Edward Wakefield

Edward Wakefield may refer to:

Politics

• Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796–1862), English statesman and colonial theorist
• Edward Wakefield (died 1602), MP for Kingston upon Hull
• Jerningham Wakefield (1820–1879), New Zealand politician and author, son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield
• Edward Wakefield (New Zealand politician) (1845–1924), New Zealand politician and journalist, grandson of Edward Wakefield (1774–1854)
• Sir Edward Wakefield, 1st Baronet (1903–1969), British civil servant and Conservative Party politician

Other

• Edward Wakefield (statistician) (1774–1854), English philanthropist and statistician
• Edward Thomas Wakefield (1821–1896), English ironmaster
• Ned Wakefield, a fictional character in the Sweet Valley High book series