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Edgar is a common name from Old English words ead (meaning "rich, happy, prosperous") + gar (meaning "spear"). Literally meaning "prosperity-spear". It may refer to:

As a name

Historical

Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England
Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland
Edgar the Ætheling (c.1051–c.1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England

Given name

Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer
Edgar Baumann, Paraguayan javelin thrower
Edgar John Bergen, American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist
Edgar Buchanan, American actor
Edgar Rice Burroughs, U.S. writer, creator of Tarzan
Edgar F. Codd, British computer scientist
Edgar Danielyan, Armenian computer security author and consultant
Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer
Edgar Degas, French painter
Edgar Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist
Edgar González, Mexican footballer
Edgar Grospiron, French freestyle skier and Olympic champion
Edgar Guest, American poet
J. Edgar Hoover, former head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Edgar Martínez, Major League Baseball player who played for the Seattle Mariners
Edgar Meyer, American bassist
Edgar Morais, actor
Edgar Allan Poe, American author
Edgar Ponce (1974–2005), Mexican actor and dancer
Edgar Ramirez, Venezuelan actor
Edgar Nelson Rhodes, Canadian politician
Edgar Humberto Ruiz, Colombian road cyclist
Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician (Keskerakond)
Edgar Sengier, director of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga during World War II
Edgar Varèse, French composer
Edgar Velasquez, Venezuelan boxer
Edgar Winter, American musician
Edgar Wright, British director
Edgar Yaeger, American artist

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Surnames

David Edgar (footballer), Canadian footballer
David Edgar (playwright), British playwright
David Edgar (swimmer), American swimmer
Don Edgar, Australian sociologist
Frank Edgar, American mixed martial arts fighter
Jim Edgar, American politician
Jimmy Edgar, Detroit-based electronic music artist
John Edgar, Illinois pioneer and politician
Jon Edgar, British artist
Kika Edgar, Mexican actress and singer
Marriott Edgar, Scottish poet
Robert W. Edgar, American politician
Ross Edgar, Scottish track cyclist

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Fictional characters

Edgar, a leading character in Shakespeare's King Lear
Edgar Bones, fictional character from the Harry Potter series of novels by J.K. Rowling
Edgar Friendly, an underground rebel leader in the 1990s movie Demolition Man
Edgar Roni Figaro, character in the Final Fantasy VI video game
Edgar McGraw, character in several films by by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, including Kill Bill Vol. 1
Edgar Stiles, character in the television series 24
Edgar, a character in The Zimmer Twins
Edgar, from the video Edgar's fall on YouTube
Judge Edgar, character in the Judge Dredd comic strip
Edgar, the computer in the 1984 film: Electric Dreams

This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name.
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 * Edgar, from the video ''[[Edgar's fall]]'' on YouTube
 * [[Judge Edgar]], character in the Judge Dredd comic strip
+* Edgar, the computer in the 1984 film: [[Electric Dreams]]
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