Namesakes
Edgar
(m) 
Shakespearian Characters King Lear
Edgar the Peaceful
(m) 943-975
English and British Kings and Queens 959-975
Saints
Edgar
(m) c. 1074-1107
Scottish Kings and Queens 1097-1107
Edgar Allan Poe
(m) 1809-1849
Notable Writers
Edgar Degas
(m) 1834-1917
Notable Artists
Robert Cecil
(a.k.a. Edgar) (m) 1864-1958
Nobel Prize Winners 1937 (peace)
Edgar H. Adams
(m) 1868-1940
Olympic Medalists 1904 diving - plunge for distance (silver)
Edgar Rice Burroughs
(m) 1875-1950
Notable Writers
Monty Woolley
(a.k.a. Edgar) (m) 1888-1963
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Reggie Walker
(a.k.a. Edgar) (m) 1889-1951
Olympic Medalists 1908 100 m (gold)
Edgar Douglas Adrian
(m) 1889-1977
Nobel Prize Winners 1932 (medicine)
Sam Rice
(a.k.a. Edgar) (m) 1890-1974
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (baseball)
Isham Jones
(a.k.a. Edgar) (m) 1894-1956
Notable Musicians
J. Edgar Hoover
(m) 1895-1972
Other Notables law enforcement
Edgar Buchanan
(m) 1903-1979
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Edgar Faure
(m) 1908-1988
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1952; 1955-1956 (prime minister)
Glenn Morris
(a.k.a. Edgar) (m) 1912-1974
Olympic Medalists 1936 decathlon (gold)
Ed Ablowich
(m) 1913-1998
Olympic Medalists 1932 4x400 m relay (gold)
Edgar Laprade
(m) 1919-2014
Hall-of-Famers 1993 (ice hockey)
E. L. Doctorow
(a.k.a. Edgar) (m) 1931-2015
Notable Writers
Paul Martin
(a.k.a. Edgar) (m) 1938-
Canadian Prime Ministers 2003-2006
John Edgar Wideman
(m) 1941-
Notable Writers
Edgar Savisaar
(m) 1950-2022
Estonian Presidents and Prime Ministers 1991-1992 (prime minister)
Edgar Martínez
(m) 1963-
Hall-of-Famers 2019 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Edgar Itt
(m) 1967-
Olympic Medalists 1988 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Edgar Davids
(m) 1973-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Edgar Salli
(m) 1992-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Eric Dier
(a.k.a. Edgar) (m) 1994-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Edgar Stiles
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2001 24
Edgar Sawtelle
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 2008 The Story of Edgar Sawtelle