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- E. Adamson HoebelAmerican author and teacher (1906–1993)
- E. E. Evans-PritchardBritish anthropologist (1902–1973)
- E. F. SchumacherGerman-born British statistician and economist (1911–1977)
- E. P. ThompsonEnglish historian & activist (1924–1993)
- E. SreedharanIndian engineer (born 1932)
- Earl MuettertiesEarl Muetterties (June 23, 1927 – January 12, 1984), was an American inorganic chemist bor
- Earl of ChathamEarl of Chatham, of Chatham in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of Great Bri
- Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (November 19, 1915 – March 9, 1974) was an American pharmacolog
- Early life of Pedro II of BrazilThe early life of Pedro II of Brazil covers the period from his birth on 2 December 1825 u
- East Anglian Air AmbulanceThe East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) is an air ambulance providing Helicopter Emergency M
- East BengalFormer province of the Dominion of Pakistan (1947–1956)
- East FloridaColony in North America (1763–1822)
- East PakistanFormer provincial wing of Pakistan (1956–1971)
- Eastern ZhouSecond half of the Zhou dynasty (c. 770 – 256 BC)
- Ebenezer HowardBritish writer, founder of the garden city movement (1850–1928)
- Ed BlissEdward Lydston Bliss, Jr. (July 30, 1912 – November 25, 2002) was an American broadcast jo
- Edappadi K. PalaniswamiFormer chief minister of Tamil (born 1954)
- Eddie Fenech AdamiMaltese prime minister and president (born 1934)
- Edict of MilanLegalization of Christianity in the Roman Empire (313)
- Edith SteinGerman nun and philosopher (1891–1942)
- Edith Woodford-GrimesEdith Rose Woodford-Grimes (1887–1975) was an English Wiccan who achieved recognition as o
- Edmond TulasneLouis René Étienne Tulasne, a.k.a. Edmond Tulasne (12 September 1815 – 22 December 1885) w
- Edmund Blair LeightonBritish painter (1852–1922)
- Edmund CartwrightBritish inventor (1743–1823)
- Edmund H. GarrettEdmund Henry Garrett (1853–1929) was an American illustrator, bookplate-maker, and author—
- Edmund LeachBritish anthropologist (1910–1989)
- Edmund SanfordEdmund Clark Sanford (1859–1924) was an early American psychologist. He earned his PhD und
- Edmund WeissEdmund Weiss (26 August 1837 – 21 June 1917) was an Austrian astronomer. He was born in Fr
- Edna ManleyEdna Swithenbank Manley, OM (28 February 1900 – 9 February 1987) is considered one of the
- Édouard BrissaudÉdouard Brissaud (15 April 1852, Besançon – 20 December 1909) was a French physician and p
- Édouard de LaveleyeBaron Édouard-Émile-Albert de Laveleye (Ghent, 22 October 1854 – Brussels, 23 November 193
- Édouard NavilleHenri Édouard Naville (14 June 1844 – 17 October 1926) was a Swiss archaeologist, Egyptolo
- Edson FachinBrazilian jurist and lawyer (born 1958)
- Eduard HeineHeinrich Eduard Heine (16 March 1821 – 21 October 1881) was a German mathematician.
- Eduard StrasburgerPolish-German botanist (1844–1912)
- Eduard StudyChristian Hugo Eduard Study ( SHTOO-dee; 23 March 1862 – 6 January 1930) was a German math
- Eduardo KauselEduardo Kausel is a Chilean-born, American engineering scientist who has made significant
- Education policy in BrazilEducation policy in Brazil has been given importance by the federal and local governments
- Edward AbbeyAmerican author advocating Radical Environmentalism (1927–1989)
- Edward BellamyAmerican author (1850–1898)
- Edward BraddockBritish Army officer (1695–1755)
- Edward Burnett TylorEnglish anthropologist (1832–1917)
- Edward CarpenterEnglish poet and academic (1844–1929)
- Edward DavyEdward Davy (16 June 1806 – 26 January 1885) was an English physician, scientist, and inve
- Edward GoldsmithAnglo-French environmentalist and writer (1928–2009)
- Edward MacCollEdward MacColl (8 July 1882 - 15 July 1951), later Sir Edward MacColl, was a Scottish engi
- Edward McGlynnAmerican Catholic priest and social reformer (1837–1900)
- Edward McHugh (trade unionist)Irish labour activist (1853–1915)
- Edward Parry (Royal Navy officer)Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, KCB (8 April 1893 – 21 August 1972) was an officer of th
- Edward RouthEnglish mathematician (1831–1907)
- Edward Weston (chemist)Edward Weston (May 9, 1850 – August 20, 1936) was an English-born American chemist and eng
- Edward William BinneyEdward William Binney FRS, FGS (1812–1882) was an English geologist.
- Edward WolfeLieutenant General Edward Wolfe (1685 – 26 March 1759) was a British army officer who saw
- Edwin Albrecht UehlingEdwin Albrecht Uehling (January 27, 1901 – May 18, 1985) was an American theoretical physi
- Edwin Bidwell WilsonAmerican mathematician (1879–1964)
- Edwin CannanEdwin Cannan (3 February 1861 – 8 April 1935) was a British economist and historian of eco
- Edwin ChadwickBritish social reformer (1800–1890)
- Edwin E. WitteEdwin Emil Witte (January 4, 1887 – May 20, 1960) was an economist who focused on social i
- Edwin Johnson (historian)Edwin Johnson (1842–1901) was an English historian, best known for his radical criticisms
- Edwin KlebsGerman-Swiss microbiologist (1834–1913)
- Edwin LutyensEnglish architect (1869–1944)
- EgushawaEgushawa (c. 1726 – March 1796), also spelled Egouch-e-ouay, Agushaway, Agashawa, Gushgush
- Eight-Nation AllianceCoalition that invaded China (1900–01)
- Eighth Route ArmyChinese Communist Party unit (1937–1947)
- Eighth siege of GibraltarThe eighth siege of Gibraltar (1462) was a successful effort by soldiers of the Kingdom of
- Einar GerhardsenPrime minister of Norway (1945–1951, 1955–1963, 1963–1965)
- EisaiJapanese buddhist monk (1141–1215)
- EldiguzidsTurkic dynasty in Persia (1136–1225)
- Eleanor KingEleanor Campbell King (1906–1991) was an American modern dancer, choreographer, and educat
- Electoral district of Essendon and FlemingtonEssendon and Flemington was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly fr
- Electorate of BavariaState of the Holy Roman Empire (1623–1806)
- Electorate of HanoverState of the Holy Roman Empire (1692–1814)
- Eleftherios VenizelosPrime Minister of Greece (1910–20; 1928–33)
- Elena KaganAmerican Supreme Court associate justice (born 1960)
- Eli ShukronEli Shukron (Hebrew: אלי שוקרון) is an Israeli archaeologist employed by the Israel Antiqu
- Elias Magnus FriesSwedish mycologist (1794–1878)
- Élie, duc DecazesFrench statesman (1780–1860)
- Eliezer YudkowskyAmerican AI researcher and writer (born 1979)
- Eliot DeutschAmerican philosopher (1931–2020)
- Éliphas LéviFrench occult writer and poet (1810–1875)
- Elisa BonaparteImperial French princess (1777–1820)
- Elisa Napoléone BaciocchiElisa Napoléone Baciocchi Levoy (3 June 1806 – 3 February 1869) was the daughter of Felice
- Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of PrussiaElisabeth Christine Ulrike of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (8 November 1746 – 18 February 1840),
- Elise M. BouldingElise M. Boulding (; July 6, 1920 – June 24, 2010) was a Norwegian-born American Quaker so
- Élisée ReclusFrench geographer, writer and anarchist (1830–1905)
- Elizabeth DillingAmerican writer and political activist (1894–1966)
- Elizabeth F. CohenElizabeth F. Cohen is an American political scientist. She is the Maxwell Professor of pol
- Elizabeth GroszAustralian feminist theorist (born 1952)
- Elizabeth WilkinsonElizabeth Wilkinson (fl. 1722–1733; alternatively referred to as Elizabeth Stokes) was an
- Ellen Meiksins WoodAmerican-Canadian Marxist historian (1942–2016)
- Elliott CouesAmerican ornithologist (1842–1899)
- Ellis WaterhouseSir Ellis Kirkham Waterhouse (16 February 1905 – 7 September 1985) was an English art hist
- Elmer Drew MerrillAmerican botanist (1876–1956)
- Elsa M. GarmireElsa M. Garmire, Elsa Meints Garmire, was born in Buffalo, New York, on November 9, 1939.
- ElymaisParthian vassal state (147 BC–224 AD)
- Emanuel SwedenborgSwedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian (1688–1772)
- Emblem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist RepublicThe Emblem of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic was adopted on 2 March 1937 by the gov
- Emil BrunnerSwiss theologian (1889–1966)
- Emil KonopinskiEmil John (Jan) Konopinski (December 25, 1911 in Michigan City, Indiana – May 26, 1990 in
- Emil LenzRussian physicist (1804–1865)
- Emil NoldeGerman painter (1867–1956)
- Emil ReichEmil Reich (24 March 1854 – 11 December 1910) was a Hungarian-born historian of a Jewish f
- Emil ScariaEmil Scaria (18 September 1838 – 23 July 1886) was an Austrian bass-baritone. Born in Graz
- Emil WeyrEmil Weyr (31 August / 1 September 1848 – 25 January 1894) was an Austrian-Czech mathemati
- Emil WolfEmil Wolf (July 30, 1922 – June 2, 2018) was a Czech-born American physicist who made adva
- Émile ArmandFrench individualist anarchist (1872–1962)
- Émile BoutrouxFrench philosopher and historian (1845–1921)
- Émile PicardFrench mathematician (1856–1941)
- Émile PougetFrench anarchist and revolutionary syndicalist (1860–1931)
- Emile ZuckerkandlÉmile Zuckerkandl (July 4, 1922 – November 9, 2013) was an Austrian-born French biologist
- Emiliania (coccolithophore)Emiliania is a global coccolithophorid genus.
- Émilienne MorinÉmilienne Léontine Morin (28 October 1901 – 14 February 1991) was a French anarcho-syndica
- Emirate of KuwaitSheikhdom (1871–1961)
- Emirate of MultanEmirate based in Multan, Punjab (855–1010)
- Emma LazarusAmerican poet (1849–1887)
- Emmanuel Joseph SieyèsFrench Roman Catholic abbé and political writer (1748–1836)
- Emmanuel StupanusEmmanuel Stupanus (; born Emmanuel Stuppan; December 13, 1587 – February 26, 1664) was a S
- Emperor Chongzong of Western XiaEmperor Chongzong of Western Xia (1084–1139), born Li Qianshun (Chinese: 李乾順), was the fou
- Emperor Huanzong of Western XiaEmperor Huanzong of Western Xia (1177–1206), born Li Chunyou (Chinese: 李純祐), was the sixth
- Emperor Renzong of Western XiaEmperor Renzong of Western Xia (1124 – 16 October 1193), born Li Renxiao (Chinese: 李仁孝), w
- Emperor Xianzong of Western XiaEmperor Xianzong of Western Xia (1181–1226), born Li Dewang (Chinese: 李德旺), was the ninth
- Emperors Yan and HuangThe sculpture of Emperors Yan and Huang is a monument in China that was carved from a moun
- Empire of NicaeaByzantine rump state (1204–1261)
- Empire of TrebizondByzantine rump state (1204–1461)
- Empirical Methods in Natural Language ProcessingComputer science conference (1996–present)
- Endel TulvingCanadian experimental psychologist (1927–2023)
- Endicott Pear TreeThe Endicott Pear Tree, also known as the Endecott Pear, is a European Pear (Pyrus communi
- Endymion (Disraeli novel)Endymion is a novel published in 1880 by Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, the
- Enrique C. Basadre StevensonEnrique C. Basadre Stevenson (c. 1848 – February 22, 1925) was a Peruvian physician and po
- Enryaku-jiEnryaku-ji (延暦寺, Enryaku-ji) is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlook
- Entschiedene LinkeThe Entschiedene Linke (Determined Left) was communist political current formed by Karl Ko
- Eoin O'DuffyIrish political activist, general and Garda (1890–1944)
- Eötvös ruleThe Eötvös rule, named after the Hungarian physicist Loránd (Roland) Eötvös (1848–1919) en
- Erast ParmastoErast Parmasto (28 October 1928 – 24 April 2012) was a noted Estonian mycologist, bioscien
- Eric GrimsonWilliam Eric Leifur Grimson (born 1953) is a Canadian-born computer scientist and professo
- Eric Lionel MascallEric Lionel Mascall OGS (1905–1993) was a leading theologian and priest in the Anglo-Catho
- Eric McKitrickEric Louis McKitrick (July 5, 1919 – April 24, 2002) was an American historian, best known
- Eric VoegelinAmerican philosopher (1901–1985)
- Erica Tietze-ConratErica Tietze-Conrat (née Erika Conrat, also known as Erica Tietze; born June 20, 1883 – di
- Erich Leo LehmannErich Leo Lehmann (20 November 1917 – 12 September 2009) was a German-born American statis
- Erik Olin WrightAmerican sociologist (1947 – 2019)
- Erik von Kuehnelt-LeddihnAustrian noble and political theorist (1909–1999)
- Erklärung 2018Erklärung 2018 (English: Declaration 2018) was an open letter in Germany calling for intel
- Erling ChristophersenErling Christophersen (April 17, 1898 – November 9, 1994) was a Norwegian botanist, geogra
- Ernest Binfield HavellBritish art historian (1861–1934)
- Ernest GellnerCzech anthropologist, philosopher and sociologist (1925–1995)
- Ernest MandelBelgian economist and Marxist philosopher (1923–1995)
- Ernest van den HaagErnest van den Haag (September 15, 1914 – March 21, 2002) was a Dutch-born American sociol
- Ernő RubikHungarian inventor (born 1944)
- Ernst Albert GäumannErnst Albert Gäumann (6 October 1893 – 5 December 1963) was a Swiss botanist and mycologis
- Ernst FriedrichErnst Friedrich (25 February 1894 – 2 May 1967) was a German anarcho-pacifist.
- Ernst Gottfried BaldingerErnst Gottfried Baldinger (13 May 1738 – 21 January 1804), German physician, was born in G
- Ernst JüngerGerman soldier and author (1895–1998)
- Ernst KaltenbrunnerAustrian SS official (1903–1946)
- Ernst Leonard LindelöfFinnish mathematician (1870–1946)
- Ernst RöhmGerman Nazi military officer (1887–1934)
- Ernst SchäferGerman zoologist (1910–1992)
- Ernst-Wolfgang BöckenfördeErnst-Wolfgang Böckenförde (German: ; 19 September 1930 – 24 February 2019) was a German l
- Errico MalatestaItalian anarchist (1853–1932)
- Erwin LambertErwin Hermann Lambert (7 December 1909 – 15 October 1976) was a German perpetrator of the
- Erwin MadelungErwin Madelung (18 May 1881 – 1 August 1972) was a German physicist. He was born in 1881 i
- Escort GroupAn Escort Group consisted of several small warships organized and trained to operate toget
- Estado Novo (Brazil)Historical period of Brazil (1937–1945)
- Ethel ManninEnglish writer (1900–1984)
- Étienne BalibarFrench philosopher (born 1942)
- Étienne CabetFrench philosopher (1788–1856)
- Étienne de La BoétieFrench judge, writer and philosopher (1530–1563)
- Étienne GilsonFrench historian and philosopher (1884–1978)
- Étienne Pierre VentenatÉtienne Pierre Ventenat (1 March 1757 – 13 August 1808) was a French botanist born in Limo
- Ettuveetil PillamarThe Ettuveetil Pillamar (Lords of the Eight Noble Houses) were Nair nobles from eight ruli
- Eucherius (son of Stilicho)Eucherius was the son of Stilicho, the magister militum of the Western Roman Empire, and S
- Eugen FischerGerman physician and racial hygienist (1874–1967)
- Eugen von Böhm-BawerkAustrian economist (1851–1914)
- Eugene Merle ShoemakerEugene Merle Shoemaker (April 28, 1928 – July 18, 1997) was an American geologist. He co-d
- Eugène PirouLouis Eugène Pirou (26 September 1841 – 30 September 1909) was a French photographer and f
- Eugène SueFrench writer (1804–1857)
- Eugene V. DebsAmerican labor and political leader (1855–1926)
- Eugène Viollet-le-DucFrench architect and author (1814–1879)
- Eugénie CottonEugénie Cotton (13 October 1881 – 16 June 1967) was a French scientist, socialist, women's
- Euphrasia EluvathingalCatholic nun from Kerala, India (1877–1952)
- Eustachius De LannoyFranco-Dutch military commander of the Kingdom of Travancore (1715-1775)
- Eva EngvallEva Engvall, born 1940, is one of the scientists who invented ELISA in 1971. She is an ele
- Evacuation of the CrimeaThe Evacuation of the Crimea (November 13–16, 1920) was an event in the Russian Civil War,
- Evangelical-Lutheran Church of SaxonyThe Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony (Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche Sachsens)
- Evelyn GlennieScottish percussionist (born 1965)
- Every Man a King (autobiography)Every Man a King (1933) is an autobiography by Huey Long, who served as the 40th governor
- Evgeni KharadzeEvgeni Kharadze (Georgian: ევგენი ხარაძე; October 31, 1907 – October 10, 2001) was a Georg
- Evsey DomarRussian-American economist (1914–1997)
- Exarchate of RavennaEastern Roman administrative division (584–751)
- Explorer 1First satellite launched by the United States (1958)
- Explorer 2Explorer 2 was an American unmanned space mission within the Explorer program. Intended to
- Extended Duration OrbiterThe Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) program was a project by NASA to prepare for long-term
- Ezra KleinAmerican journalist (born 1984)
- Ezra T. NewmanAmerican physicist (1929–2021)