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The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend).Behind the Name
/ref> The original Anglo-Saxon 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 (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 * E. W. Abeygunasekera, Edwin Abeygunasekera, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician, member of the 1st State Council of Ceylon, 1st and 2nd State Council of Ceylon * Edwin Ariyadasa (1922-2021), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist * Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911) British artist * Edwin Eugene Aldrin (born 1930), although he changed it to Buzz Aldrin, American astronaut * Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890–1954), American inventor * Edwin Batdorf (1853–1927), American colonel * Edwin Bennett (potter), Edwin Bennett (1818–1908), ceramics industrialist * Edwin Biedermann (1877–1929), British real tennis player * Edwin Booth (1833–1893), Shakespearean actor * W. E. Boteju, Jayawardene Welatantrige Edwin Boteju, Sri Lankan Sinhala Anglican clergyman and legislator * Edwin H. Brainard (1882–1957), American Marine aviation pioneer * Edwin Bramall (1923–2019), Chief of the Defence Staff of the British Armed Forces * Edwin Cassiani (born 1972), Colombian boxer * Edwin Centeno (1981–2010), Peruvian race walker * Edwin Chadwick (1800–1890) British social reformer * Edwin Clarke (1919–1996), British neurologist and medical historian * Edwin L. Cox, American oilman and philanthropist from Dallas, Texas * Edwin M. Cronk (1918–2020), American diplomat * Edwin Davies (1946–2018), British businessman and philanthropist * Edwin L. Elwood (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 * E. L. B. Hurulle, Edwin Loku Bandara Hurulle (1919-2009), Sri Lankan Sinhala diplomat, Provincial Governor * Edwin N. Hubbell (1815–1897), American politician * Edwin Hubble (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 * Edwin_Lutyens, Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (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 (born 1963), Filipino politician * Edwin Orozco (born 1982), Colombian road cyclist * Edwin Alfred Rickards (1872–1920), British architect * Edwin Sandys (bishop) (1519–1588), Archbishop of York * Edwin Spanier (1921–1996), American mathematician * Edwin Starr (1942–2003), American soul music singer * Edwin Thomas (disambiguation), Edwin Thomas, multiple people * Edwin van der Sar (born 1970), Dutch football player * Edwin Vurens (born 1968), Dutch football player * Edwin Walker (disambiguation), 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


See also

* Edwina, the feminine form * Isiah Edwin Leopold, known as Ed Wynn, 20th-century American comic


References

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