Wheeler is one of physic’s heroes. He was a true out of the box thinker.
His out of the box thinking inspired many. I think his list of doctoral students is without comparison. Please let me know if there is a more accomplished list of students.
Jacob Bekenstein
Claudio Bunster
Demetrios Christodoulou
Ignazio Ciufolini
Hugh Everett
Richard Feynman
Kenneth W. Ford
Robert Geroch
John R. Klauder
Bahram Mashhoon
Charles Misner
Milton Plesset
Benjamin Schumacher
Kip Thorne
Jayme Tiomno
John S. Toll
Bill Unruh
Robert Wald
Katharine Way
Arthur Wightman