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Edasalonexent

Edasalonexent (CAT-1004), an oral NF-κB inhibitor conjugating salicylic acid and DHA, was Catabasis Pharmaceuticals' experimental therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; development ended in 2020 after the phase 3 PolarisDMD trial missed its endpoints.

Edasseri Govindan Nair

Edasseri Govindan Nair (ഇടശ്ശേരി ഗോവിന്ദൻ നായർ; 1906–1974) was an Indian poet and playwright who wrote in Malayalam, remembered as a leading figure of modern Malayalam poetry who won the 1969 Sahitya Akademi Award for Kavile Pattu.

EDC China

EDC China (雏菊电音嘉年华), or Electric Daisy Carnival China, is the Chinese edition of Insomniac's Electric Daisy Carnival festival, first held in Shanghai in 2018 and later in Zhuhai and Suzhou.

EDC Japan

EDC Japan, or Electric Daisy Carnival Japan, is a dance-music festival held at ZOZO Marine Stadium in Chiba from 2017 to 2019, drawing about 80,000 per edition.

EDC Orlando 2019

EDC Orlando 2019 was the ninth edition of the Electric Daisy Carnival Orlando EDM festival at Tinker Field in Orlando, Florida, its first three-day edition, drawing roughly 225,000 attendees.

EDC Week

EDC Week, or Electric Daisy Carnival Week, is a week-long series of pool parties and nightclub shows across Las Vegas staged by Insomniac around its EDC festival.

Edd Byrnes

Edd Byrnes (Edward Byrne Breitenberger, 1932–2020), American actor and singer, teen idol as Kookie on ABC's 77 Sunset Strip (1958–64); gold record "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)" with Connie Stevens, No. 4 Billboard 1959; later Vince Fontaine in Grease.

Edd China

Edd China (born 1971) is a British mechanic, inventor, and TV presenter, co-host of Wheeler Dealers with Mike Brewer for 13 seasons until March 2017, holder of Guinness records for drivable oddities, now running Workshop Diaries on YouTube.

Edd Gould

Edd Gould (Edward Duncan Ernest Gould, 1988–2012) was a British animator and creator of the Eddsworld web series, its original voice of Edd; he died of leukemia at 23, and friends continued the show as Eddsworld Legacy and Beyond.

Edda

Edda (Eddur) names two medieval Icelandic books: the anonymous Poetic Edda of mythological and heroic poems (Codex Regius, c. 1270) and Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda (c. 1220–1230), the fullest source for Norse mythology.

Edda Göring

Edda Göring (Edda Carin Wilhelmine Göring, 1938–2018), only child of Hermann Göring and Emmy Sonnemann and Hitler's goddaughter, lived at Carinhall, then reclusively in Munich, and lost decades of claims, including a 2014 Landtag petition, to her father's confiscated estate.

EDDA Healthcare and Technology Holding (科技)

EDDA Healthcare and Technology Holding (EDDA科技, 医达健康) is a surgical robotics and precision-medicine imaging company in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 2003, known for its IQQA surgical navigation platform.

Edda Mussolini

Edda Mussolini (1910-1995), also Edda Ciano, eldest child of Benito Mussolini; wife of foreign minister Galeazzo Ciano, executed in 1944 after voting against the Duce; she smuggled his diaries to the Allies and died in Rome in 1995.

EDDA Technology (医软信息科技)

EDDA Technology (医软信息科技) is a medical-imaging and surgical-navigation company founded by Dr. Jianzhong Qian, headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, known for its IQQA quantitative 3D surgical planning platform.

Eddi Reader

Eddi Reader (Sadenia Reader, born 1959, Glasgow) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, frontwoman of Fairground Attraction ("Perfect," 1988 UK number one) and a solo artist whose 1994 album won a BRIT Award; MBE 2006; Burns interpreter; band reunited 2024.

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (Edmund Lincoln Anderson, 1905-1977), American comic actor born in Oakland, played valet Rochester Van Jones on The Jack Benny Program 1937-1965, the first black actor with a recurring network radio role, also known for Cabin in the Sky and Gone With the Wind.

Eddie (Martian crater)

Eddie, a large impact crater on Mars, 89 km diameter, centered at 12.26°N, 142.10°E, IAU-recognized as USGS Gazetteer feature ID 1718; distinct from Endeavour and other Martian craters.

Eddie Adams

Eddie Adams (Edward Thomas Adams, 1933–2004) was an American Associated Press photojournalist who won the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for his photograph of a Saigon execution during the Vietnam War.

Eddie Aikau

Eddie Aikau (Edward Ryon Makuahanai Aikau, 1946-1978), Hawaiian surfer and first Waimea Bay lifeguard, over 500 rescues, lost at sea after the Hokule'a capsized in 1978; namesake of the Eddie Would Go slogan and the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational.

Eddie Albert

Eddie Albert (Edward Albert Heimberger, 1906–2005), American stage, film, and TV actor; two-time Oscar nominee for Roman Holiday and The Heartbreak Kid; starred as Oliver Wendell Douglas in Green Acres (1965–71); Navy Bronze Star at Tarawa.

Eddie Alvarez

Eddie Alvarez, "The Underground King" (born 1984, Philadelphia), is a retired American MMA lightweight who won Bellator and UFC 155-pound titles, lost the UFC belt to Conor McGregor at UFC 205, and later fought in ONE Championship.

Eddie and the Cruisers

Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), Martin Davidson film from P. F. Kluge's novel; Michael Paré, Tom Berenger, Ellen Barkin; theatrical flop that became an HBO hit, with John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown soundtrack selling over 1.3 million albums.

Eddie and the Hot Rods

Eddie and the Hot Rods, English pub rock band from Southend, Essex, formed 1975, bridging pub rock and UK punk. Biggest hit: "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (UK number 9, 1977). Frontman Barrie Masters died 2019; the band continues with Ian Dean on vocals.

Eddie Argo

Eddie Argo (Edwin Yancey Argo, 1895-1962), American Army colonel and equestrian; won 1932 Los Angeles Olympic gold in team eventing riding Honolulu Tomboy, reserve at Amsterdam 1928.

Eddie Bauer

Eddie Bauer, Inc. is an American outdoor clothing and gear brand founded in Seattle in 1920, known for the Skyliner, the first patented down jacket in America.

Eddie Betts

Eddie Betts, Australian rules small forward born 1986 in Port Lincoln; played 350 AFL games and kicked 640 goals for Carlton and Adelaide, four-time Goal of the Year, three-time All Australian, later Geelong coach and Indigenous youth foundation founder.

Eddie Bracken

Eddie Bracken (Edward Vincent Bracken, 1915–2002) was an American comic actor of Broadway, Paramount films, radio, and television, known for starring in Preston Sturges's The Miracle of Morgan's Creek and Hail the Conquering Hero (1944), later roles in National Lampoon's Vacation, and a 1978 Tony nomination.

Eddie Bravo

Eddie Bravo (Edgar Cano, born 1970), American BJJ black belt under Jean Jacques Machado; submitted Royler Gracie at ADCC 2003; founded no-gi 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, rubber guard, twister, and the EBI submission-only tournament.

Eddie Brock

Eddie Brock is Marvel Comics' disgraced journalist who bonds with the alien Venom symbiote (Klyntar), debuting as Venom in Amazing Spider-Man #300 (1988) by Michelinie and McFarlane; he is also Anti-Venom and the King in Black, portrayed by Tom Hardy in film.

Eddie Cahill

Eddie Cahill (Edmund Patrick Cahill, born 1978, New York City) is an American actor known as Tag on Friends, Jim Craig in Miracle (2004), Detective Don Flack on CSI: NY (2004-2013, 197 episodes), and roles in Under the Dome and Conviction.