Edgar

Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name Edgar (composed of ead  "rich, prosperous" and gar  "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, revived in the 18th century, and was popularised by its use for a character in Sir Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819). The name was more common in the United States than elsewhere in the Anglosphere during the 1800s. It has been a particularly fashionable name in Latin American countries since the 20th century.

People with the given name

 * Edgar the Peaceful (942–975), king of England
 * Edgar the Ætheling (c. 1051 – c. 1126), last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England
 * Edgar of Scotland (1074–1107), king of Scotland
 * Edgar Alaffita (born 1996), Mexican footballer
 * Edgar Angara (1934–2018), Filipino lawyer
 * Edgar Bacon (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Edgar Barrier (1907–1964), American actor
 * Edgar Baumann (born 1970), Paraguayan javelin thrower
 * Edgar Bergen (1903–1978), American actor, radio performer, ventriloquist
 * Edgar Berlanga (born 1997), American boxer
 * Edgar Bogardus (1927–1958), American poet
 * Edgar Bronfman Sr. (1929–2013), American-Canadian businessman
 * Edgar H. Brown (1926–2021), American mathematician
 * Edgar Buchanan (1903–1979), American actor
 * Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875–1950), American author, creator of Tarzan
 * Edgar Cantero (born 1981), Spanish author in Catalan, Spanish, and English languages, author of The Supernatural Enhancements
 * Edgar Cayce (1877–1945), American psychic and healer
 * Edgar Chadwick (1869–1942), English footballer and manager
 * Edgar Cheung, Hong Kong foil fencer and Olympic champion
 * Edgar F. Codd, British computer scientist
 * Edgar Contreras (disambiguation), several people
 * Edgar Davids, Dutch footballer
 * Edgar Degas, French painter
 * Edgar Eather (1886–1968), American judge, Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
 * Édgar Fonseca, Colombian road cyclist
 * Edgar Froese, German musician
 * Edgar Fuller, American mathematician
 * Édgar González (disambiguation), multiple people
 * Edgar Grospiron, French freestyle skier and Olympic champion
 * Edgar A. Guest, American poet
 * Edgar N. Harwood (1854–1936), American judge, Justice of the Montana Supreme Court
 * Edgar P. Jacobs, Belgian comic book creator
 * Edgar Johan Kuusik (1888–1974), Estonian architect and interior designer
 * Edgar Lacy (1944–2011), American basketball player
 * Edgar M. Louton (born 1933), American evangelist and missionary.
 * Edgar Lungu, 6th Republican President of Zambia
 * Edgar Maalouf (1934–2018), Lebanese politician
 * Edgar Martínez, Puerto Rican baseball player in American Major League Baseball
 * Edgar Meddings (1923–2020), British bobsledder
 * Edgar Meyer, American bassist
 * Edgar Middleton (1894–1939), British playwright and author
 * Edgar Mitchell (1930–2016), American astronaut
 * Edgar Mittelholzer, Guyanese novelist
 * Edgar Morais, Portuguese actor
 * Edgar Norton, English-American actor
 * Edgar Wilson Nye, American humorist
 * Edgar Oliver, American performance artist and playwright
 * Edgar Pêra, Portuguese cinematographer
 * Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849), American author
 * Édgar Ponce (1974–2005), Mexican actor and dancer
 * Edgar Prado, Peruvian-born American jockey
 * Edgar Puusepp (1911–1982), Estonian wrestler
 * Edgar Rădulescu (1890–1977), Romanian general
 * Édgar Ramírez, Venezuelan actor
 * Edgar E. Rand (c. 1905-1955), American business executive
 * Edgar Nelson Rhodes, Canadian politician
 * Édgar Humberto Ruiz, Colombian road cyclist
 * Edgar V. Saks (1910–1984), Estonian historian and author
 * Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician (Keskerakond)
 * Edgar Seligman (1867–1958), American-born British fencer
 * Edgar Sengier, Belgium director of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga during World War II
 * Edgar Varèse, French composer
 * Édgar Velásquez, Venezuelan boxer
 * Edgar Veytia, Mexican state attorney general
 * Édgar Vivar, Mexican actor and comedian
 * Edgar Wachenheim III, American investor
 * Edgar Wallace, English writer
 * Edgar Winter, American musician
 * Edgar Wright, British film director
 * Edgar Yaeger, American artist

Fictional characters with the given name

 * Edgar, a leading character in Shakespeare's King Lear
 * Edgar, a character in The Zimmer Twins
 * Edgar, the computer in the 1984 film Electric Dreams
 * Edgar, a farmer and alien in the 1997 science-fiction film Men in Black
 * Edgar, from the YouTube video Édgar's fall
 * Edgar, an epic brawler from the mobile game Brawl Stars
 * Edgar Balthazar, the butler from the 1970 Disney animated film The Aristocats
 * Edgar Bones, in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling
 * Edgar Brodie, in the 1936 film Secret Agent
 * Edgar "Egg" Cooke, a leading character in the TV series This Life
 * Edgar Deems, in the 1990 film Tremors
 * Edgar Diaz, in the 1983 film Scarface
 * Edgar Friendly, an underground rebel leader in the 1993 film Demolition Man
 * Edgar Frog, in the 1987 fim The Lost Boys
 * Edgar "E" Gore, in the 2012 film Frankenweenie
 * Edgar Linton, a leading character from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
 * Edgar Roni Figaro, in the video game Final Fantasy VI
 * Edgar Ross, a leading character in 2010 game Red Dead Redemption and a supporting character in Red Dead Redemption 2
 * Edgar Stiles, in the television series 24
 * Edgar Valden, a playable survivor in the Chinese horror game Identity V
 * Edgar Poe "Snotty" Wong, in the 1987 American comedy film Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

People with the surname

 * Barrie Edgar (1919–2012), English television producer
 * Bruce Edgar, New Zealand cricketer
 * Campbell Cowan Edgar (1870–1938), Scottish Egyptologist and Secretary-General of the Egyptian Museum at Cairo
 * Dave Edgar (footballer, born 1902), Scottish footballer
 * David Edgar (soccer, born 1987) (born 1987), Canadian soccer player
 * David Edgar (playwright) (born 1948), English playwright
 * David Edgar (swimmer) (born 1950), American swimmer
 * Don Edgar (born 1936), Australian sociologist
 * Elizabeth Edgar (1929–2019), New Zealand botanist
 * Fiona Edgar, New Zealand professor of management
 * Frankie Edgar (born 1981), American mixed martial arts fighter
 * George Edgar (academic) (1837–1913), American university president
 * Irene Edgar (born 1957), Scottish lawn bowler
 * James David Edgar (1841–1899), Canadian politician
 * James Edgar (entrepreneur) (1843–1909), Scottish-American founder of Edgar Department Stores and the first department store Santa Claus
 * James Douglas Edgar (1884–1921), English professional golfer
 * Jim Edgar (born 1946), American politician and Governor of Illinois
 * Jimmy Edgar (born 1983), American electronic music artist
 * John Edgar (disambiguation), several people
 * Jon Edgar (born 1968), British sculptor
 * Jonny Edgar (born 2004), British racing driver
 * Kika Edgar (born 1985), Mexican actress and singer
 * Marjorie Edgar (1889–1960), American folklorist, Girl Scout leader
 * Marriott Edgar (1880–1951), British poet
 * Matt Edgar (born 1986), English darts player
 * Robert Allan Edgar (born 1940), U.S. federal judge
 * Robert W. Edgar (1943–2013), American politician
 * Ross Edgar (born 1983), British track cyclist
 * Scott Edgar (basketball) (born 1955), American basketball coach
 * Thomas Edgar (MP) (by 1508–1547), English politician
 * Thomas Edgar (volleyball) (born 1989), Australian volleyball player
 * Thomas F. Edgar, American chemical engineer
 * William Edgar (disambiguation), several people

Fictional characters with the surname

 * Judge Edgar, in the Judge Dredd comic strip
 * Jerome "Jerry" Edgar, in the Bosch book series as well as its television series adaptation
 * Stan Edgar, in the television series The Boys and The Boys Presents: Diabolical
 * Nadia Edgar / Victoria "Vic the Veep" Neuman, in the television series The Boys and Gen V