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elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include:

People

Kings and nobles

Edmund the Martyr Edmund the Martyr (also known as St Edmund or Edmund of East Anglia, died 20 November 869) was king of East Anglia from about 855 until his death. Few historical facts about Edmund are known, as the kingdom of East Anglia was devastated by t ...

(died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia *

Edmund I Edmund I or Eadmund I (920/921 – 26 May 946) was King of the English from 27 October 939 until his death in 946. He was the elder son of King Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, and a grandson of King Alfred the Great. After ...

(922–946), King of England from 939 to 946 *

Edmund Ironside Edmund Ironside (30 November 1016; , ; sometimes also known as Edmund II) was King of the English from 23 April to 30 November 1016. He was the son of King Æthelred the Unready and his first wife, Ælfgifu of York. Edmund's reign was marred by ...

(989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016 *

Edmund of Scotland Edmund or Etmond mac Maíl Coluim (c. 1070 – after 1097) was a son of Malcolm III of Scotland and his second wife, Margaret of Wessex. He may be found on some lists of Scottish kings, but there is no evidence that he was king. Although Edmu ...

(after 1070 – after 1097) *

Edmund Crouchback Edmund, Earl of Lancaster and Earl of Leicester (16 January 12455 June 1296) nicknamed Edmund Crouchback was a member of the House of Plantagenet. He was the second surviving son of King Henry III of England and Eleanor of Provence. In his ch ...

(1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne *

Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall Edmund of Almain (26 December 1249 – 1300) was the second Earl of Cornwall of the fourth creation from 1272. He joined the Ninth Crusade in 1271, but never made it to the Holy Land. He was the regent of the Kingdom of England from 1286 to 1289 ...

(1249–1300), earl of Cornwall; English nobleman of royal descent *

Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York Edmund of Langley, Duke of York (5 June 1341 – 1 August 1402) was the fourth surviving son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault. Like many medieval English princes, Edmund gained his nickname from his birthplace: Kings Langle ...

(1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England * Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430–1456), English and Welsh nobleman *

Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg Edmund Leopold Friedrich, Prince of Schwarzenberg (18 November 1803, in Vienna – 17 November 1873, in Orlík Castle) was the last created Austrian field marshal of the 19th century. Life He was the youngest son of famous field marshal Karl P ...

(1803–1873), the last created Austrian field marshal of the 19th century

In religion

Saint Edmund (disambiguation) Saint Edmund may refer to: * Saint Edmund the Martyr (d. 869), king of East Anglia who was venerated as a martyr saint soon after his death at the hands of Vikings * Saint Edmund Arrowsmith (1585–1628), Jesuit, one of the Forty Martyrs of England ...

, religious title given to several persons *

Eadmund of Winchester Eadmund was a 9th-century Englishman The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language, a West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of An ...

(died between 833 and 838), once thought to have been a Bishop of Winchester *

Edmund of Durham Edmund (or Eadmund; died 1041) was Bishop of Durham from 1021 to 1041.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 216 Symeon of Durham relates the story that Edmund was a monk of Durham Cathedral, and that he was chosen as bishop because ...

(died 1041), Bishop of Durham *

Edmund Arrowsmith Edmund Arrowsmith ''(baptized as "Brian Arrowsmith")'', SJ (c. 1585 – 28 August 1628) was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales of the Catholic Church. The main source of information on Arrowsmith is a contemporary account written ...

(1585–1628), Jesuit, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales *

Edmund Campion Edmund Campion, SJ (25 January 15401 December 1581) was an English Jesuit priest and martyr. While conducting an underground ministry in officially Anglican England, Campion was arrested by priest hunters. Convicted of high treason, he was ...

(1540–1581), English Jesuit priest and martyr *

Edmund Gennings Edmund Gennings, sometimes called ''Edmund Jennings'', (1567 – 10 December 1591), was an English martyr, who was executed during the English Reformation for being a Roman Catholic priest. He came from Lichfield, Staffordshire. Life Genning ...

(1567–1591), English priest and martyr *

Edmund Kalau Edmund J. Kalau (9 July 1928 – 8 January 2014) was a German aviator, missionary, and pastor. He was a member of the Hitler Youth during his childhood prior to his conversion to Christianity. As an adult, Kalau served as a missionary in Micrones ...

(1928–2014), German missionary and minister *

Edmund Peiris Gate Mudaliyar Edmund Peiris, JP, UM was a Ceylonese colonial-era headman and philanthropist. He was the Mudaliyar of Kalutara and was appointed as a Mudaliyar of the Governor's Gate. His father was Mudaliyar Romanis Peiris, Customs Mudaliyar. ...

(1897–1989), Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest,

Bishop of Chilaw The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chilaw (Lat: ''Dioecesis Chilavensis'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. Erected as the Diocese of Galle in 1939, the diocese is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Colombo. In 1 ...

from 1940-1972 *

Edmund Rich Edmund of Abingdon (also known as Edmund Rich, St Edmund of Canterbury, Edmund of Pontigny, French: St Edme; c. 11741240) was an English-born prelate who served as Archbishop of Canterbury. He became a respected lecturer in mathematics, dial ...

(1175–1240), also called Edmund of Abingdon; Archbishop of Canterbury *

Edmund Ignatius Rice Edmund Ignatius Rice ( ga, Éamonn Iognáid Rís; 1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844) was a Catholic missionary and educationalist. He was the founder of two religious institutes of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and t ...

(1762–1844), founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers

In politics

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(1729–1797), Irish statesman, political theorist, and philosopher *Edmund Barton (1849−1920), Australian prime minister *E. J. Cooray, Edmund Joseph Cooray, Sri Lankan Senator, Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka), Minister of Justice of Sri Lanka from March 1960 to July 1960 *E. B. Dimbulane, Edmund Bernard Dimbulane, Sri Lankan Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka), Member of Parliament for Alutnuwara Electoral District, Alutnuwara *Edmund Rowland Gooneratne, Edmund Rowland Gooneratna (1845–1914), Sri Lankan Gate Ceylonese Mudaliyars, Mudaliyar, scholar, planter, Buddhist revivalist *Walter Jayawardena, Edmund Walter Jayawardena, Sri Lankan lawyer and diplomat *Edmund Muskie (1914–1996), American Secretary of State *Edmund G. Brown, Sr. (1905–1996), commonly known as Pat Brown; governor of California, 1959–1967 *Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (born 1938), commonly known as Jerry Brown; governor of California *Edmund Peiris, Sri Lankan Muhandiram *Edmund Samarakkody (1912–1992), Sri Lankan Trotskyist, trade unionist *Edmund Stoiber (born 1941), German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bavaria, Bayern *Edmund Tsaturyan (1937–2010), Armenian politician, member of the National Assembly of Armenia *Edmund (Tiruchendur MLA), Indian politician, elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1971

In other fields

*Sir Edmund Andros (1637–1714), English colonial administrator under the Royal House of Stuart *Edmund Anscombe (1874–1948), New Zealand architect *Edmund Cobb (1892–1974), American actor *Edmund Collein (1906–1992), East German architect and Bauhaus photographer *Edmund Crispin, pseudonym of English crime fiction writer Bruce Montgomery (1921–1978) *Edmund Davy (1785–1857), English chemist *Edmund Fritz (before 1918after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, and music manager *Edmund H. Garrett (1853–1929), American artist *Edmund Gettier (1927–2021), American philosopher *Edmund Goulding (1891–1959), British film writer and director *Edmund Gunter (1581–1626), British mathematician *Edmund Gwenn (1877–1959), British actor *Edmund Hashim (1933–1974), American actor *Edmund Hewavitarne (1873–1915), Sri Lankan businessman and army reservist *Sir Edmund Hillary (1919–2008), New Zealand mountaineer *Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), philosopher and mathematician *Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Sir William Edmund Ironside (1880–1951), field marshal and chief of the British Imperial General Staff *Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside (1924–2020), British politician and engineer, son of William Edmund Ironside *Edmund Kemper (born 1948), American serial killer and necrophile *Edmund Blair Leighton (1852–1922), British artist *Edmund Lenihan (born 1950), Irish author and storyteller *Edmund Lowe (1890–1971), American actor *Edmund P. Murray (1930–2007), American novelist and journalist *Edmund Rack (c. 1735–1787), English writer *Edmund Reid (1846–1917), head of the Metropolitan Police's CID during the time of the Jack the Ripper *Ed Skoronski (1910–1996), American football player *Edmund Kirby Smith (1824–1893), American general, telegraph president, and professor of mathematics and botany. *Edmund Sonnenblick (1932–2007), American cardiologist *Edmund Spenser (1552–1599), English poet *Edmund Wilson (1895–1972), American writer and literary critic

Surname

*Kyle Edmund (born 1995), British tennis player

Fictional characters

*Edmund (King Lear), Edmund, an antagonist in the play ''King Lear'' by William Shakespeare *Edmund Bertram, character in the novel ''Mansfield Park'' by Jane Austen *Edmund Blackadder, the protagonist of the BBC historical comedy series ''Blackadder'' *Edmund Pevensie, main character in several of ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' book series by C. S. Lewis, in which he is/was "King Edmund the Just" *King Edmund, supporting character in the animated show of ''Tangled: The Series, Tangled'' in which he had ruled the uninhabitable Dark Kingdom twenty-five years prior. He is also the long-lost father of Eugene Fitzherbert, making the reformed thief a prince by birth

References

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