John William Wevers (born June 4, 1919, in little Baldwin - July 22, 2010 Toronto, Ontario) was an American professor emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern and Middle Studies, at the University of Toronto.

[2] In 1942 he married Grace Della Brondsema and they had four children.

Three years later, in 1943 he earned his ThB at Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

From 1946 he held his ThD from Princeton Theological Seminary under the tutelage of Henry Snyder Gehman.

[2] In memory of John William Wevers to honor his many contributions to Septuagint studies the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS) offers an annual prize of $350 named in memory of John William Wevers to be awarded to an outstanding paper in the field of Septuagint studies.