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Edwige is a feminine French given name. Notable people with the name include: *
Edwige Avice Edwige Avice (born 13 April 1945 in Nevers, France) is a French politician. References

1945 births Living people People from Nevers Socialist Party (France) politicians Government ministers of France Deputies of the 6th National Assembl ...
, French politician *
Edwige Belmore Edwige, also known as Edwige Belmore and Edwige Braun-Belmore and la reine du punk a Paris (February 26, 1957 – September 22, 2015) was a French model, singer, artist and actress. She was considered a blonde icon of 1980s No Wave New York/Franc ...
, French model, singer, and actress *
Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticat (; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, '' Breath, Eyes, Memory'', was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written ...
, Haitian-American novelist *
Edwige Djedjemel Edwige Djedjemel (born 28 October 1988) is an Ivorian female professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compet ...
, Ivorian basketball player *
Edwige Fenech Edwige Fenech (, ; born 24 December 1948) is a French-Italian actress and film producer. She is mostly known as the star of a series of ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' and ''giallo'' films released predominantly through her 20 year career in the ...
, Italian actress and film producer *
Edwige Feuillère Edwige Feuillère (born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti; 29 October 1907 – 13 November 1998) was a French stage and film actress. Biography She was born Edwige Louise Caroline Cunatti to an Italian architect father and an Alsace-born moth ...
, French film actress *
Edwige Gwend Edwige Gwend (born 11 March 1990) is a Cameroonean-born Italian judoka who competes in the 63 kg division. She won an individual silver medal at the 2010 European Championships, and was eliminated in the second round at the 2012 and 2016 O ...
, Italian judoka *
Edwige Lawson-Wade Edwige Lawson (born 14 May 1979), also Edwige Lawson-Wade, is a French former professional women's basketball player. Professional career A point guard, Lawson-Wade started her professional career at the age of 17. She played in Bordeaux, Aix-en ...
, French basketball player *
Edwige Pitel Edwige Pitel (born 4 June 1967) is a French racing cyclist, who most recently rode for UCI Women's Continental Team . Pitel was the winner of the 2003 ITU Duathlon World Championships. Pitel earned a PhD from Imperial College London in 1994 un ...
, French cyclist *
Edwige-Renée Dro Edwige-Renée Dro (born 1980s) is a writer, translator and literary activist from Côte d'Ivoire. She is co-founder of the literature collective Abidjan Lit. Career In 2014, Edwige-Renée Dro was named as one of those chosen for the Africa39 proj ...
, Ivorian writer, translator and literary activist *
Vige Langevin Vige Langevin (2 October 1898 – 22 September 1992), born Edwige Grandjouan, was a French artist, writer and arts educator. Early life and education Langevin was born in Nantes, the daughter of artist and writer and teacher Bettina Simon. One ...
, born Edwige Grandjouan, French educator, artist, writer


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Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticat (; born January 19, 1969) is a Haitian American novelist and short story writer. Her first novel, '' Breath, Eyes, Memory'', was published in 1994 and went on to become an Oprah's Book Club selection. Danticat has since written ...
, Haitian-American author *
Hadewijch Hadewijch (), sometimes referred to as Hadewych or Hadewig (of Brabant or of Antwerp), was a 13th-century poet and mystic, probably living in the Duchy of Brabant. Most of her extant writings are in a Brabantian form of Middle Dutch. Her writ ...
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Hedwig (given name) Hedwig is a German language, German feminine given name, from Old High German Hadwig, Hadewig, Haduwig. It is a Germanic name consisting of the two elements ''hadu'' "battle, combat" and ''wig'' "fight, duel". The name is on record since the 9th c ...
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