Edgar the Peaceful (King of England); Edgar of Scotland (King of Scotland); Edgar the Ætheling (last member of the Anglo-Saxon royal house of England); Edgar Bergen (ventriloquist); Edgar Buchanan (actor); Edgar Rice Burroughs (creator of Tarzan); Edgar Degas (French painter); J. Edgar Hoover (former head of the FBI); Edgar MartÃnez (baseball player); Edgar Allan Poe (author); Edgar Varèse (French composer)