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earl Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

s, and instances of its usage date back to 12th-century England. Some of the holders of this name are: * "Big" Earl, fictional alien in the video game ''

ToeJam & Earl ''ToeJam & Earl'' is an action game developed by Johnson Voorsanger Productions and published by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) console. Released in 1991, it centers on ToeJam and Earl—alien rappers who have crash-landed on Earth. A ...

'' and its sequels *

Earl Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. The title originates in the Old English word ''eorl'', meaning "a man of noble birth or rank". The word is cognate with the Scandinavian form ''jarl'', and meant "chieftain", particular ...

, fictional character in the animated TV series ''Rocko's Modern Life'' *

Earl Abell Earl C. "Tuffy" Abell (May 29, 1892 – May 26, 1956) was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a Tackle (gridiron football position), tackle at Colgate University. He later returned to Colgate as an assistant coac ...

(1892–1956), American football player *

Earl E. Anderson Earl Edward Anderson (June 24, 1919 – November 12, 2015) was an U.S. Marine four-star general. He was the youngest active duty Marine ever promoted to the rank of general and the first active duty Marine Naval Aviator to be promoted to a 4-star ...

(1919–2015), American general *

Earl Anthony Earl Roderick Anthony (April 27, 1938 – August 14, 2001) was an American professional bowler who amassed records of 43 titles and six Player of the Year awards on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour. For over two decades, his care ...

(1938–2001), American professional bowler * Earl Armstrong (1900–1986), Canadian politician * Earl I. Anzai (born 1941), American politician *

Earl Averill Howard Earl Averill (May 21, 1902 – August 16, 1983) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a center fielder from 1929 to 1941, including 11 seasons for the Cleveland Indians. He was a six-tim ...

(1902–1983), professional baseball player *

Earl Edwin Austin Earl Edwin Austin was an American criminal and bank robber who had been listed on the FBI's " Ten Most Wanted" list during the 1970s. Background Born in Takoma Park, Maryland, Austin had been a career criminal for much of his adult life serving s ...

, American criminal *

Earl Babbie Earl Robert Babbie (born January 8, 1938), is an American sociologist who holds the position of Campbell Professor Emeritus in Behavioral Sciences at Chapman University. He is best known for his book ''The Practice of Social Research'' (first pub ...

(born 1938), American sociologist *

Earl Bakken Earl Elmer Bakken (January 10, 1924 – October 21, 2018) was an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist of Dutch and Norwegian American ancestry. He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transi ...

(1924–2018), American inventor of the transistorized

pacemaker An artificial cardiac pacemaker (or artificial pacemaker, so as not to be confused with the natural cardiac pacemaker) or pacemaker is a medical device that generates electrical impulses delivered by electrodes to the chambers of the heart eith ...

Earl Balfour Earl Frederick "Spider" Balfour (January 4, 1933 – April 27, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League from 1952 to 1961 with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks. He was a defensive forward and ...

(1933–2018), Canadian professional ice hockey player *

Earl Balmer Earl Franklin Balmer (December 13, 1935 – October 25, 2019) was an American racing driver who drove stock cars and motorcycles. Balmer competed in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Grand National Series, winning a Daytona 500 qualifying race in ...

(1935–2019), American NASCAR Cup Series driver *

Earl Banks Earl C. Banks (June 11, 1924 – October 27, 1993) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Morgan State College—now known as Morgan State University—from 1960 to 1973, compili ...

(1924–1993), American football coach *

Earl Barish Earl Barish (born 1943 in Fort William, Ontario) is a businessman from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His family developed the Dickie Dee ice cream mobile brand. He also owned the IBA (the International Basketball Association) team, the Winnipeg C ...

(born 1943), Canadian businessman *

Earl Barrett Earl Delisser Barrett (born 28 April 1967) is an English football coach and former footballer who played as a defender, featuring in the Premier League for Oldham Athletic, Aston Villa, Everton and Sheffield Wednesday and in the Football Leagu ...

(born 1967), English former footballer *

Earl Barron Earl Daniel Barron Jr. (born August 14, 1981) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is a video and player development assistant for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college bas ...

(born 1981), American professional basketball player *

Earl Bassett The ''Tremors'' franchise consists of a series of American monster comedy-horror films and a spin-off television show, with a plot centered around attacks from subterranean worm-like creatures known as Graboids. It began in 1990 with the relea ...

, fictional character in the film '' Tremors'' *

Earl Battey Earl Jesse Battey, Jr. (January 5, 1935 – November 15, 2003) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago White Sox (1955–1959) and Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins (1960� ...

(1935–2003), American professional baseball player * Earl Beecham (born 1965), American football player *

Earl Bell Earl Holmes Bell (born August 25, 1955) is a retired American pole vaulter. He competed at the 1976, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1984, placing fourth in 1988 and sixth in 1976. He also briefly held the world record in 1976, ...

(born 1955), American retired pole vaulter *

Earl Bennett Earl Bryan Bennett (born March 23, 1987) is a former American football wide receiver who is currently the director of player development at Vanderbilt. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played co ...

(born 1987), American football player *

Earl Best Earl Best (December 26, 1947December 27, 2021), a community organizer better known as the "Street Doctor", was a convicted bank robber who spent 10 years in solitary confinement and worked with the poor on the streets of Newark, New Jersey. He fou ...

(born 1947), American community organizer known as the 'Street Doctor' *

Earl Derr Biggers Earl Derr Biggers (August 26, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made in the United States and China. Biogra ...

(1884–1933), American novelist and playwright *

Earl Billings Earl William Billings (born July 4, 1945) is an American actor, best known as Rob in the television series ''What's Happening!!''. Life and career Billings was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Willie Mae Billings. He has gained recognition ...

(born 1945), American actor * Earl Bird, fictional character in the comic strip ''Motley's Crew'' *

Earl Black (political scientist) Earl Black (born 1942) is a retired professor of Political Science at Rice University who specialized in studies of the politics of the Southern United States. Earl Black earned a B.A. at the University of Texas at Austin in 1964 and a Ph.D. from ...

(born 1942), American academic *

Earl Blaik Earl Henry "Red" Blaik (February 15, 1897 – May 6, 1989) was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at Dartmouth College from 1934 to 1940 and at ...

(1897–1989), American football coach *

Earl Blumenauer Earl Francis Blumenauer ( ; born August 16, 1948) is an American lawyer, author, and politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1996. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. A member of the Democratic P ...

(born 1948), American politician *

Earl Boen Earl Boen () is an American retired film, television and voice actor, best known as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in ''The Terminator'' (1984), '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (1991), '' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' (2003) and ...

(born 1941), American actor *

Earl Bostic Eugene Earl Bostic (April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965) was an American alto saxophonist. Bostic's recording career was diverse, his musical output encompassing jazz, swing, jump blues and the post-war American rhythm and blues style, which h ...

(1913–1965), American saxophonist *

Earl Boykins Earl Antoine Boykins (born June 2, 1976) is a former American professional basketball player. Standing at in height, he is the second-shortest player in NBA history behind Muggsy Bogues, who is tall. He was the head coach for the Douglas Cou ...

(born 1976), American basketball player * Earl K. Brent (1914–1977), American songwriter and composer * Earl Broady (1904–1992), American police officer, attorney, and judge *

Earl Browder Earl Russell Browder (May 20, 1891 – June 27, 1973) was an American politician, communist activist and leader of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA). Browder was the General Secretary of the CPUSA during the 1930s and first half of the 1940s. Duri ...

(1891–1973), American communist * Earl Brown (coach) (1915–2003), American football and basketball player and coach * Earl Brown (basketball, born 1952) (born 1952), Puerto Rican basketball player * Earl Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Earl Jolly Brown Edwin Earl "Jolly" Brown (October 18, 1939 – August 26, 2006) was an American actor. Brown's best known role was as Whisper, a henchman in the 1973 James Bond film '' Live and Let Die''. Other film appearances include ''Black Belt Jones'' (197 ...

(1939–2006), American actor *

Earl Brydges Earl William Brydges (May 25, 1905 – March 30, 1975) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Temporary President and Majority Leader of the State Senate from 1966 to 1972. Early life Earl William Brydges was born on May 2 ...

(1905–1975), American politician * Earl "Butch" Buchholz (born 1940), American tennis player *

Earl Butz Earl Lauer "Rusty" Butz (July 3, 1909 – February 2, 2008) was a United States government official who served as Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. His policies favored large-scale corporate farming an ...

(1909–2008), American politician *

Earl Caddock Earl Caddock (February 27, 1888 – August 25, 1950) was an American professional wrestler and World Heavyweight Champion who was active in the early portion of the twentieth century. As the first man to bill himself as "The Man of 1,000 Holds" ( ...

(1888–1950), American professional wrestler *

Earl Caldwell Earl Welton "Teach" Caldwell (April 9, 1905 – September 15, 1981) was an American professional baseball pitcher whose career saw him win more than 330 games over 29 seasons, 1926 to 1954, including 33 victories in Major League Baseball (MLB) a ...

(born c. 1939), American journalist * Earl Welton Caldwell (1905–1981), American baseball player *

Earl Camembert Earl Camembert (pronounced "Canen-bare") is a fictional news reporter and anchorman portrayed by Eugene Levy on the Canadian sketch comedy show '' SCTV'', which aired in the 1970s and 1980s. Career Camembert, named after Canadian broadcaster Earl ...

, fictional character in the TV series '' SCTV'' *

Earl Cameron Earlston Jewitt Cameron, CBE (8 August 19173 July 2020), known as Earl Cameron, was a Bermudian actor who lived and worked in the United Kingdom. After appearing on London's West End stage, he became one of the first black stars in the Britis ...

(1915–2005), Canadian broadcaster *

(1917–2020), British actor *

Earl Campbell Earl Christian Campbell (born March 29, 1955), nicknamed "the Tyler Rose", is an American former professional football player who played as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston Oilers and New Orleans Saints. Kn ...

(1900–1953), Canadian ice hockey player *

(born 1955), American football player *

Earl Chudoff Earl Chudoff (November 15, 1907 – May 17, 1993) was an American lawyer and jurist who served five terms as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1949 to 1958. Early life and career Earl Chudoff was b ...

(1907–1993), American politician * Earl "Dutch" Clark (1906–1978), American football player * Earl Cochell (born 1922), American tennis player * Earl Cochran (born 1981), American football player *

Earl Cole Earl Cole (born April 9, 1971, in Kansas City, Kansas) is an entrepreneur, producer, philanthropist, television personality, and former California advertising executive. He is well known as the $1 million winner on the reality television series ...

(born 1971), American entrepreneur and television personality * Earl Collins (1895–1958), Canadian politician *

Earl Conrad Earl Conrad (17 December 1906 - 17 January 1986), birth name Cohen, was an American author who penned at least twenty works of biography, history, and criticism, including books in collaboration. At least one that he ' ghost' wrote was the auto ...

(1912–1986), American author * Earl Cook (1908–1996), American baseball player *

Earl Cooper Earl Cooper (2 December 1886 Broken Bow, Nebraska – 22 October 1965 Atwater, California) was an American racecar driver. Racing career He began his racing career in 1908 in San Francisco in a borrowed car. He won the race, but lost his j ...

(1886–1965), American racecar driver * Marion Earl Cooper (born 1957), American football player * Earl Cranston (1840–1932), American bishop *

Earl Cureton Earl Cureton (born September 3, 1957) is an American retired professional basketball player. His nickname was "The Twirl". Amateur career Cureton played high school basketball at Finney High School in Detroit, and signed to play college basketbal ...

(born 1957), American basketball player *

Earl Dawson Earl Phillip Dawson (December 17, 1925March 28, 1987) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator, politician and civil servant. He rose to prominence in Canadian hockey when he served as president of the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association from 1 ...

(1925–1987), Canadian ice hockey executive and politician *

Earl Devore Francis "Earl" Devore (December 2, 1889 – November 12, 1928) was an American racecar driver. Devore and fellow driver Norman Batten Norman Batten (April 30, 1893 – November 12, 1928) was an American racecar driver active in the 1920s. ...

(1888–1928), American racecar driver * Earl Dittman (born c. 1960), American film critic and publisher *

Earl Dodge Earl Farwell Dodge Jr. (December 24, 1932 – November 7, 2007) was an American politician who served as the Prohibition Party's chairman and presidential candidate from the 1984 to 2000 presidential elections and later ran with the nominatio ...

(1932–2007), American politician *

Earl Doherty Earl J. Doherty (born 1941) is a Canadian author of ''The Jesus Puzzle'' (1999), ''Challenging the Verdict'' (2001), and ''Jesus: Neither God Nor Man'' (2009). Doherty argues for a version of the Christ myth theory The Christ myth theory, a ...

(born 1941), Canadian author *

Earl Dotson Earl Christopher Dotson (born December 17, 1970) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected in the third round (81st overall) of the 1993 NFL Draft The 1993 NFL draft was the procedur ...

(born 1970), American football player * Earl Douglas (radio), radio talk show producer *

Earl Durand Walter Earl Durand (1913–1939) was an American from Wyoming who became known as an outlaw after he escaped from jail. He killed a total of four officers in the course of resisting capture, two at his house, and two who tried to apprehend him durin ...

(1913–1939), American mountain man *

Earl Duvall Owen Earl Duvall (; June 7, 1898 – December 21, 1950) was an American artist and animator best known for his work on Disney comic strips in the early 1930s and for a handful of animated short films he directed at Warner Bros. Cartoons. Car ...

(1898–1969), American animator *

Earl Eby Earl William Eby (November 18, 1894 – December 14, 1970) was an American sprinter who won a silver medal in the 800 m at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Earlier at the 1919 Inter-Allied Games he won the 400 m event and placed second in the 800 m to ...

(1894–1970), American athlete * Earl Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people * Earl Ehrhart (born 1959), American politician *

Earl Hancock Ellis Lieutenant Colonel Earl Hancock "Pete" Ellis (December 19, 1880 – May 12, 1923) was a United States Marine Corps Intelligence Officer, and author of , which became the basis for the American campaign of amphibious assault that defeated the Japa ...

(1880–1923), U.S. Marine Corps officer *

Earl Emerson Earl Emerson (born 1948 in Tacoma, Washington, United States) is an American mystery novelist and author. Emerson is the author of two series of mystery novels, the Mac Fontana series and the Thomas Black detective series, as well as several thri ...

(born 1948), American novelist *

Earl Everett Earl Everett (born December 10, 1984) is an American football linebacker. He was originally signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Florida. He also played professionally in Finland for ...

(born 1984), American football player *

Earl Faison Earl Faison (January 31, 1939 – June 12, 2016) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end in the American Football League (AFL) between 1960 and 1966. He spent most of his career with the San Diego Chargers. Career D ...

(1939–2016), American football player * Earl Kenneth Fernandes (born 1972), first Indian American Latin Rite Catholic bishop * Earl Ferrell (born 1958), American football player *

Earl Gillespie Earl William Gillespie Jr. (July 25, 1922 – December 12, 2003) was an American sportscaster, best known as the radio voice of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Braves from 1953 to 1963. Before 1953, he was the play-by-play announcer for ...

(1922–2003), American sportscaster *

Earl Grant Earl Grant (January 20, 1931 – June 10, 1970) was an American pianist, organist, and vocalist popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Career Grant was born in Idabel, Oklahoma. Though he would be known later for his keyboards and vocals, Grant also p ...

(1933–1970), American pianist *

Earl G. Graves, Sr. Earl Gilbert Graves Sr. (January 9, 1935 – April 6, 2020) was an American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman, philanthropist, and advocate of African-American businesses. A graduate of Morgan State University, he was the founder of ''Bla ...

(1935–2020), American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman and philanthropist * Earl G. Graves, Jr. (born 1962), American businessman and basketball player * Earl Grinols (born 1951), American professor *

Earl Gros Earl Roy Gros (August 29, 1940 – July 15, 2013) was an American football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons . Born and raised in Louisiana, he played college football at Louisiana State University (LS ...

(1940–2013), American football player *

Earl Hamner Jr. Earl Henry Hamner Jr. (July 10, 1923 – March 24, 2016) was an American television writer and producer (sometimes credited as Earl Hamner), best known for his work in the 1970s and 1980s as the creator of two long-running series, ''The Waltons' ...

(1923–2016), American writer and television producer *

Earl G. Harrison Earl Grant Harrison (April 27, 1899 – July 28, 1955) was an American attorney, academician, and public servant. He worked on behalf of displaced persons in the aftermath of the Second World War, when he brought attention to the plight of Jewish ...

(1899–1955), American Dean of the

University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...

; Commissioner of the

United States Immigration and Naturalization Service The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor from 1933 to 1940 and the U.S. Department of Justice from 1940 to 2003. Referred to by some as former INS and by others as legacy INS, ...

, 1942–44 *

Earl Hebner Earl William Hebner (born May 17, 1949) is an American retired professional wrestling referee who last officiated for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). He is best known for his time as senior referee for the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) from 198 ...

(born 1949), former

WWE World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and vario ...

referee * Earl Heikka (1910–1941), American sculptor *

Earl Hickey The NBC sitcom television series ''My Name Is Earl'' created by Greg Garcia features a variety of characters, most of whom live in the fictional town of Camden and Camden County. The show centers on Earl Hickey, a small-time crook who after an e ...

, fictional character in the TV series ''

My Name Is Earl ''My Name Is Earl'' is an American television sitcom created by Greg Garcia that aired on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States. It was produced by 20th Century Fox Television and starred Jaso ...

'' *

Earl Hindman Earl John Hindman (; October 20, 1942 – December 29, 2003) was an American actor, best known for his role as the kindly unseen neighbor Wilson W. Wilson, Jr. on the television sitcom ''Home Improvement'' (1991–99). Early years Hin ...

(1942–2003), American actor *

Earl Hilliard Earl Frederick Hilliard (born April 9, 1942) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Alabama who served as the U.S. representative for the state's 7th district. Life and career Hilliard was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and graduated fr ...

(born 1942), American politician *

Earl Hines Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the development of jazz piano and, according to one source, " ...

(1903–1983), American jazz pianist * Earl Gladstone Hunt Jr. (1918–2005), American Methodist pastor * Earl Dewitt Hutto (1926–2020), American politician * Earl Jones (born 1964), American track and field athlete * Earl Keeley (born 1936), Canadian football player *

Earl Klugh Earl Klugh ( ; born September 16, 1953) is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. He has won one Grammy award and thirteen nominations. Klugh was awarded the “1977” Best Recording Award For Performance and Sound” for his album “Fi ...

(born 1953), American jazz guitarist * Earl Floyd Kvamme (born 1938), American engineer * Earl "Curly" Lambeau (1898–1965), founder of the Green Bay Packers *

Earl F. Landgrebe Earl Fredrick Landgrebe (January 21, 1916 – June 29, 1986) was an American politician and businessman who served as a Republican senator in the Indiana Senate and member of the United States House of Representatives. During the Watergate sca ...

(1916–1986), American politician * Earl C. Latourette (1889–1956), American judge * Earl Levine (born 1968), American entrepreneur *

Earl Lovelace Earl Wilbert Lovelace (born 13 July 1935) is a Trinidadian novelist, journalist, playwright, and short story writer. He is particularly recognized for his descriptive, dramatic fiction on Trinidadian culture: "Using Trinidadian dialect patterns a ...

(born 1935), Trinidadian writer *

Earl McCarthy Earl McCarthy (born 8 February 1969) is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Ireland. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. sta ...

(born 1969), Irish freestyle swimmer * Earl D. McIntyre, Canadian politician *

Earl C. Michener Earl Cory Michener (November 30, 1876 – July 4, 1957) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Michener had German American, German ancestry. He was born near Attica, Ohio, Attica in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to A ...

(1876–1957), American politician * Earl R. Miller (born 1958), American diplomat *

Earl Monroe Vernon Earl Monroe (born November 21, 1944) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for two teams, the Baltimore Bullets and the New York Knicks, during his career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Both teams ...

(born 1944), American basketball player *

Earl "Madman" Muntz Earl William "Madman" Muntz (January 3, 1914 – June 21, 1987) was an American businessman and engineer who sold and promoted cars and consumer electronics in the United States from the 1930s until his death in 1987. He was a pioneer in telev ...

(1914–1987), American merchandiser * Earl Murray (1926–1994), American football player * Earl Okine (born 1990), American football player *

Earl Pitts :''This article describes Earl Pitts, the American spy. For the radio character, see Earl Pitts (radio character).'' Earl Edwin Pitts (born September 23, 1953) is a former FBI special agent who was convicted of espionage for selling information ...

, fictional radio character *

Earl Edwin Pitts :''This article describes Earl Pitts, the American spy. For the radio character, see Earl Pitts (radio character).'' Earl Edwin Pitts (born September 23, 1953) is a former FBI special agent who was convicted of espionage for selling information ...

(born 1953), American spy *

Earl Sande Earl Harold Sande (November 13, 1898 – August 19, 1968) was an American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer. Early life in South Dakota Born in Groton, South Dakota, Earl Sande started out as a bronco buster in the early 1900s b ...

(1898–1968), American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer *

Earl Scruggs Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-fin ...

(1924–2012), American

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

player *

Earl Simmons Earl Simmons (December 18, 1970 – April 9, 2021), known professionally as DMX, was an American rapper and actor. He began rapping in the early 1990s and released his debut album ''It's Dark and Hell Is Hot'' in 1998, to both critical acclaim ...

or DMX (1970–2021), American rapper and actor *

Earl Slipher Earl Carl Slipher (; March 25, 1883 – August 7, 1964) was an American astronomer, and politician. He was the brother of astronomer Vesto Slipher. He served in both the Arizona House of Representatives and the Arizona State Senate. Biography S ...

(1883–1964), astronomer *

Earl Smith (1910s outfielder) Earl Leonard "Sheriff" Smith (January 20, 1891 – March 13, 1943), was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played from to with the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Browns, and the Washington Senators (1901–60), Washington Senators. External links< ...

(1891–1943), American baseball player *

Earl Smith (1950s outfielder) Earl Calvin Smith (March 14, 1928 – September 27, 2014) was a center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in their 1955 season. Listed at and weighed , he batted and threw right handed. Born in Sunnyside, ...

(1928–2014), American baseball player *

Earl Smith (catcher) Earl Sutton Smith (February 14, 1897 – June 8, 1963) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball from 1919 to 1930. He would play for the New York Giants, Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, and ...

(1897–1963), American baseball player *

Earl Smith (coach) Norman Earl Smith (May 27, 1917 – August 5, 2012) was an American coach of many sports at Campbell University and also a basketball and baseball coach at East Carolina University. Born in Micro, North Carolina, Smith attended East Carolina and ...

(1917–2012), American football, basketball, and baseball coach *

Earl "Chinna" Smith Earl "Chinna" Smith (born 6 August 1955), a.k.a. Earl Flute and Melchezidek the High Priest,Johnson, Richard (2013)The Melchizedek way, ''Jamaica Observer'', 6 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013 is a Jamaican guitarist active since the late ...

(born 1955), Jamaican guitarist * Earl E. T. Smith (1903–1991), American politician * Earl "J. R." Smith (born 1985), American basketball player * Earl Stevens (born 1967), American rapper better known as

E-40 Earl Tywone Stevens Sr. (born November 15, 1967), better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper. He is a founding member of the rap group The Click, and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. He has released 26 studio albums to date, a ...

* Earl Stevens, Jr., E-40's son and producer better known as

Droop-E Earl Tywone Stevens Jr. (born February 18, 1988), better known by his stage name Droop-E, is an American rapper, and producer. He is the son of the Bay Area rapper E-40. Biography Droop-E was born Earl Tywone Stevens Jr. on February 18, 19 ...

Earl Sweatshirt Thebe Neruda Kgositsile (born February 24, 1994), also known by his stage name Earl Sweatshirt, is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Kgositsile was originally known by the moniker Sly Tendencies when he began rapping in 2008, ...

(born 1994), American rapper and

Odd Future Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, better known as Odd Future and often abbreviated as OF, was an American Hip hop music, hip-hop Musical collective, music collective formed in Los Angeles County, California in 2007. The original members were Ty ...

member *

Earl Swensson Earl Simcox Swensson, Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, FAIA (July 28, 1930 – January 20, 2022) was an American architect who was the founder of Earl Swensson Associates (ESA), an architectural firm based in Nashville, Tennesse ...

(born 1930), American architect *

Earl Taft Earl Jay Taft (1931- Aug. 9, 2021) was an American mathematician specializing in abstract algebra. He is the namesake of the Taft Hopf algebra which he introduced in a 1971 publication, and he was the founding editor of the journal ''Communicatio ...

(1931–2021), American mathematician *

Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley (October 17, 1941 – April 10, 2019)Wood, Gerry. (1998). "Earl Thomas Conley". In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music''. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 108. was an American country music singer-songwriter. Between ...

(1941–2019), American country singer *

Earl Van Dorn Earl Van Dorn (September 17, 1820May 7, 1863) started his military career as a United States Army officer but joined Confederate forces in 1861 after the Civil War broke out. He was a major general when he was killed in a private conflict. A g ...

(1820–1863), former U.S Army officer * Earl Dominic Vernius, fictional character in ''Prelude to Dune'' *

Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (November 19, 1915 – March 9, 1974) was an American pharmacologist and biochemist born in Burlingame, Kansas. Sutherland won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1971 "for his discoveries concerning the mechanis ...

(1915–1974), American psychologist *

Earl Warren Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a major shift in American constitution ...

(1891–1974), former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court *

Earl Watson Earl Joseph Watson Jr. (born June 12, 1979) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the UCLA ...

(born 1979), professional basketball player *

Earl Williams (basketball player) Earl "the Twirl" Williams (born March 24, 1951) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player who in 1990 and 1991 was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League. Early life and education Williams played high scho ...

, "the Twirl" (born 1951), American-Israeli professional basketball player *

Earl Williams (1970s catcher) Earl Craig Williams, Jr. (July 14, 1948 – January 28, 2013) was an American Major League Baseball player. Though he never played catcher in the minor leagues, he earned the National League's Rookie of the Year award at that position in 1971. ...

(1948–2013), former major league baseball player *

Earl Weaver Earl Sidney Weaver (August 14, 1930 – January 19, 2013) was an American professional baseball manager, author, and television broadcaster. After playing in minor league baseball, he retired without playing in Major League Baseball (MLB). He be ...

(1930–2013), baseball manager of the

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...

* Earl Irvin West (1920–2011), American church historian *

Earl Wild Earl Wild (November 26, 1915January 23, 2010) was an American pianist known for his transcriptions of jazz and classical music. Biography Royland Earl Wild was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1915. Wild was a musically precocious child and ...

(1915–2010), American pianist * Early Williams (born 1951), American-Israeli basketball player * Earl Wilson (1934–2005), former

MLB Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...

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Earl Woods Earl Dennison Woods (March 5, 1932 – May 3, 2006) was the father of American professional golfer Tiger Woods. Woods started his son in golf at a very early age and coached him exclusively over his first years in the sport. He later published t ...

(1932–2006), father of

Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer. He is tied for first in PGA Tour wins, ranks second in men's major championships, and holds numerous golf records. * * * Woods is widely regarded as ...

James Earl Jones James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931) is an American actor. He has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances in film, television, and theater, and "one of the greatest actors in America ...

(born 1931), American actor * Wentworth Earl Miller (born 1972), American actor

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* Earl (car), nickname of a car on ''

MythBusters ''MythBusters'' is a science entertainment television program, developed by Peter Rees and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions. The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on January 23, 2003. It was broadcast internatio ...

'' * Fictional person on television sitcom ''

'' * Earl, in the

Nick Jr. Nick Jr. (known on-air as the Nick Jr. Channel) is an American pay television channel spun off from Nickelodeon's long-running programming block of the same name. It is run by Paramount Global through its networks division's Kids and Family Gr ...

sitcom ''

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! ''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!'' is an American children's educational Flash animated television series created by Bob Boyle. The series was produced by Bolder Media (a joint venture of Frederator Studios and the Mixed Media Group) and Starz Media in as ...

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