EDWARDS (SURNAME)

:''This article is about the surname Edwards. For other uses, see Edwards.''
'Edwards' is a family name. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 49th-most common surname.^[1]

Contents

Origin

Notable persons named Edwards

See also

Others

References

Origin

Edwards is of Saxon origin and means "Son of Edward".^[2] It is most common in southern England and Wales.

Notable persons named Edwards

★ Alexander Edwards (1885-1918), Scottish Soldier - Recipient of the Victoria Cross

★ Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards (1831-92), English novelist and Egyptologist

★ Arthur Edwards (1834-1901), American clergyman and author

★ Bela Bates Edwards (1802-52), American clergyman and author

★ Blake Edwards, American film director

★ Bryan Edwards (1743-1800), West Indian merchant and author

★ Braylon Edwards (born 1983) Cleveland Browns WR

★ Carl Edwards (born 1979), NASCAR driver

★ Colin Edwards (born 1974), professional motorcycle racer

★ Daniel Edwards, sculptor

★ Eddie Edwards

★ Eddie Edwards (tennis), South African tennis player

★ Edward Edwards (1742-1815), Captain RN (later Admiral of the White)

★ George Edwards (1694-1773), English naturalist and ornithologist

★ George C. Edwards, (born 1948), American politician

★ George Wharton Edwards (1859-1950), American painter and illustrator

★ Glen Edwards (pilot), test pilot, Edwards Air Force Base named in his honor

★ Graham Edwards (born 1946), Australian politician

★ Graham Edwards (born 1955), New Zealand cricketer

★ Graham Edwards (born 1965), English novelist

★ Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855-1938), American journalist, novelist, and poet

★ Henry Sutherland Edwards (1828-1906), English journalist and author

★ Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (1819-68), British East India soldier and administrator

★ Huw Edwards (politician), British Member of Parliament

★ Huw Edwards (journalist), British presenter of BBC One's ''Ten O'Clock News''

★ Iwan Edwards (born 1937), Canadian choral conductor. Member of the Order of Canada

★ John Edwards (born 1953), U.S. Senator from North Carolina, candidate for U.S. Vice President in 2004

★ John Edwards (1748–1837), U.S. Senator from Kentucky from 1792 to 1795

★ John Passmore Edwards (1823-1911), English newspaperman

★ John Edwards, Congressman from Pennsylvania from 1837 to 1842

★ Jonathan Edwards (the elder) (1703–1758) American theologian

★ Jonathan Edwards (the younger) (1745-1801), also a theologian

★ Jonathan Edwards (born 1946), singer-songwriter

★ Jonathan Edwards (athlete) (born 1966), British triple jumper

★ Len Edwards (born 1925), Canadian ice hockey player, 1945 New York Rovers of the EHL

★ Matthew Edwards (1992-), railway photographer

★ Nelson "Jack" Edwards (????-1974), first African-American to hold a seat on the UAW’s International Executive Board

★ Peter Edwards (born 1943), UK artist based in Hastings, East Sussex

★ Phil Edwards (1907-1971), Canadian track and field athlete

★ Phil Edwards (born 1949), British road cyclist

★ Pierrepont Edwards (1750-1826), American lawyer, son of Jonathan Edwards

★ Torri Edwards, American sprinter

★ William Edwards (1770-1851), American inventor, grandson of Jonathan Edwards

See also

★ Edwards family from Chile

Others

★ Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836-1919), English novelist and writer

★ Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900), French zoologist

★ Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-85), French naturalist

★ Vero Wynne-Edwards (1906-1997), a British zoologist

References

1. U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published May 9, 1995;
2. About.com; "Genealogy: Name Meaning and Origin"; ; retrieved August 9, 2006