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 EdgeworthHis son Michael Pakenham Edgeworth (1812–1881), botanistHis daughter Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849), novelistHis grandson Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845–1926), statistician and economistHenry Essex Edgeworth (1745–1807), Irish Catholic priest and confessor of Louis XVIKenneth Edgeworth (1880–1972), Irish astronomer, economist and engineerFictional characters:
Miles Edgeworth, character from the Ace Attorney video game series