Edgar
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
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