelligent Systems Division of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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Paul B. Henry

39. Paul B. Henry

1942-1993 (aged 51)
university teacher politician
Paul Brentwood Henry was an American professor of political science and politician from Michigan. He was elected to five terms and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1985 until his death from brain cancer in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1993.
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Robert A. Cook

40. Robert A. Cook

1912-1991 (aged 79)
Robert Andrew Cook was an American pastor, radio broadcaster, and college president. He was president of The King's College (New York) in Briarcliff Manor. He was also Christian author, radio broadcaster, and pastor.
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Marilyn Hall Patel

41. Marilyn Hall Patel

1938-. (aged 88)
lawyer judge
Marilyn Hall Patel is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.
Mark Noll

42. Mark Noll

1946-. (aged 80)
historian pedagogue writer
Mark Allan Noll is an American historian specializing in the history of Christianity in the United States. He holds the position of Research Professor of History at Regent College, having previously been Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame. Noll is a Reformed evangelical Christian and in 2005 was named by Time magazine as one...
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Dawn J. Wright

43. Dawn J. Wright

1961-. (aged 65)
geographer oceanographer
Dawn Jeannine Wright is an American geographer and oceanographer. She is a leading authority in the application of geographic information system (GIS) technology to the field of ocean and coastal science and played a key role in creating the first GIS data model for the oceans. Wright is Chief Scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri). She has also...
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John Nelson

44. John Nelson

1941-2025 (aged 84)
conductor
John Wilton Nelson was an American conductor known for his productions of the music of Hector Berlioz.
Steve Saint

45. Steve Saint

1951-. (aged 75)
aircraft pilot
Stephen Farris Saint is an Ecuadorian-born business entrepreneur, pilot, and author. He is known for being the son of Nate Saint, a famous missionary pilot, as well as for his own work among indigenous tribes.
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Lewis Sperry Chafer

46. Lewis Sperry Chafer

1871-1952 (aged 81)
author theologian
Lewis Sperry Chafer was an American theologian. He co-founded Dallas Theological Seminary with his older brother Rollin Thomas Chafer (1868–1940), served as its first president, and was an influential proponent of Christian Dispensationalism in the early 20th century. John Hannah described Chafer as a visionary Bible teacher, a minister of the gospel, a man of prayer with strong piety. One...
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Wallace Broecker

47. Wallace Broecker

1931-2019 (aged 88)
geologist biogeochemist geophysicist university teacher oceanographer
Wallace "Wally" Smith Broecker was an American geochemist. He was the Newberry Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, a scientist at Columbia's Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory and a sustainability fellow at Arizona State University. He developed the idea of a global "conveyor belt" linking the circulation of the global ocean and made major contributions to...
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R. A. Torrey

48. R. A. Torrey

1856-1928 (aged 72)
university teacher theologian writer
Reuben Archer Torrey was an American evangelist, Congregational pastor, educator, and writer. He aligned with Keswick theology.
Joan Lefkow

49. Joan Lefkow

1944-. (aged 82)
lawyer judge
Joan Marilyn Humphrey Lefkow is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Trevor N. McFadden

50. Trevor N. McFadden

1978-. (aged 48)
police officer
Trevor Neil McFadden is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Previously, he was a deputy assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice.
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Jason Hickel

51. Jason Hickel

1982-. (aged 44)
anthropologist ethnographer
Jason Edward Hickel is a Swazi economic anthropologist, academic and democratic eco-socialist. He is a professor at the Institute of Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA-UAB) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a visiting senior fellow at the International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics, and was the Chair of Global...
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Jim McDermott

52. Jim McDermott

1936-. (aged 90)
military officer psychiatrist politician
James Adelbert McDermott is an American politician and psychiatrist who was the U.S. representative for Washington's 7th congressional district from 1989 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th district includes most of Seattle, Vashon Island, Tukwila, Burien, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Woodway, and Edmonds. He served on the House Ways and Means...
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Ken Klippenstein

53. Ken Klippenstein

1989-. (aged 37)
presenter investigative journalist journalist television producer
Kenneth Klippenstein is an American journalist who worked at The Intercept. Before that, Klippenstein was the D.C. Correspondent at The Nation and a senior investigative reporter for the online news program The Young Turks. His work has also appeared in The Daily Beast, Salon, and other publications. His reporting has focused on U.S. national security, politics, activism, corporate controversies and...
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Michael Gerson

54. Michael Gerson

1964-2022 (aged 58)
columnist journalist
Michael John Gerson was an American journalist and speechwriter. He was a neoconservative op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, a Policy Fellow with One Campaign, a visiting fellow with the Center for Public Justice, and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as President George W. Bush's chief speechwriter from 2001 until June 2006, as a...
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Russell Vought

55. Russell Vought

1976-. (aged 50)
lawyer
Russell Thurlow Vought is an American political advisor who has served as the director of the Office of Management and Budget since 2025. Vought has additionally served as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since February 2025. He served as the acting administrator of the United States Agency for International Development from August to November 2025. Vought...
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Ruth Bell Graham

56. Ruth Bell Graham

1920-2007 (aged 87)
writer painter poet philanthropist
Ruth McCue Bell Graham was an American Christian author. She was born in Qingjiang, Jiangsu, China, the second of five children. Her parents, Virginia Leftwich Bell and L. Nelson Bell, were medical missionaries at the Presbyterian Hospital 300 miles (480 km) north of Shanghai. At age 13 she was enrolled in Pyeng Yang Foreign School in Pyongyang, Korea, where she...
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Martin O'Donnell

57. Martin O'Donnell

1955-. (aged 71)
composer sound designer
Martin O'Donnell is an American composer, audio director, and sound designer best known for his work on video game developer Bungie's titles, such as the Myth series, Oni, the Halo series, and Destiny. O'Donnell collaborated with Michael Salvatori for all of the scores; he has also directed voice talent and sound design for the Halo trilogy.
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Bill Gothard

58. Bill Gothard

1934-. (aged 92)
Christian minister
William W. Gothard Jr. is an American Christian minister, speaker, and writer, and the founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), an independent fundamentalist Christian organization. His conservative teachings encourage Bible memorization, large families, homeschooling, aversion to debt, familial patriarchy, the submission of wives to husbands, and modest attire.
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Cathleen Falsani

59. Cathleen Falsani

1970-. (aged 56)
journalist
Cathleen Falsani is an American journalist and author. She specializes in the intersection of religion/spirituality/faith and culture, and has been a staff writer for the Chicago Sun Times, the Chicago Tribune, Sojourners magazine, Religion News Service, and the Orange County Register in Southern California. Falsani is the author of several non-fiction books on religious, spiritual, and cultural issues.
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Dan Coats

60. Dan Coats

1943-. (aged 83)
politician lawyer diplomat lobbyist businessperson
Daniel Ray Coats is an American politician, attorney, and diplomat from the state of Indiana. A Republican, Coats has served in the United States House of Representatives, in the United States Senate, as United States Ambassador to Germany, and as Director of National Intelligence.
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Tim Walberg

61. Tim Walberg

1951-. (aged 75)
priest politician
Timothy Lee Walberg is an American politician serving as a U.S. representative from Michigan since 2011, representing the state's 5th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented the 7th district from 2007 to 2009 and from 2011 to 2023 as the longest tenured member from Michigan.
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Wes Craven

62. Wes Craven

1939-2015 (aged 76)
film editor television producer television director producer camera operator
Wesley Earl Craven was an American filmmaker. Amongst his prolific filmography, Craven worked primarily in the horror genre, particularly slasher films, where he mixed horror cliches with humor. Craven has been recognized as one of the masters of the horror genre.
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Kate Pierson

63. Kate Pierson

1948-. (aged 78)
singer guitarist songwriter lyricist actor
Catherine Elizabeth Pierson is an American singer, lyricist, and founding member of the B-52s. She plays guitar, bass and various keyboard instruments. In the early years, as well as being a vocalist, Pierson was the main keyboard player and performed on a keyboard bass during live shows and on many of the band's recordings, taking on a role usually filled...
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Bart D. Ehrman

64. Bart D. Ehrman

1955-. (aged 71)
writer philologist university teacher theologian
Bart Denton Ehrman is an American New Testament scholar whose research focuses on the textual criticism of the New Testament, the historical Jesus, and the origins and development of early Christianity. He is the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author or editor of more than...
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Gary Chapman

65. Gary Chapman

1938-. (aged 88)
writer radio personality
Gary Demonte Chapman is an American author, radio talk show host, and Baptist minister. Chapman is most noted for his The Five Love Languages series regarding human relationships.
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Richard C. Halverson

66. Richard C. Halverson

1916-1995 (aged 79)
Christian minister author theologian
Richard Christian Halverson was an American Presbyterian minister and author who served as the chaplain of the United States Senate.
John Wesley Powell

67. John Wesley Powell

1834-1902 (aged 68)
writer geographer geologist botanical collector botanist
John Wesley Powell was an American geologist, U.S. Army soldier, explorer of the American West, professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and director of major scientific and cultural institutions. He is famous for his 1869 geographic expedition, a three-month river trip down the Green and Colorado rivers, including the first official U.S. government-sponsored passage through the Grand Canyon.
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David Young

68. David Young

1936-2025 (aged 89)
lawyer businessperson
David Martin Young is an American former basketball player who graduated from Xavier University and North Carolina Central University and was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 2004 NBA draft. He was signed to a contract but waived a month later, before he played in any NBA games.
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Gil Dodds

69. Gil Dodds

1918-1977 (aged 59)
middle-distance runner
Gilbert Lothair Dodds, called "The Flying Parson", was an American middle-distance runner. In the 1940s, he held the American and world records for the mile run. He was awarded the James E. Sullivan Award as the top amateur athlete in the United States in 1943.
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Philip Ryken

70. 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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Billy Graham

71. Billy Graham

1918-2018 (aged 100)
theologian preacher autobiographer Christian minister pastor
William Franklin Graham Jr. was an American evangelist, ordained Southern Baptist minister, and civil rights advocate, whose broadcasts and world tours featuring live sermons became well known in the mid-to-late 20th century. Throughout his career, spanning over six decades, Graham rose to prominence as an evangelical Christian figure in the United States and abroad.
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Philip Yancey

72. Philip Yancey

1949-. (aged 77)
publisher writer journalist
Philip David Yancey is a retired American Christian author known for his works about spiritual issues. His books have sold more than 15 million copies in English and have been translated into 40 languages, making him one of the best-selling contemporary Christian authors. Two of his books won the ECPA's Christian Book of the Year Award: The Jesus I Never...
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Shiho Sakanishi

73. Shiho Sakanishi

1896-1976 (aged 80)
writer translator school teacher librarian academic
Shiho Sakanishi was a Japanese critic, essayist, academic, translator, author, and librarian. She was the first Japanese citizen to serve as a librarian at the Library of Congress and was a notable critic of the role of women in Japanese society.
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Rob Bell

74. Rob Bell

1970-. (aged 56)
pastor author non-fiction writer theologian
Rob Bell is a British TV presenter and STEMnet ambassador. He has appeared on TV programmes on BBC, Channel 5, Travel Channel (now DMAX) and Yesterday.
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Amy Plum

75. Amy Plum

1967-. (aged 59)
writer children's writer
Amy Plum is an American-born French young-adult fiction writer, best known for her Die for Me series.
William Lane Craig

76. William Lane Craig

1949-. (aged 77)
apologist university teacher writer philosopher Christian theologian
William Lane Craig is an American analytic philosopher, Christian apologist, author, and theologian. He is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology of Biola University.
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John Piper

77. John Piper

1946-. (aged 80)
pastor theologian
John Stephen Piper is a Reformed Baptist theologian and retired pastor. Specializing in New Testament studies, he is chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Piper taught biblical studies at Bethel University for six years (1974–1980), before serving as pastor for preaching and vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church (Converge) in Minneapolis for 33 years (1980–2013).
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