Edgar

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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, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819).

Historical figures

Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England

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

Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland

People with the given name Edgar

Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer

Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower

Edgar John Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist

Edgar Buchanan, American actor

Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author, creator of Tarzan

Edgar Cantero, Spanish author in Catalan, Spanish, and English languages, author of The Supernatural Enhancements

Edgar Cason, American businessman and philanthropist

Edgar Cayce, American psychic and healer

Edgar F. Codd, British computer scientist

Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer

Edgar Degas, French painter

Edgar Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist

Edgar Froese, German musician

Édgar González (disambiguation), multiple people

Edgar Grospiron, French freestyle skier and Olympic champion

Edgar Guest, American poet

J. Edgar Hoover, former head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Edgar P. Jacobs, Belgian comic book creator

Edgar H. Lancaster, Jr., American politician and lawyer

Edgar Martínez, American Major League Baseball player who played for the Seattle Mariners

Edgar Meyer, American bassist

Edgar Middleton (1894–1939), British playwright and author

Edgar Mitchell, American astronaut

Edgar Morais, Portuguese actor

Edgar Oliver, American performance artist and playwright

Edgar Pêra, Portuguese cinematographer

Edgar Allan Poe, American author

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

Edgar Prado, Peruvian-born American jockey

Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor

Edgar E. Rand (c. 1905-1955), American business executive.

Edgar Nelson Rhodes, Canadian politician

Édgar Humberto Ruíz, Colombian road cyclist

Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician (Keskerakond)

Edgar Seligman, British 2-time Olympic champion fencer

Edgar Sengier, Belgium director of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga during World War II

Edgar Varèse, French composer

Édgar Velásquez, Venezuelan boxer

Edgar Winter, American musician

Edgar Wright, British director

Edgar Yaeger, American artist

Fictional characters with the given name Edgar

Edgar Linton, a leading character from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Edgar, a leading character in Shakespeare's King Lear

Edgar Bones, fictional character from the Harry Potter series of novels by J.K. Rowling

Edgar Friendly, an underground rebel leader in the 1990s movie Demolition Man

Edgar Roni Figaro, character in the video game Final Fantasy VI.

Edgar McGraw, character in several films by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, including Kill Bill: Volume 1

Edgar Stiles, character in the television series 24

Edgar, a character in The Zimmer Twins

Edgar, from the video Edgar's fall on YouTube

Edgar, the computer in the 1984 film: Electric Dreams

Edgar E Gore, a character in Frankenweenie

Edgar "Egg" Cooke, a leading character in the TV series This Life

People with the surname Edgar

Barrie Edgar (1919–2012), English television producer

David Edgar (footballer) (born 1987), Canadian footballer

David Edgar (playwright) (born 1948), English playwright

David Edgar (swimmer) (born 1950), American swimmer

David Edgar (academic), professor at Caledonian Business School, part of Glasgow Caledonian University

Don Edgar (born 1936), Australian sociologist

Frankie Edgar (born 1981), American mixed martial arts fighter

George Edgar (1837–1913), American university president

George Edgar (diplomat) (born 1960), British ambassador

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 (born 1946), American politician

Jimmy Edgar (born 1983), American electronic music artist

John Edgar (disambiguation), several people

Jon Edgar (born 1968), British sculptor

Kika Edgar (born 1985), Mexican actress and singer

Marriott Edgar (1880–1951), British poet

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 coach) (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 Edgar

Judge Edgar, character in the Judge Dredd comic strip

References

Edgar Wikipedia

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