John Edwards (disambiguation)

John Edwards is a name shared by the following individuals:

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

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

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

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 (born 1928), 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

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

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

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)