Australian Prime Ministers: 2 prime ministers
Harold Holt (middle name Edward)   1966-1967  
Gough Whitlam (a.k.a. Edward)   1972-1975  
British Prime Ministers: 2 prime ministers
Edward Smith-Stanley   1852; 1858-1859; 1866-1868  
Edward Heath   1970-1974  
Emmy Award Winners: 1 actor
(actor) Ed Flanders   1983   St. Elsewhere  
English and British Kings and Queens: 11 kings
King Edward the Elder   899-924  
King Edward the Martyr   975-978  
King Edward the Confessor   1042-1066  
King Edward I Longshanks   1272-1307  
King Edward II   1307-1327  
King Edward III   1327-1377  
King Edward IV   1461-1470; 1471-1483  
King Edward V   1483  
King Edward VI   1547-1553  
King Edward VII   1901-1910  
King Edward VIII   1936  
Fictional Characters from Books: 3 characters, 2 heroes
Edward Ferrars   1811   Sense and Sensibility  
Edward Fairfax Rochester   1847   Jane Eyre  
Henry Jekyll (a.k.a. Edward)   1886   Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde  
Jack Frost (middle name Edward)   1984   Frost at Christmas  
Edward Cullen   2005   Twilight  
Fictional Characters from Movies: 1 hero
Edward Scissorhands   1990   Edward Scissorhands  
Fictional Characters from Television: 5 characters, 1 hero
Eddie Winslow   1989   Family Matters  
Ed Green   1990   Law & Order  
Jack Frost (middle name Edward)   1992   A Touch of Frost  
Edward Montgomery   1997   Dharma & Greg  
Eli Sammler (middle name Edward)   1999   Once and Again  
Ted Chaough   2007   Mad Men  
Grammy Award Winners: 1 album of the year, 1 song of the year
(song of the year) Ed Sheeran   2016   Thinking Out Loud  
(album of the year) Harry Styles (middle name Edward)   2023   Harry's House  
Hall-of-Famers: 7 baseball, 7 basketball, 7 football, 6 ice hockey
(baseball) Eddie Collins   1939  
(baseball) Ed Delahanty   1945  
(ice hockey) Eddie Gerard   1945  
(baseball) Eddie Plank   1946  
(baseball) Rube Waddell (middle name Edward)   1946  
(baseball) Ed Walsh   1946  
(ice hockey) Eddie Shore   1947  
(basketball) Ed Macauley   1960  
(basketball) Ed Wachter   1961  
(ice hockey) Reg Noble (a.k.a. Edward)   1962  
(football) Ed Healey   1964  
(ice hockey) Walter Edward "Turk" Broda   1967  
(baseball) Whitey Ford (a.k.a. Edward)   1974  
(basketball) Edward "Moose" Krause   1975  
(ice hockey) Eddie Giacomin   1987  
(football) Joe Greene (middle name Edward)   1987  
(basketball) Clyde Lovellette (middle name Edward)   1988  
(basketball) Buddy Jeannette (middle name Edward)   1994  
(baseball) Ned Hanlon   1996  
(ice hockey) Ed Belfour   2011  
(football) Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.   2016  
(football) Ty Law (middle name Edward)   2019  
(football) Ed Reed   2019  
(football) Ed Sprinkle   2020  
(basketball) Eddie Sutton   2020  
(basketball) Chris Webber (middle name Edward)   2021  
(football) Joe Klecko (middle name Edward)   2023  
Irish Kings: 1 king
King Eideard Bruis (a.k.a. Edward)   1316-1318  
Irish Presidents and Prime Ministers: 1 prime minister/president
(prime minister/president) Éamon de Valera (a.k.a. Edward)   1937-1948; 1951-1954; 1957-1959; 1959-1973  
Most Valuable Players: 4 winners
Eddie Shore   1933; 1935; 1936; 1938   ice hockey  
Tom Brady (middle name Edward)   2007; 2010; 2017   football  
James Harden (middle name Edward)   2018   basketball  
Paul Goldschmidt (middle name Edward)   2022   baseball  
New Zealand Prime Ministers: 2 prime ministers
Edward Stafford   1856-1861; 1865-1869; 1872  
Bill Rowling (middle name Edward)   1974-1975  
Nobel Prize Winners: 8 medicine, 3 physics, 2 economics
(medicine) Edward Adelbert Doisy   1943  
(physics) Edward Victor Appleton   1947  
(medicine) Edward Calvin Kendall   1950  
(physics) Edward Mills Purcell   1952  
(medicine) Edward Lawrie Tatum   1958  
(medicine) Salvador Luria (middle name Edward)   1969  
(economics) James Meade (middle name Edward)   1977  
(medicine) Joseph Murray (middle name Edward)   1990  
(medicine) E. Donnall Thomas (a.k.a. Edward)   1990  
(physics) Richard E. Taylor (middle name Edward)   1990  
(medicine) Edward B. Lewis   1995  
(medicine) John Sulston (middle name Edward)   2002  
(economics) Edward C. Prescott   2004  
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries: 2 activists
(activist) Edward Snowden   1983-  
(activist) Chelsea Manning (middle name Edward)   1987-  
Notable Actors and Entertainers: 66 actors, 4 actor/comedians, 3 presenters
Alan Hale Sr. (middle name Edward)   1892-1950  
Edward G. Robinson   1893-1973  
Ed Begley   1901-1970  
Ed Sullivan   1901-1974  
Eddie Albert (a.k.a. Edward)   1906-2005  
Dennis O'Keefe (a.k.a. Edward)   1908-1968  
Jack Hawkins (middle name Edward)   1910-1973  
Macdonald Carey (a.k.a. Edward)   1913-1994  
Morton Lowry (a.k.a. Edward)   1914-1987  
Eddie Bracken   1915-2002  
Edward Platt   1916-1974  
Montgomery Clift (a.k.a. Edward)   1920-1966  
Charles Durning (middle name Edward)   1923-2012  
Merv Griffin (middle name Edward)   1925-2007  
Bill Daily (middle name Edward)   1927-2018  
William Hickey (middle name Edward)   1927-1997  
Tom Bosley (middle name Edward)   1927-2010  
Vince Edwards (middle name Edward)   1928-1996  
Edward Woodward   1930-2009  
Michael Lonsdale (middle name Edward)   1931-2020  
Edward Hardwicke   1932-2011  
Ed Flanders   1934-1995  
Terrence Hardiman (middle name Edward)   1937-2023  
Ed Lauter   1938-2013  
Paul Winfield (middle name Edward)   1939-2004  
John Thaw (middle name Edward)   1942-2002  
Michael Palin (middle name Edward)   1943-  
Edward Herrmann   1943-2014  
Peter Jason (middle name Edward)   1944-  
Ed O'Neill   1946-  
Edward James Olmos   1947-  
Michael Gross (middle name Edward)   1947-  
Billy Crystal (middle name Edward)   1948-  
Jim Carter (middle name Edward)   1948-  
Phil Hartman (middle name Edward)   1948-1998  
Michael Tylo (middle name Edward)   1948-2021  
Mike Starr (middle name Edward)   1950-  
Ed Harris   1950-  
Dan Aykroyd (middle name Edward)   1952-  
Tom Hulce (middle name Edward)   1953-  
Ken Olin (middle name Edward)   1954-  
William Fichtner (middle name Edward)   1956-  
Eddie Deezen   1957-  
Judge Reinhold (a.k.a. Edward)   1957-  
Eddie Murphy   1961-  
Tom Sizemore (middle name Edward)   1961-2023  
Wendell Pierce (middle name Edward)   1963-  
Ben Stiller (middle name Edward)   1965-  
Toby Jones (middle name Edward)   1966-  
Paul Giamatti (middle name Edward)   1967-  
Edward Burns   1968-  
Ed Quinn   1968-  
Aaron Eckhart (middle name Edward)   1968-  
Eddie Marsan   1968-  
Edward Norton   1969-  
Rick Hoffman (middle name Edward)   1970-  
Michael Trucco (a.k.a. Edward)   1970-  
Joel McHale (middle name Edward)   1971-  
Eddie Cibrian   1973-  
Ed Helms   1974-  
Bear Grylls (a.k.a. Edward)   1974-  
Jason Mewes (middle name Edward)   1974-  
Jon Bernthal (middle name Edward)   1976-  
Edward Furlong   1977-  
Tom Hardy (a.k.a. Edward)   1977-  
James Franco (middle name Edward)   1978-  
Dominic Cooper (middle name Edward)   1978-  
Eddie Redmayne   1982-  
Eddie Spears   1982-  
Gregory Smith (middle name Edward)   1983-  
Tom Hopper (middle name Edward)   1985-  
Harry Melling (middle name Edward)   1989-  
Harry Styles (middle name Edward)   1994-  
Notable Artists: 2 painters, 1 photographer
Eadweard Muybridge (a.k.a. Edward)   1830-1904  
Edward Hopper   1882-1967  
Edward Ruscha   1937-  
Notable Athletes: 6 ice hockey, 4 basketball, 4 football, 3 baseball, 1 soccer
(baseball) Ed Walsh   1881-1959  
(baseball) Eddie Collins   1887-1951  
(ice hockey) Eddie Gerard   1890-1937  
(ice hockey) Reg Noble (a.k.a. Edward)   1896-1962  
(ice hockey) Eddie Shore   1902-1985  
(ice hockey) Walter Edward "Turk" Broda   1914-1972  
(basketball) Buddy Jeannette (middle name Edward)   1917-1998  
(basketball) Ed Macauley   1928-2011  
(baseball) Whitey Ford (a.k.a. Edward)   1928-2020  
(basketball) Clyde Lovellette (middle name Edward)   1929-2016  
(football) Joe Greene (middle name Edward)   1946-  
(ice hockey) Garnet Bailey (middle name Edward)   1948-2001  
(ice hockey) Ed Belfour   1965-  
(football) Tom Brady (middle name Edward)   1977-  
(football) Ed Reed   1978-  
(basketball) James Harden (middle name Edward)   1989-  
(football) Eddie Lacy   1990-  
(soccer) Curtis Good (middle name Edward)   1993-  
Notable Businesspeople: 5 businesspersons
Edward Harland   1831-1895  
William E. Boeing (middle name Edward)   1881-1956  
Merv Griffin (middle name Edward)   1925-2007  
Warren Buffett (middle name Edward)   1930-  
Ted Turner   1938-  
Notable Evildoers: 1 criminal, 1 murderer, 1 pirate
Edward Teach "Blackbeard"   c. 1680-1718  
Ned Kelly   1854-1880  
Ed Gein   1906-1984  
Notable Explorers and Adventurers: 1 explorer
William Edward Parry   1790-1855  
Notable Filmmakers: 2 directors, 1 director/screenwriter
Ed Wood   1924-1978  
Edward Burns   1968-  
Christopher Nolan (middle name Edward)   1970-  
Notable Journalists: 1 journalist, 1 news presenter
(journalist) Edward R. Murrow   1908-1965  
(news presenter) Ted Koppel   1940-  
Notable Military Figures: 1 general, 1 officer
Robert E. Lee (middle name Edward)   1807-1870  
T. E. Lawrence (middle name Edward)   1888-1935  
Notable Musicians: 9 singers, 5 musicians, 2 composers
Edward Elgar   1857-1934  
Edward MacDowell   1860-1908  
Edward "Duke" Ellington   1899-1974  
Chuck Berry (middle name Edward)   1926-2017  
Chuck E. Weiss (middle name Edward)   1945-2021  
Eddie Money (a.k.a. Edward)   1949-2019  
Eddie Clarke   1950-2018  
James Ingram (middle name Edward)   1952-2019  
Eddie Van Halen   1955-2020  
Mark E. Smith (middle name Edward)   1957-2018  
Nick Cave (middle name Edward)   1957-  
Eddie Vedder   1964-  
Ed Kowalczyk   1971-  
Isaac Slade (middle name Edward)   1981-  
Ed Sheeran   1991-  
Harry Styles (middle name Edward)   1994-  
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers: 2 philosophers, 1 mathematician
Edward Carpenter   1844-1929  
G. E. Moore (middle name Edward)   1873-1958  
Edward Witten   1951-  
Notable Politicians and Statespeople: 5 politicians
Ted Kennedy   1932-2009  
Alun Michael (middle name Edward)   1943-  
Mark Kelly (middle name Edward)   1964-  
Ed Miliband   1969-  
Ted Cruz   1970-  
Notable Scientists and Inventors: 5 physicists, 2 biologists, 1 anthropologist, 1 astronomer, 1 astronomer/physicist
Edward Jenner   1749-1823  
John Edward Gray   1800-1875  
Edward Burnett Tylor   1832-1917  
Edward Charles Pickering   1846-1919  
Edward Victor Appleton   1892-1965  
Edward Teller   1908-2003  
Edward Mills Purcell   1912-1997  
Richard E. Taylor (middle name Edward)   1929-2018  
Carl Sagan (middle name Edward)   1934-1996  
Edward Witten   1951-  
Notable Writers: 2 authors, 2 poets
Edward Lear   1812-1888  
Edward Carpenter   1844-1929  
E. M. Forster (a.k.a. Edward)   1879-1970  
Edward Said   1935-2003  
Olympic Medalists: 19 bronze, 16 gold, 16 silver, 3 bronze/gold, 2 silver/bronze, 1 bronze/silver, 1 bronze/silver/gold, 1 gold/bronze, 1 silver/gold
(bronze/silver) Alphonzo Bell (middle name Edward)   1904   tennis  
(gold) Charles Dvorak (middle name Edward)   1904   pole vault  
(bronze) Lawrence Feuerbach (middle name Edward)   1904   shot put  
(gold) George Larner (middle name Edward)   1908   10 mile walk; 3500 m walk  
(bronze) Harry Kerr (middle name Edward)   1908   3500 m walk  
(bronze) Edward Spencer   1908   10 mile walk  
(bronze) Edward Archibald   1908   pole vault  
(bronze) Con Walsh (middle name Edward)   1908   hammer throw  
(gold) Edward Cooke Sr.   1908   pole vault  
(silver/bronze) Eddie Owen   1908; 1912   5 miles; 3000 m team  
(bronze/gold) Edward Lindberg   1912   400 m; 4x400 m relay  
(bronze) Charles Gunn (middle name Edward)   1920   10 km walk  
(silver) Joe Blewitt (middle name Edward)   1920   3000 m team  
(bronze) Harold Annison (middle name Edward)   1920   swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(silver) Carl Johnson (middle name Edward)   1920   long jump  
(bronze) Percy Peter (a.k.a. Edward)   1920   swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(silver) Edward Gourdin   1924   long jump  
(bronze) Edward Toms   1924   4x400 m relay  
(bronze) Edward Kirby   1924   3000 m team  
(silver/bronze) Jack London (middle name Edward)   1928   100 m; 4x100 m relay  
(gold) Charley Borah (middle name Edward)   1928   4x100 m relay  
(gold) Ed Hamm   1928   long jump  
(bronze) Edward Smouha   1928   4x100 m relay  
(gold) Ed Gordon   1932   long jump  
(silver) Edward Dawson   1936   basketball  
(gold) Jack Lovelock (middle name Edward)   1936   1500 m  
(silver) Malcolm Wiseman (middle name Edward)   1936   basketball  
(silver) Edward O'Brien   1936   4x400 m relay  
(gold) Clyde Lovellette (middle name Edward)   1952   basketball  
(bronze) John Salisbury (middle name Edward)   1956   4x400 m relay  
(silver) Eddie Southern   1956   400 m hurdles  
(bronze/silver/gold) Frank McKinney Jr. (middle name Edward)   1956; 1960   swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay  
(gold) Steve Clark (middle name Edward)   1964   swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay  
(bronze/gold) Charlie Greene (middle name Edward)   1968   100 m; 4x100 m relay  
(silver) Ed Caruthers Jr.   1968   high jump  
(gold) Lee Evans (middle name Edward)   1968   400 m; 4x400 m relay  
(gold) Vince Matthews (middle name Edward)   1968; 1972   4x400 m relay; 400 m  
(bronze) Jim Henry (middle name Edward)   1968   diving - springboard  
(bronze) John Ferris (middle name Edward)   1968   swimming - 200 m butterfly; swimming - 200 m medley  
(silver) Martin Reynolds (middle name Edward)   1972   4x400 m relay  
(gold) Eddie Hart   1972   4x100 m relay  
(silver) Ed Ratleff   1972   basketball  
(silver) Tom Henderson (middle name Edward)   1972   basketball  
(gold) Harvey Glance (middle name Edward)   1976   4x100 m relay  
(silver) Alan Mouchawar (middle name Edward)   1988   water polo  
(silver) Craig Klass (a.k.a. Edward)   1988   water polo  
(bronze) Charles Smith IV (middle name Edward)   1988   basketball  
(gold/bronze) Mark Lenzi (middle name Edward)   1992; 1996   diving - springboard  
(bronze) Troy Glaus (middle name Edward)   1996   baseball  
(gold) Roy Oswalt (middle name Edward)   2000   baseball  
(silver/gold) Ed Moses   2000   swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay  
(silver) Craig Lewis (middle name Edward)   2004   baseball  
(bronze) Jayson Nix (middle name Edward)   2008   baseball  
(bronze) Edward Gal   2012   equestrian  
(gold) Ed McKeever   2012   canoe sprint  
(silver) Trey Hardee (middle name Edward)   2012   decathlon  
(bronze/gold) Ed Clancy   2008; 2012   cycling - track  
(bronze) Eddie Ockenden   2008; 2012   field hockey  
(gold) James Harden (middle name Edward)   2012   basketball  
(silver) Scott Kazmir (middle name Edward)   2020   baseball  
Oscar Award Winners: 2 actors, 1 director
(actor) Ed Begley   1963   Sweet Bird of Youth  
(actor) Eddie Redmayne   2015   The Theory of Everything  
(director) Christopher Nolan (middle name Edward)   2024   Oppenheimer  
Other Leaders: 1 prime minister
Prime Minister Edward Seaga   1980-1989   Jamaica  
Other Notables: 1 person
Aleister Crowley (a.k.a. Edward)   1875-1947   mysticism  
Other Royalty: 7 princes
Edward of Westminster   1454-1471   England  
Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (middle name Edward)   1864-1892   United Kingdom  
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha   1884-1919   United Kingdom  
George, Duke of Kent (middle name Edward)   1902-1942   United Kingdom  
Edward, Duke of Kent   1935-   United Kingdom  
Andrew, Duke of York (middle name Edward)   1960-   United Kingdom  
Edward, Duke of Edinburgh   1964-   United Kingdom  
Polish Presidents and Prime Ministers: 2 prime ministers, 1 president
(prime minister) Edward Osóbka-Morawski   1944-1947  
(president) Edward Bernard Raczyński   1979-1986  
(prime minister) Edward Babiuch   1980  
Portuguese Kings and Queens: 1 king
King Duarte the Philosopher (a.k.a. Edward)   1433-1438  
Pulitzer Award Winners: 1 literature
(literature) Edward P. Jones   2004   The Known World  
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers: 13 musicians
Chuck Berry (middle name Edward)   1986     
Eddie Cochran   1987     
Eddie Kendricks   1989   The Temptations  
Tony Williams (middle name Edward)   1990   The Platters  
Ginger Baker (middle name Edward)   1993   Cream  
Edward Patten   1996   Gladys Knight & the Pips  
Eddie Brigati   1997   The Young Rascals  
Eddie Hazel   1997   Parliament-Funkadelic  
Eddie Levert   2005   The O'Jays  
Ed King   2006   Lynyrd Skynyrd  
Eddie Van Halen   2007   Van Halen  
Eddie Vedder   2017   Pearl Jam  
Ed O'Brien   2019   Radiohead  
Saints: 15 blessed, 3 saints
Saint Edward the Martyr   c. 962-978  
Saint Edward the Confessor   1003-1066  
Blessed Edward Powell   1478-1540  
Blessed Edward Burden   1540-1588  
Blessed Edward Stransham   1557-1586  
Blessed Edward Osbaldeston   1560-1594  
Blessed Edward Oldcorne   1561-1606  
Blessed Edward Thwing   1565-1600  
Saint Ambrose Edward Barlow   1585-1641  
Blessed Edward Campion   ?-1588  
Blessed Edward James   ?-1588  
Blessed Edward Shelley   ?-1588  
Blessed Edward Jones   ?-1590  
Blessed Edward Waterson   ?-1593  
Blessed Edward Bamber   1600-1646  
Blessed Edward Coleman   ?-1678  
Blessed Edward Poppe   1890-1924  
Blessed Piotr Edward Dankowski   1908-1942  
Scottish Kings and Queens: 1 king
King Edward Balliol   1332-1336  
Shakespearian Characters: 4 characters
Edward Poins   Henry IV (1); Henry IV (2)  
Edward IV   Henry VI (2); Henry VI (3); Richard III  
Edward of Westminster   Henry VI (3); Richard III  
Prince Edward   Richard III