Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

People

* Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *

Ernest, Margrave of Austria Ernest (german: Ernst, 1027 – 10 June 1075), known as Ernest the Brave (''Ernst der Tapfere''), was the Margrave of Austria from 1055 to his death in 1075. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.Lingelbach 1913, p. 90. Biography He was born t ...

(1027–1075) * Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373–1438) * Ernest, Duke of Opava (c. 1415–1464) * Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1482–1553) * Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels (1623–1693) * Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629–1698) *

Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg (25 March 1650 in Ilsenburg – 9 November 1710 in Ilsenburg) was a German nobleman. He was an imperial count and the ruling Count of Königstein, Rochefort, Wernigerode and Hohnstein, as well as Lord of E ...

(1650–1710) * Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771–1851), son of King George III of Great Britain *

Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Ernest II (german: Ernst August Karl Johann Leopold Alexander Eduard, link=no; 21 June 181822 August 1893) was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to his death in 1893. He was born in Coburg to Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld ...

(1818–1893), sovereign duke of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha *

Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover en, Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick , house = Hanover , father = George V of Hanover , mother = Marie of Saxe-Altenburg , birth_date = , birth_place = Hanover, Kingdom of Hanover , death_date = , death_place = Gmu ...

(1845–1923) *

Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal Ernest Eugene Charles Augustus Bernard Paul of Hesse-Philippsthal (german: Ernst Eugen Karl August Bernhard Paul von Hessen-Philippsthal; born: 20 December 1846 in Philippsthal; died: 22 December 1925 in Eisenach) was a member of the House of He ...

(1846–1925) *

Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) '' , house = Hanover , father = Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick , mother = Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia , birth_date = , birth_place = Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire , death_date = , death_place = Schulenburg, ...

Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954) Prince Ernst August of Hanover (german: Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg Königlicher Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland;Prince's ...

* Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983) *

Saint Ernest Saint Ernest (died 1148) was the abbot of the Benedictine Zwiefalten Abbey at Zwiefalten, Germany from 1141 to 1146. He participated in the Second Crusade fought by Christians between 1146 and 1149 to defend the Holy Land following the Turkish ...

(died 1148), German abbot *

Ernest Adams (disambiguation) Ernest Adams may refer to: * Ernest Adams (baker) (1892–1976), New Zealand baker, businessman and philanthropist **Ernest Adams, a New Zealand bakery and a brand of Goodman Fielder *Ernest Wilcox Adams, philosopher, brother of William Y. Adams ...

Ernie Anderson Ernest Earle Anderson (November 12, 1923 – February 6, 1997) was an American radio and television personality, horror host, and announcer. Known for his portrayal of " Ghoulardi", the host of late night horror films on WJW Channel 8 on Clev ...

(1923–1997), American radio and television announcer *

Ernie Banks Ernest Banks (January 31, 1931 – January 23, 2015), nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between ...

(1931–2015), American baseball player *

Ernest Benach Ernest Benach i Pasqual (; born Reus, Baix Camp, 12 November 1959) was the President of the Catalan Parliament from 2003 to 2010. He is a member of the Catalan independentist party Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC). Education and professional ...

(born 1959), President of the Catalan parliament *

Ernest Bevin Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British statesman, trade union leader, and Labour Party politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union in the years 1922–19 ...

(1881–1951), British Labour politician * Ernest Bohr (1924–2018), Danish lawyer, former barrister, and field hockey player *

Ernest Broșteanu Ernest Broșteanu (January 24, 1869 June 6, 1932) was a Romanian general during World War I, best known for his leading role in the 1918 Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia. Early life He was born on January 24, 1869, in Roman, Neamț ...

(1869–1932), Romanian general during World War I * Ernest Buckmaster (1897–1968), Australian artist *

Ernest Radcliffe Bond Ernest Radcliffe Bond, OBE, QPM, (1 March 1919 – 20 November 2003), also called Commander X, was a British soldier, and later policeman famous for his service in the Metropolitan Police Service. Bond experienced the Fraud Squad, the F ...

(1919–2003), British police officer and soldier * Ernie Bond (footballer) (born 1929), English footballer * Ernie Bond (politician) (1897–1984), Australian politician * Ernest Borgnine (1917–2012), American actor * Ernie Calloway (born 1948), American football player *

Ernie Cooksey Ernest George Cooksey (11 June 1980 – 3 July 2008) was an English footballer, who was a utility player. He started as a trainee with Colchester United, before joining non-League clubs Heybridge Swifts, Bishop's Stortford, Chesham United and ...

(1980–2008), English footballer * Ernest Corea (1932–2017), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States from 1981-1986 * Ernie Cox (1894–1962), Canadian football player * Ernest Daltroff (1867–1941), French perfumer, and founder of Parfums Caron * Ernie DiGregorio (born 1951), American basketball player * Ernest Duff (1931-2016), American businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop * Ernie Els (born 1969), South African golfer * Ernest Evans (cricketer) (1861–1948), English cricketer who played for Somerset * Ernest Evans (politician) (1885–1965), Welsh politician * Ernest E. Evans (1908–1944), officer of the United States Navy in WWII *

Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando Sir Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando, (7 February 1904 - 3 December 1956) was a Ceylonese businessman and mine owner. He was the owner of the Bogala Graphite Mine, one of the largest graphite mines in Ceylon. A patron of the arts, he gifted the buildi ...

(1919–1957), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and mine owner * Ernie Fletcher (born 1952), American physician and politician, 60th Governor of Kentucky * Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991), American country singer * Ernest Gold (composer) (1921–1999), American composer * Ernest Gold (meteorologist) (1881–1976), British meteorologist *

Ernest Gjoka Ernest Gjoka (born 25 January 1970) is an Albanian professional football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of ...

(born 1970), Albanian football coach * Ernie Green (born 1938), American football player * Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), Argentine physician, author and Marxist revolutionary * Ernie Harwell (1918–2010), American baseball broadcaster * Ernest Haycox (1899–1950), American writer of Westerns *

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fic ...

(1899–1961), American writer * Ernest George Horlock (1885–1917), English recipient of the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

* E. W. Hornung (1866–1921), English author and poet * Ernie Hughes (born 1955), American football player * Ernie Isley (born 1952), American musician, the Isley Brothers *

Ernest Jones (disambiguation) Ernest Jones (1879–1958) was a Welsh neurologist, psychoanalyst, and Sigmund Freud's official biographer. Ernest Jones may also refer to: Sportspeople American football *Ernest T. Jones (born 1970), head football coach at Alcorn State Universit ...

, multiple people * Ernest Juvara (1870–1933), Romanian physician * Ernest Koliqi (1903–1975), Albanian writer * Ernie Kovacs (1919–1962), American comedian, actor and writer * Ernest Krausz (1931–2018), Israeli professor of sociology and President at Bar Ilan University * Ernest Lawrence (1901–1958), American nuclear scientist * Ernest Lluch (1937–2000), Catalan-Spanish politician * Ernest Millington (1916–2009), British politician * Ernie Morgan (1927–2013), English football player and manager * Ernie Nordli (1912–1968), American animation artist and graphic designer * Ernest O. Lawrence (1901–1958), American physicist * Ernest Perera (1932-2013, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1988-1993 * Ernie Phythian (1942–2020), English footballer * Ernest Victor Pieris (1926-1991), Sri Lankan Sinhala physician, medical educator, cricketer, and rugby union player * Ernest Poruthota (1931–2020), Sri Lankan Sinhala Roman Catholic priest and author * Ernest Prakasa (born 1982), Indonesian comedian, stand up performer, writer, and actor *

Ernie Price Ernest Price (born September 20, 1950) is a former professional American football defensive lineman in the National Football League. He played for seven seasons for the Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professiona ...

(1926–2013), English footballer * Ernst Reuter (1889–1953), German politician and mayor of Berlin * Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), New Zealand chemist and nuclear physicist *

Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of A ...

(1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer *

Ernest de Silva Sir Albert Ernest de Silva (26 November 1887 – 9 May 1957) was a Ceylonese business magnate, banker, barrister and public figure, considered to be the most prominent Ceylonese philanthropist of the 20th century. A wealthy and influential poly ...

(1887–1957), Sri Lankan philanthropist * Ernest (musician) (K. Smith), American country music artist * Ernest Spybuck (1883–1949), American Indian autoethnographer * Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), American poet *

Ernest William Tristram Ernest William Tristram (1882–1952) was a British art historian, artist and conservator, and Professor of Design at the Royal College of Art (1926–1948). Life Tristram was born in Carmarthen, the son of Francis William Tristram, a railway i ...

(1882-1952), British art historian, artist and conservator * Ernest Troubridge (1862–1926), British naval officer *

Ernest Tubb Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, " Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), ...

(1914–1984), American country music singer and songwriter * Ernest Veuve (1843–1916), American Civil War soldier * Ernest Vinberg (born 1937), Russian mathematician *

Ernest Walker (disambiguation) Ernest or Ernie Walker may refer to: * Ernest Walker (composer) Ernest Walker (15 July 187021 February 1949) was an Indian-born English composer and writer on music, as well as a pianist, organist and teacher. Biography Ernest Walker was born ...

* Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel laureate * Ernie Watts (born 1945), American saxophonist * Ernie Watts (Small Heath footballer), English footballer *

Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872) Ernest Arthur Watts (11 April 1872 – 1956) was an English footballer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Woolhampton in Berkshire, his earliest known club was Reading, before he moved to Notts County, where he made 17 appearan ...

(1872–1???), English footballer * Ernie Wise (1925–1999), stage name of English comedian Ernest Wiseman (1925–1999), Morecambe and Wise * Ernie Zalejski (1925–2012), American football player

Fictional characters

* Ernest T. Bass, a recurring character on the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'' * Ernest Denouement, a character in Lemony Snicket's '' A Series of Unfortunate Events'' * Monsieur Ernest LeClerc, on the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' *

Ernest P. Worrell Ernest P. Worrell is a fictional character portrayed by American actor Jim Varney in a series of television commercials and later in a television series (''Hey Vern, It's Ernest!'') as well as a series of feature films. Ernest was created with ...

, main comic character of the series of ''Ernest'' films as played by Jim Varney *

Ernest B. Raykes Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People * Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor * Ernest, ...

, in the film ''Cars'' * Ernest, one of the title characters of the Belgian-French francise '' Ernest & Célestine'' *Ernest, in '' The Swiss Family Robinson'' *Ernest Worthing, main character in ''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...

'', a play by Oscar Wilde *Ernest Perriclof, one of the main characters in Alexandra Adornetto's ''The Strangest Adventures'' series *Ernest Greeves, a main character from the video game '' Layton's Mystery Journey'' and the associated anime '' Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File'' *Ernest Bonhour, one of the main protagonist in the French animated series

The Long Long Holiday ''The Long Long Holiday (Les Grandes Grandes Vacances)'' is a French animated series broadcast in 2015 on France 3, which tells the story of the German occupation of France during the Second World War through the perspectives of children in Norman ...

People

Fictional characters

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