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:
Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England
Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), kind of Scotland
Edgar the Ætheling(c.1051–c.1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic
Edgar, from the video Edgar's fall on YouTube
Other people with the given name Edgar
Edgar Angara, Filipino lawyer
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 football (soccer) player
Edgar Degas, French painter
Edgar Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist
Edgar González, Mexican football (soccer) player
Edgar Martínez, Major League Baseball player who played for the Seattle Mariners
Edgar Meyer, American bassist
Edgar Morais, actor
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
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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 Stiles, character in the television series 24
People surnamed Edgar
David Edgar (footballer), Canadian footballer
David Edgar (playwright), British playwright
David Edgar (swimmer), American swimmer
Frank Edgar, American mixed martial arts fighter
Jim Edgar, American politician
Jimmy Edgar, Detroit-based electronic music artist
John Edgar, Illinois pioneer and politician
Marriott Edgar, Scottish poet
Robert W. Edgar, American politician
Translation
The word "Edgar" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Volapük.
Translation(s) in other languages: Bulgarian: Едгар, Hebrew: אדגר, Japanese: エドガー, Polish: Edgar (ujednoznacznienie), Russian: Эдгар, Swedish: Edgar (olika betydelser).
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