People
- Charles Edison (1890–1969), son of Thomas Edison, and Governor of New Jersey
- Sweets Edison (1915–1999), American jazz musician
- Edison Denisov (1929-1996), Russian composer
- Edison James (born 1943), former prime minister of Dominica
- Édison Méndez (born 1979), Ecuadoran football midfielder
- Edison Chen (born 1980), popular Hong Kong teen idol
- Edison Reynoso (born 1975), Dominican baseball player
- Granville Woods (1856–1910), American inventor, often referred to as "The Black Edison"
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