Namesakes
Emmy Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Ed Wynn (middle name Edwin) 1950 
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Edwin Drood 1870 The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Fictional Characters from Television:
1 character
Steve Hale (middle name Edwin) 1987; 2016 Full House; Fuller House
Finnish Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) Edwin Linkomies 1943-1944
Hall-of-Famers:
2 baseball, 1 football
(baseball) Eddie Mathews 1978
(baseball) Edwin "Duke" Snider 1980
(football) Ed Sabol 2011
Nobel Prize Winners:
2 physics, 1 chemistry, 1 medicine
(chemistry) Edwin McMillan 1951
(medicine) Edwin G. Krebs 1992
(physics) Carl Wieman (middle name Edwin) 2001
(physics) Jim Peebles (middle name Edwin) 2019
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
7 actors, 1 comedian/actor
Tom Mix (middle name Edwin) 1880-1940
Ed Wynn (middle name Edwin) 1886-1966
Gene Lockhart (a.k.a. Edwin) 1891-1957
Ward Bond (middle name Edwin) 1903-1960
Glenn Corbett (middle name Edwin) 1933-1993
Victor French (middle name Edwin) 1934-1989
David Birney (middle name Edwin) 1939-2022
Edwin Hodge 1985-
Notable Artists:
1 sculptor
Cyrus E. Dallin (middle name Edwin) 1861-1944
Notable Athletes:
5 soccer, 2 baseball, 1 track
(baseball) Edwin "Duke" Snider 1926-2011
(baseball) Eddie Mathews 1931-2001
(track) Edwin Moses 1955-
(soccer) Edwin van der Sar 1970-
(soccer) Brad Guzan (middle name Edwin) 1984-
(soccer) Edwin Valencia 1985-
(soccer) Edwin Hernández 1986-
(soccer) Nathaniel Clyne (middle name Edwin) 1991-
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
1 explorer
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin 1930-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director
Taylor Hackford (middle name Edwin) 1944-
Notable Musicians:
4 musicians, 2 singers
Eddy Duchin 1909-1951
Eddie Fisher 1928-2010
Edwin Starr 1942-2003
Edwin Hawkins 1943-2018
Randy VanWarmer (middle name Edwin) 1955-2004
Danny Carey (middle name Edwin) 1961-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
2 astronomers, 1 chemist, 1 physicist
Edwin Hubble 1889-1953
Edwin McMillan 1907-1991
Jim Peebles (middle name Edwin) 1935-
Carl Wieman (middle name Edwin) 1951-
Olympic Medalists:
8 bronze, 5 gold, 1 gold/bronze, 1 silver, 1 silver/gold
(gold) Edwin Flack 1896 1500 m
(bronze) Cyrus E. Dallin (middle name Edwin) 1904 archery
(gold) Arthur Edwin Hill 1912 water polo
(gold) Ted Meredith 1912 4x400 m relay; 800 m
(bronze) Edwin Myers 1920 pole vault
(bronze) Hiram Tuttle (middle name Edwin) 1932 equestrian
(gold) Wally Halder (middle name Edwin) 1948 ice hockey
(bronze) Edwin Skinner 1964 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Edwin Roberts 1964 200 m; 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Win Young 1968 diving - platform
(silver/gold) Tom Bruce (middle name Edwin) 1972 swimming - 100 m breaststroke; swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(bronze) Dwight Stones (middle name Edwin) 1972; 1976 high jump
(gold/bronze) Edwin Moses 1976; 1984; 1988 400 m hurdles
(gold) Reggie Witherspoon (middle name Edwin) 2008 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Edwin Soi 2008 5000 m
(silver) Edwin Jackson 2020 baseball
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Edwin O'Connor 1962 The Edge of Sadness
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
2 musicians
Frank "Tré Cool" Wright III (middle name Edwin) 2015 Green Day
Eddie Jobson 2019 Roxy Music
Saints:
1 saint
Saint Edwin ?-633