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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.
Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor (Edward Israel Iskowitz, 1892-1964), American comedian, singer, and dancer nicknamed Banjo Eyes; Ziegfeld Follies star, 1930s Chase and Sanborn radio giant, Colgate Comedy Hour host, March of Dimes co-founder.
Eddie Chapman
Eddie Chapman (1914–1997), English safecracker turned WWII double agent, codenamed ZIGZAG by MI5 and Fritzchen by the Abwehr; faked the De Havilland factory bombing and won the Iron Cross.
Eddie Charlton
Eddie Charlton, Australian snooker and billiards professional (1929-2004), world number three 1976-81, three-time Pot Black winner, world runner-up in both snooker and billiards.
Eddie Cheever
Eddie Cheever Jr. (born 1958, Phoenix, Arizona) is an American former racing driver and team owner; record 132 F1 starts by an American, nine podiums, and 1998 Indianapolis 500 winner as driver and owner.
Eddie Cibrian
Eddie Cibrian (Edward Carl Cibrian, born 1973) is an American actor known for Cole Deschanel on Sunset Beach, Jimmy Doherty on Third Watch, Jesse Cardoza on CSI: Miami, and Eddie Valetik in Take Two; married to LeAnn Rimes since 2011.
Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran (Ray Edward Cochran, 1938-1960), American rockabilly and rock and roll guitarist-singer of "Summertime Blues" and "Twenty Flight Rock"; died in a 1960 English car crash; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee 1987, distinct from Hank and Wayne Cochran.
Eddie Crook
Eddie Crook (Edward Crook, Jr., 1929-2005), American Army middleweight boxer who won gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics, beating Tadeusz Walasek in the final; no pro career; Silver Star, Bronze Star, two Purple Hearts from two Vietnam tours.
Eddie Deezen
Eddie Deezen (Edward Harry Deezen, born 1957), American character actor and comedian from Cumberland, Maryland, known for nerd roles in Grease, WarGames, and 1941, and as the voice of Mandark in Dexter's Laboratory.
Eddie Dekel
Eddie Dekel, born 1958, is an economic theorist who is a professor at Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University and served as president of the Econometric Society in 2016.
Eddie Eagan
Eddie Eagan (Edward Patrick Francis Eagan, 1898-1967) was an American Olympian, the only athlete to win gold at both the Summer Games (light-heavyweight boxing, Antwerp 1920) and Winter Games (four-man bobsled, Lake Placid 1932), later a lawyer and colonel.
Eddie Edwards
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards (Michael Thomas Edwards, born 1963) is a British former ski jumper, the first Briton in Olympic ski jumping, last in both Calgary 1988 events, namesake of the IOC qualification rule that ended his Olympic career.
Eddie Edwards (wrestler)
Eddie Edwards (Eric Maher, born 1983) is an American pro wrestler, "Die Hard" Eddie Edwards of TNA/Impact, ROH's American Wolves with Davey Richards, two-time Impact World Champion and first foreign GHC Heavyweight Champion in Pro Wrestling Noah.
Eddie Farrell
Eddie Farrell (Edward Leo Farrell, 1885–1953), American long jumper and triple jumper for Boston AA and Harvard; placed 13th in both events at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics, later Harvard head track coach 1923–1936.
Eddie Feigner
Eddie Feigner (Myrle Vernon King, 1925-2007), American fast-pitch softball pitcher called The King, led the four-man barnstorming team The King and His Court from 1946; claimed 9,743 wins, 141,517 strikeouts, 238 perfect games, and a 104 mph fastball.
Eddie Fisher
Eddie Fisher names two mid-century American figures: Edwin Jack Fisher (1928–2010), the Philadelphia-born traditional pop vocalist with 22 Top Ten hits who married Debbie Reynolds then Elizabeth Taylor, and Eddie Gene Fisher (1936–2025), a knuckleball MLB reliever and 1965 All-Star.
Eddie Flynn
Eddie Flynn (Edward Loring Flynn, 1909-1976) was an American boxer who won welterweight gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, beating Erich Campe 60-59; undefeated amateur (144-0), later a Tampa dentist.
Eddie Foy
Eddie Foy (Edwin Fitzgerald, 1856–1928), American vaudeville comedian and song-and-dance man, star of New York musical comedies and, with his seven surviving children, Eddie Foy and the Seven Little Foys; known for staying to calm the crowd in the deadly 1903 Iroquois Theater fire.
Eddie Gaedel
Eddie Gaedel (Edward Carl Gaedel, 1925-1961), Chicago-born little person, shortest MLB player ever at 3'7" and 65 lbs; walked on four pitches in his only 1951 St. Louis Browns plate appearance staged by Bill Veeck, contract voided two days later.
Eddie Gallagher (Navy SEAL)
Eddie Gallagher is a retired US Navy SEAL chief whose 2019 court-martial over the death of an Islamic State prisoner in Mosul ended in acquittal of murder but conviction for posing with the corpse, followed by Trump's intervention restoring his rank and Trident.
Eddie Garcia
Eddie Garcia (Eduardo Verchez Garcia, 1929-2019), Filipino actor-director nicknamed Manoy; seven-decade career, 600+ film and TV credits, FAMAS Hall of Famer; his 2019 on-set death led to the Philippine Eddie Garcia Law (RA 11996). Distinct from the Green Bay Packers kicker of the same name.