Edgar
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This SourceEdgar is a common name from Old English words en:ead (meaning "rich, happy, prosperous") + en:gar (meaning "spear"). Literally meaning "prosperity-spear". It can refer to several different articles.
- King Edgar of England (942 – 975).
- King Edgar of Scotland (1074 – 1107).
- Edgar Ætheling, last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England.
- The EDGAR system, the required filing format of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Edgar (opera), an opera by Giacomo Puccini.
- Edgar, a leading character in Shakespeare's King Lear
- Edgar Awards, presented yearly by the Mystery Writers of America.
- HMS Edgar, name given to eight ships of the Royal Navy.
- Edgar's fall, Mexican child that came to fame after a video named "La Caida de Edgar" was posted in YouTube
Places
- Edgar, Nebraska, a city in the United States.
- Edgar, Ontario, a ghost town in Canada
- Edgar, Wisconsin, a village in the United States
People called Edgar
- Edgar Angara, a Filipino lawyer
- Edgar Bruun (1905-1985), a Norwegian race walker
- 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 professional footballer, currently playing for Ajax
- Edgar Degas, a famous French painter
- Edgar Roni Figaro, character in the Final Fantasy VI video game
- Edgar Friendly, an underground rebel leader in the 1990s movie Demolition Man
- Edgar González, Mexican footballer
- Edgar Pedroza, Mexican-American Artist and Filmmaker, 1990s - Present
- J. Edgar Hoover, head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Edgar Martínez, a Major League Baseball player who played for the Seattle Mariners
- Edgar Meyer, an American bassist
- Edgar Allan Poe, 19th-century U.S. writer and poet
- Edgar Ramirez, Venezuelan actor
- Edgar Nelson Rhodes, Canadian politician
- Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician (Keskerakond)
- Edgar Sengier, director of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga during World War II
- Edgar Stiles, character in the television series 24
- Edgar Cheung, Hong Kong Composer
- Edgar Varèse, French composer
- Edgar Winter, American musican
- Edgar Wright, British director
- Edgar Yaeger, American artist
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