Edward, Ed or Eddie Williams may refer to:

Entertainment

Ed Williams (actor) Edwin Wallace Williams (born November 26, 1926) is an American actor, who played Ted Olsen on the Television program#Seasons/series, TV series ''Police Squad!'' and in ''The Naked Gun'' films. Williams was a broadcasting and speech teacher at ...

(born 1926), American actor *

Lil' Ed Williams Lil' Ed Williams (born April 8, 1955, Chicago, Illinois) is an American blues slide guitarist, singer and songwriter. With his backing band, the Blues Imperials, he has built up a loyal following. Biography In childhood, Williams and his half-b ...

(born 1955), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter * Edward Williams (engraver) (c. 1755–1797?), English engraver *

Edward Williams (painter) Edward Williams (1781 – 24 June 1855) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era. He had six sons, who were well-known landscape painters as well. Williams is considered the patriarch of the Williams family of painters, whic ...

(1781–1855), English painter *

Eddie Williams (saxophonist) Eddie Williams was an American jazz saxophonist. Williams played with Claude Williams early in the 1930s and worked with Tiny Bradshaw at the Savoy Ballroom in the middle of the decade. He played with the Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1937), Billy Kyl ...

(1910–1977), American musician *Eddie Williams (1912–1995), singer, see

Johnny Moore's Three Blazers Johnny Moore's Three Blazers was a popular American vocal group in the 1940s and 1950s. The original members were: *Johnny Moore (John Dudley Moore, October 20, 1906, Austin, Texas – January 6, 1969, Los Angeles, California); * Charles ...

Edward Williams (composer) Edward Aneurin Williams (20 August 1921 – 8 December 2013) was a British composer and electronic music pioneer, best known for his work on the BBC Television series ''Life on Earth'', and as the creator of Soundbeam. Two of the documentaries he ...

(1921–2013), British composer * Edward Charles Williams (1807–1881), English landscape painter *

Edward Christopher Williams Edward Christopher Williams (February 11, 1871 – December 24, 1929)"Edward Christopher Williams." ''Notable Black American Men, Book II''. Ed. Jessie Carney Smith. Detroit: Gale, 1998. ''Biography In Context''. Web. October 13, 2013. was t ...

(1871–1929), African-American librarian and author

Law

* Edward Vaughan Williams (1797–1875), English judge *

Edward Williams (Victorian judge) Sir Edward Eyre Williams (1813 – 30 April 1880) was an English-Australian lawyer, politician and judge. He was a nominated member of the Victorian Legislative Council and Solicitor-General of Victoria. Early life Williams was born in 1813 in En ...

(1813–1880), judge from Victoria, Australia * Edward Bennett Williams (1920–1988), American lawyer and sports team owner *

Edward Williams (Queensland judge) Sir Edward Stratten Williams (29 December 1921 – 10 January 1999) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland. Early life Edward Stratten Williams was born on 29 December 1921 in Yungaburra, Far North Queensland, the son of businessman ...

(1921–1999), judge from Queensland, Australia

Military

* Edward Ellerker Williams (1793–1822), British Army officer *

Edward Williams (British Army officer) Brigadier Edward Stephen Bruce Williams CBE (2 November 1892 – 20 January 1977) was a distinguished British Army officer whose career spanned 35 years. He also an English cricketer. Williams was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm s ...

(1892–1977), British Army officer and cricketer * Edward Thomas Williams (1901–1973), U.S. Army general *

Edward Alexander Wilmot Williams Major-General (Edward) Alexander (Wilmot) Williams CB CBE MC (8 June 1910 – 2 November 1994) was a British Army officer who served in the Second World War and later commanded the 2nd Division. Military career Alexander Williams was born on ...

(1910–1994), British general

Politics

* Edward Williams (died c. 1594) (died 1590s), MP *

Edward Williams (died 1721) Sir Edward Williams (1659–1721) of Gwernyfed, Breconshire, was a British politician who sat in the English House of Commons between 1697 and 1708 and in the British House of Commons from 1708 to 1721. Early life Williams was the second son of ...

(1659–1721), English politician, MP for Breconshire *

Edward Williams (UK politician) Sir Edward John Williams (1 July 1890 – 16 May 1963) was a British Labour Party politician and diplomat. Williams was born in 1890 in Victoria, Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, to Emanuel Williams and his wife Ada (née James). After attending schoo ...

(1890–1963), British politician and diplomat *

Eddie Joe Williams Eddie Joe Williams (born June 26, 1954) is an American politician who served as a member of the Arkansas Senate for the 29th district from 2011 to 2017. During his tenure in the Senate, Williams served as majority leader. Early life Williams w ...

(born 1954), American politician in Arkansas

Sports

American football

Ed Williams (running back) Edward Lee Williams is a former professional American football player who played running back for four seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tam ...

(born 1950), American football player for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers * Edward Williams (American football) (born 1982), American football wide receiver *

Eddie Williams (American football) Eddie Williams (born August 22, 1987) is a former American football fullback. He is also the lead teaching pastor at DOXA Church in Redmond, Washington. He was selected by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 2009 NFL Draft. He pla ...

(born 1987), American football fullback for the Washington Redskins and Chicago Bears

Other sports

Edward Williams (footballer) Edward Williams was a footballer who played for Burslem Port Vale at the start of the 20th century. Career Williams played for East Vale before joining Burslem Port Vale as an amateur in February 1903. He played just five Second Division games i ...

(fl. 1903–1905), soccer player *

Edward Williams (rower) Edward Gordon Williams (20 July 1888 – 12 August 1915) was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during the First World War. Williams was born at Honiton, Devon, and educated at Eton and Trinity ...

(1888–1915), British rower *

(1892–1977), English cricketer *

Edward Williams (bowls) Edward A Williams (1911 - date of death unknown), was a South African international lawn bowler. Bowls career He won a silver medal in the fours at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, with Norman Snowy Walker Norm ...

(born 1911, date of death unknown), South African lawn bowler *

Edward Williams (cricketer, born 1925) Edward Lovell Williams (15September 192524December 2013) was an English cricketer. Williams was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Shaftesbury, Dorset. Williams made a single first-class appearance for L ...

(1925–2013), English cricketer *

Edward Williams (biathlete) Edward Williams (born July 26, 1942) is an American biathlete. He competed in the 20 km individual event at the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d ...

(born 1942), American Olympic biathlete * Eddie Williams (baseball) (born 1964), American baseball player

Others

* Iolo Morganwg (real name Edward Williams, 1747–1826), Welsh antiquarian * Edward Williams (iron-master) (1826-1886), iron-master and grandson of Iolo Morganwg * Edward Williams (businessman) (1843–1903), American businessman who co-founded Sherwin-Williams *

Edward Williams (minister) Edward Williams (14 November 1750 – 9 March 1813) was a Welsh Congregationalist/Nonconformist minister, theological writer, and tutor. Life He was born at Glan Clwyd in Aberwheeler, near Denbigh, on 14 November 1750. His father, a farmer of go ...

(1750–1813), Welsh nonconformist minister, theological writer, and tutor * Edward Marsh Williams (1818–1908), missionary, interpreter, and judge *

Edward H. Williams Edward Higginson Williams (June 1, 1824 – December 21, 1899) was an American physician and railroad executive known for his philanthropy. Early life and medical career Williams was born on June 1, 1824, in Woodstock, Vermont to Vermont Secre ...

(1824–1899), American physician and railroad executive *

Edward Leader Williams Sir Edward Leader Williams (28 April 1828 – 1 January 1910) was an English civil engineer, chiefly remembered as the designer of the Manchester Ship Canal, but also heavily involved in other canal projects in north Cheshire. Early life ...

(1828–1910), English engineer * Edward E. Williams (1945–2018), American economist * Edward Wyckoff Williams (born 1978), African-American author and political and economic analyst *

Eddie Williams (activist) Eddie Williams (1932 - May 8, 2017) was President of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies from 1972 to 2004. During this time, he transformed it into the focal point of political thought and research within the black community along w ...

(1932–2017), black rights activist * Edward F. Williams (shipbuilder), American shipbuilder *

Edward F. Williams (pilot boat) The ''Edward F. Williams'' was a 19th-century Sandy Hook Pilots, Sandy Hook pilot boat, built in 1863 at the Edward F. Williams (shipbuilder), Edward F. Williams shipyard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn for a group of New York City, New York Pilots. She ...

, a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat