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Edward Shames
Edward Shames was an American Army officer of Easy Company, 101st Airborne, who jumped into Normandy on D-Day and was the last surviving Band of Brothers officer.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, also styled Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, are a Los Angeles indie folk-rock collective formed in 2007 by Alex Ebert, ex-Ima Robot frontman, around his messianic alter ego; known for "Home," Here at number five on the Billboard 200, and four albums through PersonA (2016).
Edward Shils
Edward Shils (1910–1995) was an American sociologist who spent most of his career at the University of Chicago, theorizing tradition, intellectuals, and the center and periphery of society.
Edward Sigauke
Edward Makomborero Sigauke, Zimbabwe winger nicknamed the Transporter; debuted 2024, won back-to-back Africa Cups, qualified Zimbabwe for the 2027 Rugby World Cup, and signed for Harlequins in 2026.
Edward Skeletrix
Edward Skeletrix, real name Edward King Bass IV (born 1998, Florida), is an American experimental rapper, producer, and visual artist also known as Cight and Im A Monster, founder of the Syckli brand, known for AI visuals, Skeletrix Island memes, and albums Skeletrix Language, Museum Music, and Body of Work.
Edward Skorek
Edward Skorek (Szabla), born 1943 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, is a Polish volleyball Hall of Famer who captained Poland to 1974 World Championship and 1976 Montreal Olympic gold, with 284 national caps.
Edward Śmigły-Rydz
Edward Śmigły-Rydz was a Polish military commander, Marshal of Poland from 1936, who led the Polish armed forces against Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939.
Edward Smith (sea captain)
Edward John Smith, also known as E.J. Smith, was an English sea captain of the White Star Line who died when RMS Titanic sank on her maiden voyage in 1912.
Edward Smith Deevey, Jr.
Edward Smith Deevey, Jr. (1914–1988) was an American limnologist and paleoecologist, trained at Yale under G. Evelyn Hutchinson, who made paleolimnology quantitative and directed Yale's first radiocarbon-dating laboratory.
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869), British Conservative statesman, three-time Prime Minister (1852, 1858–59, 1866–68), abolitionist colonial secretary, Corn Law split leader, and presiding minister of the 1867 Reform Act.
Edward Snowden
Edward Joseph Snowden, born 1983, is an American former intelligence contractor who in 2013 leaked classified NSA documents revealing secret US surveillance programs and was granted asylum in Russia.
Edward Sorin
Edward Sorin (1814–1893) was a French Catholic priest and member of the Congregation of Holy Cross who founded the University of Notre Dame in northern Indiana in 1842.
Edward St Aubyn
Edward St Aubyn (born 1960, London) is a British novelist, author of the semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose quintet including Mother's Milk, shortlisted for the 2006 Man Booker Prize.
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham
Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478–1521), English magnate, son of an executed traitor, heir to the richest noble estate under Henry VII and VIII; descended from Edward III, executed for treason in 1521.
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (1865-1948), Conservative politician, soldier, and Ambassador to France. Ran the 1915 Derby Scheme recruiting, raised the Liverpool Pals battalions, was Secretary of State for War 1916-18 and 1922-24, and his horses won the Derby in 1924 and 1933.
Edward Steichen
Edward Steichen (Eduard Jean Steichen; 1879–1973) was a Luxembourgish-American photographer, painter, and curator, the highest-paid commercial photographer of his era and first MoMA director of photography.
Edward Stillingfleet
Edward Stillingfleet (1635–1699) was an Anglican theologian and bishop of Worcester, known for Origines Sacrae, his work on church comprehension, and his debate with Locke.
Edward Stratemeyer
Edward Stratemeyer (1862–1930), American author and publisher, founded the Stratemeyer Syndicate book-packaging firm in 1905, creator of the Rover Boys, Tom Swift, Hardy Boys, and Nancy Drew series written by paid ghostwriters under house pseudonyms.
Edward T. Baker
Edward T. Baker is an American marine geophysicist who spent 37 years in NOAA's hydrothermal research program in Seattle, developing plume-based methods for finding seafloor vents.
Edward T. Bullmore
Edward T. Bullmore, known as Ed Bullmore, is a British psychiatrist and neuroscientist who became Regius Professor of Psychiatry at King's College London in 2025.
Edward T. Ryan
Edward T. Ryan is an American infectious diseases physician-researcher who directs Global Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital and studies cholera, typhoid, and Shigella vaccines.
Edward T. Samulski
Edward T. Samulski is an American chemist and materials scientist known for research on liquid crystals and polymers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Edward T.H. Yeh
Edward T.H. Yeh (叶笃行) is a Taiwanese-born American molecular cardiologist who discovered SUMO and NEDD8 and is a professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Edward Tatum
Edward Lawrie Tatum (1909–1975) was an American biochemical geneticist who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that genes act by regulating chemical events.
Edward Ted Allsopp
Edward James 'Ted' Allsopp (1926-2024), Australian race walker with Williamstown Harriers; Olympian at Melbourne 1956 and Tokyo 1964; 1956 world 2 Hour walk record; 11 Australian and 32 Victorian titles.
Edward Teller
Edward Teller (Teller Ede) was a Hungarian-born American theoretical physicist who played the central role in developing the hydrogen bomb and co-created the Teller–Ulam design.
Edward the Black Prince
Edward the Black Prince (Edward of Woodstock, 1330–1376), eldest son of Edward III, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine; victor at Crécy, Poitiers and Nájera; father of Richard II.
Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor (c. 1003–1066), Anglo-Saxon king of England 1042–1066, son of Æthelred II and Emma of Normandy; childless husband of Edith, builder of Westminster Abbey, canonized 1161, whose death triggered the 1066 succession crisis.
Edward the Elder
Edward the Elder, also known as Eadweard I, was a King of the West Saxons who reigned from 899 to 924. He successfully fought the Vikings and expanded English control.
Edward the Martyr
Edward the Martyr (Eadweard), king of the English 975–978, son of Edgar by Æthelflæd; murdered at Corfe on 18 March 978 in a succession dispute with half-brother Æthelred II, then venerated as a saint with a 18 March feast.