Edgeworth is an English toponymic surname. It probably derives from Edgeworth in Gloucestershire, but the name is long established in Ireland, where it is claimed that the family settled in County Longford in 1583.
Notable people with the surname include:
Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1744–1817), Anglo-Irish scientist, inventor, writer and educator, father of Maria Edgeworth and Michael Pakenham Edgeworth
His son Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (1812–1881), botanist
His daughter Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), novelist
His grandson Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845–1926), statistician and economist
Henry Essex Edgeworth (1745–1807), Irish Catholic priest and confessor of Louis XVI
Kenneth Edgeworth (1880–1972), Irish astronomer, economist and engineer
Fictional characters:
Miles Edgeworth, character from the Ace Attorney video game series
