The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the

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elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend).Behind the Name
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form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures.

People

* Edwin of Northumbria (died 632 or 633), King of Northumbria and Christian saint *

Edwin (son of Edward the Elder) Edwin (died 933) was the younger son of King Edward the Elder and Ælfflæd, his second wife. He drowned at sea in circumstances which are unclear. Edward the Elder died in 924, leaving five sons by three marriages. Of these, Edmund and Eadred we ...

(died 933) *

Eadwine of Sussex Eadwine was an Ealdorman of Sussex. His death was recorded in 982 and he was buried Abingdon Abbey Abingdon Abbey ( '' " St Mary's Abbey " '' ) was a Benedictine monastery located in the centre of Abingdon-on-Thames beside the River Thames. ...

(died 982), King of Sussex *

Eadwine of Abingdon Eadwine was Abbot of Abingdon. Eadwine was the brother of Ealdorman Ælfric of Hampshire, who purchased the abbacy for him in 985; he died in 990. References * Kelly, S. E. 2000. Charters of Abingdon, part 1. ''Anglo-Saxon Charters'' 7. Ex ...

(died 990), Abbot of Abingdon * Edwin, Earl of Mercia (died 1071), brother-in-law of Harold Godwinson (Harold II) *

Edwin (director) Edwin (born 24 April 1978) is an Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He has won a total of four Citra Awards: Best Short Film for ''Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon'' (2005), Best Director for ''Posesif'' (2017), as well as Best Dir ...

(born 1978), Indonesian filmmaker *

Edwin (musician) Edwin (born September 9, 1968 as Edwin Ghazal) is a Canadian alternative rock singer from Toronto. He is the lead vocalist for the successful Canadian rock band I Mother Earth, as well as a solo artist. He is also the lead singer for the Canadian ...

(born 1968), Canadian musician * Edwin Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, member of the 1st and

2nd State Council of Ceylon The 2nd State Council of Ceylon was a meeting of the State Council of Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1936 state council election held between 22 February and 7 March 1936. The parliament met for the first time on 1 ...

* Edwin Ariyadasa (1922-2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist *

Edwin Austin Abbey Edwin Austin Abbey (April 1, 1852August 1, 1911) was an American muralist, illustrator, and painter. He flourished at the beginning of what is now referred to as the "golden age" of illustration, and is best known for his drawings and paintings ...

(1852–1911) British artist * Edwin Eugene Aldrin (born 1930), although he changed it to

Buzz Aldrin Buzz Aldrin (; born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission. As the Lunar Module ''Eagle'' pilot on the 1969 A ...

, American astronaut *

Edwin Howard Armstrong Edwin Howard Armstrong (December 18, 1890 – February 1, 1954) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who developed FM (frequency modulation) radio and the superheterodyne receiver system. He held 42 patents and received numerous aw ...

(1890–1954), American inventor *

Edwin Batdorf Edwin Batdorf (1853–1927) was an American colonel who commanded the 1st Missouri Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. Despite the regiment never taking part in active combat, he was well known for his involvement in a political ...

(1853–1927), American colonel * Edwin Bennett (1818–1908), ceramics industrialist *

Edwin Biedermann Edwin Anthony Biedermann (5 July 1877 - 31 October 1929) was a British sportsman who represented Great Britain in jeu de paume at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Early life Biedermann was born on 5 July 1877 in Kensington, London, the son of Alfred Bi ...

(1877–1929), British real tennis player *

Edwin Booth Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893) was an American actor who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869, he founded Booth's Theatre in New York. Some theatri ...

(1833–1893), Shakespearean actor * Jayawardene Welatantrige Edwin Boteju, Sri Lankan Sinhala Anglican clergyman and legislator *

Edwin H. Brainard Edwin Halstead Brainard (September 6, 1882 – February 27, 1957) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was awarded the Navy Cross during World War I. He was also a Marine aviation pioneer during the 1920s and set many records. Early lif ...

(1882–1957), American Marine aviation pioneer *

Edwin Bramall Field Marshal Edwin Noel Westby Bramall, Baron Bramall, (18 December 1923 – 12 November 2019) was a British Army officer. He served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, between 1979 and 1982, and as Chie ...

(1923–2019), Chief of the Defence Staff of the

British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces, also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces, are the military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, s ...

Edwin Cassiani Edwin Cassiani Tejedor (born October 28, 1972, in San Basilio de Palenque, Mahates) is a retired male boxer from Colombia, who competed in the light-welterweight division (– 63.5 kg) during his career. He represented his native count ...

(born 1972), Colombian boxer *

Edwin Centeno Edwin Centeno (born June 27, 1981 in Chucuito, Puno Region, died March 20, 2010 in Puno, Puno Region) was a male race walker from Peru. He competed for his native country at the 2003 Pan American Games. He set his personal best (1:24:53) in th ...

(1981–2010), Peruvian race walker *

Edwin Chadwick Sir Edwin Chadwick KCB (24 January 18006 July 1890) was an English social reformer who is noted for his leadership in reforming the Poor Laws in England and instituting major reforms in urban sanitation and public health. A disciple of Uti ...

(1800–1890) British social reformer *

Edwin Clarke Edwin Sisterton Clarke FRCP (18 June 1919 – 11 April 1996) was a British neurologist and medical historian, best remembered for his role as Director of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, when he succeeded Noël Poynter a ...

(1919–1996), British neurologist and medical historian *

Edwin L. Cox Edwin L. Cox (a.k.a. Ed Cox; October 20, 1921 – November 5, 2020) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Early life Edwin Lochridge Cox Sr., was born in Mena, Arkansas. He spent his first two undergraduate years at Southern Met ...

, American oilman and philanthropist from Dallas, Texas *

Edwin M. Cronk Edwin Monroe Cronk (May 20, 1918 – September 1, 2020) was an American diplomat who served as the third United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1972 to 1975. Biography Cronk was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to William F. Cronk and Edith ...

(1918–2020), American diplomat *

Edwin Davies Eddie Davies (18 June 1946 – 11 September 2018) was a British businessman and philanthropist. He served as chairman of the Strix Group from 1984 to 2006. He was the owner of Bolton Wanderers F.C. until March 2016, when Dean Holdsworth fronte ...

(1946–2018), British businessman and philanthropist *

Edwin L. Elwood Edwin L. Elwood (1847 – September 13, 1907) was an American soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 8th U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars. He took part in campaigns against Cochise and the Apache Indians in the Arizona Territory in ...

(1847–1907), American soldier *

Edwin Encarnación Edwin Elpidio Encarnación (born January 7, 1983) is a Dominican former professional baseball designated hitter, third baseman and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds, Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Ind ...

(born 1983), Dominican baseball player *

Edwin Escobar Edwin José Escobar (born April 22, 1992) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diam ...

(born 1992), Venezuelan professional baseball player * Edwin Henry Fitler (1825-1896), American businessman and politician * Edwin E. Floyd (1924–1990), American mathematician *

Edwin M. Gardner Edwin M. Gardner (1845–1935) was an American Confederate veteran and painter. Early life Edwin M. Gardner was born on October 12, 1845 in Giles County, Tennessee. He grew up in Mississippi. During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he serve ...

(1845–1935), American painter *

Edwin Haslam Edwin Haslam (1932 – 3 October 2013)Edwin HAS ...

(1932–2013), physical organic chemist and an author of books on polyphenols * Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle (1919-2009), Sri Lankan Sinhala diplomat, Provincial Governor *

Edwin N. Hubbell Edwin Nelson Hubbell (August 13, 1815 – February 5, 1897) was an American politician in New York and Michigan who served one term in the United States House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867. Biography Hubbell was born in Coxsackie, New York ...

(1815–1897), American politician *

Edwin Hubble Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was an Americans, American astronomer. He played a crucial role in establishing the fields of extragalactic astronomy and observational cosmology. Hubble proved that many objects ...

(1889–1953), American astronomer for whom the Hubble Telescope is named *

Edwin Jackson (baseball) Edwin Jackson Jr. (born September 9, 1983) is a German-born American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, Detroit Tigers, Arizona Diamondbacks, ...

(born 1983), American baseball player *

Edwin R. Keedy Edwin Roulette Keedy (January 19, 1880 November 25, 1958) was Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1941 until 1945, as well as the law school's Algernon Sidney Biddle Professor of Law. Biography Keedy was born in Boonsboro, M ...

(1880–1958), American Dean of the

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...

Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memoria ...

(1869–1944), British architect * Edwin McCain (born 1970), American musician *

Edwin Meese Edwin Meese III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party who served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial administration (1967–1974), the Reagan pres ...

(born 1931), American Attorney General * Edwin Moses (born 1955), American track and field athlete *

Edwin Mosquera Edwin Mosquera may refer to: * Edwin Mosquera (weightlifter) * Edwin Mosquera (footballer) {{hndis, Mosquera, Edwin ...

(1985–2017), Colombian weightlifter * Edwin Newman (1919–2010), American newscaster and journalist *

Edwin Olivarez Edwin de Leon Olivarez (born August 14, 1963) is a Filipino politician, athlete, and businessman currently serving as a Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Parañaque's 1st District since 2022 and previously from 2010 to 2013 ...

(born 1963), Filipino politician *

Edwin Orozco Edwin Armando Orozco Toro (born July 17, 1982 in La Unión, Antioquia) is a male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia. Career ;2002 :1st in Stage 2 Vuelta a Colombia Sub-23, Riosucio (COL) ;2004 :1st in General Classification Clàsica ...

(born 1982), Colombian road cyclist *

Edwin Alfred Rickards Edwin Alfred Rickards (1872–1920) was an English architect. Early life Rickards was born in 1872. Career Rickards worked alongside the architects Henry Vaughan Lanchester and James Stewart. He specialized in baroque architecture. He designed ...

(1872–1920), British architect * Edwin Sandys (bishop) (1519–1588), Archbishop of York *

Edwin Spanier Edwin Henry Spanier (August 8, 1921 – October 11, 1996) was an American mathematician at the University of California at Berkeley, working in algebraic topology. He co-invented Spanier–Whitehead duality and Alexander–Spanier cohomology, ...

(1921–1996), American mathematician * Edwin Starr (1942–2003), American soul music singer * Edwin Thomas, multiple people * Edwin van der Sar (born 1970), Dutch football player *

Edwin Vurens Edwin Vurens (born 6 June 1968) is a Dutch football manager who coaches Dutch amateur side Docos. Vurens is a former international player who played professionally as a striker for clubs in the Netherlands and Switzerland. Football career Play ...

(born 1968), Dutch football player *

Edwin Walker Edwin Anderson Walker (November 10, 1909 – October 31, 1993) was the only U.S. Army general officer to resign his commission amid his tour of duty in the 20th century. After serving in World War II and the Korean War Walker became better know ...

, multiple people *

Edwin Wijeyeratne Sir Edwin Aloysius Perera Wijeyeratne ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රිමත් එඩ්වින් ඇලෝසියස් පෙරේරා විජයරත්න) (8 January 1889 – 19 October 1968), known as ''Edwin Wijeyeratne'', was a Sr ...

(1889–1968), Sri Lankan cabinet minister

Fictional people

* Edwin Jarvis, Marvel Comics supporting character *

Aun Aun the Old (Old Norse ''Aunn inn gamli'', Latinized ''Auchun'', Proto-Norse ''*Audawiniʀ'': English: "Edwin the Old") is a mythical Swedish king of the House of Yngling in the ''Heimskringla''. Aun was the son of Jorund, and had ten sons, nin ...

(known as ''Edwin the Old'' in English), mythical Swedish king *

Edwin Drood ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' is the final novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium ...

, main character in ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', final unfinished novel of Charles Dickens * Edwin, a puppet character who lives in Storybook Land in '' Pajanimals'' * Deputy Edwin Durland, a character in '' Gravity Falls''

Other

* Eadwine Psalter illuminated manuscript

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