James Edwards
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James Edwards may refer to:
- James B. EdwardsJames B. EdwardsJames Burrows Edwards is a politician and administrator from South Carolina. He was the first Republican to be elected the Governor of South Carolina since Reconstruction.-Early life and career:...
, US politician - James Edwards (actor)James Edwards (actor)James Edwards was an African American actor in films and television. His most famous role was as Private Peter Moss in the 1949 film Home of the Brave, in which he portrayed a soldier experiencing racial prejudice while serving in the South Pacific during World War II...
, US film actor - James Edwards (basketball)James Edwards (basketball)James Franklin Edwards is a retired American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Buddha" for his appearance and stoic demeanor, the 7' 0" Edwards played 19 years in the NBA, playing both the center and power forward positions...
, former NBA basketballer - James Edwards (bookseller)James Edwards (bookseller)-Early life and family:Edwards was the eldest son of William Edwards of Halifax, who in 1784 set up James and a younger son, John, as the firm of Edwards & Sons in Pall Mall, London. John died soon afterwards, and the business was continued by James. A third son, Thomas , was a bookseller in Halifax...
- James Bevan EdwardsJames Bevan EdwardsLieutenant General Sir James Bevan Edwards KCB KCMG was a senior British Army officer and politician.-Military career:Edwards was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1852...
, UK politician and army general - James Francis EdwardsJames Francis EdwardsJames Francis "Stocky" Edwards, CM, DFC & Bar, DFM, CD was a Canadian fighter pilot during World War II. Edwards is Canada's highest scoring ace in the Western Desert Campaign.-Early life:...
, Canadian fighter pilot and ace during World War II - James Gladstone EdwardsJames Gladstone EdwardsJames Gladstone Edwards QSM JP was a Member of Parliament for Napier, in the North Island of New Zealand.-Member of Parliament:...
(1927-2010), New Zealand politician - James L. EdwardsJames L. EdwardsDr. James L. Edwards, Ph.D, is the current president of the Anderson University, a position he has held since July 1, 1990, and the President of the Anderson School of Theology.-Education:...
, president of Anderson University in Indiana - Jim EdwardsJim EdwardsJames Stewart "Jim" Edwards, PC is a former Canadian politician.He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1984 general election as a Progressive Conservative from Alberta. He served as a parliamentary secretary to several ministers in the government of Prime Minister Brian...
, Canadian politician - Jim Edwards (footballer born 1874) (died 1939), Oswestry United F.C. and Wales international footballer
- Jim Joe EdwardsJim Joe EdwardsJames Corbette Edwards [Little Joe] was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for different teams between the and seasons. Listed at 6' 2", 185 lb., Edwards batted right-handed and threw left-handed...
, American baseball player - Jimmy EdwardsJimmy EdwardsJimmy Edwards DFC was an English comedic script writer and comedy actor on both radio and television, best known as Pa Glum in Take It From Here and as the headmaster 'Professor' James Edwards in Whack-O!-Biography:...
, English comedian - Jimmy Edwards (American football), US/Canadian football player
- Jimmy Edwards (footballer born 1905) (died 1982), English footballer with West Bromwich Albion F.C.
- James Edwards (radio host), host of The Political Cesspool radio talk show
- James R. EdwardsJames R. EdwardsJames R. Edwards is an American New Testament scholar and minister of the Presbyterian Church.In 1997 he joined the faculty at Whitworth University, Spokane where he is currently Bruner-Welch Professor of Theology. In 2009 he advanced a "controversial" theory that the synoptic Gospels are partly...
, American New Testament scholar - James Edwards (character), a fictional character on One Tree Hill
- Jimmy Edwards (rugby league)Jimmy Edwards (rugby league)Jimmy Edwards is a New Zealand former rugby league player who represented his country in the 1954 World Cup.-Playing career:Edwards played for the Marist club in the Auckland Rugby League competition and also represented Auckland, making his debut in the 1950 tour of Wellington and the South Island...
, New Zealand rugby league international