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 (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
- Lewis John Edwards (1904–1959), English politician; MP for Blackburn (1945–50) and for Brighouse and Spenborough (1950–59)
- John S. Edwards (Virginia) (born 1943), American politician; has represented 21st District in the Virginia General Assembly since 1997
- John Edwards (born 1953), American politician from North Carolina; 2004 vice-presidential candidate; 2008 presidential hopeful
[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 Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War
[edit] Sportspeople
- John Edwards (cricketer) (1860–1911), Australian cricketer, known as "Jack", who played in England in 1888
- Johnny Edwards (baseball player) (born 1938), American baseball player who played for the Major Leagues from 1961 to 1974
- John Edwards (basketball) (born 1981), American basketball player, a 7-ft.-tall member of the NBA's Indiana Pacers
- John Edwards (motor racing), American racing driver
[edit] Scientists and academics
- John Edwards (academic), English scholar who served as Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Oxford University during 1638-48
- 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] Musicians
- 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
- John Newman Edwards (1839–1889), American frontier writer and newspaperman who created the legendary aura of outlaw Jesse James
- John Edwards (businessman), member of the "Phoenix Four" who were involved in the MG Rover buyout
[edit] See also
- John Edwards Holbrook (1794-1871), American zoologist, naturalist and physician
- Johnny Edward, British songwriter and creator of fictional robot TV character Metal Mickey
- John Edward (born 1969), American TV personality and author whose celebrity stems from a purported ability to contact the dead
- John Edward (Scotland), Scottish public official, head of the European Parliament office in Scotland
- Jonathan Edwards
- Edwards (surname)
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