Edgar

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Edgar 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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