Sir Edwin Chadwick KCB was an English social reformer who is noted for his leadership in reforming the Poor Laws in England and instituting major reforms in urban sanitation and public health. A disciple of Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, he was most active between 1832 and 1854; after that he held minor positions, and his views were largely ignored. Chadwick pioneered the use of scientific surveys to identify all phases of a complex social problem, and pioneered the use of systematic long-term inspection programmes to make sure the reforms operated as planned.

Edwin James Houston was an American electrical engineer, academic, businessman, inventor and writer.

Edwin Legrand Sabin was an American author, primarily of boys' adventure stories, mostly set in the American West.

Edwin Lester Linden Arnold was an English author. Most of his works were issued under his working name of Edwin Lester Arnold. His best-known work is Lieut. Gullivar Jones: His Vacation which is one of the earliest examples of the planetary romance sub-genre.

Edwin Markham was an American poet. From 1923 to 1931 he was Poet Laureate of Oregon.

Edwin Mims (1872–1959) was an American university professor of English literature. He served as the Chair of the English Department at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee for thirty years from 1912 to 1942, and he taught many members of the Fugitives and the Southern Agrarians, two literary movements in the South. He was a staunch opponent of lynching and a practicing Methodist.

Edwin Muir CBE was a Scottish poet, novelist and translator. Born on a farm in Deerness, a parish of Orkney, Scotland, he is remembered for his deeply felt and vivid poetry written in plain language and with few stylistic preoccupations.

Edwin Paxton Hood (1820–1885) was an English nonconformist, writer, biographer and author.

Edwin Sidney Hartland (1848–1927) was an author of works on folklore.

Edwin Tenney Brewster was an American physicist and popular science writer.