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Ed Cole

Ed Cole was an American automotive engineer and president of General Motors from 1967 to 1974, best remembered as the father of the Chevrolet small-block V8.

Sep 19, 2026

Ed Colligan

Ed Colligan (born 1961) is a technology executive who co-founded Handspring in 1998 and led Palm, Inc., as chief executive officer from 2005 to 2009.

Ed Coode (born 1975, Bodmin, England) is a British rower, Olympic gold medallist in the coxless fours at Athens 2004 and world champion in the same event in 1999 and 2001; fourth in the pairs at Sydney 2000, later a solicitor.

Ed Cook

Ed Cook (Edward Tiffin Cook, Jr., 1888-1972), American pole vaulter and long jumper; tied A. C. Gilbert for 1908 Olympic pole vault gold at 3.71 m, the only such tie in Olympic pole vault history.

Ed Cooley

Ed Cooley (born 1969) is an American college basketball coach, head coach of Georgetown since 2023 after 12 seasons at Providence (242-153, 2022 Naismith Coach of the Year) and Fairfield.

Ed Davey

Ed Davey, full name Edward Jonathan Davey, is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has led the party since 2020 and serves as MP for Kingston and Surbiton.

Ed Davis (basketball)

Ed Davis (Edward Davis, born 1989) is an American former NBA center-forward, 13th pick in 2010 out of North Carolina; played 12 seasons for eight teams as a rebounder, later charged in a 2026 gambling case.

Ed Debevic's

Ed Debevic's is a retro 1950s-themed diner chain founded in Chicago in 1984 by Rich Melman of Lettuce Entertain You, known for deliberately rude, singing, dancing waitstaff; closed 2015, revived 2021 in Streeterville.

Ed Diener

Ed Diener, known as "Dr. Happiness," was an American psychologist (1946–2021) who founded the scientific study of subjective well-being, working mostly at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Ed Dwight

Ed Dwight, born Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. in 1933, is an American sculptor and retired Air Force pilot who became the oldest person in space in 2024.

Ed Etzel

Ed Etzel (Edward Frederick Etzel Jr., born 1952) is an American rifle shooter and sport psychologist who won 1984 Olympic gold in men's small-bore rifle prone with 599/600, then coached West Virginia University to four NCAA rifle titles.

Ed Ferry

Ed Ferry (Edward Payson Ferry, 1941-2023) was an American rower who won gold in the men's coxed pair with Conn Findlay and cox Kent Mitchell at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a Stanford Hall of Famer later a Wharton MBA and home builder.

Ed Flanders

Ed Flanders (Edward Paul Flanders) was an American actor best known for playing Dr. Donald Westphall on the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere from 1982 to 1988.

Ed Fornieles

Ed Fornieles (born 1983) is a British artist known for role-play performances (Animal House, NY NY HP HP), the installation Modern Family (2014), and The Certificate Program, an Ethereum-based funding model shown at the 2018 Athens Biennale.

Ed Freeman

Ed Freeman, known as Ed W. Freeman and nicknamed "Too Tall," was a US Army helicopter pilot who received the Medal of Honor for the Battle of Ia Drang.

Ed Gallrein

Ed Gallrein, retired Navy SEAL captain (O-6) and fifth-generation Shelbyville, Kentucky farmer, defeated Thomas Massie in the May 19, 2026 Republican primary for Kentucky's 4th congressional district with Trump's endorsement.

Ed Gamble

Ed Gamble (Edward Stephenson Jamison Gamble, b. 1986, Hammersmith) is an English comedian, Durham University alumnus, Taskmaster series 9 champion, co-host of the Off Menu podcast with James Acaster, and Radio X presenter.

Ed Gein

Ed Gein (Edward Theodore Gein, 1906–1984), the Butcher of Plainfield, was a Wisconsin murderer and grave robber arrested in 1957, found not guilty by reason of mental defect, and the inspiration for Psycho, Leatherface, and Buffalo Bill.

Ed Gillespie

Ed Gillespie (born 1961) is a Republican strategist, lobbyist, RNC chairman (2004), Bush White House counselor (2007-2009), and losing Virginia Senate (2014) and gubernatorial (2017) nominee.

Ed Gordon

Ed Gordon (Edward Lansing Gordon Jr., 1908–1971), American long jumper, University of Iowa; seventh at 1928 Olympics, 1932 Los Angeles long jump gold medalist at 7.64 m, AAU and NCAA champion.

Oct 20, 2026

Ed Gourdin

Ed (Ned) Gourdin, Edward Orval Gourdin, American long jumper, sprinter, lawyer, and judge; set a 7.69 m long jump world record in 1921, first legal jump over 25 feet, and won 1924 Olympic long jump silver.

Ed Graff

Ed Graff (Edward Graff, "Mush"), 1897-1954, American rugby union hooker from San Francisco; won Olympic gold with the United States at Paris 1924 and later coached revived rugby at Cal/Berkeley.

Ed Graves

Ed Graves (Edwin Darius Graves, Jr., 1897–1986) was an American Naval Academy rower and Navy captain who won gold in the men's eight at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics as crew captain.

Sep 19, 2026

Ed Hackbarth

Ed Hackbarth is an American restaurateur and Air Force veteran who co-founded the Del Taco fast-food chain, opening the first restaurant in Yermo, California, in 1961.

Ed Hamm

Ed Hamm (Edward Barton Hamm, 1906-1982), American long jumper, Georgia Tech athlete, 1928 Amsterdam Olympic long jump gold medalist at 7.73 m, and world record holder at 7.90 m from the July 1928 AAU/Olympic Trials.

Sep 27, 2026

Ed Harbison

Ed Harbison is an American politician and Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate from the 15th district, first elected in 1992 after serving on the Muscogee County School Board.

Ed Harlow

Ed Harlow is an American molecular biologist at Harvard Medical School whose 1988 Nature paper showed the adenovirus E1A protein physically binds the retinoblastoma gene product.

Ed Harris

Ed Harris (born 1950, Englewood, New Jersey) is an American actor and director with four Oscar nominations (Apollo 13, The Truman Show, Pollock, The Hours), a Golden Globe for Game Change, and the Man in Black role in Westworld.

Ed Hedley

Ed Hedley (Edwin P. Hedley, 1864-1947), American rower of Philadelphia's Vesper Boat Club; won gold in the men's eight at the 1900 Paris Olympics and held Canadian and Schuylkill Navy sculling titles.