Edgar Allan Poe Haynes (May 18, 1866 – January 11, 1923) was named after the famous American writer, Edgar Allan Poe. He was known variously as E. A. P. Haynes, Allan Haynes, Allen Haynes, and Edgar Haynes. He was a Christian evangelist, philanthropist, ardent anti-liquor crusader, and international businessman, who over the course of his lifetime sold insurance, newspapers, cement, and his own expertise in business engineering. Haynes also had a widespread criminal record of embezzling, fraud, and failure to pay debts, as well as a history of frequent disappearances, location changes, and turnover in employment in the United States and abroad. He died of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 56 in a jail in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.