Edward, Eddie or Ed Johnson may refer to:

Politicians

* Edward Johnson (founder of Woburn, MA) (1598–1672), colonial military officer and writer * Edward Johnson (mayor) (1767–1829), mayor of Baltimore *

Edward A. Johnson Edward Austin Johnson (November 23, 1860 – July 24, 1944) was an attorney who became the first African-American member of the New York state legislature when he was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1917. Biography Johnson was born ...

(1860–1944), first African American elected to New York state legislature *

Edward Johnson (British politician) Edward Johnson (1833 - 2 November 1894) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885. Johnson was the son of John Johnson of St Osyth's Priory, Essex, and his wife Ann Haward, daughter of William Haward ...

(1834–1895), Member of Parliament for Exeter, 1880–1885 * Eddie Bernice Johnson (born 1935), American politician * B. Ed Johnson (1914–1983), American businessman, broadcaster and politician from Georgia

Cultural figures

* Ed Johnson (broadcaster) (G. Edwin Johnson, died 2001), farm broadcaster from Delaware, Ohio, founder of Agri Broadcasting Network * Edward Johnson (tenor) (1878–1959), Canadian tenor and manager of the Metropolitan Opera * Edward Johnson (composer) (1572–1601), English composer *Teddy Johnson (1920–2018), English entertainer, see Pearl Carr & Teddy Johnson * Eddie Johnson (musician) (1920–2010), American jazz musician *

Edward Johnson (actor) Edward Johnson is an English actor. Biography Edward trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He has appeared in numerous stage roles including Jesus in ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. He is a trained horseman. Edward keeps wolves at his ...

, British actor

Sports figures

Ed Johnson (American football) Edward Andre Johnson (born December 18, 1983) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Penn State. Early years Johnson was a multi-sport ...

(born 1983), American football player *

Ed Johnson (baseball) Edwin Cyril "Ed" Johnson (March 31, 1899 – July 3, 1975) was an American Major League Baseball right fielder A right fielder, abbreviated RF, is the outfielder in baseball or softball who plays defense in right field. Right field is the ar ...

(1899–1975), American Major League outfielder * Ed Johnson (basketball) (1944–2016), American basketball center *

Eddie Johnson (American soccer) Edward Abraham Johnson (born March 31, 1984) is an American former soccer player. He played the majority of his fourteen-year club career in the U.S. with FC Dallas, Kansas City Wizards, Seattle Sounders FC, and D.C. United. Johnson also spent ...

(born 1984), American soccer player *

Eddie Johnson (racing driver) Eddie Johnson (February 10, 1919 – June 30, 1974) was an American race car driver. Born in Richmond, Virginia, Johnson grew up in Los Angeles, where he was a high school acquaintance of 1950 Indianapolis 500 winner Johnnie Parsons. He drove ...

(1919–1974), American racecar driver * Eddie Johnson (English footballer) (born 1984), English footballer *

Edward Johnson (footballer, born 1860) Edward Johnson (March 1860 – 30 June 1901) was an English footballer who played for Stoke and the England national team. He scored Stoke's first goal in the FA Cup and is also the club's first player to be capped. Club career Johnson was bor ...

(1860–1901), English footballer * Eddie Johnston (born 1935), Canadian ice hockey player *

Eddie Johnson (linebacker) Eddie J. Johnson (February 3, 1959 – January 21, 2003) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for 10 seasons with the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Louisvil ...

(1959–2003), American football player *

Eddie Johnson (punter) Edward Lynn Johnson (born March 2, 1981) is a former professional American and Canadian football punter. He most recently played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in t ...

(born 1981), American football player * Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1959), American basketball small forward *

Eddie Johnson (basketball, born 1955) Edward Lee Johnson Jr. (February 24, 1955 – October 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. He played 10 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) – mainly as a member of the Atlanta Hawks – from 1977 to 1987. ...

(1955–2020), American basketball guard *

Eddie Johnson (boxer) Eddie Johnson (December 12, 1927 – October 9, 1986) was an American boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as ...

(1927–1986), American Olympic boxer

Others

Edward Albert Johnson Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...

(1885–1949), member of the Early Birds of Aviation * Edward Johnson (general) (1816–1873), American Civil War * Edward Hibberd Johnson (1846–1917), inventor and business associate of American inventor Thomas Edison *

Edward Mead Johnson Edward Mead Johnson (April 23, 1852 – March 20, 1934) was an American businessman and one of the co-founders of Johnson & Johnson. In 1886, Edward Mead Johnson abandoned a career in law and joined his two brothers Robert Wood Johnson I, and ...

(1852–1934), co-founder of Johnson and Johnson and Mead Johnson *

Edward Earl Johnson Edward Earl Johnson (June 22, 1960 – May 20, 1987) was a man convicted in 1979 at the age of 18 and subsequently executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi for the murder of a policeman, J.T. Trest, and the sexual assault of a 69-year-old wo ...

(1960–1987), American murderer *

Edward Daniel Johnson Edward Daniel Johnson (30 September 1815 – 8 March 1889) was a respected London watch and marine chronometer maker. He was a founder member and vice President of the British Horological Institute, which was formed in June 1858. During his early ...

(1816–1889), London watch and chronometer maker *

E. A. Johnson Edward A. Johnson is a Canadian ecologist. His research focuses on the contact between geosciences and ecology. Johnson is currently a professor of biological sciences at the University of Calgary, located in Alberta. He was formerly the direct ...

, Canadian plant ecologist *Ed Johnson (1882–1906), American lynch-mob victim, see

Lynching of Ed Johnson On March 19, 1906, Ed Johnson, a young African American man, was murdered by a lynch mob in his home town of Chattanooga, Tennessee. He had been sentenced to death for the rape of Nevada Taylor, but Justice John Marshall Harlan of the United St ...

Ed L. Johnson Ed, ed or ED may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Ed'' (film), a 1996 film starring Matt LeBlanc * Ed (''Fullmetal Alchemist'') or Edward Elric, a character in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' media * ''Ed'' (TV series), a TV series that ran fro ...

, American martial artist and Isshin-Ryu karate instructor * Edward Johnson III (1930–2022), American investor and businessman *

Edward Johnson (lawyer) J. Edward "Ted" Johnson is the Canadian chair of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. He is a former lawyer, civil servant and an Officer of the Order of Canada. Education Johnson has an undergraduate degree from the Ivey School of Business ...

Canadian civil servant *

Edward C. Johnson II Edward Crosby Johnson II (January 19, 1898 – April 2, 1984) was an American businessman and lawyer who founded Fidelity Investments. “A Boston Brahmin, Mr. Johnson was born Edward Crosby Johnson 2d in a townhouse on Beacon street, Back Bay, ...

(1898–1984), American businessman * Eddie T. Johnson (born 1959), Superintendent of Chicago Police Department 2016–2019

In fiction

*Coffin Ed Johnson, a protagonist in Chester Himes's Harlem Detective novels *Cousin Eddie Johnson, a redneck character in the '' National Lampoon's Vacation'' film series, played in each case by Randy Quaid

Politicians

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In fiction

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