Famous People with Name Edwin

Edwin Herbert Land            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edwin Herbert Land: was an American scientist and inventor. Among other things, he invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography, and his retinex theory of color vision.

Edwin Mattison McMillan            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edwin Mattison McMillan: was an American physicist and Nobel laureate credited with being the first ever to produce a transuranium element. He received the received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951.

Edwin O'Connor            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edwin O'Connor: was an American radio personality, journalist, and novelist

Edwin Corley Moses            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edwin Corley Moses: who won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in his event four times. In addition to his running, Moses was also an innovative reformer in the areas of Olympic eligibility and drug testing. In 2000, he was elected the first Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy

Edwin Newman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Edwin Newman: is a journalist and writer.Newman was a longtime correspondent for NBC News. Newman was a member of the network news team that announced to the nation the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Newman anchored the early hours of the network's radio coverage (radio was then a significant source of news) and informed listeners that two priests who had been with the President said that he was dead. Newman delivered an editorial on television that evening.

Randy Edwini-Bonsu            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Randy Edwini-Bonsu: is a Ghanaian-born Canadian soccer player currently playing for Vancouver Whitecaps in the USSF Division 2 Professional League. Edwini-Bonsu started playing soccer when his family immigrated from Ghana to Edmonton, Canada in 2002. On November 12, 2008 he was called to a Canada U-20 training camp in Switzerland. Edwini-Bonsu represented Canada at the 2007 CONCACAF U17 Tournament in Kingston, Jamaica; Canada finished fourth in Group B. Edwini-Bonsu was later called up to a U-20 camp for Canada in November 2008 which included an exhibition match against U-21 from Young Boys Bern on November 24 in Bern and then an international friendly match against Switzerland on November 26, 2008 in Solothurn.