Famous People with Name Edgar

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.

Edgar Anderson            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edgar Anderson: was an American botanist. His 1949 book Introgressive Hybridization was an original and important contribution to botanical genetics.He accepted a position as a geneticist at the Missouri Botanical Garden and was appointed assistant professor of botany at Washington University in St. Louis. His research was focused on developing techniques to quantify geographic variation in Iris versicolor. In 1929 he received a fellowship to undertake studies at the John Innes Horticultural Institute in Britain, where he worked with cytogeneticist C. D. Darlington, statistician R. A. Fisher, and geneticist J. B. S. Haldane.

Edgar Albert Guest            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edgar Albert Guest: was a prolific American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People’s Poet.In 1891, Guest came with his family to the United States from England. After he began at the Detroit Free Press as a copy boy and then

Edgar Allan Poe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edgar Allan Poe: was an American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and

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.