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

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend).Behind the Name
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Anglo-Saxon The Anglo-Saxons were a Cultural identity, cultural group who inhabited England in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. However, the ethnogenesis of the Anglo- ...

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) (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 (died 990), Abbot of Abingdon * Edwin, Earl of Mercia (died 1071), brother-in-law of Harold Godwinson (Harold II) * Edwin (director) (born 1978), Indonesian filmmaker * Edwin (musician) (born 1968), Canadian musician * Edwin Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, member of the

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and

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* 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, 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 (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 (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 (born 1983), Dominican baseball player * Edwin Escobar (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 (1845–1935), American painter * Edwin Haslam (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) (born 1983), American baseball player * Edwin R. Keedy (1880–1958), American Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School *

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 (born 1931), American Attorney General * Edwin Moses (born 1955), American track and field athlete * Edwin Mosquera (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 (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 (born 1968), Dutch football player * Edwin Walker, multiple people * Edwin Wijeyeratne (1889–1968), Sri Lankan cabinet minister

Fictional people

* Edwin Jarvis, Marvel Comics supporting character * Aun (known as ''Edwin the Old'' in English), mythical Swedish king * Edwin Drood, 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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