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* Brent Edison (born 1956), American attorney and politician *
Charles Edison Charles Edison (August 3, 1890 – July 31, 1969) was an American politician. He was the Assistant and then United States Secretary of the Navy, and served as the 42nd governor of New Jersey. Commonly known as "Lord Edison", he was a son of the i ...
(1890–1969), son of Thomas Edison, and Governor of New Jersey * Dominique Edison (born 1986), American football wide receiver *
Harry Edison Harry "Sweets" Edison (October 10, 1915 â€“ July 27, 1999) was an American jazz trumpeter and a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. His most important contribution was as a Hollywood studio musician, whose muted trumpet can be heard back ...
(1915–1999), American jazz trumpeter *
Laurie Toby Edison Laurie Toby Edison (born March 5, 1942) is an internationally exhibited American artist, photographer, and visual activist. Much of Edison's photography is black-and-white fine art portraits. Their current project is ''Pandemic Shadows''. Their l ...
(born 1942), American photographer *
Matthew Edison Matthew Edison (born 22 August 1975) is a Canadian actor known for his roles in ''Fortunate Son'', '' The Detail,'' and ''Nero Wolfe'', and as Cameron Coleman in the web series '' Vought News Network: Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman'' and '' T ...
(born 1975), Canadian actor * Mike Edison (born 1964), American writer *
Noel Edison Noel Edison (born November 16, 1958) is a Canadian conductor. He is currently the conductor of the Edison Singers. Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of George and Marian Clarissa (Frost), Edison graduated from Jarvis Collegiate in 1978 and Wilfr ...
(born 1958), Canadian conductor * Theodore Miller Edison (1898–1992), American inventor, fourth son of Thomas Edison *
Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February11, 1847October18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, ...
(1847–1931), American inventor *
Tommy Edison Tommy Edison (born July 17, 1963) is an American YouTuber, radio presenter and film critic known for his blindness and self-deprecating sense of humor in his internet presence. From 1994 until 2013 he worked as a traffic reporter for the station ...
(born 1963), blind YouTuber


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* Edison Barrios (born 1988), Venezuelan professional baseball player *
Edison Carter ''Max Headroom'' is an American satirical cyberpunk science fiction television series by Chrysalis Visual Programming and Lakeside Productions for Lorimar-Telepictures that aired in the United States on ABC from March 31, 1987, to May 5, 1988 ...
, a character in ''Max Headroom'' *
Edison Chen Edison Chen Koon-hei (, born Chen Hing-wah on 7 October 1980) is a Canadian-born Hong Kong actor, singer, rapper, fashion designer and entrepreneur. In 1999, at the age of 19, Chen was scouted to shoot a credit card commercial with Leon Lai. H ...
(born 1980), Hong Kong teen idol *
Edison Denisov Edison Vasilievich Denisov (, 6 April 1929 – 24 November 1996) was a Russian composer in the so-called " Underground", "alternative" or "nonconformist" division of Soviet music. Biography Denisov was born in Tomsk, Siberia. He studied math ...
(1929–1996), Russian composer * Edison James (born 1943), former prime minister of Dominica *
Édison Méndez Édison Vicente Méndez Méndez (; born March 16, 1979, in Ibarra, Ecuador, Ibarra) is an Ecuadorian football (soccer), football Coach (sport), coach and former player who played as either a Midfielder (football)#Winger, winger or an attacking mi ...
(born 1979), Ecuadoran football midfielder * Edison Reynoso (born 1975), Dominican baseball player * Edison Liu American chemist {{Given name, type=both English masculine given names Masculine given names Given names originating from a surname Patronymic surnames