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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 (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. Af ...

(922–946), King of England from 939 to 946 * Edmund Ironside (989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016 * Edmund of Scotland (after 1070 – after 1097) * Edmund Crouchback (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 (1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England * Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430–1456), English and Welsh nobleman * Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1803–1873), the last created Austrian field marshal of the 19th century

In religion

* Saint Edmund (disambiguation), religious title given to several persons * Eadmund of Winchester (died between 833 and 838), once thought to have been a Bishop of Winchester * Edmund of Durham (died 1041), Bishop of Durham * Edmund Arrowsmith (1585–1628), Jesuit, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales * Edmund Campion (1540–1581), English Jesuit priest and martyr * Edmund Gennings (1567–1591), English priest and martyr * Edmund Kalau (1928–2014), German missionary and minister * Edmund Peiris (1897–1989), Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Chilaw from 1940-1972 * Edmund Rich (1175–1240), also called Edmund of Abingdon; Archbishop of Canterbury *

Edmund Ignatius Rice Edmund Ignatius Rice, Presentation Brothers, F.P.M., Congregation of Christian Brothers, C.F.C. (; 1 June 1762 – 29 August 1844) was a Catholic missionary and educationalist who founded two religious institute, institutes of Religious brothe ...

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

In politics

Edmund Burke Edmund Burke (; 12 January ew Style, NS1729 – 9 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish Politician, statesman, journalist, writer, literary critic, philosopher, and parliamentary orator who is regarded as the founder of the Social philosophy, soc ...

(1729–1797), Irish statesman, political theorist, and philosopher * Edmund Barton (1849−1920), Australian prime minister * Edmund Hungate Beaghan (1703–1755), English politician * E. J. Cooray, Sri Lankan Senator, Minister of Justice of Sri Lanka from March 1960 to July 1960 * E. B. Dimbulane, Sri Lankan Member of Parliament for Alutnuwara * Edmund Rowland Gooneratne (1845–1914), Sri Lankan Gate Mudaliyar, scholar, planter, Buddhist revivalist * Edmund L. Oldfield (1863–1938), American politician *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 Randolph (1753–1813), American founding father and governor of Virginia * Edmund Samarakkody (1912–1992), Sri Lankan Trotskyist, trade unionist * Edmund Stoiber (born 1941), German politician, former minister-president of the state of 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 L. Cushing (1807–1883), chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court *

Edmund Davy Edmund Davy Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (1785 – 5 November 1857)Christopher F. Lindsey, 'Davy, Edmund (1785–1857)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200 accessed 6 April 2008/ref> was a professor of chemi ...

(1785–1857), English chemist * Edmund Eagles, British painter * 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 Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineering, mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa people, Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the Timeline of M ...

(1919–2008), New Zealand mountaineer *

Edmund Husserl Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl (; 8 April 1859 – 27 April 1938) was an Austrian-German philosopher and mathematician who established the school of Phenomenology (philosophy), phenomenology. In his early work, he elaborated critiques of histori ...

(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 Edmund Kirby Smith (May 16, 1824March 28, 1893) was a General officers in the Confederate States Army, Confederate States Army Four-star rank, general, who oversaw the Trans-Mississippi Department (comprising Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, western L ...

(1824–1893), American general, telegraph president, and professor of mathematics and botany. * Edmund Sonnenblick (1932–2007), American cardiologist *

Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser (; – 13 January 1599 Old Style and New Style dates, O.S.) was an English poet best known for ''The Faerie Queene'', an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the House of Tudor, Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is re ...

(1552–1599), English poet * Edmund White (1940–2025), American writer * Edmund Wilson (1895–1972), American writer and literary critic * Edmund Yaghjian (1903–1997), Armenian-born American painter, educator * Edmund Irvine (born 1965), Northern Irish racing driver and property investor * Edmund Jordan (1948–2025), Irish motorsport executive, broadcaster, racing driver and businessman

Fictional characters

Edmund Edmund is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and nobles *Ed ...

, an antagonist in the play ''

King Lear ''The Tragedy of King Lear'', often shortened to ''King Lear'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his ...

'' by

William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...

* Edmund Bertram, in the novel '' Mansfield Park'' by

Jane Austen Jane Austen ( ; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for #List of works, her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century ...

Edmund Blackadder Edmund Blackadder is the single name given to a collection of fictional characters who appear in the BBC mock-historical comedy series ''Blackadder'', each played by Rowan Atkinson. Although each series is set within a different period of Britis ...

, the protagonist of the BBC historical comedy series ''

Blackadder ''Blackadder'' is a series of four Period piece, period British sitcoms - ''The Black Adder'', ''Blackadder II'', ''Blackadder the Third'' and ''Blackadder Goes Forth'' - plus several one-off instalments, which originally aired on BBC1 from 19 ...

'' * Edmund Pevensie, main character in several of ''

The Chronicles of Narnia ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' is a series of seven portal fantasy novels by British author C. S. Lewis. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published between 1950 and 1956, the series is set in the fictional realm of Narnia (wor ...

'' book series by

C. S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Magdalen College, Oxford (1925–1954), and Magdalen ...

*King Edmund, a supporting character in the animated show of '' Tangled''

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