Edward Williams Explained

Edward, Ed or Eddie Williams may refer to:

Entertainment

• Ed Williams (actor) (born 1926), American actor
• Lil' Ed Williams (born 1955), American blues guitarist, singer and songwriter
• Edward Williams (engraver) (c. 1755–1797?), English engraver
• Edward Williams (painter) (1781–1855), English painter
• Eddie Williams (saxophonist) (1910–1977), American musician
• Eddie Williams (1912–1995), singer, see Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
• Edward Williams (composer) (1921–2013), British composer
• Edward Charles Williams (1807–1881), English landscape painter
• Edward Christopher Williams (1871–1929), African-American librarian and author

Law

• Edward Vaughan Williams (1797–1875), English judge
• Edward Williams (Victorian judge) (1813–1880), judge from Victoria, Australia
• Edward Bennett Williams (1920–1988), American lawyer and sports team owner
• Edward Williams (Queensland judge) (1921–1999), judge from Queensland, Australia

Military

• Edward Ellerker Williams (1793–1822), British Army officer
• Edward Williams (British Army officer) (1892–1977), British Army officer and cricketer
• Edward Thomas Williams (1901–1973), U.S. Army general
• Alexander Williams (British Army officer) (Edward Alexander Wilmot Williams, 1910–1994), British general

Politics

• Edward Williams (died c. 1594), member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Camelford, 1571, and for St. Ives, 1572
• Edward Williams (died 1721) (1659–1721), English politician, MP for Breconshire
• Ted Williams (politician) (Edward John Williams, 1890–1963), British politician and diplomat
• Eddie Joe Williams (born 1954), American politician in Arkansas
• Edward David Williams (1842–1909), member of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia
• G. Edward Williams (1885–1940), American lawyer and member of the Mississippi Senate

Sports

American football

• Ed Williams (running back) (born 1950), American football player for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• Edward Williams (American football) (born 1982), American football wide receiver
• Eddie Williams (American football) (born 1987), American football fullback for the Washington Redskins and Chicago Bears

Other sports

• Edward Williams (footballer) (fl. 1903–1905), soccer player
• Edward Williams (rower) (1888–1915), British rower
• Edward Williams (British Army officer) (1892–1977), English cricketer
• Edward Williams (bowls) (1911–?), South African lawn bowler
• Edward Williams (cricketer, born 1925) (1925–2013), English cricketer
• Edward Williams (biathlete) (born 1942), American Olympic biathlete
• Eddie Williams (baseball) (born 1964), American baseball player

Others

• Iolo Morganwg (real name Edward Williams, 1747–1826), Welsh antiquarian
• Edward Williams (iron-master) (1826–1886), iron-master and grandson of Iolo Morganwg
• Edward Williams (businessman) (1843–1903), American businessman who co-founded Sherwin-Williams
• Edward Williams (minister) (1750–1813), Welsh nonconformist minister, theological writer, and tutor
• Edward Williams (antiquary) (1762–1833), English antiquary
• Edward Marsh Williams (1818–1908), missionary, interpreter, and judge
• Edward H. Williams (1824–1899), American physician and railroad executive
• Edward Leader Williams (1828–1910), English engineer
• Edward E. Williams (1945–2018), American economist
• Edward Wyckoff Williams (born 1978), African-American author and political and economic analyst
• Eddie Williams (activist) (1932–2017), black rights activist
• Edward F. Williams (shipbuilder), American shipbuilder
• Edward F. Williams (pilot boat), a 19th-century Sandy Hook pilot boat
• Sir Edward Williams, 5th Baronet (1728–1804), Welsh landowner

See also

• Ed Williams (disambiguation)
• Edwin Williams (disambiguation)
• Ted Williams (disambiguation)
• Teddy Williams (disambiguation)