John Edwards (disambiguation)

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John Edwards is a name shared by the following individuals:

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[edit] Political figures

  • John Edwards (born 1953), American politician; former US Senator from North Carolina and the 2004 Democratic vice-presidential candidate
  • John Edwards (Kentucky) (1748–1837), American politician; one of Kentucky's first two U. S. Senators (1792–95)
  • John Edwards, 1st Baronet (1770–1850), Welsh politician; won 1833 by-election to represent Montgomery as Member of Parliament
  • John Edwards-Vaughan (1772–1833), Welsh politician; elected in 1830 as Member of Parliament for Glamorganshire and Wells
  • John Stark Edwards (1777–1813), American politician; three months before his death was elected from Ohio's 6th congressional district
  • John Edwards (New York) (1781–1850), American politician; represented New York's 15th congressional district in 1837–39
  • John Edwards (Pennsylvania) (1786–1843), American politician; represented Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district in 1839–43
  • John C. Edwards (1804–1888), American politician; represented Missouri in the U. S. Congress (1841–43) and as governor (1844–48)
  • John Edwards (Arkansas) (1805–1894), American politician; represented Arkansas's 3rd congressional district in 1871–72
  • John Edwards (Welsh politician) (1882–1960), Welsh politician; Member of Parliament for Aberavon
  • John Edwards (Labour politician) (1904–1959), English politician; MP for Blackburn (1945–50) and Brighouse and Spenborough (1950–59)
  • John S. Edwards (Virginia) (born 1943), American politician; has represented 21st District in the Virginia General Assembly since 1997

[edit] Military men

  • John Edwards (sailor) (1795–1893), British sailor who, in the year of his 98th birthday was the last survivor of the Battle of Trafalgar
  • John Edwards (general) (1815–1894), American brigadier general who served in the Union Army during the Civil War
  • John Edwards (American sailor) (1831–1902), member of U. S. Navy who was awarded Medal of Honor during the Civil War

[edit] Sportspeople

[edit] Scholars

  • John Edwards (academic), English scholar who served as Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Oxford University during 1638–48
  • John Edwards (Siôn Treredyn) (1605/6–1656) Welsh translator who used the pen name "Siôn Treredyn"
  • John Edwards (antiquarian) (1846–1937), Scottish scholar and collector, based in Glasgow
  • John H. Edwards (1928–2007), British medical geneticist, the first to describe the genetic disorder renamed the "Edwards Syndrome"
  • John Edwards (historian), Research Fellow in Spanish at the University of Oxford

[edit] Artists, writers and musicians

  • John Edwards (painter) (1742–1815), English painter, designer, illustrator and botanist; known for publishing The British Herbal
  • John Newman Edwards (1839–1889), American frontier writer and newspaperman who created the legendary aura of outlaw Jesse James
  • John Edwards (musician) (born 1953), English bass guitarist, better known as "Rhino" Edwards; plays in the rock group Status Quo
  • John Edwards (double bassist) (born 1964), English free-improvising musician, known for his work with Evan Parker and many others

[edit] Others

  • Sir John Bryn Edwards (1889–1922), Welsh ironmaster and philanthropist
  • John Edwards (businessman), member of the "Phoenix Four" who were involved in the MG Rover buyout

[edit] See also


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