List of Famous people named Eddie
Eddie Vedder
Eddie Jerome Vedder is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist, one of three guitarists, and the primary lyricist of the American rock band Pearl Jam. He also appeared as a guest vocalist in Temple of the Dog, the one-off tribute band dedicated to the late singer Andrew Wood.
Eddie Jones
Eddie Jones is an Australian rugby union coach and former player, who has been the head coach of the England national team since 2015. He previously coached Australia between 2001 and 2005, taking the team to the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final. He was an assistant coach for South Africa when the Springboks won the 2007 Rugby World Cup and from 2012 to 2015 he coached Japan, leading them in the 2015 Rugby World Cup and their upset win over South Africa. In November 2015, Jones was appointed as head coach for England and led them to win the 2016 Six Nations Championship and the 2017 Six Nations Championship, becoming only the second international rugby team to go the entire calendar year unbeaten. He led England through the 2019 Rugby World Cup where they defeated defending champions New Zealand in the semi-final before losing the final to South Africa.
Eddie Kingston
Edward Moore, better known by the ring name Eddie Kingston, is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). During his time in Impact Wrestling, he wrestled under the ring names Kingston and King. He has also wrestled for numerous independent wrestling promotions, including Evolve, National Wrestling Alliance, Chikara, AAW Wrestling, Combat Zone Wrestling, Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South, Pro Wrestling Guerrilla, and Ring of Honor.
Eddie Lau
Eddie Lau Pui-Kei is a fashion designer in Hong Kong. Lau has worked in the fashion industry since 1962 until his retirement in 1999, but he has never left his profession up to now. He was at the peak of his career in the 1980s, when he designed haute couture and stage costumes for the celebrities, such as Eunice Lam(林燕妮), Bak Sheut-sin, Liza Wang, Michelle Yeoh (楊紫瓊), Anita Mui (梅艷芳). Lau was also employed to design uniforms for international brands – Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon (2013) and gained much recognition. He is the first fashion designer whose works have become a focus of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum's collection In 2013, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum held an exhibition of Lau, named '他Fashion傳奇Eddie Lau‧她Image百變‧劉培基' and his autobiography Clair de Lune (《舉頭望明月.劉培基自傳》) was released in the same year.
Eddie Hearn
Edward John Hearn is an English sports promoter. He is a group managing director of Matchroom Sport, and a director of the Professional Darts Corporation. Hearn is the son of promoter Barry Hearn, the founder of Matchroom Sport.
Eddie Cibrian
Edward Carl Cibrian is an American actor. He played Cole Deschanel on the television series Sunset Beach and has also appeared in films and as a cast member in several other television series, filling such roles as Jimmy Doherty on Third Watch, Russell Varon in Invasion, Jesse Cardoza in CSI: Miami and Eddie Valetik in Take Two.
Eddie Hall
Edward Stephen Hall is a British former professional strongman. He won the World's Strongest Man 2017 competition. Hall has also won the UK's Strongest Man and England's Strongest Man competitions multiple times. Hall was also the official deadlift world record holder, pulling 500 kilograms (1,102 lb) under strongman rules in 2016.
Eddie Robinson
William Edward Robinson is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman, scout, coach and front office executive of the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s who, during a 13-year playing career, was on the roster of seven of the eight American League teams then in existence. He is the author of an autobiography, published in 2011, titled Lucky Me: My Sixty-five Years in Baseball. He is also the last surviving member of the 1943 "Navy World Series".
Eddie Peng
Eddie Peng Yu-Yan is a Taiwanese actor, singer and model.
Eddie Nketiah
Edward Keddar Nketiah is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Arsenal, and the England national under-21 team.