Edwards (family name)
Edwards was originally a patronymic educated English name with the "Son of significance Edward ".
Name bearer
A.
- AWF Edwards (* 1935), British geneticist and statistician
- Ada Mae Edwards (1911–2004), teacher and first speaker of the National Assembly of St. Kitts and Nevis
- Aeron Edwards (born 1988), Welsh football player
- Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 1987), British actress
- Al Edwards (1937-2020), American politician
- Al Fats Edwards (1923–1992), American-Austrian (jazz) singer and actor
- Alexander Edwards (1885-1918) British soldier
- Alfred Edwards (1856–1914), French newspaper editor
- Alfred George Edwards (1848–1937), British clergyman, Archbishop of Wales
- Allegra Edwards , American actress
- Allison Ross-Edwards (* 1952), Australian sprinter
- Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900), French zoologist
- Alyssa Edwards (* 1980), American drag queen, dance teacher and comedian
- Amelia Edwards (1831-1892), British writer and Egyptologist
- Anna Edwards (actress, 1976) (born 1976), British actress and model
- Anna Edwards (show jumper) (* 1984), British show jumper
- Anthony Edwards (born 1962), American actor
- Anthony Edwards (rower) (born 1972), Australian rower
- Anthony Edwards (basketball player) (* 2001), American basketball player
- Arthur Edwards (clergyman) (1834–1901), American clergyman and author
- Arthur Edwards (American football player) (1934-2006), Australian football player
- Arthur Cecil Edwards (1881–1953), author of a standard work on the Persian carpet
B.
- Becky Edwards (* 1988), American soccer player
- Ben Edwards , British sports commentator
- Benjamin Edwards (1753–1829), American politician
- Bernice Edwards (≈1910–1969), American blues musician
- Bernard Edwards (1952–1996), American musician and producer
- "Big Boy" Teddy Edwards , American blues musician
- Bill Edwards (1920–2009), American football player
- Billy Edwards (boxer) (1844–1907), English boxer in the bare knuckle era
- Billy Edwards (football player, 1896) ( William Francis Edwards ; 1896–1952), English football player
- Billy Edwards (football player, 1952) ( William Edwards ; * 1952), English football player
- Blake Edwards (1922-2010), American director
- Bob Edwards (journalist) (1925–2012), British journalist
- Bob Edwards (soccer player) (1931-2019), English soccer player
- Bob Edwards (cinematographer)
- Bobby Edwards (1926–2012), American singer
- Braylon Edwards (born 1983), American football player
- Bryan Edwards (1743–1800), English politician and historian
- Buster Edwards ( Ronald Christopher Edwards ; 1931–1994), British mail robber
C.
- Caldwell Edwards (1841-1922), American politician
- Carl Edwards (* 1979), American racing driver
- Carlos Edwards (* 1978), soccer player from Trinidad and Tobago
- Charles Edwards (politician) (1867–1954) British politician, Member of the House of Commons
- Charles Edwards (born 1969), British actor
- Charles Gordon Edwards (1878–1931), American politician
- Charlie Edwards (born 1993), British boxer
- Charlotte Edwards (* 1979), English cricket player
- Chet Edwards (* 1951), American politician
- Clancy Edwards (born 1955), American track and field athlete
- Clarence Ransom Edwards (1859–1931), American officer
- Cliff Edwards (1895–1971), American singer and actor
- Colin Edwards (* 1974), American motorcycle racer
- Cornelius Boza Edwards (* 1956), Ugandan boxer, WBC super featherweight champion
- Corwin D. Edwards († 1979), American economist
D.
- Daniel Edwards (* 1965), American sculptor
- Dave Edwards (soccer player, 1900) ( David Maxwell Edwards ; 1900-1946), Scottish soccer player
- Dave Edwards (soccer player, 1934) ( David James Edwards ; born 1934), Welsh soccer player
- Dave Edwards ( American football player , 1939) ( David Monroe Edwards ; 1939-2016), American football player
- Dave Edwards ( American football player , 1962) ( David Lee Edwards ; born 1962), American football player
- David Edwards (soccer player, 1925) (1925-2001), Welsh soccer player
- David Edwards (golfer) (born 1956), American golfer
- David Edwards (soccer player, 1974) (born 1974), English soccer player
- David Edwards (soccer player, 1986) (born 1986), Welsh soccer player
- David Eugene Edwards (* 1968), American musician
- David F. Edwards (* 1928), American physicist
- David Honeyboy Edwards (1915-2011), American musician
- David S. Edwards (* 1948), botanist
- Dean Edwards (soccer player) (born 1962), English soccer player and coach
- Dean Edwards (actor) (born 1970), American actor and comedian
- Dean Edwards (cyclist) (* 1982), South African cyclist
- Denis Edwards (1943–2019), Australian theologian
- Dennis Edwards (1943-2018), American singer
- Dianne Edwards (* 1942), British paleobotanist
- Don Edwards (politician) (1915-2015), American politician
- Don Edwards (soccer player) (1930-1995), Welsh soccer player
- Don Edwards (musician) (born 1939), American singer and actor
- Don Edwards (ice hockey player) (born 1955), Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Don C. Edwards (1861–1938), American politician
- Donald Edwards (* ≈1965), American jazz musician
- Donna Edwards (* 1958), American politician
- Duncan Edwards (1936-1958), English football player
E.
- Eddie Edwards (musician) (1891–1963), American jazz musician
- Eddie Edwards (tennis player) (born 1956), South African tennis player
- Eddie Edwards (wrestler) (born 1983), American wrestler
- Edward Edwards (1741–1815), British naval officer and explorer
- Edward I. Edwards (1863–1931), American politician
- Edward Edwards (librarian) (1812–1886) British librarian, library historian and biographer
- Edwin Edwards (* 1927), American politician
- Edyth Edwards (actually Edyth Paula Fischer; 1899–1956), German actress
- Elaine S. Edwards (1929–2018), American politician
- Eldon Lee Edwards (1909–1960), American Ku Klux Klan leader
- Elizabeth Edwards (1949-2010), American author
- Eric Edwards (porn actor) (born 1945), American porn actor
- Eric Edwards (actor) (born 1966), American actor and stand-up comedian
- Eric Edwards, Baron Chelmer (1914–1997), British Conservative Party politician
- Eric Alan Edwards (* 1953), American cameraman
- Esmond Edwards (1927–2007), American music producer and photographer
F.
- Federico Edwards (1931-2016), Argentine soccer player
- Francis Edwards (architect) (1784–1857), English architect
- Francis Edwards, 1st Baronet (also Frank Edwards ; 1852–1927), Welsh politician
- Francis S. Edwards ( Francis Smith Edwards ; 1817–1899), American politician
- Frank Edwards (presenter) (1908-1967), American radio presenter and author
- Frank Edwards (musician, 1909) (1909–2002), American blues musician
- Frank Edwards (journalist) (* 1952), Canadian journalist and publisher
- Frank Edwards (musician, 1993) (* 1993), Nigerian gospel musician
- Frederick Wallace Edwards (1888-1940), English entomologist
- Flower Edwards (* 1974), pseudonym of an American porn actress and actress
G
- Gareth Edwards (rugby player) (born 1947), Welsh rugby union player
- Gareth Edwards (producer) (born 1965), British television producer and author
- Gareth Edwards (Director) (* 1975), British film director, screenwriter, cameraman and producer
- Gareth Edwards (snooker player) , Welsh snooker player
- Gene Edwards (* 1932), American Baptist pastor, evangelist, house church founder, and author
- Geoff Edwards (1931-2014), American actor
- Geoffrey Edwards (political scientist) (* 1945), British political scientist
- Geoffrey Edwards (actor) (born 1959), American actor and director
- George Edwards (naturalist) (1694–1773), English naturalist and ornithologist
- George Edwards (politician) (1850-1933), British politician
- George Edwards (actor) (1886–?), Australian actor
- George Edwards (aircraft engineer) (1908–2003), British chief designer at Vickers
- George Edwards (producer) (1924–1991), American film and television producer
- George Edwards (cyclist) , British cyclist
- George Edwards (composer) (born 1943), American composer
- George C. Edwards , American politician (Maryland)
- Glen Edwards (1918–1948), American pilot
- Goronwy Edwards (1891–1976), British historian
- Graham Edwards (politician) (born 1946), Australian politician
- Graham Edwards (cricketer) (born 1955), New Zealand cricketer
- Graham Edwards (writer) (born 1965), English writer
- Griffith Edwards (1928–2012), British psychiatrist
- Guy Edwards (* 1942), British racing car driver
H
- Harold Edwards (officer) (1892–1952), Canadian Air Marshal
- Harold Edwards (mathematician) (* 1936), American mathematician and mathematician
- Harry Edwards (soccer player, 1872) (1872-1940), English soccer player
- Harry Edwards (Director) (1887–1952) Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor
- Harry Edwards (politician) (1927–2012), Australian politician
- Harry Edwards (soccer player, 1932) (1932-2003), English soccer player
- Harry Edwards (sociologist) (* 1942), American sports sociologist
- Helen Edwards (1936–2016), American physicist
- Henri Milne Edwards (1800–1885), French zoologist and physician
- Henry Edwards (entomologist) (1827-1891), English actor and entomologist
- Henry Edwards (director) (1883–1952), British actor and director
- Henry W. Edwards (1779–1847), American politician
- Henrietta Edwards (1849–1931), Canadian suffragette
- Hilton Edwards (1903–1982), Irish actor and theater director
- Hugh Edwards (1906–1972), British rower
I.
- Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards (1909–1996), British Egyptologist
J
- James Edwards (actor) (1918–1970), American actor
- James Edwards (basketball player) (born 1955), American basketball player
- James B. Edwards (1927-2014), American politician (South Carolina)
- Jango Edwards (born 1950), American clown and comedian
- Jane Edwards , Australian singer (soprano), pianist, choir director and music teacher
- Jennifer Edwards (born 1957), American actress
- Jimmy Edwards (* 1929), American musician and songwriter
- Joe F. Edwards (* 1958), American astronaut
- Joel Edwards (* 1951), English pastor and theologian
- John Edwards (politician, 1748) (1748–1837), American politician (Kentucky)
- John Edwards (politician, 1781) (1781–1850), American politician (New York)
- John Edwards (politician, 1786) (1786–1843), American politician (Pennsylvania)
- John Edwards (politician, 1805) (1805-1894), American politician (Arkansas)
- John Edwards (General) (1815-1894), American brigadier general
- John Edwards (politician, 1904) (1904-1959), British politician
- John Edwards (politician, 1943) (born 1943), American politician (Virginia)
- John Edwards (author) (born 1946), Canadian author
- John Edwards (historian) (born 1949), British historian
- John Edwards (politician, 1953) (born 1953), American politician (North Carolina)
- John Edwards (rock musician) (born 1953), English rock bassist
- John Edwards (chess player) (born 1953), American chess player
- John Edwards (improvisation musician) (* 1964), English improvisation musician
- John Edwards (racing driver) (* 1991), American racing driver
- John Bel Edwards (born 1966), American politician
- John Cummins Edwards (1806-1888), American politician
- John Hilton Edwards (1928–2007), British human geneticist
- Johnathan Edwards (* 1967), American-Swiss basketball player
- Jonathan Edwards (preacher) (1703–1758), British preacher
- Jonathan Edwards (musician) (born 1946), American singer and songwriter
- Jonathan Edwards (athlete) (born 1966), British triple jumper
- Jonathan Edwards (luge) (* 1972), American luge rider
- Jonathan Edwards (author) (born 1979), Welsh poet
- Jorge Edwards (* 1931), Chilean diplomat and writer
- Julian Edwards (1855–1910), Anglo-American composer and conductor
K
- Kai Edwards (born 1991), Welsh football player
- Kathleen Edwards (* 1978), Canadian musician and singer
- Kathryn M. Edwards , pediatrician and inftiologist
- Kenneth Edwards (Golfer) (1886–1952) American golfer
- Kenneth Edwards (Taekwondoin) (* 1985), Jamaican Taekwondoin
- Kenny Edwards (1946-2010), American bass player, record producer and songwriter
- Kourtney Edwards (* 1987), American volleyball player
L.
- LaVell Edwards (1930-2016), American college football coach and player
- Lewis Edwards (1809-1887), Welsh clergyman
M.
- Marc Edwards (drummer) (born 1949), American drummer
- Marc Edwards (TV presenter) (born 1980), Welsh and Chinese TV presenter
- Marc Edwards (civil engineer) (* 1964), American civil engineer
- Marion Edwards († 2011), American bishop
- Margaret Edwards (1902–1988), American librarian and pioneer in promoting Young Adult Literature
- Mark Edwards (born 1959), Australian clergyman, Bishop of Wagga Wagga
- Mary Edwards (astronomer) († 1815), British astronomer
- Mathilda Betham-Edwards (1836-1919), English writer
- Maury Edwards (* 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
- Mena Edwards (* around 1890, † after 1924), American photo model
- Michael Edwards ( Eddie the Eagle ; * 1963), British ski jumper
- Michael Edwards (1948-2010), British musician, see Electric Light Orchestra
- Michael Joseph Edwards (* 1958), British classical scholar
- Michelle Edwards (* 1974), South African badminton player
- Mickey Edwards (born 1937), American politician
- Mike Edwards (* 1962), British motorcycle racer
- Monzavous Edwards (* 1981), Nigerian sprinter of American origin
N
- Nathan Edwards , American composer and musician
- Ness Edwards (1897–1968), British politician (Labor Party), member of the House of Commons
- Neva Edwards (* 1931), Dominican politician
- Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell (1934–2018), British politician
- Ninian Edwards (1775–1833), American politician
- Nole "Nokie" Edwards († 2018), American electric bass player and guitarist for the band The Ventures
O
- Ollie Edwards (* 1985), British model
- Owen Morgan Edwards (1858-1920) British author
P
- Paul Edwards (jazz musician) (1917–2008), American jazz drummer
- Paul Edwards (philosopher) (1923–2004), American philosopher of Austrian origin
- Paul Edwards (literary scholar) (1926–1992), British literary scholar
- Paul Edwards (racing driver) (born 1947), British car racing driver
- Paul Edwards (athlete) (born 1959), British shot putter
- Penny Edwards (1928–1998), American actress
- Peter Edwards (rower) (born 1939), Australian rower
- Peter Edwards (chemist) (* 1949), British chemist and physicist
- Peter Edwards (racing driver) , Australian automobile racing driver
- Peter Edwards (producer) , film producer and director
- Peter Edwards (artist) (born 1955), British painter
- Peter Edwards (rugby player) (born 1969), New Zealand rugby player
- Phil Edwards (track and field athlete) (1907–1971), Canadian track and field athlete
- Phil Edwards (cyclist) (1949-2017), British cyclist
- Phil Edwards (politician) (born 1953), British politician
- Phil Edwards (soccer player) (born 1985), English soccer player
- Philip R. Edwards (1901–1966), American microbiologist
- Phillip Edwards († 2014), British Rear Admiral
- Pierpont Edwards (1750-1826), American politician
R.
- R. Lawrence Edwards (* 1953), American geochemist and geologist
- Rachele Edwards , birth name of Rachele Phillips (* around 1972), Welsh badminton player
- Ralph Edwards (1913-2005), American moderator
- Randall Edwards (born 1961), American politician
- Ray Edwards (boxer) (1927-1991), Jamaican boxer
- Ray Edwards (ice hockey player) (born 1970), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- Ray Edwards ( American football player ) (born 1985), American football player
- Richard Edwards (1524–1566), English composer and playwright
- Richard HT Edwards (1939-2009), British medic
- Richard S. Edwards Jr. (1885–1956), American admiral in the US Navy
- Richey James Edwards (* 1967), British musician
- Rob Edwards (soccer player, 1970) (born 1970), English soccer player
- Rob Edwards (soccer player, 1973) (born 1973), Welsh soccer player
- Rob Edwards (soccer player, 1982) (born 1982), Welsh soccer player
- Robert Edwards (politician) (1905–1990), British MP
- Robert Edwards (geneticist) (1925–2013), British geneticist and pioneer of reproductive medicine
- Robert Edwards (film editor) , American film editor
- Robert Edwards (soccer player) (born 1973), Welsh soccer player
- Robert Edwards (musician) , American jazz musician
- Robert Duncan Edwards (* 1942), American mathematician
- Robert Edmund Edwards (1926-2000), Australian mathematician
- Roderick Edwards (1909–1987), American Rear Admiral
- Ron Edwards (politician) (born 1954), Australian politician
- Ron Edwards (author) (born 1964), American game designer
- Ron Edwards (Ku Klux Klan member) , American Ku Klux Klan member
- Ron Edwards ( American football player ) (born 1979), American football player
- Ronald A. Edwards (born 1923), South African military
- Ronnie Claire Edwards (1933-2016), American actress
- Ross Edwards (born 1943), Australian composer
- Ryan Edwards (born 1983), Welsh football player
- Ryan Edwards (soccer player, November 1993) (* 1993), Australian soccer player
S.
- Sally Edwards (* 1947), American triathlete and author
- Samuel Edwards (1928-2015), British physicist
- Samuel Edwards (politician) (1785–1850), American politician
- Sean Edwards (1986-2013), British racing car driver
- Sian Edwards , British musician, conductor and music director
- Sion Edwards (born 1987), Welsh football player
- Skye Edwards (born 1974), British singer
- Snitz Edwards (actually Edward Neumann ; 1862-1937), American actor
- Stacy Edwards (born 1965), American actress
- Stephen Edwards (cricketer) (born 1951), British cricketer
- Stephen Edwards (composer) (born 1962), American film composer
- Stephen Edwards (ski racer) (* 1969), British ski racer
- Steven Edwards (* 1991), Dutch football player
- Sydenham Edwards (1769-1819), British illustrator
T
- Teddy Edwards (1924–2003), American saxophonist
- Teresa Edwards (* 1964), American basketball player
- Thomas Edwards (poet) , British poet
- Thomas Edwards (Colonel) , American Colonel
- Thomas Edwards (painter) (1795–1869), American painter and lithographer
- Thomas M. Edwards (1795–1875), American politician
- Thomas O. Edwards (1810–1876), American politician
- Tibby Edwards (1935–1999), American country musician
- Tom Edwards (athlete, I) , British long-distance runner
- Tom Edwards (soccer player, 1905) ( William John Thomas Edwards ; 1905–1976), Welsh soccer player
- Tom Edwards (soccer player, 1906) ( Thomas Edwards ; 1906–1980), Welsh soccer player
- Tom Edwards (track and field athlete, II) , American walker
- Tom Edwards (soccer player, 1999) ( Thomas Adam Edwards ; * 1999), English soccer player
- Tommy Edwards (1922–1969), American singer and songwriter
- Torri Edwards (* 1977), American athlete
- Tracy Edwards (* 1962), British sailor
- Trent Edwards (born 1983), American football player
- Trisha Edwards , production designer
- Turk Edwards (1907–1973) American football player and coach
V
- Vero Wynne-Edwards (1906-1997), British zoologist
- Vince Edwards (1928–1996), American actor
W.
- W. Cary Edwards (1944–2010), American lawyer and politician
- Weldon Nathaniel Edwards (1788–1873), American politician
- William Edwards (architect) (1719–1789), Welsh architect
- William Henry Edwards (1822–1909), American entomologist
- William J. Edwards (1928–2019), American lawyer and politician
- William P. Edwards (1835–1900), American politician
- Willis Edwards (1903–1988), English football player and coach
- Willis Edwards (activist) († 2012), American activist
- Windel Beneto Edwards (* 1983), Jamaican reggae singer, see Gyptian
- Wolf Edwards (* 1972), Canadian composer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edwards on surnames.behindthename.com (English)