U-Edwin Cameron (wazalwa ngo-15 kuFebhuwari 1953 ePitoli ) wayengumahluleli (iJaji) eNkantolo yoMthethosisekelo waseNingizimu Afrika . Waziwa kakhulu ngezimalungelo abantu abane-HIV/ AIDS kanye nokuba yisishoshovu maqondana namalungelo alabo abathandana ngobulili obufanayo (gay rights) wanconywa nguNelson Mandela ngokuthi "njengomunye wamaqhawe amasha" aseNingizimu Afrika. UCameron wazalelwa ePitoli. Uyise waboshelwa ukweba izimoto kanti unina wayengenazo izindlela zokumondla. Ngakho-ke waphila isikhathi sakhe esiningi ebuntwaneni ekhaya lezintandane eQueenstown. Udadewabo omdala wabulawa lapho uCameron eneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye. UCameron wazuza umfundaze wokuya ePretoria Boys 'High School, ukungesinye sezikole ezihamba phambili ezweni laseNingizimu Afrika, futhi waba ngumfundi ophumelela ngamalengiso nokhaliphile esikoleni". Ngemuva kwalokho waya eStellenbosch University, lapho afunda khona isiLatini kanye nama-classics. Lapha wayehlala eWilgenhof Mens Residence. Ngemuva kwalokhu waya e-Oxford University njengemfundi we-Rhodes Scholar. Lapho, washintshela ukufundela umthetho futhi wathola isiqu se-i-BA kwi-Jurisprudence kanye neBachelor of Civil Law, wawina iVinerian Scholarship. Ngesikhathi ebuyela eNingizimu Afrika waphothula i-LLB e- University of South Africa futhi waba ngumfundi ophezulu kwiziqu zomthetho. Umsebenzi wokuqala kaCameron wahlanganisa ukusebenza eyunivesithi i-academia kanye nokusebenza ngezomthetho.