Famous People with Name Edgar

Edgar Morin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edgar Morin: is a French philosopher and sociologist under the original name Edgar Nahoum. He is of Judeo-Spanish (Sefardi) origin. He is known for the transdisciplinarity of his works, in that he covers a wide range of interests and dismisses the conventional boundar

Edgar Gnoleba Loué            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edgar Gnoleba Loué: is an Ivory Coast footballer currently playing for Espérance Sportive de Tunis as a midfielder.He started his career in homeland club Africa Sports, before moving to Algeria to play MO Constantine in the second division. Then he went to Morocco, to firstly play for Mouloudia Oujda and then Raja Casablanca.

Edgar William Brandt            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edgar William Brandt: was a French ironworker, prolific weapons designer and head of a company that designed 60mm, 81mm and 120mm mortars that were very widely copied throughout and subsequent to World War II. He also invented discarding-sabot artillery shells[1], and contributed substantially through his development of HEAT rifle grenades to the development of effective HEAT-warhead weapons for infantry anti-tank use.

Edgar Boutry            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edgar Boutry: was a French sculptor. He was born in Lille and won the prestigious Rome prize in 1887 having been runner up in 1885. In Lille one can see four of Boutry’s works: The monument aux morts which stands in front of the Palais Rihour, the monument remembering the victims of the explosion at the “18 ponts” munition depot, and the statues of Léon Trulin and Jeanne Maillotte. There is also a statue of Maréchal Foch by Boutry in the square Foch in Lille. Boutry also worked on the equestrian statue of Foch in Cassel.

Edgar Quinet            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edgar Quinet: was a French historian and intellectual. His first publication, the Tablettes du juif errant ("Tablets of the Wandering Jew") ,which appeared in 1823, symbolized the progress of humanity [3] . He became impressed with German intellectual writing and undertook translating Johann Gottfried Herder's Ideen zur Philosophie der Geschichte der Menschheit ("Outlines of Philosophy of the History of Man") learnt German for the purpose, and published his work in 1827, and obtained through it considerable credit.

Ross Edgar            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Ross Edgar: is a Scottish track cyclist who represented Scotland at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, where he won a gold medal in the team sprint riding with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean. He competed for Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2004 and 2008 Oly

Brian Edgar            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Brian Edgar: was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at representative level played for, and captained, Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Workington Town, playing at Prop, or Second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, 11 or

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.

Ryan Joseph Edgar            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Ryan Joseph Edgar: is a Dominican international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brentwood Town. Edgar made his debut for the Dominican national side in February 2008, playing in the 1-1 draw against Barbados in the first match of CONCACAF qualification for the 2010 World Cup. He also played in the return tie the following month, which Barbados won 1-0. The two games remain Edgar's only international appearances to date.