Edge is a surname of Anglo-Saxon or Norse origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Government and politics

Geoff Edge Geoffrey Edge (born 26 May 1943) is a former British Labour Party politician. Biography Geoffrey Edge was born in West Bromwich. He was educated at the London School of Economics, from which he received a BA in Geography, and the University ...

(born 1943), British politician * Sir

John Edge Sir John Edge (28 July 1841 – 30 July 1926) was Chief Justice in the Allahabad High Court, India, during the British Raj era. A member of the Middle Temple, of which he acted for some time as treasurer, he was also appointed a judicial member ...

(1841–1926), Irish-born British justice in India * Peter T. Edge, American government official *

Walter Evans Edge Walter Evans Edge (November 20, 1873October 29, 1956) was an American diplomat and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician who served as the 36th governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, during both ...

(1873–1956), American diplomat and politician *

Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet (21 November 1880 – 18 December 1948) was a British Liberal, later National Liberal, politician and businessman. Early life William Edge was the son of Sir Knowles Edge, head of William Edge & Son Ltd, colour man ...

(1880–1948), British politician and businessman

Music

Andrew Edge Andrew Edge (born David Andrew Edge) is a musician from Leeds, England. He moved to London in the late 1970s, and joined the Thompson Twins. After one year Edge left the group and joined Uropa Lula, who released three singles (on Arista Records) ...

(born 1956), English musician *

Damon Edge Thomas Wisse (November 12, 1949 – August 11, 1995), known professionally as Damon Edge, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the post-punk band Chrome and also recorded as a solo artist. Biography Damon Edge was born in Lo ...

(1949–1995; born Thomas Wisse), American musician * Dexter Edge (born 1953), American musicologist * Dustin Edge (born 1977), American singer-songwriter and musician *

Graeme Edge Graeme Charles Edge (30 March 1941 – 11 November 2021) was an English musician, songwriter and poet, best known as the co-founder and drummer of the English band the Moody Blues. In addition to his work with the Moody Blues, Edge worked as t ...

(1941–2021), English musician, songwriter and poet * Norman Edge (1934–2018), American jazz musician *

Peter Edge Peter Edge is an English-American record executive. He is the chairman and CEO of RCA Records. Early life and education Edge was born near Coventry, England. Fueled in part by his sister’s record collection – which included influential ...

, English-American record executive

Sports

Basketball

Charles Edge (basketball) Charles Edge (born February 23, 1950) is an American former basketball player. He played from 1973 to 1975 for the Memphis Tams and Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association (ABA). At and , he played as a small forward. He was born in ...

(born 1950), American basketball player *

Şafak Edge Şafak Edge (born June 17, 1992) is a Turkish professional basketball player for Final Spor of the Turkish Basketball First League The Turkish Basketball First League, also called TBL, is the second-tier level league of professional club bas ...

(born 1992), Turkish basketball player

Cricket

* Cyril Edge (1916–1985), English cricketer * Geoffrey Edge (1911–1996), English cricketer

Football (soccer)

Alf Edge Alfred Edge (5 November 1864 – 11 April 1941) was an English footballer. His regular position was as a forward. He played for Stoke, Newton Heath, Northwich Victoria and Ardwick Career Edge was born in Stone, Staffordshire, and played for ...

(1864–1941), English footballer *

Bob Edge Robert Richard Edge (1872–1918) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhamp ...

(1872–1918), English footballer * Derek Edge (1942–1991), English footballer *

Jesse Edge Jesse Marshall Thompson Edge (born 26 February 1995) is an amateur New Zealand football player who plays in the Swedish amateur Division 1 Norra for IFK Berga. Besides New Zealand, he has played in Sweden, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Italy ...

(born 1995), New Zealand footballer *

Lewis Edge Lewis John Spencer Edge (born 12 January 1987) is an English professional Association football, footballer who last played as a Goalkeeper (football), goalkeeper for AFC Fylde in the NPL Division One North league. Cricket Prior to his football ...

(born 1987), English footballer *

Roland Edge Roland Edge (born 25 November 1978) is an English footballer who is the assistant manager at non-league Folkestone Invicta. Career Gillingham Edge made his professional debut for Gillingham as a 40th minute substitute in a 1–0 away le ...

(born 1978), English footballer *

Shayne Edge Randall Shayne Edge (born August 21, 1971) is an American former college and professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1990s. Edge played college football for the University of Florida, and t ...

(born 1971), American football player *

Thomas Edge (footballer) Thomas Edge (born 6 April 1970) is a former association football player who played as a midfielder. He represented the New Zealand national team at international level. Edge made his full ''All Whites'' debut as a substitute in a 1–0 loss ...

(born 1970), New Zealand footballer *

Tommy Edge Thomas Edge (28 April 1898 – 1966) was a professional footballer. An outside right, he played in the Football League for Manchester City, Oldham Athletic, Exeter City, Blackpool and New Brighton. He also played for Brook Valley, Treherbert, ...

(1898–1966), English footballer

Other

Allan Edge Allan Edge is a British former slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 team event at the 1979 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Jonquière Jonquière (; ; 2021 population: 60,250) is a borough (arron ...

, British slalom canoeist *

Bruce Edge Bruce Edge (30 April 1924 – 29 September 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia ser ...

(1924–1994), Australian rules footballer *

Butch Edge Claude Lee Edge (born July 18, 1956) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. Career Edge graduated from El Camino High School in Sacramento, California and was featured in '' Faces in the Crowd'' in the June 24, 1974 issue of ''Sports Ill ...

(born 1956), American baseball player *

Dave Edge David Edge (born November 12, 1954 in Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom) is a former long-distance runner, who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics in the men's marathon. Biography In Blackpool, he had been a policeman. He m ...

(born 1954), British-Canadian Olympic long-distance runner *

Denny Edge Dennis Douglas Edge (January 10, 1903 – February 18, 1954) was a Canadian-born American player and coach of ice hockey. He served as head coach of the college ice hockey team at Gonzaga University prior to World War II. Biography Edge was born ...

(1903–1954), Canadian-born American player and coach of ice hockey *

Sandra Edge Sandra Helen Edge (born 26 August 1962 in Te Puia Springs) is a New Zealand netball coach and former international netball player. She captained the New Zealand under 21 team in 1982, aged 17. She debuted in the Silver Ferns in Melbourne in 19 ...

(born 1962), New Zealand netball coach and former player *

Selwyn Edge Selwyn Francis Edge (1868–1940) was a British businessman, racing driver, cyclist and record-breaker. He is principally associated with selling and racing De Dion-Bouton, Gladiator; Clemént-Panhard, Napier and AC cars. Personal life Edge ...

(1868–1940), British businessman, racing driver, and cyclist *

Steve Edge (rugby league) Steve Edge is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. A New South Wales Blues representative he played in the St. George Dragons' 14th and 15th grand final wins and captained the Parramatta Eels to thei ...

(born 1951), Australian rugby player

Writers

* Arabella Edge, English writer *

John T. Edge John T. Edge (born December 22, 1962) is a writer, commentator, and, since its founding in 1999, director of the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. He has wr ...

(born 1962), American writer and commentator *

Simon Edge Simon John Edge (born 25 December 1964 in Chester, England) is a British novelist and journalist. Educated at the King's School, Chester, he went on to receive a master's degree in Philosophy from St Catharine's College, Cambridge and has a ma ...

(born 1964), British novelist and journalist

Other

* Charles Edge (architect) (1800–1867), British architect *

Charles Edge (computer scientist) Charles Edge is an American computer scientist and author. Edge is a contributing author for Inc.com and Huffington Post. Edge spent 15 years as the Chief Technology Officer of 318 Inc in Santa Monica and 5 years at Jamf Pro. He is now the Chie ...

, American computer scientist and author * Dawn Edge, British medical researcher * Nina Edge (born 1962), English ceramicist, feminist and writer *

Rosalie Edge Rosalie Barrow Edge (November 3, 1877 – November 30, 1962) was an American environmentalist and suffragist. In 1929, she established the Emergency Conservation Committee to expose the conservation establishment's ineffectiveness and advocate ...

(1877–1962), American environmental advocate *

Steve Edge Steve Edge (born 2 November 1972) is an English actor, writer and former stand-up comedian. He is most famous for his work on ''Starlings'', ''Phoenix Nights'', '' The Cup'', '' The Visit'', ''Peep Show'', '' Benidorm'' and the satirical maga ...

(born 1972), British actor and comedian *

Steve Edge (lawyer) Stephen Martin Edge (born 29 November 1950) is one of the UK's foremost corporate tax lawyers. He was born and raised in Bolton, Lancashire. After schooling at Canon Slade School he went to Exeter University , mottoeng = "We Foll ...

(born 1950), British corporate tax lawyer *

Stuart Edge Stuart Edgington, known as Stuart Edge, is an American actor and entertainer best known for his viral internet videos that have garnered over 500 million views and gained him a social audience of over 3 million followers. Stuart has been featur ...

(born 1989 as Stuart Edgington), American actor and entertainer *

Thomas Edge Thomas Edge (1587/88 – 29 December 1624) was an English merchant, whaler, and sealer who worked for the Muscovy Company in the first quarter of the 17th century. The son of Ellis Edge, Thomas Edge was born in the parish of Blackburn in Lancash ...

(died 1624), English merchant, whaler and sealer *

William Edge (mathematician) William Leonard Edge FRSE (8 November 1904 – 27 September 1997) was a British mathematician most known for his work in finite geometry. Students knew him as WLE. Life Born in Stockport to schoolteacher parents (his father William Henry Edge ...

(1904–1997), British mathematician

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