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. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include:

People

Kings and nobles

*Edmund the Martyr (died 869 or 870), king of East Anglia *Edmund I (922–946), King of England from 939 to 946 *Edmund Ironside (989–1016), also known as Edmund II, King of England in 1016 *Edmund of Scotland (after 1070 – after 1097) *Edmund Crouchback (1245–1296), son of King Henry III of England and claimant to the Sicilian throne *Edmund, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (1249–1300), earl of Cornwall; English nobleman of royal descent *Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341–1402), son of King Edward III of England *Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Edmund Tudor, earl of Richmond (1430–1456), English and Welsh nobleman *Edmund, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1803–1873), the last created Austrian field marshal of the 19th century

In religion

* Saint Edmund (disambiguation), religious title given to several persons * Eadmund of Winchester (died between 833 and 838), once thought to have been a Bishop of Winchester * Edmund of Durham (died 1041), Bishop of Durham * Edmund Arrowsmith (1585–1628), Jesuit, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales * Edmund Campion (1540–1581), English Jesuit priest and martyr * Edmund Gennings (1567–1591), English priest and martyr * Edmund Kalau (1928–2014), German missionary and minister * Edmund Peiris (Bishop of Chilaw), Edmund Peiris (1897–1989), Sri Lankan Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Chilaw from 1940-1972 * Edmund Rich (1175–1240), also called Edmund of Abingdon; Archbishop of Canterbury * Edmund Ignatius Rice (1762–1844), founder of the Congregation of Christian Brothers

In politics

*Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, political theorist, and philosopher *Edmund Barton (1849−1920), Australian prime minister *Edmund Hungate Beaghan (1703–1755), English politician *E. J. Cooray, Sri Lankan Senator, Minister of Justice (Sri Lanka), Minister of Justice of Sri Lanka from March 1960 to July 1960 *E. B. Dimbulane, Sri Lankan Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka), Member of Parliament for Alutnuwara Electoral District, Alutnuwara *Edmund Rowland Gooneratne (1845–1914), Sri Lankan Gate Ceylonese Mudaliyars, Mudaliyar, scholar, planter, Buddhist revivalist *Edmund L. Oldfield (1863–1938), American politician *Edmund Walter Jayawardena, Sri Lankan lawyer and diplomat *Edmund Muskie (1914–1996), American Secretary of State *Edmund G. Brown, Sr. (1905–1996), commonly known as Pat Brown; governor of California, 1959–1967 *Edmund G. Brown, Jr. (born 1938), commonly known as Jerry Brown; governor of California *Edmund Peiris, Sri Lankan Muhandiram *Edmund Randolph (1753–1813), American founding father and governor of Virginia *Edmund Samarakkody (1912–1992), Sri Lankan Trotskyist, trade unionist *Edmund Stoiber (born 1941), German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bavaria, Bayern *Edmund Tsaturyan (1937–2010), Armenian politician, member of the National Assembly of Armenia *Edmund (Tiruchendur MLA), Indian politician, elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1971

In other fields

* Sir Edmund Andros (1637–1714), English colonial administrator under the Royal House of Stuart * Edmund Anscombe (1874–1948), New Zealand architect * Edmund Cobb (1892–1974), American actor * Edmund Collein (1906–1992), East German architect and Bauhaus photographer * Edmund Crispin, pseudonym of English crime fiction writer Bruce Montgomery (1921–1978) * Edmund L. Cushing (1807–1883), chief justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court * Edmund Davy (1785–1857), English chemist * Edmund Eagles, British painter * Edmund Fritz (before 1918after 1932), Austrian actor, film director, and music manager * Edmund H. Garrett (1853–1929), American artist * Edmund Gettier (1927–2021), American philosopher * Edmund Goulding (1891–1959), British film writer and director * Edmund Gunter (1581–1626), British mathematician * Edmund Gwenn (1877–1959), British actor * Edmund Hashim (1933–1974), American actor * Edmund Hewavitarne (1873–1915), Sri Lankan businessman and army reservist * Sir Edmund Hillary (1919–2008), New Zealand mountaineer * Edmund Husserl (1859–1938), philosopher and mathematician * Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, Sir William Edmund Ironside (1880–1951), field marshal and chief of the British Imperial General Staff * Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside (1924–2020), British politician and engineer, son of William Edmund Ironside * Edmund Kemper (born 1948), American serial killer and necrophile * Edmund Blair Leighton (1852–1922), British artist * Edmund Lenihan (born 1950), Irish author and storyteller * Edmund Lowe (1890–1971), American actor * Edmund P. Murray (1930–2007), American novelist and journalist * Edmund Rack (c. 1735–1787), English writer * Edmund Reid (1846–1917), head of the Metropolitan Police's CID during the time of the Jack the Ripper * Ed Skoronski (1910–1996), American football player * Edmund Kirby Smith (1824–1893), American general, telegraph president, and professor of mathematics and botany. * Edmund Sonnenblick (1932–2007), American cardiologist * Edmund Spenser (1552–1599), English poet * Edmund White (1940–2025), American writer * Edmund Wilson (1895–1972), American writer and literary critic * Edmund Yaghjian (1903–1997), Armenian-born American painter, educator * Eddie Irvine, Edmund Irvine (born 1965), Northern Irish racing driver and property investor * Eddie Jordan, Edmund Jordan (1948–2025), Irish motorsport executive, broadcaster, racing driver and businessman

Fictional characters

*Edmund (King Lear), Edmund, an antagonist in the play ''King Lear'' by William Shakespeare *Edmund Bertram, in the novel ''Mansfield Park'' by Jane Austen *Edmund Blackadder, the protagonist of the BBC historical comedy series ''Blackadder'' *Edmund Pevensie, main character in several of ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' book series by C. S. Lewis *King Edmund, a supporting character in the animated show of ''Tangled: The Series, Tangled''

References

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