Earnest may refer to:

People

Given name

* Earnest Brown IV (born 1999), American football player * Earnest Byner (born 1962), American football player * Earnest Elmo Calkins (1868–1964), early advertising innovator * Earnest Sevier Cox (1880–1966), American Methodist preacher * Earnest Stewart Cox (1900–1992), British railway engineer and author *

Earnest Frank Earnest Frank was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Doane College in Crete, Nebraska in 1913, York College (Nebraska), York College in York, Nebraska from 1917 to 1919 and again in 1921, and Grand Island College i ...

, American football coach * Earnest Graham (born 1980), American football player *

Earnest Gray Earnest L. Gray (born March 2, 1957) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the New York Giants and St. Louis Cardinals (NFL), St. Louis Cardinals. He played college football at the Unive ...

(born 1957), American football player * Earnest Hooton (1887–1954), American physical anthropologist *

Earnest Jackson Earnest Jackson, Jr. (born December 18, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was named to the Pro Bowl twice. Born in Needville, Texas, Jackson graduated from ...

(born 1959), American football player *

Earnest Mudzengi Earnest Mudzengi was the national director of the Zimbabwean National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) until 2010. History Mudzengi attended high school in Gweru, and later attained a master's degree in Media and Communication Studies from the Univer ...

, Zimbabwean politician * Earnest Pugh, American gospel singer-songwriter * Earnest Rhone (born 1953), former NFL linebacker *

Earnest Ross Earnest Lee Ross Jr. (born January 27, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Toyoda Gosei Scorpions of the Japanese B.League. Born in the U.S. territory of Guam, he represented the Guam national team for the fi ...

(born 1991), American professional basketball player * Earnest James Ujaama (born 1965), American Muslim social activist * Earnest Wilson, American football coach *

Earnest kithiyon Earnest may refer to: People Given name *Earnest Brown IV (born 1999), American football player *Earnest Byner (born 1962), American football player *Earnest Elmo Calkins (1868–1964), early advertising innovator *Earnest Sevier Cox (1880–196 ...

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Surname

* Conrad Earnest (born 1957), American soccer goalkeeper *

G. Brooks Earnest Dr. G. Brooks Earnest (born George Brooks Earnest) (October 2, 1902 in Mifflintown, Pennsylvania – September 13, 1992 in West Bloomfield, Michigan,), was a distinguished American educator, administrator, and the fourth and last president of Fenn ...

(1902–1992), American educator * James Earnest (1818–1900), Wisconsin state legislator * Josh Earnest (born 1975), former White House press secretary * Les Earnest (born 1930), American computer scientist *

Matthew Earnest Matthew Earnest is an American theater director. He has also written plays, as well as adapted plays from novels, non-fiction books, short stories, and essays, and he has translated works in other languages for his direction. Early life and educ ...

(born 1969), American theater director

Places

Earnest Bridge The Earnest Bridge, located near Marcola, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The name is spelled Ernest Bridge in some documents, including the NRHP listing, but spelled Earnest Bridge in the NRHP nomination and in si ...

, bridge near Marcola, Oregon *

Earnest, Kansas Earnest is a ghost town in Farmington Township, Rooks County, Kansas Rooks County (standard abbreviation: RO) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,919. The county seat is Stock ...

, small settlement in Rooks County, Kansas

Businesses

Earnest (company) Earnest is a technology-enabled fintech lender headquartered in San Francisco, California that offers education financing products, including student loan refinancing and private student loans. The company evaluates a person’s full education, emp ...

, American student loan provider

Ships

Earnest class destroyer Six ''Earnest''-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy: , , , , and . These ships were all built by Cammell Laird and were part of the class of 'thirty knotters'. Concern about the higher speeds of foreign boats had prompted to Admiral ...