Namesakes
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
Norwegian Kings and Queens:
1 king
King Olav V (middle name Edward) 1957-1991
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
2 activists
(activist) Edward Snowden 1983-
(activist) Chelsea Manning (middle name Edward) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
69 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
Arthur Hill (middle name Edward) 1922-2006
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
Bob Crane (middle name Edward) 1928-1978
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-
Val Kilmer (middle name Edward) 1959-2025
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 boxing, 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
(boxing) George Foreman (middle name Edward) 1949-2025
(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:
6 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-
George Foreman (middle name Edward) 1949-2025
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 screenwriter/director
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, 18 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
(gold) Olav V (middle name Edward) 1928 sailing
(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
(gold) George Foreman (middle name Edward) 1968 boxing
(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
Tony Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Arthur Hill (middle name Edward) 1963 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?