Famous People with Name Edgar

Edgar John Bergen            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edgar John Bergen: was an Academy Award-winning American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist.Bergen was born Edgar John Bergren in Chicago, Illinois, to a Swedish family and grew up in Decatur, Michigan. He taught himself ventriloquism from a pamphlet when he was eleven. A few years later he commissioned Chicago woodcarver Theodore Mack to sculpt a likeness of a rascally Irish newspaperboy he knew. The head went on a puppet named Charlie McCarthy, who became Bergen's lifelong sidekick. At age sixteen, he came to Chicago, where he attended Lake View High School and worked at a silent movie house.

Edgar Wayburn            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edgar Wayburn: is a noted environmentalist who was elected president of the Sierra Club five times in the 1960s. One of America's legendary wilderness champions, Dr. Edgar Wayburn was a tenacious and tireless leader of the Sierra Club since the 1940s and perhaps the least-known yet most successful defender of America's natural heritage.

Edgar Lawrence Doctorow            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edgar Lawrence Doctorow: is an American author whose critically acclaimed and award winning fiction ranges through his country’s social history from the Civil War to the present.

Edgar Holland Winter            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edgar Holland Winter: is an American musician who had significant success in the 1970s and 1980s. He is a keyboard player, vocalist, saxophonist and percussionist, well-versed in jazz, blues and rock.

Edgar Bennett III            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edgar Bennett III: is a former National Football League running back who played for the Green Bay Packers (1992-1996) and the Chicago Bears (1998-1999), in a professional career lasting for 7 years.

David Edward Edgar            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Edward Edgar: is a Canadian football player who currently plays for Championship side Swansea City on loan from Premier League side Burnley. He can play as a centre back or left back. On 1 February 2007 he was named as Canadian Youth Player of the Year for the 2006 season. In 2007, he helped host Canada compete for the Under-20 World Cup and had been named as one of six ambassadors for the Canadian team during the competition, which was the largest single-sport event ever hosted by Canada. Edgar has played for Canada Under-17 team and Canada Under-20 team. He was called-up for the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship at only 16. In November 2008, Canada national football team for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification against Jamaica.

David Edgar            Origin/Culture/Country: American

David Edgar: is an American swimmer and Olympic champion. Edgar won seven NCAA championships while competing for the University of Tennessee and was named "Fastest Man Afloat" by Sports Illustrated magazine .He competed at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where he re

James Edgar            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Edgar: is an American politician who was the 38th Governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999 and Illinois Secretary of State from 1981 to 1991. As a moderate Republican in a largely blue-leaning state, Edgar was a popular and successful governor, leaving office with

Sir James David Edgar            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sir James David Edgar: was a Canadian politician.He was elected an alderman in 1866, and was a supporter of George Brown and the Reform Party. He ran as a Liberal in the 1871 Ontario provincial election, but was defeated by a margin of four votes in his attempt to win a seat in the provincial legislature.