Edmund Patrick Jordan, better known as Eddie Jordan (30 March 1948 - 20 March 2025), was an Irish former motorsport team owner, businessman and a musician. He was also the lead analyst on Formula One coverage on the BBC from 2009 to 2015. He was one of the former presenters on Top Gear.
In February 2016, it was announced that he would co-present Top Gear's twenty-third season, along with Chris Evans, Matt LeBlanc, Sabine Schmitz, Chris Harris and Rory Reid. He left the Top Gear after Series 25 in 2018.
Eddie was the owner of the former Formula One constructor team, Jordan Grand Prix.
In December 2024, Eddie announced that he was diagnosed with both prostate and bladder cancer earlier that year, from which he would die on 20 March 2025, at the age of 76.
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- He, along with Matt LeBlanc and Sabine Schmitz, were the first non-British hosts of the show since its revival in 2002, with Jordan being Irish.
| Cast of Top Gear | |
|---|---|
| Present Cast | Chris Harris | Freddie Flintoff | Paddy McGuinness | The Stig |
| Former Cast (2002 format) | Sabine Schmitz | Eddie Jordan | Rory Reid | Matt LeBlanc | Chris Evans | James May | Richard Hammond | Jeremy Clarkson | Ben Collins | Top Gear Stunt Man | Top Gear Dog | Perry McCarthy | Jason Dawe |
| Former Cast (1977 format) | Andy Wilman | Jason Barlow | Tiff Needell | Vicki Butler-Henderson | Adrian Simpson | Quentin Willson | Kate Humble | Steve Berry | Julia Bradbury | Brendan Coogan | Tony Mason | Michele Newman | Jon Bentley | Chris Goffey | Janet Trewin | Nicky Fox | Steve Lee | William Woollard | Sue Baker | Beki Adam | Tom Boswell | Vic Allan | Frank Page | Peter Burgess | Bob Friend | Judith Jackson | Stewart Woodcock | Noel Edmonds | Mike Dornan | Gill Pyrah | Barrie Gill | Angela Rippon | Presenters with less than 5 appearances |