Edward Dana Durand (1871-1960) was the Director of the United States Census Bureau from 1909-1913, and a Chief economist for the Department of Commerce.

Edward Daniel Clarke was an English clergyman, naturalist, mineralogist, and traveller.

Edward Charles Francis Publius de Bono was a Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor and broadcaster. He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote many books on thinking including Six Thinking Hats, and was a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools.

Edward Deering Mansfield, was an American author.

Edward Dembowski was a Polish philosopher, literary critic, journalist, and leftist independence activist.

Edward Deming Andrews was an American historian, educator, curator, and preeminent authority on the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, or the Shakers.

Edward James Stephen Dicey, CB was an English writer, journalist, and editor.

Edward Ishmael Dolnick is an American writer, formerly a science writer at the Boston Globe. He has been published in Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times Magazine, and The Washington Post, among other publications.

Edward Dowden was an Irish critic, professor, and poet.

Edward Duffield Neill was an American author and educator.