Wheaton has been home to numerous influential figures across entertainment, sports, science, and public life.
* **John Belushi**: Iconic comedian, actor, and original *Saturday Night Live* cast member who grew up in Wheaton and attended Wheaton Central High School. * **Jim Belushi**: Actor, comedian, and musician; brother of John, also raised in Wheaton. * **Bob Woodward**: Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist famous for uncovering the Watergate scandal; raised in Wheaton. * **Harold "Red" Grange**: The legendary football player known as "The Galloping Ghost," who attended Wheaton High School and put the town on the sporting map in the 1920s. * **Billy Graham**: World-renowned Christian evangelist who graduated from Wheaton College, significantly shaping the city's evangelical identity. * **Edwin Hubble**: The pioneering astronomer who proved the universe is expanding; attended high school in Wheaton, which later inspired the naming of a local middle school in his honor. * **Wes Craven**: Famous horror film director (*A Nightmare on Elm Street*, *Scream*) who briefly taught as a humanities professor at Wheaton College.
