Namesakes for EDWARD:
  Shakespearian Characters: 4 characters
      Edward Poins (a.k.a. Ned)   Henry IV (1), Henry IV (2)
      King Edward IV of England   Henry VI (2), Henry VI (3), Richard III
      Prince Edward   Henry VI (3)
      Prince Edward   Richard III
  Kings and Queens of England: 11 kings
      King Edward the Elder   899-925
      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
  High Kings of Ireland: 1 king
      King Éadbhard I (a.k.a. Edward)   1316-1318
  Nobel Prize Winners: 4 medicine, 2 physics, 1 economics
      (economics) Edward C. Prescott   2004
      (medicine) Edward B. Lewis   1995
      (medicine) Edward Lawrie Tatum   1958
      (medicine) Edward Calvin Kendall   1950
      (medicine) Edward Adelbert Doisy   1943
      (physics) Edward M. Purcell   1952
      (physics) Edward V. Appleton   1947
  Saints: 11 blessed, 2 saints
      Blessed Edward Waterson
      Blessed Edward Stransham
      Blessed Edward Shelley
      Blessed Edward Powell
      Blessed Edward Oldcorne
      Saint Edward the Martyr
      Blessed Edward Jones
      Blessed Edward James
      Blessed Edward Fulthrop
      Saint Edward the Confessor
      Blessed Edward Coleman
      Blessed Edward Catheriek
      Blessed Edward Campion
  Kings and Queens of Scotland: 1 king
      King Eideard de Baliol (a.k.a. Edward)   1332-1338
  Sports Stars: 3 basketball
      (basketball) Edward "Moose" Krause   1975
      (basketball) Edward Macauley (a.k.a. Ed)   1960
      (basketball) Edward A. Wachter   1961
  Notable Artists: 2 artists
      (artist) Édouard Manet (a.k.a. Edward)   1832-1883
      (artist) Edvard Munch (a.k.a. Edward)   1863-1944
  Notable Writers: 1 author
      (author) Edward M. Forster   1879-1970