The name this time around in our series First Names First will be Edward! Ed, the short form of Edward, will be given later on for men exclusively known as Ed. Why not pick one of these Edwards here below, then follow the Wikipedia link to read about that person, and to see what if anything he could contribute your life with. Inspiration, passion, enlightenment, encouragement, empathy, etc.
Give a couple of minutes to this for lives lived have all something worthwhile to tell us. But as there are so many Edwards, we give you here only three per decade after 1800.
Edward II of England* King of England and Lord of Ireland – Caernarfon Castle, Gwynedd, Wales (1284)
Edward the Black Prince* considered one of the greatest knights of his age – Woodstock Palace, England (1330)
Edward of Angoulême* heir to the English throne – Château d’Angoulême, France (1365)
Edward IV of England* - Rouen, Normandy (1442)
Edward Plantagenet* the last male member of the House of York/nephew of Richard III – Warwick, England (1475)
Edward Fitton the elder* Irish politician – Ireland (1527)
Edward VI* son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour/Protestant – Hampton Court Palace, England (1537)
Edward Seymour* 1st Earl of Hertford – England (1539)
Edward Kelley* occultist/medium – Worcester, England (1555)
Edward la Zouche* baron/ diplomat/lone vote against the condemnation of Mary, Queen of Scots – England (1556)
Edward Wightman* the last person to be burned at the stake in England for heresy – Hinckley, England (1580)
Edward Herbert* Anglo-Welsh soldier/historian/ religious philosopher – Eyton-on-Severn, England (1583)
Edward Convers* early Puritan settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony/miller/surveyor – England (1590)
Edward Winslow* Mayflower passenger/colonial leader in Plymouth County – Droitwich, England (1595)
Edward Leigh* writer/ politician – Shawell Hall, England (1602)
Edward Master* politician/High Sheriff of Kent – Canterbury, England (1610)
Edward Chamberlayne* political writer – Oddington, England (1616)
Edward Digges* barrister/ colonist/Colonial Governor of Virginia – Chilham Castle, England (1620)
Edward Abney* politician – Newton, England (1631)
Edward Colston* merchant/ slave trader – Bristol, England (1636)
Edward Tyson* scientist/physician – Clevedon, Somerset, England (1651)
Edward Holyoke* clergyman/9th president of Harvard College – USA (1689)
Edward Cave* printer/publisher/coined the term magazine – Newton, England (1691)
Edward Shippen III* merchant/mayor of Philadelphia – Boston, Massachusetts, British America (1703)
Edward Hawke* Royal Navy officer – London, England (1705)
Edward Penny* portrait and historical painter – Knutsford, England (1714)
Edward Gibbon* historian (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire)/MP – Putney, England (1737)
Prince Edward* Duke of York and Albany/brother of King George III – Norfolk House, England (1739)
Edward Jenner* physician/pioneer of the world’s first vaccine – Berkeley, England (1749)
Edward Falkner* merchant/ slave trader/High Sheriff of Lancashire – Lancashire, England (1750)
Edward FitzGerald* nobleman/revolutionary – Carton House, County Kildare, Ireland (1763)
Edward Austen Knight* High Sheriff of Kent/brother of Jane Austen – Deane, England (1767)
Edward Ellice* merchant/active in Manitoba/politician – London, England (1783)
Edward De Russy* American engineer/military educator/general – Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) (1789)
Edward Smith-Stanley* a.k.a. Lord Stanley/politician/MP – Knowsley Hall, England (1799)
Edward Bulwer-Lytton* writer/politician/coined The pen is mightier than the sword – London, England (1803)
Edward Beecher* theologian/brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe – East Hampton, NY USA (1803)
Edward FitzGerald* poet/ writer – Bredfield House, England (1809)
Edward Cabot Clark* lawyer/businessman/investor – USA (1811)
Edward Clark* Governor of Texas – New Orleans, LA USA (1815)
Edward John Eyre* explorer of the Australian continent/ Governor of Jamaica – Whipsnade, England (1815)
Edward Maitland* humanitarian writer/occultist – Ipswich, England (1824)
Edward Atkinson* economist/activist – Brookline, MA USA (1827)
Edward Moran* maritime painter – Bolton, England (1829)
Edward Reed* naval architect/railroad magnate – Sheerness, England (1830)
Edward Wilmot Blyden* activist – St Thomas, Danish West Indies (1832)
Edward W. Wynkoop* sheriff/one of the founders of Denver, Colorado/Indian agent – Philadelphia, PA USA (1836)
Edward VII* King of the United Kingdom etc/the eldest son of Queen Victoria – Buckingham Palace, England (1841)
Edward Colborne Baber* orientalist/ traveller – Dulwich, London, England (1843)
Edward William O’Sullivan* journalist/politician – Launceston, Tasmania, Australia (1846)
Edward Smith* the captain of RMS Titanic – Hanley, England (1850)
Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer* physiologist/a founder of endocrinology – Hornsey, England (1850)
Edward Elgar* composer – Lower Broadheath, England (1857)
Edward Sheldon* dramatist – Chicago, IL USA (1886)
Edward Victor Appleton* physicist/N – Bradford, England (1892)
Edward G. Robinson* (b Goldenberg) actor/ to U.S. at age 10 – Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania (1893)
Edward Charles Titchmarsh* mathematician – Newbury, England (1899)
Edward Teller* physicist – Budapest, Austria-Hungary (1908)
Edward R. Murrow* broadcast journalist/war correspondent – Guilford County, NC USA (1908)
Edward Tatum* geneticist/N – Boulder, CO USA (1909)
Edward Carlson* hotel and airline executive – Tacoma, WA USA (1911)
Edward Mills Purcell* physicist/N – Taylorville, IL USA (1912)
Edward Platt* actor (Get Smart) – Staten Island, NY USA (1916)
Edward J. Ruppelt* U.S. Air Force officer/credited for coining the term UFO – Iowa USA (1923)
Edward Mosberg* Polish-American Holocaust survivor/educator/philanthropist – Kraków, Poland (1926)
Edward Asner* actor/voice actor – Kansas City, MO USA (1929)
Edward Nixon* entrepreneur/ brother of Richard Nixon – Whittier, CA USA (1930)
Edward Moore Kennedy* politician/ senator/brother of JFK - Boston, MA USA (1932)
Edward Fox* actor – Chelsea, London England (1937)
Edward Soriano* American military officer/to U.S. at age 6 – Alcala, Philippines (1946)
Edward James Olmos* actor – Los Angeles, CA USA (1947)
Edward Albert* actor/ son of Eddie Albert – Los Angeles, CA USA (1951)
Edward Zwick* flmmaker/producer – Chicago, IL USA (1952)
Edward Etzel* sports shooter/OG – New Haven, CT USA (1952)
Edward M. Kennedy Jr.* lawyer/politician – Boston, MA USA (1961)
Prince Edward* Earl of Wessex/the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II – Buckingham Palace, England (1964)
Edward Norton* actor – Boston, MA USA (1969) pic
Edward Furlong* actor/musician – Glendale, CA USA (1977)
Edward Snowden* computer intelligence consultant/whistleblower – Elizabeth City, NC USA (1983)
Edward Maya* (b Eduard Marian Ilie) musician/singer/ songwriter – Bucharest, Romania (1986)
Updated 10.3.2023