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Ernest Ernest is a given name derived from Germanic languages, 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 ...

Ernald Ernald (or Ærnald) (died 1163) was the second Abbot of Kelso before becoming Bishop of Cell Rígmonaid (St Andrews), the highest ranking Scottish see in the period. He was elected to the see on Sunday, St. Brice's Day (13 November) 1160, and wa ...

Ernesto Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...

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Ernie Accorsi Ernest William Accorsi Jr. (born October 29, 1941) is a former American football executive. He served as the general manager of three teams in the National Football League: the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and New York Giants. Education an ...

(born 1941), American football executive * Ernie Adams (disambiguation) *

Ernie Afaganis Ernie Afaganis (born ) is a Canadian sports broadcaster, known for his work at CBC Sports. He was born in Lethbridge, Alberta. Career After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from Eastern Washington University, Afaganis returned to Alberta where i ...

(born c. 1933), Canadian sports announcer *

Ernie Althoff Ernie Althoff is an Australian musician, composer, instrument builder, and visual artist. He was born in Mildura, Victoria in 1950. Career He was involved in the Clifton Hill Community Music Centre during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Alth ...

(born 1950), Australian musician and composer *

Ernie Anastos Ernie Anastos (born July 12, 1943) is an American news anchor and the host of the show ''Positively America with Ernie Anastos''. He anchored the news at 6 p.m. on WNYW in New York City. He was also the anchor of the 5 and 10 p.m. newscasts on Fo ...

(born 1943), American television journalist *

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 Cleve ...

(1923–1997), American radio and television announcer * Ernie Ashcroft (1925–1985), English rugby league footballer *

Ernie Ball Ernie Ball (born Roland Sherwood Ball; August 30, 1930 – September 9, 2004) was an American entrepreneur and musician who developed guitar-related products. Ball began as a club and local television musician and entrepreneur, building an inte ...

(1930–2004), American guitarist and businessman *

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 *

Ernie Barbarash Ernie Barbarash is a film director, screenwriter and producer, perhaps best known as co-producer of the films ''American Psycho 2'', ''Cube 2: Hypercube'', ''Prisoner of Love'', ''The First 9½ Weeks'' and ''The Cat's Meow''. Barbarash also wrote ...

, American film producer *

Ernie Barnes Ernest Eugene Barnes Jr. (July 15, 1938 – April 27, 2009) was an American artist, well known for his unique style of elongated characters and movement. He was also a professional football player, actor and author. Early life Childhood E ...

(1938–2009), American football player and painter *

Ernie Blenkinsop Ernest Blenkinsop (20 April 1902 – 24 April 1969) was an English professional Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender at left back. Regarded as one of the best full-backs of his generation, h ...

(1902–1969), English footballer *

Ernie Boch Jr. Ernest Alexander Boch Jr. (born February 15, 1958) is an American billionaire and businessman who is the former CEO of Boch Enterprises, a billion business consisting primarily of automobile dealerships in Norwood, Massachusetts and the current ...

(born 1958), American billionaire businessman *

Ernie Bond (disambiguation) Ernie or Ernest Bond may refer to: * Ernie Bond (bushman) (1891–1962), Tasmanian bushman who lived at Gordonvale *Ernest Ernie Bond (footballer) (born 1929), English footballer *Ernest Ernie Bond (politician) Ernest Edward "Ernie" Bond (29 June ...

Ernie Bridge Ernest Francis Bridge, AM (15 December 193631 March 2013) was an Australian parliamentarian and country music singer. He was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 2001, representing the electorate of Kimberley, ...

(1936–2013), Australian politician *

Ernie Broglio Ernest Gilbert Broglio (; August 27, 1935 – July 16, 2019) was a professional baseball pitcher. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball from 1959 to 1966. After attending high school and junior college in ...

(1935–2019), American baseball pitcher *

Ernie Bushmiller Ernest Paul Bushmiller Jr. (August 23, 1905 – August 15, 1982) was an American cartoonist, best known for creating the daily comic strip ''Nancy (comic strip), Nancy'', which premiered in 1938 and features the title character who has remained ...

(1905–1982), American cartoonist *

Ernie Calcutt Ernest George Calcutt (November 1, 1932January 10, 1984) was a Canadian sports commentator and radio news director. He worked for CFRA 580-AM in Ottawa, and was the voice for the Ottawa Rough Riders radio broadcasts from 1964 to 1983. He served ...

(1932–1984), Canadian sports commentator and radio news director *

Ernie Calloway Ernest Henry Calloway (born January 1, 1948) is a former American football defensive lineman who played four seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Eagles in the second round of the 1969 N ...

(born 1948), American football player *

Ernie Colón Ernesto Colón SierraColón in English translation of Via (July 13, 1931 – August 8, 2019) was a stateside Puerto Rican comics artist, known for his wide-ranging career illustrating children's, superhero, and horror comics, as well as mains ...

(1931–2019), American comics artist *

Ernie Coombs Ernest "Ernie" Arthur Coombs, CM (November 26, 1927 – September 18, 2001) was a US-born Canadian children's entertainer who starred in the Canadian television series ''Mr. Dressup''. His career began as an assistant puppeteer to Fred Roger ...

(1927-2001), Canadian entertainer *

Ernie Cox Ernest Cox (February 17, 1894 – February 26, 1962), was a Canadian football player in the Canadian Football League. Cox was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He played for eleven seasons for the Hamilton Tigers. He died in his home town of Ham ...

(1894–1962), Canadian football player *

Ernie Danjean Ernie Danjean (March 5, 1934 – June 19, 1995) was a linebacker in the National Football League and all-star in the Canadian Football League. After playing college football Auburn University, Danjean was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in t ...

(1934–1995), American football player *

Ernie Davis Ernest Davis (December 14, 1939 – May 18, 1963) was an American football player who won the Heisman Trophy in 1961 and was its first African-American recipient. Davis played college football for Syracuse University and was the first pick in the ...

(1939–1963), American football player *

Ernie DiGregorio Ernest DiGregorio (born January 15, 1951), also known as "Ernie D.", is an American former professional basketball player. He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in the 1973–74 season and shares the NBA rookie record for assists in a single game w ...

(born 1951), American basketball player *

Ernie Dodd Ernest Henry Dodd (21 March 1880 – 11 September 1918) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Dodd represented at a provincial level in 45 matches between 1901 and 1905, and appearing in the first ever Ranfurly Shield challenge in 1 ...

(1880–1918), New Zealand rugby union player *

Ernie Dubeau Ernest Dubeau (April 19, 1882 – June 19, 1951) was a professional ice hockey defenceman. He played from 1906 until 1915 for the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Le National, Montreal Shamrocks, Berlin Dutchmen and Portage la Prairie. Born in Brock ...

(1880–1951), Canadian ice hockey player *

Ernie Duplechin Ernie Duplechin (c. 1932 – December 24, 2020) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the McNeese State University from 1979 to 1981, compiling a record of 28–6–1. Duplechi ...

, American football and baseball player and football coach *

Ernie Els Theodore Ernest Els (; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer. A former , he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature (he stands ) along with his fluid golf swing. Among his more than 70 career victor ...

(born 1969), South African golfer *

Ernie Ernst Erwin "Ernie" Goree Ernst (July 27, 1924 – July 24, 2013) was an American assistant district attorney, and district judge for Walker County, Texas, Walker County, Texas. During a legal career spanning six decades, Ernst presided over several nota ...

(1924/25–2013), American district attorney and jurist *

Ernie Fletcher Ernest Lee Fletcher (born November 12, 1952) is an American physician and politician. In 1998, he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives; he resigned in 2003 after being elected the 60th ...

(born 1952), American physician and politician, 60th Governor of Kentucky *

Tennessee Ernie Ford Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Noted for ...

(1919–1991), American singer *

Ernie Graham Ernie Graham (born Ernest Graham; 14 June 1946 – 27 April 2001) was a Northern Irish singer, guitarist and songwriter, active from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. Early life Ernie Graham was born in Belfast, and was training to be a me ...

(1946–2001), Northern Irish singer and songwriter *

Ernie Green Ernest "Ernie" Green (born October 15, 1938) is a former American football Running back, halfback and Fullback (gridiron football), fullback for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League. Early years Born and raised in Columbus, Geo ...

(born 1938), American football player *

Ernie Grunfeld Ernest Grunfeld (born April 24, 1955) is a Romanian-American former professional basketball player and former general manager in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In college at the University of Tennessee, he set a new record as the sch ...

(born 1955), American basketball player and executive *

Ernie Hammes Ernie Hammes (born 1968) is a Luxembourger trumpet virtuoso, arranger, composer, and big band director who is prolific in both jazz and classical idioms. Notably in jazz, Hammes toured with Maynard Ferguson's Big Bop Nouveau band in 2005, alterna ...

(born 1968), Luxembourgian jazz trumpeter *

Ernie Hardeman Ernie Hardeman (born December 4, 1947) is a Canadian politician who served as Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs from 2018 to 2021 in the Doug Ford government and as Minister of Agriculture and Food from 1999 to 2001 in t ...

(born 1947), Canadian politician *

Ernie Hart Ernest Huntley Hart
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(1910–1985), American comics artist and writer *

Ernie Harwell William Earnest Harwell (January 25, 1918 – May 4, 2010) was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell called the actio ...

(1918–2010), American sports announcer *

Ernie Hawkins Ernie Hawkins (born Ernest Leroy Hawkins, 1947, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American acoustic blues guitar player, singer, songwriter, recording artist, and educator. Hawkins, along with fellow bluesmen Stefan Grossman and Roy Bookbinde ...

(born 1947), American blues singer and musician * Ernie Henry (1926–1957), American jazz saxophonist *

Ernie Hine Ernest William Hine (9 April 1901 – 15 April 1974) was a professional association football, footballer who played for Barnsley F.C., Barnsley, Leicester City F.C., Leicester City, Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town and Manchester Unit ...

(1901–1974), English footballer *

Ernie Hughes Ernest Loyal Hughes Jr. is a former American football center who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants. He was drafted by the 49ers in the third round of the 1978 NFL Draft. He ...

(born 1955), American football player *

Ernie Hudson Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. His roles include Winston Zeddemore in the ''Ghostbusters'' film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in ''The Crow'' (1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's '' Oz'' (1997–2003). Hu ...

(born 1945), American actor *

Ernie Isley Ernest Isley (born March 7, 1952) is an American musician, best known as a member of the musical ensemble The Isley Brothers, and also the splinter group Isley-Jasper-Isley. Biography Ernie was born in Cincinnati, where his older brothers for ...

(born 1952), American singer and musician *

Ernie Isley (politician) Ernest Douglas "Ernie" Isley (born June 29, 1937) is a former school principal and provincial and municipal level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1979 to 1993. He is the former ma ...

(born 1937), Canadian politician *

Ernie Jennings Ernie Jennings (born January 30, 1949) is a former American football wide receiver who played college football at the United States Air Force Academy and attended Kansas City Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri. He was drafted by the San ...

(born 1949), American football player * Ernie Johnson (disambiguation) *

Ernie Jones (disambiguation) Ernie Jones may refer to: *Ernie Jones (Australian sportsman) (1869–1943), Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer *Ernie Jones (wide receiver) (born 1964), American football player * Ernie Jones (defensive back) (born 1953), America ...

Ernie Kovacs Ernest Edward Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was a Hungarian-American comedian, actor, and writer. Kovacs's visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years afte ...

(1919–1962), American comedian, actor and writer *

Ernie Lombardi Ernesto Natali Lombardi (April 6, 1908 – September 26, 1977), was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Brooklyn Robins, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Braves, and New York Giants duri ...

(1908–1977), American baseball player *

Ernie Maresca Ernest Peter Maresca (August 21, 1938 – July 8, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter and record company executive, best known for writing or co-writing some of Dion's biggest hits, including "Runaround Sue" and " The Wanderer". Biogr ...

(1938–2015), American singer-songwriter *

Ernie Merrick Ernest Merrick OAM (born 15 January 1953) is a Scottish-Australian coach, who last managed A-League soccer club Newcastle Jets. He was released on 6 January 2020. He was the former head coach of the Hong Kong national football team and A-League ...

(born 1953), Scottish-Australian football manager *

Ernie Mims Ernest Christopher Memos (October 28, 1932 – July 14, 2019) was an American television broadcaster known by his stage name Ernie Mims. He hosted the WOC-TV children's show ''Cap'n Ernie's Show Boat'' from 1964 to 1974.''The Palimpsest'', Iowa S ...

, stage name of Ernest Christoper Memos (1932–2019), American television personality *

Ernie Morgan Ernest Morgan (13 January 1927 – 3 October 2013) was an English professional football player and manager. He spent the bulk of his career with Gillingham, where he set a record for the highest number of goals scored in a single season which st ...

(1927–2013), English football player and manager *

Ernie Nevers Ernest Alonzo Nevers (June 11, 1902 – May 3, 1976), sometimes known by the nickname "Big Dog", was an American football and baseball player and football coach. Widely regarded as one of the best football players in the first half of the 20th ...

(1902–1976), American football and baseball player and college football head coach *

Ernie Newton (disambiguation) Ernie Newton may refer to: * Ernie Newton (actor) (1925–1996), American actor and voice actor * Ernie Newton (politician) (born 1956), American politician in Connecticut * Ernie Newton (bass player) Ernest F. Newton (November 6, 1908 – October ...

Ernie Nordli Ernest Nordli (June 15, 1912 – April 22, 1968) was an American animation designer and layout artist, most notably for Walt Disney Studios. Biography He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Norwegian immigrant Hans Magnus Nordli (1884-1975) and ...

(1912–1968), American animation artist and graphic designer * Ernie Odoom, Swiss jazz musician and vocalist *

Ernie O'Malley Ernest Bernard Malley ( ga, Earnán Ó Máille; 26 May 1897 – 25 March 1957) was an IRA officer during the Irish War of Independence. Subsequently, he became assistant chief of staff of the Anti-Treaty IRA during the Irish Civil War. O'Malley ...

(1897–1957), Irish Republican Army officer and writer *

Ernie Oravetz Ernest Eugene Oravetz (January 24, 1932 – December 3, 2006) was an American professional baseball player. A switch hitter, switch-hitting outfielder who threw left-handed, he played two seasons of Major League Baseball with the – Washington Se ...

(1932–2006), American baseball player *

Ernie O'Rourke Ernie O'Rourke (born 8 April 1926) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne Football Club, Melbourne and North Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (V ...

(born 1926), Australian rules footballer *

Ernie Orsatti Ernest Ralph Orsatti (September 8, 1902 – September 4, 1968) was a professional baseball player who was an outfielder and first base for the St. Louis Cardinals from to . Orsatti appeared in four World Series, two of which the Cardinals won. ...

(1902–1968), American baseball player *

Ernie Otten Ernest 'Ernie' E. Otten, Jr. (born June 29, 1954) is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate representing District 6 since January 8, 2013. Elections *2012 With incumbent Senate District 6 Republican Senator Ar ...

(born 1954), American politician *

Ernie Ovitz Ernest Gayhart Ovitz (October 7, 1885 – September 11, 1980) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is com ...

(1885–1980), American baseball player *

Ernie Padgett Ernest Kitchen Padgett (March 1, 1899 – April 15, 1957) was an American baseball infielder who played five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Red", he played for the Boston Braves (baseball), Boston Braves and the Cleveland Indi ...

(1899–1957), American baseball player *

Ernie Parker Ernest Frederick Parker (5 November 1883 – 2 May 1918) was an Australian tennis player and cricketer. Career Ernie Parker was educated at Perth High School and St Peter's College, Adelaide, before joining his father's law firm in Perth. T ...

(1883–1918), Australian tennis player and cricketer *

Ernie Phythian Ernest Rixon Phythian (16 July 1942 – 3 August 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. Active between 1960 and 1968, Phythian made over 250 appearances in the Football League, scoring nearly 100 goals. Early and ...

(born 1942), English former footballer *

Ernie Pitts Ernie Pitts (March 8, 1935 – September 24, 1970) was a Canadian Football League wide receiver and defensive back for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the BC Lions in a 14-year career in the CFL from 1957 to 1970. He won four Grey Cups with Winnipe ...

(1935–1970), Canadian football player *

Ernie Preate Ernest D. Preate, Jr. (born November 22, 1940) is a former Republican Pennsylvania Attorney General. As Attorney General, he argued before the United States Supreme Court in the landmark case, Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania v. Casey ...

(born 1940), American attorney and politician *

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 ...

(born 1950), American football player *

Ernie Price (English footballer) Ernest "Ernie" Price (12 May 1926 – 25 February 2013) was an English footballer who made 103 appearances in the Football League playing for Darlington and Crystal Palace in the years following the Second World War. A wing half, he began h ...

(1926–2013) *

Ernie Pyle Ernest Taylor Pyle (August 3, 1900 – April 18, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American journalist and war correspondent who is best known for his stories about ordinary American soldiers during World War II. Pyle is also notable for the ...

(1900–1945), American journalist and war correspondent *

Ernie Rea Ernie Rea (born Belfast, 1945) is a British radio presenter. He is also a freelance writer and consultant on interfaith issues. He graduated from Queen's University, Belfast, with degrees in History and Politics and in Theology. He was ordained as ...

(born 1945), Northern Irish radio presenter *

Ernie Regehr Ernie Regehr, is a Canadian peace researcher and expert in security and disarmament. He co-founded Project Ploughshares, a peace research organization based in Waterloo, Ontario, with Murray Thomson in 1976 and served as its Executive Director for ...

, Canadian pacifist *

Ernie Reid Ernie J. Reid (c. 1905 – c. 1938) was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Reid, a centre Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Ce ...

(c.1905 – c.1938), Australian rugby union player *

Ernie Renzel Ernest E. Renzel (August 7, 1907 – September 15, 2007) was an American politician who served as the mayor of San Jose, California, from 1945 until 1946. He was known as the "Father of the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport" ...

(1907–2007), American politician *

Ernie Rettino Debby Kerner & Ernie Rettino are American musicians best known as the creators of the characters from the Psalty the Singing Songbook in the Kids' Praise! series of Christian children's musical albums. Together, they have also created Solomon the ...

, American Christian musician *

Ernie Reyes Jr. Ernie Reyes Jr. (born January 15, 1972) is an American actor and martial artist, known for his acting work in films such as ''The Last Dragon'', ''Red Sonja'' (1985), as Donatello's stuntman in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', '' Teenage Mutan ...

(born 1972), American actor and martial artist *

Ernie Reyes Sr. Ernesto E. Reyes, Sr. (born February 12, 1947) is an American martial artist, actor and fight choreographer who is the co-founder and head instructor of West Coast World Martial Arts, where he has been teaching for more than 35 years. He is the f ...

(born 1947), American martial artist, actor, and fight choreographer *

Ernie Rice John Tomasso (17 November 1896 – 1979), better known as Ernie Rice, was a British boxer who was British and European lightweight champion between 1921 and 1922. After retiring from boxing he became an actor, appearing in several films and tele ...

(1896–1979), English boxer and actor *

Ernie Richardson (curler) Ernest M. Richardson, CM (born August 4, 1931) is a four-time Canadian and world curling champion. Richardson mainly curled with his brother and two cousins, until an injury forced him to replace one of his cousins. He was nicknamed "The King" ...

(born 1931), Canadian curler *

Ernie Richardson (footballer) Ernest William Richardson (8 March 1916 – 1977) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham and Swansea Town. Richardson was born in Bishop Burton in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He began his foot ...

(1916–1977), English footballer *

Ernie Roberts Ernest Alfred Cecil Roberts (20 April 1912 – 28 August 1994) was a Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician. He worked for the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, was a co-founder of the Anti-Nazi League in 1977 and was the MP for Ha ...

(1912–1994), English politician and trade unionist * Ernie Robson (1870–1924), English cricketer *

Ernie Roth Irwin "Ernie" Roth (August 30, 1926 – October 12, 1983), known by the ring names The Grand Wizard of Wrestling and Abdullah Farouk, was an American professional wrestling manager (professional wrestling), manager. Not a wrestler himself due t ...

(1926–1983), American professional wrestler and wrestling manager *

Ernie Royal Ernest Andrew Royal (June 2, 1921 in Los Angeles, California – March 16, 1983 in New York City) was a jazz trumpeter. His older brother was clarinetist and alto saxophonist Marshal Royal, with whom he appears on the classic Ray Charles big ban ...

(1921–1983), American jazz trumpeter *

Ernie Sabella Ernest Sabella (born September 19, 1949) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Pumbaa from ''The Lion King'' franchise, voicing the character in all media except the 2019 film. Sabella's TV roles include Mr. Donal ...

(born 1949), American actor *

Ernie Schaaf Frederick Ernest Schaaf (September 27, 1908 – February 14, 1933) was a professional boxer who was a heavyweight contender in the 1930s but died after a bout. Career Schaaf weighed in his prime which was average in that era. In the 1930s he we ...

(1908–1933), American boxer *

Ernie Schroeder Ernest C. Schroeder (January 9, 1916 – September 20, 2006)Ernest C. Schroeder
...

(1916–2006), American comics artist *

Ernie Schunke Ernest Wilfred Schunke (26 October 1882 – 6 November 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He has the unusual distinction of having been a VFL umpire, before his VFL playing ...

(1882–1922), Australian rules footballer *

Ernie Shore Ernest Grady Shore (March 24, 1891 – September 24, 1980) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox during some of their best years in the 1910s. He was born near East Bend, North Carolina. Shore gradu ...

(1891–1980), American baseball pitcher *

Ernie Sigley Ernest William Sigley (2 September 1938 – 15 August 2021) was an Australian television host, comedian, variety performer, radio presenter and singer. Known as a pioneer of radio and television in Australian, he was often styled as a "little A ...

(1938–2021), Australian radio and television personality *

Ernie Sims Ernie Sims III (born December 23, 1984) is a former American football linebacker and current coach. He played college football at Florida State and was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He also played for th ...

(born 1984), American football player *

Ernie Smith (disambiguation) Ernie Smith is the name of: * Ernie Smith (baseball, born 1899) (1899–1973), American baseball player * Ernie Smith (baseball, born 1931) (1931–2012), American Negro league baseball player * Ernie Smith (tackle) (1909–1985), American football ...

Ernie Stautner Ernest Alfred Stautner (April 20, 1925 – February 16, 2006) was a German-American professional American football coach and defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also served as a coach for the Pittsburg ...

(1925–2006), American football player and coach *

Ernie Steury Ernest Millard Steury (January 3, 1930 – April 4, 2002) was an American physician and Christian missionary to Kenya. Steury was born in Berne, Indiana to David and Mary Habegger Steury. In 1948, while attending a church service in his hometown, S ...

(1930–2002), American physician and missionary *

Ernie Walker (baseball) Ernest Robert Walker (September 17, 1890 – April 1, 1965), was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played from to with the St. Louis Browns. He batted left and threw right-handed. Walker had a .256 batting average, with 65 career hits. He ...

(1890–1965), American baseball player *

Ernie Walker (football) Ernest John Munro Walker CBE (7 July 1928 – 14 May 2011), known as Ernie Walker, was a Scottish association football administrator who served as the Secretary of the Scottish Football Association from 1977 to 1990. He was also Chairman of UEFA' ...

(1928–2011), Scottish football administrator *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues saxophonist who plays soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. He has worked with Charlie Haden's Quartet West and toured with the Rolling Stones. On Frank Zappa's ...

(born 1945), American jazz and R&B saxophonist *

Ernie Watts (Small Heath footballer) Ernest Watts ( fl. 1889) was an English footballer born in Birmingham who played in the Football Alliance for Small Heath. After Small Heath's 9–1 defeat against The Wednesday in the inaugural season of the Football Alliance, Watts was given ...

, English footballer who played for Small Heath (188–1890) *

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–?), English footballer *

Ernie Whitchurch Ernest Whitchurch (7 August 1891 – 2 December 1957) was an English professional footballer who played as a wing half A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, ...

(1891–1957), English footballer *

Ernie White Ernest Daniel White (September 5, 1916 – May 22, 1974) was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from to and from to . A native of Pacolet Mills, South Carolina, he threw left-handed, batted right ...

(1916–1974), American baseball pitcher * Ernie White (Canadian football) (born 1938), American-born Canadian football player *

Ernie Whiteside Ernest Whiteside (1 February 1889 – 1953) was an English footballer who played as a wing-half for Bolton Wanderers and Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in th ...

(1889–1953), English footballer *

Ernie Whitt Leo Ernest Whitt (born June 13, 1952) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), including twelve for the Toronto Blue Jays, and was the last player from the franchise's inaugural sea ...

(born 1952), American baseball player *

Ernie Whittam Ernest Alfred "Ernie" Whittam (7 January 1911 – 1951) was a professional footballer who played for Huddersfield Town, Chester, Mansfield Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic.Ernie Whittle Ernest "Ernie" Whittle (25 November 1925 – 1998) was an English association football, footballer. He played for South Moor Juniors, Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United, Seaham Colliery Welfare F.C., Seaham Colliery, Lincoln City F.C., Lin ...

(1925–1998), English footballer *

Ernie Wiggs Ernest David "Ernie" Wiggs ( – 10 October 2014) was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand in the 1968 World Cup. Playing career Wiggs played for Otahuhu in the Auckland Rugby League competition. An Auckland representa ...

(c.1940–2014), New Zealand rugby league footballer *

Ernie Wilkins Ernest Brooks Wilkins Jr. (July 20, 1922 – June 5, 1999) was an American jazz saxophonist, conductor and arranger who spent several years with Count Basie. He also wrote for Tommy Dorsey, Harry James, and Dizzy Gillespie. He was musical direc ...

(1919–1999), American jazz saxophonist *

Ernie Willett Ernest Willett (27 July 1919 – 13 February 1985) was an English footballer who played one game for Port Vale in the English Football League in October 1946. Career Willett graduated through the Port Vale youth team to sign as a professional ...

(1919–1985), English footballer *

Ernie Williamson Ernest Warriner Williamson (September 9, 1922 – March 6, 2002) was an American football player and coach. He play professional as a tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and New York Giants and in the All-Am ...

(1922–2002), American football player and coach *

Ernie Winchester Ernie Winchester (18 May 1944 – 8 May 2013) was a Scottish professional football striker who played for Aberdeen, Chicago Spurs, Kansas City Spurs, Heart of Midlothian and Arbroath. Football career He signed for his local professional clu ...

(1944–2013), Scottish footballer *

Ernie Wise Ernest Wiseman, (27 November 1925 – 21 March 1999), known by his stage name Ernie Wise, was an English comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, who became a national institution on British television, especially ...

, stage name of English comedian Ernest Wiseman (1925–1999), half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise *

Ernie Woerner Erwin "Ernie" Woerner (May 26, 1905 – December 26, 1972) was an American football player. He played college football for Bucknell and in the National Football League (NFL) as a tackle for the Newark Tornadoes The Orange Tornadoes and Newark ...

(1905–1972), American football player *

Ernie Wolf Ernest Adolf Wolf (February 2, 1889 – May 23, 1964) was a professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in one game in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Naps on September 10 during the 1912 Cleveland Naps season. External l ...

(1889–1964), American baseball pitcher *

Ernie Wright Ernest Henry Wright (November 6, 1939 – March 20, 2007) was an American professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 13 seasons, from 1960 to 1969 in the American Football League (AFL), and from 1970 to 1972 in the National ...

(1939–2007), American football player *

Ernie Wright (footballer) Ernest Wright (born 1912, date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the 1930s. After brief spells in the Football League with Queens Park Rangers (1 game) and Crewe Alexandra (4 games), Wright moved to ...

(born 1912), English footballer

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Ernie (Sesame Street) Ernie is an orange The Muppets, Muppet fictional character, character created and originally performed by Jim Henson for the long-running children's television show ''Sesame Street''. He and his roommate Bert (Sesame Street), Bert form the comic ...

, a Muppet on the TV show ''Sesame Street'' * Ernie, on the TV series ''Underground Ernie'' *

Ernie Pantusso Ernie Pantusso (or Pantuso), commonly known as "Coach", is a fictional character on the American television show ''Cheers'', portrayed by Nicholas Colasanto between 1982 and 1985. Coach is Sam Malone's former baseball coach, who becomes a bartend ...

, also known as "Coach" on the TV show ''Cheers'' *

Ernie the Giant Chicken ''Family Guy (franchise), Family Guy'' is an American animated comedy multimedia franchise originally conceived and created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company, primarily based on the animated series ''Family Guy'' (1999–presen ...

, on the TV series ''Family Guy'' * Ernie Cardenas, on the TV series ''George Lopez'' *

Ernie Macmillan Dumbledore's Army (or D.A. for short) is a fictional student organisation in J. K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series that is founded by the main characters, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, to stand up against the regime of Hogwa ...

, in the ''Harry Potter'' novels by J. K. Rowling *

Evil Ernie Evil Ernie, an undead psychotic killer, is a fictional supervillain created by writer Brian Pulido and artist Steven Hughes in 1991 and originally published by Eternity Comics. The imprint shifted hands in 1993 to Chaos! Comics and then Devil's D ...

, a comics character created by Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes * Ernie, in the TV series ''

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ''Mighty Power Rangers'' (''MMPR'') is a superhero television series that premiered on August 28, 1993, on the Fox Kids programming block. It is the first entry of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, and became a 1990s pop culture phenomenon along ...

'' and ''

Power Rangers Zeo ''Power Rangers Zeo'' is a television series and the fourth season of the ''Power Rangers'' franchise, based on the 19th Super Sentai series ''Chouriki Sentai Ohranger''. It is the continuation of ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'', which aired in ...

'' * Ernie Bishop, in the film ''

It's a Wonderful Life ''It's a Wonderful Life'' is a 1946 American Christmas by medium#Films, Christmas Fantasy film, fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ''The Greatest Gift'', which Philip Van Doren Stern se ...

'' * Ernie Floyd, in the comic strip ''

Piranha Club ''Piranha Club'' is a comic strip written and illustrated by Bud Grace. It was originally called ''Ernie'', but the title was changed in 1998. The club is meant as a parody on Lions Club International, and the strip made its debut in February 19 ...

'' * Ernie "Big Ern" McCracken, in the film '' Kingpin'' * Ernie Pike, in the comic strip ''

Ernie Pike ''Ernie Pike'' is a comics series written by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and originally drawn by Hugo Pratt, starring a World War II and Korean War reporter. It was first published in the magazine "'' Hora Cero"'' in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1957 ...

'' * Ernie Thompson, in the TV series ''

My Three Sons ''My Three Sons'' is an American television sitcom that aired from September 29, 1960, to April 13, 1972. The series was broadcast on ABC during its first five seasons, before moving to CBS for the remaining seasons. ''My Three Sons'' chronicl ...

'' * Uncle Ernie, in the Who's rock opera ''

Tommy Tommy may refer to: People * Tommy (given name) * Tommy Atkins, or just Tommy, a slang term for a common soldier in the British Army Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Tommy'' (1931 film), a Soviet drama film * ''Tommy'' (1975 fil ...

People

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