Famous People with Name Edmond

Edmond Modeste Lescarbault            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edmond Modeste Lescarbault: was a French doctor and an amateur astronomer, best remembered for his 1859 observation of Vulcan. He graduated and obtained his diploma in 1848. He then started to work as a doctor in Orgères-en-Beauce and worked there until 1872 (the street where he worked is now named after him). Keen astronomer,

Edmond-Charles Genêt            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edmond-Charles Genêt: was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution. The Citizen Genêt affair began in 1793 when he was dispatched to the United States to promote American support for France's wars with Spain and Britain.

Edmond Pagès            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edmond Pagès: was a French professional road bicycle racer. Pagès won a stage in the 1939 Tour de France.

Edmond Wallace            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edmond Wallace: was a French Olympic fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1900 Summer Olympics.[1] He was the brother of fencer Richard Wallace.

Edmond Baraffe            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edmond Baraffe: is a French former football striker and manager.

Olivier Edmond            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Olivier Edmond: born on 29 January 1970) is a French golfer.

Pascal Edmond            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Pascal Edmond: (born on 19 November 1971) is a French golfer.

John Edmond            Origin/Culture/Country: Zimbabwe

John Edmond: is a Rhodesian folk singer who became popular in the 1970s for his Rhodesian patriotic songs. He reached the height of his fame during the Rhodesian Bush War. He was sometimes called the "Bush Cat". During his childhood, he and his parents moved between Scotland and Central Africa. He went to school in Luanshya, Northern Rhodesia, Edinburgh, Scotland, and in South Africa at Christian Brothers College in Pretoria. He displayed a natural talent for music at an early age when he was given a mouth organ as a birthday gift from his grandmother at age three. John mastered the instrument within half an hour. As a boy scout, he played the bugle and was in the local scout bugle band. While at school in Edinburgh, he was chosen to sing in the famous St John's boys choir. He was regularly featured in lead roles at Christian Brothers College in Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. John was lead drummer in the college's pipe band. He went on to win the South African Junior drumming championships at the Royal Scottish gathering at Wembley in 1953. After college, John was employed at the Roan Antelope copper mine.

Bob Edmond            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Bob Edmond: is a former Australian sportsman who played Australian rules footballer with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s and won two Commonwealth Games silver medals in weightlifting.

Ian Edmond            Origin/Culture/Country: Scottish

Ian Edmond: is a former British breaststroke swimmer. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he represented Great Britain in the men's 200 m breaststroke where he reached the semi-final, but was disqualified during his swim. He also represented Scotland at the 1998 and