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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 ...

, or Verner. It may refer to:

People

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 Adams may refer to: * Ernie Adams (actor) (1885–1947), American film actor * Ernie Adams (American football) (born 1953), American football coach and administrator * Ernie Adams (footballer, born 1922), English association footballer * Ernie ...

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 (born 1950), Australian musician and composer * Ernie Anastos (born 1943), American television journalist * Ernie Anderson (1923–1997), American radio and television announcer *

Ernie Ashcroft Ernest "Ernie" J. Ashcroft (28 February 1925 – May 1985) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, En ...

(1925–1985), English rugby league footballer * Ernie Ball (1930–2004), American guitarist and businessman * Ernie Banks (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 (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 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 (1905–1982), American cartoonist * Ernie Calcutt (1932–1984), Canadian sports commentator and radio news director * Ernie Calloway (born 1948), American football player * Ernie Colón (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 (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 (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 (born 1938), American football player * Ernie Grunfeld (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 (born 1947), Canadian politician *

Ernie Hart Ernest Huntley Hart
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(1910–1985), American comics artist and writer * Ernie Harwell (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 (born 1945), American actor * Ernie Isley (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 Johnson may refer to: ;People * Ernie Johnson (American football) (1926–2010), American college athlete at UCLA * Ernie Johnson (jockey) (born 1948), British flat racing jockey *Ernie Johnson (shortstop) (1888–1952), American professional ...

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 (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 (born 1953), Scottish-Australian football manager * Ernie Mims, stage name of Ernest Christoper Memos (1932–2019), American television personality * Ernie Morgan (1927–2013), English football player and manager * Ernie Nevers (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 (1912–1968), American animation artist and graphic designer *

Ernie Odoom Ernie Odoom is a Swiss Vocalist, Saxophonist and Band Leader. He was a co-founder of ''PPA+'' and ''Rootman'' which is Thai version of PPA+. Odoom released albums for the band ''LeBocal'', as a vocalist and saxophonist, with his friends since 2002 ...

, 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 (1932–2006), American baseball player * Ernie O'Rourke (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 (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 (1883–1918), Australian tennis player and cricketer * Ernie Phythian (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) (1926–2013) * Ernie Pyle (1900–1945), American journalist and war correspondent * Ernie Rea (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 (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. (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 (1896–1979), English boxer and actor * Ernie Richardson (curler) (born 1931), Canadian curler * Ernie Richardson (footballer) (1916–1977), English footballer * Ernie Roberts (1912–1994), English politician and trade unionist *

Ernie Robson Ernest Robson (1 May 1870 – 23 May 1924) was an English cricketer who played over 400 first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1895 and 1923. Also played professional football as a right-back in Association Football playing fo ...

(1870–1924), English cricketer * Ernie Roth (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 (born 1949), American actor * Ernie Schaaf (1908–1933), American boxer * Ernie 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 (1891–1980), American baseball pitcher * Ernie Sigley (1938–2021), Australian radio and television personality * Ernie Sims (born 1984), American football player * Ernie Smith (disambiguation) * Ernie Stautner (1925–2006), American football player and coach * Ernie Steury (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), 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 (1891–1957), English footballer * Ernie White (1916–1974), American baseball pitcher *

Ernie White (Canadian football) Ernie White was a Canadian football running back who played 6 seasons in the Canadian Football League for three teams. He was voted as an eastern conference all-star in 1962. Ernie White played college football at the University of Dayton and, af ...

(born 1938), American-born Canadian football player * Ernie Whiteside (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 (1925–1998), English footballer * Ernie Wiggs (c.1940–2014), New Zealand rugby league footballer * Ernie Wilkins (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, 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 (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 Fo ...

(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 ...

(born 1912), English footballer

Fictional characters

* Ernie (Sesame Street), 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, on the TV series ''Family Guy'' *

Ernie Cardenas {{all plot, date=March 2012 This is a list of characters from ''George Lopez''. Main characters George Lopez George Edward Lopez (played by George Lopez) is the main protagonist of the series. He is the son of Manny and Benny Lopez. George marri ...

, on the TV series ''George Lopez'' * Ernie Macmillan, in the ''Harry Potter'' novels by J. K. Rowling * Evil Ernie, a comics character created by Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes * Ernie, in the TV series '' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and '' Power Rangers Zeo'' * Ernie Bishop, in the film '' It's a Wonderful Life'' * 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 Kingpin or king pin may refer to: Vehicular part * Kingpin (automotive part), the pivot in the steering mechanism ** The central bolt of a skateboard, axle assembly ("truck"), around which the rest of the mechanism can flex, allowing the rider ...

'' * 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'' * 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

Fictional characters

See also