Leadership

• Edmund Allenby (born 1861, died 1936)

  English field marshal.

  • Led British forces in the Boer War and WWI (see list of Miscellaneous Military Leaders)
• Edmund Burke (born 1729, died 1797)

  British statesman, orator and writer.

  • championed free trade with Ireland and Catholic emancipation; denounced the use of Indians in the American war (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
• Sir Edmund Hillary (born 1919)

  First Westerner to climb Mt. Everest

  • With Tenzing Norgay was the first to climb Mt. Everest on May 29 1953 (see list of Twenty people who articulate the longings of the last 100 years, exemplifying courage, selflessness, exuberance, superhuman ability and amazing grace)
• Edmund Ironside (born 980, died 1016)

  King of England, 1015-16.

  • Son of Ethelred the Unready (see list of British Monarchs)
• Edmund the Magnificent (born 922, died 946)

  King of England, 940-46.

  • Succeeded his half-brother, Athelstan, to the throne and created a truce with the Danes (see list of British Monarchs)
• Edmund Jennings Randolph (born 1753, died 1813)

  American statesman. Refused to sign the Constitution because he did not think it was adequately republican.

  • Governor of Virginia, 1786-88; U.S. attorney general, 1789-94; secretary of state, 1794-95 (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)

Miscellaneous

• Edmund Wilson (born 1895, died 1972)

  American novelist and critic.

  • 1963 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Edmund Halley (born 1656, died 1742)

  British astronomer.

  • Known for his studies of comets, particularly his prediction of the return of the comet now known by his name (see list of Mathematicians, Physicists & Astronomers)
• Edmund Husserl (born 1859, died 1938)

  German philosopher.

  • Founder of Phenomenology (see list of Philosophers)

Stage and Screen

• Edmund ''Hoot'' Gibson (born 1892, died 1962)

  American actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Edmund Grey

  Fictional character.

  • Character on the soap opera ''''All My Children'''' (see list of Characters on ''All My Children'')
• Edmund Gwenn (born 1875, died 1959)

  British actor.

  • 1947 Academy Award winner for his performance in Miracle on 34th Street (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Supporting Actor)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Edmund Lowe (born 1892, died 1971)

  American actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)

The Literary World

• Edmund Duffy
  • 1931, 1934 and 1940 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning)
• Edmund
  • Illegitimate son of the Duke of Gloucester who usurps the birthright of his brother Edgar in King Lear (see list of Shakespearean Characters)
• Edmund Morris
  • 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography/Autobiography, for The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography)
• Edmund Spenser (born 1552, died 1599)

  English poet.

  • Wrote The Faerie Queene (see list of Writers of the 16th Century)
  • Poet Laureate of England, 1591-99 (see list of English Poets Laureate)
• Edmund Stevens
  • 1950 Pulitzer Prize winner for International Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting)
• Edmund S. Valtman
  • 1962 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning)
• Edmund Waller (born 1606, died 1687)

  English poet.

  • Wrote ''''Of the Last Verses in the Book'''' (see list of Writers of the 17th Century)
• Edmund Wilson (born 1895, died 1972)

  American novelist and critic.

  • Wrote Axel''s Castle (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)