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, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and '' gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in

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People with the given name

Edgar the Peaceful Edgar ( ang, Ēadgār ; 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of the English from 959 until his death in 975. The younger son of King Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, he came to the throne as a teenager followin ...

(942–975), king of England *

Edgar the Ætheling Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, rev ...

(c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England *

Edgar of Scotland Edgar or Étgar mac Maíl Choluim ( Modern Gaelic: ''Eagar mac Mhaoil Chaluim''), nicknamed Probus, "the Valiant" (c. 1074 – 8 January 1107), was King of Scotland from 1097 to 1107. He was the fourth son of Malcolm III and Margaret of Wes ...

(1074–1107), king of Scotland * Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer *

Edgar Barrier Edgar Barrier (March 4, 1907 – June 20, 1964) was an American actor who appeared on radio, stage, and screen. In the 1930s he was a member of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre and was one of several actors who played Simon Templar on '' The Saint ...

, American actor * Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower *

Edgar Bergen Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren; February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American ventriloquist, actor, comedian, vaudevillian and radio performer, best known for his proficiency in ventriloquism and his characters Ch ...

, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist * Edgar Berlanga, American boxer * Edgar H. Brown, American mathematician *

Edgar Buchanan William Edgar Buchanan II (March 20, 1903 – April 4, 1979) was an American actor with a long career in both film and television. He is most familiar today as Uncle Joe Carson from the '' Petticoat Junction'', ''Green Acres'', and ''The ...

, American actor *

Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres. Best-known for creating the characters Tarzan and John Carter, ...

, American author, creator of ''Tarzan'' * Edgar Cantero, Spanish author in Catalan, Spanish, and English languages, author of ''The Supernatural Enhancements'' * Edgar Cayce, American psychic and healer * Edgar Cheung, Hong Kong foil fencer * Edgar F. Codd, British computer scientist *

Edgar Contreras (disambiguation) Edgar Contreras may refer to: * Edgar Contreras (surgeon) Edgar Contreras (born May 15, 1961) is a Dominican doctor and plastic surgeon, and aspiring politician. Education Contreras began his studies in medicine, at the Universidad Pedro Henr� ...

, several people *

Edgar Davids Edgar Steven Davids (; born 13 March 1973) is a Dutch-Surinamese former professional footballer and current coach. After beginning his career with Ajax, winning several domestic and international titles, he subsequently played in Italy for AC M ...

, Dutch footballer *

Edgar Degas Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings. Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is espe ...

, French painter *

Edgar Eather Edgar Eather (September 14, 1886 – September 1, 1968) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada from 1946 to 1958. Born in Eureka, Nevada, Eather served as Eureka County recorder and auditor from 1911 to 1922."Edgar Eather", ''Reno Gazett ...

(1886–1968), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada *

Edgar Fonseca Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and ''gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, r ...

, Colombian road cyclist *

Edgar Froese Edgar Willmar Froese (; 6 June 1944 – 20 January 2015) was a German musical artist and electronic music pioneer, best known for founding the electronic music group Tangerine Dream in 1967. Froese was the only continuous member of the group ...

, German musician *

Edgar Fuller Edgar Fuller is an American mathematician. He is a distinguished professor in the department of mathematics and statistics at Florida International University Florida International University (FIU) is a public research university with its ...

, American mathematician * Édgar González (disambiguation), multiple people *

Edgar Grospiron Edgar Grospiron (born 17 March 1969) is a French freestyle skier and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville.Edgar A. Guest, American poet * Edgar N. Harwood (1854–1936), Justice of the Montana Supreme Court * Edgar P. Jacobs, Belgian comic book creator * Edgar Johan Kuusik (1888–1974), Estonian architect and interior designer * Edgar Lacy (1944–2011), American basketball player *

Edgar Lungu Edgar Chagwa Lungu (born 11 November 1956) is a Zambian politician who served as the sixth president of Zambia from 25 January 2015 to 24 August 2021. Under President Michael Sata, Lungu served as Minister of Justice and Minister of Defence. ...

, 6th Republican President of

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are ...

* Edgar Maalouf (1934–2018), Lebanese politician * Edgar Martínez, American Major League Baseball player who played for the Seattle Mariners * Edgar Meddings (1923–2020), British bobsledder * Edgar Meyer, American bassist * Edgar Middleton (1894–1939), British playwright and author *

Edgar Mitchell Edgar Dean Mitchell (September 17, 1930 – February 4, 2016) was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist, and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine ...

, American astronaut * Edgar Mittelholzer, Guyanese novelist *

Edgar Morais Edgar Morais is an actor and filmmaker. He studied theater in Lisbon, Portugal and was a student of Ivana Chubbuck in LA and Susan Batson in NYC and has worked with globally celebrated filmmakers such as Larry Clark, Victoria Mahoney, Teresa ...

, Portuguese actor * Edgar Norton, English-American actor * Edgar Wilson Nye, American humorist * Edgar Oliver, American performance artist and playwright * Edgar Pêra, Portuguese cinematographer *

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wide ...

, American author * Édgar Ponce (1974–2005), Mexican actor and dancer *

Edgar Prado Edgar S. Prado (Lima, June 12, 1967) is a Peruvian-born American jockey, a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. His big break came in 1997 when he won 536 races, making him the fourth rider in history to win 500 races ...

, Peruvian-born American jockey * Edgar Puusepp (1911–1982), Estonian wrestler *

Édgar Ramírez Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano (, born 25 March 1977) is a Venezuelan actor. Ramírez studied communications at the Andrés Bello Catholic University. He then worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat. When Guillermo Arriaga pr ...

, Venezuelan actor * Edgar E. Rand (c. 1905-1955), American business executive. * Edgar Nelson Rhodes, Canadian politician * Édgar Humberto Ruiz, Colombian road cyclist * Edgar V. Saks (1910–1984), Estonian historian and author *

Edgar Savisaar Edgar Savisaar (31 May 1950 – 29 December 2022) was an Estonian politician, one of the founding members of Popular Front of Estonia and the Centre Party. He served as the acting Prime Minister of Estonia, Minister of the Interior, Minister ...

, Estonian politician (Keskerakond) * Edgar Seligman (1867–1958), American-born British 6-time champion and 2-time Olympic fencing medalist * Edgar Sengier, Belgium director of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga during World War II * Edgar Varèse, French composer * Édgar Velásquez, Venezuelan boxer * Edgar Veytia, Mexican state attorney general *

Edgar Wachenheim III Edgar Wachenheim III (born 1937) is an American investor and CEO and chairman of Greenhaven Associates. He founded that investment company, a former branch of Central National-Gottesman, in 1987 and has worked there since as CEO. Greenhaven Asso ...

, American investor *

Edgar Wallace Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during th ...

, English writer *

Edgar Winter Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1946) is an American musician. He is a multi-instrumentalist, playing keyboards, guitar, saxophone, and percussion, as well as singing. His success peaked in the 1970s with his band the Edgar Winter Group ...

, American musician *

Edgar Wright Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is an English filmmaker. He is known for his fast-paced and kinetic, satirical genre films, which feature extensive utilisation of expressive popular music, Steadicam tracking shots, dolly zooms and ...

, British film director * Edgar Yaeger, American artist

Fictional characters with the given name

* Edgar, a leading character in Shakespeare's ''

King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane a ...

'' * Edgar, a character in '' The Zimmer Twins'' * Edgar, the computer in the 1984 film '' Electric Dreams'' * Edgar, a farmer and alien in the 1997 science-fiction film ''

Men in Black In popular culture and UFO conspiracy theories, men in black (MIB) are purported men dressed in black suits who claim to be quasi- government agents, who harass, threaten, or sometimes even assassinate unidentified flying object (UFO) witnesses ...

'' * Edgar, from the YouTube video '' Édgar's fall'' * Edgar Balthazar, the butler from the 1970 Disney animated film ''The Aristocats'' * Edgar Bones, in the ''Harry Potter'' series of novels by

J. K. Rowling Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...

* Edgar Brodie, in the 1936 film ''

Secret Agent Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence) from non-disclosed sources or divulging of the same without the permission of the holder of the information for a tangib ...

'' * Edgar "Egg" Cooke, a leading character in the TV series '' This Life'' * Edgar Deems, in the 1990 film '' Tremors'' * Edgar Diaz, in the 1983 film '' Scarface'' * Edgar Friendly, an underground rebel leader in the 1993 film ''Demolition Man'' * Edgar "E" Gore, in the 2012 film '' Frankenweenie'' *

Edgar Linton Edgar Linton is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's 1847 novel ''Wuthering Heights''. His role in the story is that of Catherine Earnshaw's husband. He resides at Thrushcross Grange and falls prey to Heathcliff's schemes for revenge again ...

, a leading character from ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent r ...

'' by

Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (, commonly ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, '' Wuthering Heights'', now considered a classic of English literature. She also published a book of poe ...

* Edgar Roni Figaro, in the video game ''Final Fantasy VI'' * Edgar Ross, a leading character in 2010 game ''

Red Dead Redemption ''Red Dead Redemption'' is a 2010 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar San Diego and published by Rockstar Games. A spiritual successor to 2004's ''Red Dead Revolver'', it is the second game in the ''Red Dead'' series. ''Red Dead Redemp ...

'' and a supporting character in ''

Red Dead Redemption 2 ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the ''Red Dead'' series and a prequel to the 2010 game ''Red Dead Redemption''. The story is set in 1899 and f ...

'' * Edgar Stiles, in the television series ''24'' * Edgar Valden, a playable survivor in the Chinese horror game ''

Identity V ''Identity V'' is a free-to-play asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game developed and published by Chinese company NetEase. It was released in July 2018 for mobile devices. It is available on the iOS App Store, Android Google Play Sto ...

'' * Edgar Poe "Snotty" Wong, in the 1987 American comedy film '' Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise''

People with the surname

* Barrie Edgar (1919–2012), English television producer * Bruce Edgar, a former cricketer who represented New Zealand * Campbell Cowan Edgar (1870–1938), Scottish Egyptologist and Secretary-General of the

Egyptian Museum The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museum or the Cairo Museum, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000 items, with a representative amount on display ...

at Cairo * Dave Edgar (footballer) * David Edgar (soccer) (born 1987), Canadian footballer *

David Edgar (playwright) David Edgar (born 26 February 1948) is a British playwright and writer who has had more than sixty of his plays published and performed on stage, radio and television around the world, making him one of the most prolific dramatists of the post-1 ...

(born 1948), English playwright * David Edgar (swimmer) (born 1950), American swimmer * Don Edgar (born 1936), Australian sociologist * Elizabeth Edgar (born 1929), New Zealand botanist *

Frankie Edgar Frankie Edgar (born October 16, 1981) is an American retired professional mixed martial artist, who most recently competed in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Beginning his career in the Lightweight division, ...

(born 1981), American mixed martial arts fighter * George Edgar (academic) (1837–1913), American university president * George Edgar (born 1960), British ambassador * Irene Edgar (born 1957), Scottish lawn bowler * James David Edgar (1841–1899), Canadian politician * James Edgar (entrepreneur) (1843–1909), Scottish-American founder of Edgar Department Stores and the first department store Santa Claus * James Douglas Edgar (1884–1921), English professional golfer *

Jim Edgar James Edgar (born July 22, 1946) is an American politician who was the 38th governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999. Previously he served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1976 to 1979 and as Illinois Secretary of State ...

(born 1946), American politician and Governor of Illinois * Jimmy Edgar (born 1983), American electronic music artist * John Edgar (disambiguation), several people * Jon Edgar (born 1968), British sculptor *

Jonny Edgar Jonny Edgar (born 13 February 2004) is an English racing driver currently set to race in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for MP Motorsport. He is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and is the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 champion. Career Karting ...

(born 2004), British racing driver * Kika Edgar (born 1985), Mexican actress and singer * Marriott Edgar (1880–1951), British poet * Matt Edgar (born 1986), English darts player * Robert Allan Edgar (born 1940), U.S. federal judge * Robert W. Edgar (1943–2013), American politician * Ross Edgar (born 1983), British track cyclist * Scott Edgar (basketball) (born 1955), American basketball coach * Thomas Edgar (MP) (by 1508–1547), English politician * Thomas Edgar (volleyball) (born 1989), Australian volleyball player * Thomas F. Edgar, American chemical engineer * William Edgar (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters with the surname

* Judge Edgar, in the Judge Dredd comic strip * Jerome "Jerry" Edgar, in the Bosch book series as well as its TV adaptation * Earving Edgar, in the television series ''The Boys'' * Stan Edgar, in the 2019 television series '' The Boys''

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