Who is a US historically famous person last or first name begins with the letter E?

Here are a few US historically famous people whose last or first name begins with the letter "E":

Last Name:

* Edison, Thomas Alva (inventor)

* Eisenhower, Dwight D. (president)

* Elvis, Presley (musician)

* Emerson, Ralph Waldo (writer, poet)

* Edwards, Jonathan (theologian)

* Ellington, Duke (musician)

First Name:

* Eleanor, Roosevelt (First Lady, diplomat)

* Elizabeth, Cady Stanton (suffragist)

* Emily, Dickinson (poet)

* Eugene, O'Neill (playwright)

* Ezra, Pound (poet)

This is just a small sampling. There are many other historically famous people in the US whose names begin with "E"!