Edward Q Wagner (1855, Germany – 1922, Detroit, United States) was a German-American sculptor.
Wagner had immigrated from Germany to the United States by 1871 settling in Detroit, Michigan.
He and his various firms created wood carvings for churches as well as stone architectural commissions.
In 1906, Wagner entered a competition to create a statue of General Alexander Macomb for the city of Detroit.
It was won by New York City sculptor Adolph Alexander Weinman, who had both studied with and served as an assistant to St. Gaudens, Weinman had also created many commissions for McKim's, firm, McKim, Mead and White, and who certainly was better known to Burnham than was Wagner.