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Famous First Names Beginning with the Letter - E

This category is for famous people who have first names which begin with the letter E. The names include - Edgar - Edward - Edwin - Elizabeth - Eric - Ernest.

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Here is a random selection of famous first names beginning with E.

Edward Hopper

(1882 - 1967), American artist. He is regarded as the foremost realist American painter. He painted many pictures including "Hotel Lobby", "Morning in a City", "Morning Sun" and Hotel by a Railroad".

Ernest Henry Shackleton

[Sir], (1874 - 1922), Anglo-Irish explorer. He served in Robert Scott's Antarctic expedition, and later commanded two further expeditions - in 1908-09 and 1914-16.

Eric Henry Liddell

(1902 - 45), Scottish athlete. He was nicknamed the 'Flying Scot'. During the 1924 Olympic Games he refused to run on a Sunday - this became the subject of the award-winning film Chariots of Fire.

Ernest Rutherford

[1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson], (1871 -1937), New Zealand physicist. In 1908 he was awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry. He discovered alpha, beta and gamma radiation.

Eric Clapton

(1945 - ) English rock guitarist. He played with the Yardbirds (1963-65) and Cream (1966-68). Since then he has had great success as a solo artist.