Dr. Rev. Evan McDonald Whidden (9 July 1898 in Galt, Ontario - 11 March 1980 in Cornwall, Ontario) was a Canadian Christian minister and academic whose career included being President of Brandon College, Dean of Theology at Acadia University and chairman of the founding conference of the Atlantic Ecumenical Council. An annual scholarship is awarded at Acadia University in his honour. He was the son of Howard Primrose and Katherine Louise (Ganong) Whidden), and married Frances Margaret Billington in 1941. Evan was listed in the "Canadian Who’s Who" in 1951.