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Ed Solomon

Ed Solomon (Edward James Solomon, born 1960) is an American screenwriter of Bill & Ted, Men in Black, Charlie's Angels, and Now You See Me, and a Steven Soderbergh collaborator on Mosaic, No Sudden Move, and Full Circle.

Ed Speleers

Ed Speleers (Edward John Speleers, b. 1988, Chichester) is an English actor who debuted as the title character in Eragon (2006), then played Jimmy Kent in Downton Abbey, Stephen Bonnet in Outlander, Rhys in You, and Jack Crusher in Star Trek: Picard.

Ed Stafford

Ed Stafford (Edward James Stafford, born 1975, Peterborough) is a British explorer and former Army captain, first person to walk the Amazon River's length, 860 days, 2008-2010; later Discovery survival TV including Naked and Marooned.

Ed Stevens

Ed Stevens refers to two American athletes: Edward Lee Stevens (1925–2012), Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates first baseman, and Edward Glenister Stevens Jr. (1932–2013), stroke oar of Navy's 1952 Olympic gold-medal eight.

Ed Stoppard

Ed Stoppard (Edmund Stoppard), English actor born 1974 in London, son of playwright Tom Stoppard and Dr. Miriam Stoppard; known for The Pianist, Knightfall, Upstairs Downstairs, and Franklin.

Ed Sullivan

Ed Sullivan (Edward Vincent Sullivan, 1901 or 1902–1974), American Broadway columnist and host of CBS's The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971), the Sunday variety program that introduced Elvis, the Beatles, and Motown to mass US TV audiences.

Ed Sullivan Theater

Ed Sullivan Theater, originally Hammerstein's Theater (1927), is a landmarked 13-story Broadway building at 1697-1699 Broadway, Manhattan; CBS-TV Studio 50, home of The Ed Sullivan Show, the Beatles' 1964 US TV debut, and The Late Show until 2026.

Ed Sutton

Ed Sutton is an American politician, small business owner, and Air Force veteran who won the redrawn South Carolina Senate District 20 seat in 2024.

Ed Townsend

Ed Townsend (Robert Edward Townsend, Jr., born 1943) is an American freestyle swimmer, four-time NCAA champion at Yale, 1963 world record holder in both freestyle relays, and member of the US first-place 4x200 m freestyle relay at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics; later a New York entertainment lawyer.

Ed Trevelyan

Ed Trevelyan (Edward Norman Trevelyan, born 1955, San Pedro, California) is an American Soling sailor who won 1984 Olympic gold in the three-person keelboat with Robbie Haines and Rod Davis, after missing the boycotted 1980 Games; later a North Sails employee and Census Bureau statistician.

Ed Turkington

Ed Turkington (Edward Laurence Turkington, 1899-1996), American rugby union player and San Francisco official; won gold with the USA in the 1924 Paris Olympics rugby final, beating France 17-3, his only international cap.

Ed van der Elsken

Ed van der Elsken (Eduard van der Elsken, 1925–1990) was a Dutch photographer and filmmaker, a street photography pioneer famous for his 1956 photobook Love on the Left Bank.

Ed Viesturs

Ed Viesturs (born 1959), American high-altitude mountaineer; first American to climb all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks without supplemental oxygen (Endeavor 8000, 1989-2005, finished on Annapurna), seven Everest summits, IMAX Everest 1996 team member.

Ed Walsh

Ed Walsh (Edward Augustine Walsh, 1881–1959), "Big Ed", Chicago White Sox spitballer 1904–1916; lowest career ERA in MLB history (1.82), last 40-game winner (1908), Hall of Fame 1946.

Ed Weeks

Ed Weeks, full name Edward Charles Egerton Weeks, is an English actor and writer known for playing Dr. Jeremy Reed on The Mindy Project (2012–2017).

Ed Westwick

Ed Westwick (Edward William Westwick) is an English actor born 1987 in Stevenage, best known as Chuck Bass in Gossip Girl (2007-13); later roles include White Gold, Wicked City, and Sandokan's Lord James Brooke.

Ed White

Ed White (Edgar Pardee Earle White, 1929-2014), American Olympic sailor; with twin brother Sumner won 1952 Helsinki gold in the 5.5 metre class aboard Complex II, skippered by Britton Chance; Harvard 1952 graduate.

Ed White (astronaut)

Ed White, also known as Edward Higgins White II, was an American NASA astronaut who became the first American to walk in space, on Gemini 4 in 1965.

Ed Wood

Ed Wood (Edward Davis Wood Jr., 1924–1978) was an American low-budget filmmaker, director of Glen or Glenda and Plan 9 from Outer Space, named worst director of all time in 1980 and later celebrated as a cult auteur.

Ed Wood (film)

Ed Wood (1994) is Tim Burton's black-and-white biographical comedy-drama about the "worst director of all time" Edward D. Wood, Jr., starring Johnny Depp and Oscar-winning Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi, a Touchstone Pictures release.

Ed Woodward

Ed Woodward (Edward Gareth Woodward, born 1973, Chelmsford), British chartered accountant and former J.P. Morgan banker; Manchester United executive vice-chairman 2013-2022, record Adidas and Chevrolet deals, resigned amid Super League fallout.

Ed Wynn

Ed Wynn (1886-1966), born Isaiah Edwin Leopold, was an American comedian-actor billed as the Perfect Fool; vaudeville and Broadway headliner, Texaco Fire Chief radio star (1932-35), Emmy-winning 1949 TV variety pioneer, Oscar-nominated for The Diary of Anne Frank, and Disney's Mad Hatter and Uncle Albert.

Ed Yardeni

Ed Yardeni is an American Wall Street economist and investment strategist, president and founder of Yardeni Research (2007), known for his 1988 Dow 5,000 call, "New Wave" economics, the Roaring 2020s thesis, and S&P 500 targets.

Ed Zitron

Ed Zitron (Edward Benjamin Zitron) is a British writer and public relations executive, founder of EZPR, who argues that generative AI companies like OpenAI cannot cover their costs.

Ed-Dur

Ed-Dur (ad-Dur) is an ancient coastal archaeological site in Umm Al Quwain, UAE, the largest settlement on the Arabian Gulf coast in the 1st century CE, with a temple of the sun god Shamash.

Ed, Edd n Eddy

Ed, Edd n Eddy is a Canadian-American animated series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network (1999-2009, ending with Big Picture Show). Three boys scam neighborhood kids for jawbreaker money; the last major series to use painted cel animation.

Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show

Ed, Edd n Eddy's Big Picture Show is a 2009 animated TV movie, the series finale of Ed, Edd n Eddy, directed by Danny Antonucci, in which the Eds flee a ruined scam and search for Eddy's older brother.

ED: Extra Decent

ED: Extra Decent (ഇ ഡി - എക്സ്ട്രാ ഡീസന്റ്) is a 2024 Malayalam dark comedy directed by Aamir Pallikkal, starring Suraj Venjaramoodu as amnesiac son Binu; released 20 December 2024, streamed from 26 April 2025.

EDA

EDA (ectodysplasin A, HGNC:3157) is an Xq13.1 gene encoding a TNF-family ligand; its furin-cleaved isoform EDA-A1 binds EDAR, and mutations cause X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia and nonsyndromic tooth agenesis.

Eda Reiss Merin

Eda Reiss Merin (1913–1998), American character actress and AFTRA founding member; Group Theater alumna, Broadway performer, voice of Orddu in The Black Cauldron, and namesake of AWFJ's EDA Awards.