Ethan is a male given name of

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origin () that means "firm, enduring, strong and long-lived". The name Ethan appears eight times in the

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'' Ethan (biblical figure) Ethan () the Ezrahite, is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Ethan was a singer at King David's court well known for his wisdom. He authored : this Psalm is entitled "a ''maschil'' or contemplation of Ethan the Ezrahite". Baptist preacher Charles Spu ...

. It may also be spelled or pronounced as Etan, Eitan or Eytan.

Popularity

In 2013, it was the fourth most popular name for boys in Australia. Ethan is also popular in the United States and was the 10th most popular boy's name in 2016. According to the US data, 97% of all American boys named Ethan were born after 1989.

Notable people with the given name "Ethan" include

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* Ethan Alagich (born 2003), Australian footballer * Ethan Albright (born 1971), American football player *

Ethan Allen (disambiguation) Ethan Allen (1738–1789) was an early American and Vermont revolutionary. Ethan Allen may also refer to: People * Ethan B. Allen (1781–1835), New York politician * Ethan Allen (priest) (1796–1879), Episcopal archivist and author in Marylan ...

, multiple people *

Ethan Ampadu Ethan Kwame Colm Raymond Ampadu (born 14 September 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back or defensive midfielder for Serie A club Spezia, on loan from Chelsea, and the Wales national team. Ampadu previously played for E ...

(born 2000), British footballer * Ethan Allen Andrews (disambiguation), multiple people *

Ethan Anthony Ethan Anthony is an American architect, author, and academic. As president of Cram and Ferguson Architects LLC, Anthony focuses on the design of the new Traditional American church architecture. During the last three decades, Anthony has designed ...

(born 1950), American architect * Ethan Ash, English singer-songwriter * Eytan Avriel (born 1960), Israeli journalist

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Ethan Bamber Ethan Read Bamber (born 17 December 1998) is an English cricketer. Bamber signed a professional contract with Middlesex in 2018. He made his first-class debut for Middlesex in the 2018 County Championship on 17 August 2018. Prior to his first-c ...

(born 1998), English cricketer * Ethan Bartlow (born 2000), American soccer player *

Ethan Bear Ethan Bear (born June 26, 1997) is an Indigenous Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the fifth round, 124th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2015 NHL ...

(born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player *

Ethen Beavers Ethen Beavers is an American comic book artist from Modesto, CA. Beavers' comic industry work includes titles as ''Justice League Unlimited'', ''Teen Titans Go!'', '' Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century'', ''Six'', '' Noble Causes: Dista ...

, American comic book artist *

Ethan Becker Ethan Becker is an American knife maker. He is the son of Marion and John William Becker and grandson of Irma Starkloff Rombauer, the author of ''The Joy of Cooking.'' Becker studied at Cordon Bleu in Paris Paris () is the Capital city ...

, American knife maker * Ethan F. Becker, American speech coach *

Ethan Beckford Ethan Beckford (born 21 June 1999) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Cavalry FC. Born in Manchester, England into a family of former professional footballers, he joined Toronto FC in 2015 and was put into the club's Academy. ...

(born 1999), English footballer *

Eytan Ben-David Eytan Ben-David ( he, איתן בן-דוד; born in 1963) is a former senior Israel Security Agency official, currently serving as Acting National Security Advisor and Head of the National Security Council in the Office of the Prime Minister of Is ...

(born 1963), Israeli security expert *

Ethan Berkowitz Ethan Avram Berkowitz (born February 4, 1962) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician from Alaska. From 1997 to 2007 he was the Alaska State Representative for District 26, serving as the Democratic Party Minority Leader from 1999 t ...

(born 1962), American politician * Ethan T. Berlin, American comedian and musician *

Ethan Blackaby Ethan Allen Blackaby (July 24, 1940 – January 16, 2022) was an American professional baseball player who was an outfielder in Major League Baseball, appearing in 15 games for the Milwaukee Braves during the 1962 and 1964 seasons. He threw and ...

(1940–2022), American baseball player *

Ethan Blackadder Ethan J. Blackadder (born 22 March 1995) is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays for in the Bunnings NPC and the in the Super Rugby competition. His position of choice is flanker. He is the son of former All Blacks player Todd Blackad ...

(born 1995), New Zealand rugby union footballer *

Ethan Bortnick Ethan Jordan Bortnick (born December 24, 2000) is an American pianist, singer, songwriter, record producer, musician and actor. He has been featured on ''The Tonight Show'', ''Oprah Winfrey Network'', ''Good Morning America'', Disney Channel, Ni ...

(born 2000), American pianist *

Ethan Brierley Ethan Craig Brierley (born 23 November 2003) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brentford. Early life Brierley was born in Rochdale. Career Having supported Rochdale from the age of three and progressed through the club's ac ...

(born 2003), English footballer *

Ethan Bristow Ethan David Bristow (born 27 November 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Minnesota United. Career Reading Bristow signed his first professional contract with Reading in October 2019, ...

(born 2001), English footballer *

Ethan Britto Ethan Britto (born 30 November 2000) is a Gibraltarian footballer who plays for Lincoln Red Imps and the Gibraltar national team. Primarily a left-back, he can also play anywhere along the left flank and has often been utilised as a winger in ...

(born 2000), Gibraltarian footballer *

Ethan Bronner Ethan Bronner (born 1954) is a senior editor at Bloomberg News following 17 years at ''The New York Times'', most recently as deputy national editor. Biography Bronner is a graduate of Wesleyan University's College of Letters and the Columbia U ...

(born 1954), American editor * Ethan Brookes (born 2001), English cricketer *

Ethan Brooks Ethan Barbier Brooks (born April 27, 1972) is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons, St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals, Baltimore Ravens and Dallas Cowboys. He played college f ...

(born 1972), American football player * Ethan Brooks (soccer) (born 2001), South African footballer * Ethan Brosh, Israeli-American guitarist * Ethan Brown (disambiguation), multiple people *

Ethan Bryant Ethan Bryant (born August 20, 2001) is an American soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Sporting Kansas City II in MLS Next Pro. Career San Antonio FC Bryant signed his first professional contract with San Antonio FC on February 14, 2018 ...

(born 2001), American soccer player *

Ethan Buckler Ethan Buckler is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the bands King Kong and Slint. He is currently living in Louisville, Kentucky. Life and career 1986–1987: Slint In 1986, Buckler formed Slint with D ...

(born 1967), American singer-songwriter *

Ethan Bullemor Ethan Bullemor (born 21 February 2000) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a forward for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the National Rugby League (NRL). He previously played for the Brisbane Broncos in the N ...

(born 2000), Australian rugby union footballer * Ethan Butera (born 2006), Belgian footballer

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* Ethan Cairns (born 2004), Scottish footballer * Ethan Calleja (born 1999), Australian synchronized swimmer *

Ethan Canin Ethan Andrew Canin (born July 19, 1960) is an American author, educator, and physician. He is a member of the faculty of the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. Canin was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, while his parents were vacatio ...

(born 1960), American author and physician * Ethan Carter (disambiguation), multiple people *

Ethan Casey Ethan Casey is an American print and online journalist who has written or edited five books. He was founding editor of the online global affairs magazine BlueEar.com (1999–2005) and is founding co-editor of PakCast (2006 –), a weekly podcast ab ...

(born 1965), American journalist *

Ethan Cepuran Ethan Cepuran (born May 13, 2000) is an American speed skater who represented the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Cepuran competed at the 2018 World Junior Speed Skating Championships and won a silver medal in the mass start ev ...

(born 2000), American speed skater * Ethan Chislett (born 1998), South African footballer * Ethan Chorin (born 1968), American scholar * Ethan Cochran (born 1994), American discus thrower *

Ethan Coen Joel Daniel Coen (born November 29, 1954) and Ethan Jesse Coen (born September 21, 1957),State of Minnesota. ''Minnesota Birth Index, 1935–2002''. Minnesota Department of Health. collectively known as the Coen brothers (), are American film ...

(born 1957), American director and screenwriter * Ethan Cohen (disambiguation), multiple people * Ethan Cohn (born 1979), American actor * Ethan Coleman (born 2000), English footballer * Ethan Cook, American artist * Ethan Cooper (born 1995), American football player * Ethan Cormont (born 2000), French pole vaulter * Ethan Corson, American politician *

Ethan Couch Ethan Anthony Couch (born April 11, 1997) is an American who, at age 16, killed four people while driving under the influence on June 15, 2013, in Burleson, Texas. Couch, while intoxicated and under the influence of drugs, was driving on a re ...

(born 1997), American convicted murderer * Ethan Coughlan (born 2002), Irish rugby union footballer *

Ethan Cox Ethan Cox (born July 25, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with the Reading Royals of the ECHL The ECHL (formerly the East Coast Hockey League) is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in ...

(born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player *

Ethan Cutkosky Ethan Francis Cutkosky (born August 19, 1999) is an American actor and singer, best known for his roles as Carl Gallagher on the Showtime series '' Shameless'', and Barto in '' The Unborn''. Early life Ethan Francis Cutkosky was born on Augus ...

(born 1999), American actor

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* Ethan Daniel Davidson (born 1969), American musician * Ethan de Groot (born 1998), New Zealand rugby player * Ethan Dizon (born 2002), American actor * Ethan Dobbelaere (born 2002), American soccer player * Ethan Dolan (born 1999), American comedian * Ethan Drogin (born 1976), American television producer * Ethan Dube (born 1970), Zimbabwean cricketer * Ethan Dumortier (born 2000), French rugby union footballer * Ethan du Preez (born 2003), South African swimmer

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* Ethan Ebanks-Landell (born 1992), English professional footballer *

Eytan Elbaz Eytan Elbaz is an American entrepreneur and investor best known for co-founding, along with his brother Gil Elbaz and Adam Weissman, Applied Semantics (ASI), which would later become Google AdSense. He is an angel investor and founder of many L ...

, American entrepreneur *

Ethan Embry Ethan Embry (born June 13, 1978) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his role as Mark in ''Empire Records'', Preston in '' Can't Hardly Wait'', The Bass Player in ''That Thing You Do!'', and as Bobby Ray in '' Sweet Home A ...

(born 1978), American actor * Ethan Ennis (born 2004), English footballer * Ethan Erhahon (born 2001), Scottish footballer *

Ethan Erickson Ethan Skip Erickson (born August 5, 1973) is an American television and film actor and TV host. Education Erickson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has a degree in English literature from UC Santa Barbara. Career Erickson once played th ...

(born 1973), American actor

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* Ethan Farmer, American bassist * Ethan Fernea (born 1998), American football player *

Ethan Finlay Ethan Christopher Finlay (born August 6, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Austin FC. Career College and amateur Born in Duluth, Minnesota, Finlay's family moved across the U.S ...

(born 1990), American soccer player * Ethan Fisher (born 2001), South African rugby union footballer * Ethan Fixell (born 1982), American writer *

Eytan Fox Eytan Fox ( he, איתן פוקס; born on August 21, 1964) is an Israeli film director. Biography Eytan Fox was born in New York City. His family immigrated to Israel when he was two. His father, Seymour Fox, was a Conservative rabbi and a prof ...

(born 1964), Israeli film director

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Ethan Gage Ethan Gage (born May 8, 1991) is a Canadian soccer player who currently plays for Victorian State League Division 1 side Caroline Springs George Cross FC. Club career Youth Born in Cochrane, Alberta, Gage won a gold medal with Alberta at the ...

(born 1991), Canadian soccer player * Ethan Galbraith (born 2001), Northern Irish footballer * Ethan Gilsdorf (born 1966), American writer * Ethan A. Goldrich (born 1966), American diplomat * Ethan James Green (born 1990), American photographer * Ethan Greenidge (born 1997), American football player *

Ethan Allen Greenwood Ethan Allen Greenwood (1779–1856) was an American lawyer, portrait painter, and entrepreneurial museum proprietor in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 19th century. He established the New England Museum in 1818. Biography Greenwood was bo ...

(1779–1856), American lawyer * Ethan Gross, American television writer *

Ethan Gutmann Ethan Gutmann is an American writer, researcher, author, and a senior research fellow in China Studies at the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation whose work has investigated surveillance and organ harvesting in China. Education Gutmann earn ...

(born 1958), American writer

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Ethan Hamilton Ethan Billy Hamilton (born 18 October 1998) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Lincoln City as a midfielder. Club career Hamilton began his career with Edinburgh-based club Hutchison Vale, the same club that Darren Fletcher (w ...

(born 1998), Scottish footballer * Ethan Hammerton (born 2000), British racing driver * Ethan Hankins (born 2000), American baseball player * Ethan Hanns (born 1988), Samoan footballer *

Ethan Happ Ethan Happ (born May 7, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for Rio Breogán of the Spanish Liga ACB. He is the all-time leading rebounder for the Wisconsin Badgers, where he started all 139 games of his college career and is the ...

(born 1996), American basketball player * Ethan Hardin (born 2003), American soccer player * Ethan Harris (disambiguation), multiple people * Ethan Havard (born 2000), Bulgarian rugby league footballer *

Ethan Hawke Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor and film director. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award. Hawke has directed three feature films, three off-Broadway plays, and a doc ...

(born 1970), American actor *

Ethan Hayter Ethan Edward Hayter (born 18 September 1998) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Hayter started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome in 2012, aged 13. He raced for the VC Londres cycling club from 2012 to 2016, ...

(born 1998), English racing cyclist * Ethan H. D., American professional wrestler * Ethan Hemer (born 1991), American football player * Ethan Higbee, American filmmaker *

Ethan Hill Ethan Hill (born 12 September 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Mansfield Town. Playing career Hill turned professional at Mansfield Town in May 2021. He made his senior debut on 31 August under the ...

(born 2002), English footballer * Ethan Hitchcock (disambiguation), multiple people * Ethan Horton (born 1962), American football player *

Ethan Horvath Ethan Shea Horvath (born June 9, 1995) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Luton Town, on loan from Nottingham Forest, and the United States national team. Early years Horvath was bo ...

(born 1995), American soccer player * Ethan Hughes (born 1994), Australian rules footballer

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* Ethan Ingram (born 2003), English footballer *

Ethan Iverson Ethan Iverson (born February 11, 1973) is a pianist, composer, and critic best known for his work in the avant-garde jazz trio The Bad Plus with bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King. Biography Iverson was born in Menomonie, Wisconsin. ...

(born 1973), American pianist and composer

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* Ethan James (disambiguation), multiple people *

Ethan Johns Ethan Thomas Robert Johns (born 1969 in Merton, London, England) is an English record producer, engineer, mixer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Johns has worked with artists including Ryan Adams, Kings of Leon, Paul McCartney, Ray LaMo ...

(born 1969), English record producer * Ethan Johnston (born 2002), English footballer * Ethan Jones (footballer) (born 1998), English footballer * Ethan Jolley (born 1997), Gibraltarian footballer *

Ethan Juan Ethan Juan (, born 8 November 1982) is a Taiwanese actor and model. He rose to prominence with the television series ''Fated to Love You'' (2008). Juan won the Best Actor award at the 47th Golden Horse Awards for his role in '' Monga'' in 2010. ...

(born 1982), Taiwanese actor

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* Ethan Kachosa (born 2003), English footballer * Ethan Kaplan, American economics professor *

Ethan Kath Claudio Paolo Palmieri known professionally as Ethan Kath, is a co-founder and songwriter/producer for Crystal Castles and previously the bassist of Kïll Cheerleadër and Die Mannequin. ''Rolling Stone'' named Crystal Castles icons of 20 Years o ...

(born 1977), Canadian songwriter and producer *

Ethan Katz Ethan Russell Katz (born July 4, 1983) is an American professional baseball Coach (baseball), coach, and former minor league baseball player. He is the pitching coach for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Prior to that, Katz ...

(born 1983), American baseball coach * Ethan B. Katz (born 1979), American writer * Ethan Katzberg, Canadian hammer thrower *

Ethan Kelley Ethan Jeffrey Arthur Kelley (born February 12, 1980) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the seventh round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Baylor. High school car ...

(born 1980), American football player *

Ethan Kenning Charles Ethan Kenning (born August 19, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter and musician who performed as George Edwards when he led 1960s acid rock band, H. P. Lovecraft. He was adopted as a child and brought up under t ...

(born 1943), American singer-songwriter * Ethan Kilmer (born 1983), American football player *

Ethan Kleinberg Ethan Kleinberg is Class of 1958 Distinguished Professor of History and Letters at Wesleyan University, Editor-in-Chief of ''History and Theory'' and was Director of Wesleyan University's Center for the Humanities. Kleinberg's wide-ranging schola ...

, American professor *

Ethan Kross Ethan Kross is an American experimental psychologist, neuroscientist and writer, who specializes in emotion regulation. He is a professor of psychology and management at the University of Michigan and director of the Emotion & Self Control Laborato ...

, American psychologist * Ethan Kutler (born 1995), American soccer player

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Ethan Laidlaw Ethan Allen Laidlaw (November 25, 1899 – May 25, 1963) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 350 films and made more than 500 appearances on television, mainly uncredited in Westerns, between 1923 and 1962. Laidlaw was bor ...

(1899–1963), American film actor * Ethan Laird (born 2001), English footballer *

Ethan Lawrence Ethan David Lawrence (born 28 September 1992) is an English actor. He is known for playing the roles of Joe Poulter in the BBC series '' Bad Education'' and James in the Netflix black comedy series '' After Life''. Since 2021, he has played var ...

(born 1992), English actor *

Ethan Josh Lee Ethan Josh Lee (born 2001) is a Korean-American actor. He is best known for his role as Quan Phook on ''Mr. Robinson''. He is also known as "Ethan Lee". Education Lee attended Calabasas High School. He is currently a student at Stanford Univers ...

, Korean-American actor * Ethan Leib (born 1975), American law professor * Ethan Lewis (born 1994), Welsh rugby union player * Ethan G. Lewis, American economics professor * Ethan Lindenberger (born 2001), American vaccine activist * Ethan Lloyd (born 2001), Welsh rugby union footballer *

Ethan Lowe Ethan Lowe (born 20 March 1991) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a goal kicking for the North Queensland Cowboys and South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL. Lowe was a member of the North Queensland Cowboy ...

(born 1991), Australian rugby union player *

Ethan Luck Ethan John Luck is an American musician, producer, multi-instrumentalist and photographer who has played in several bands, most prominently, the ska band The O.C. Supertones, Demon Hunter, Kings of Leon, Morgan Wade, and pop punk band Relient ...

(born 1978), American musician and producer

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Ethan Maniquis Ethan Maniquis is an American film director and editor. Maniquis co-directed the 2010 film ''Machete Older machete from Latin America Gerber machete/saw combo Agustín Cruz Tinoco of San Agustín de las Juntas, Oaxaca">San_Agustín_de_l ...

, American film editor *

Ethan Manning Ethan Manning is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 23rd district. He assumed office on November 7, 2018. Early life and education Manning was born in Peru, Indiana and ...

, American politician *

Ethan Martin Ethan Cash Martin (born June 6, 1989) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies in and . Professional career Los Angeles Dodgers Martin was drafted in the 1st ro ...

(born 1989), American baseball player * Ethan Mbappé (born 2006), French footballer * Ethan McIlroy (born 2000), Irish rugby union footballer *

Ethan McSweeny Ethan McSweeny is an American theatre director. He served as artistic director of the American Shakespeare Center from 2018 to 2021. Early life and education McSweeny is a native of Washington, D.C., the son of political journalists Dorothy an ...

, American theatre director * Ethan B. Minier (1874–1958), American politician * Ethan Minsker (born 1969), American writer *

Eytan Mirsky Eytan Mirsky (born December 18, 1961) is a New York City-based American singer-songwriter. Career He is known mainly for his original contributions to film soundtracks, including the title songs for the critically acclaimed films ''Happiness' ...

(born 1961), American singer-songwriter *

Ethan Mitchell Ethan Mitchell (born 19 February 1991) is a former New Zealand track cyclist. He is a multiple-time World Champion, an Olympic medallist, and Commonwealth Champion. Career Mitchell has had a successful career in track sprinting after specia ...

(born 1991), New Zealand track cyclist * Eytan Modiano, American professor *

Ethan Mordden Ethan Mordden (born 1947) is an American author and musical theater researcher. Biography Mordden was born and raised in Pennsylvania, Venice, Italy, and on Long Island, New York. He is a graduate of Friends Academy and the University of Penns ...

(born 1947), American author and researcher * Ethan Moreau (born 1975), Canadian ice hockey player

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Ethan Nadelmann Ethan A. Nadelmann (born March 13, 1957) is the founder of the Drug Policy Alliance, a New York City-based non-profit organization working to end the War on Drugs. He is a supporter of the legalization of marijuana in America. Early life Nadelma ...

(born 1957), American activist * Ethan Natoli, Italian-Australian rugby league footballer * Ethan Nelson-Roberts (born 2000), English footballer * Ethan Nichtern (born 1978), American Buddhist teacher * Ethan Nicolle, American comic book creator * Ethan Nordean, American political activist * Ethan Nwaneri (born 2007), English footballer

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* Ethan O'Connor (born 1991), American lacrosse player * Ethan O'Donnell (born 1997), Irish Gaelic footballer * Ethan Ogrodniczuk (born 2001), Canadian cyclist * Ethan O'Reilly (born 1985), South African cricketer * Ethan Orr, American politician

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Ethan Page Julian Micevski (born September 20, 1989), better known by his ring name Ethan Page, is a Canadian professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of The Firm. Page is best known for his work in Imp ...

(born 1989), Canadian professional wrestler *

Ethan Panizza Ethan Panizza is an Australian television actor and former football player from Albany, Western Australia. Panizza was interested in acting from an early age but chose to pursue a career in Australian rules football. He is the son of successful f ...

, Australian television actor * Ethan Paquin, American poet * Ethan Parry (born 1999), Australian rugby union footballer * Ethan Payne (born 1995), English YouTuber, (known online as Behzinga), part of The Sidemen *

Ethan Peck Ethan Gregory Peck (born March 2, 1986) is an American actor. He is the grandson of actor Gregory Peck and Greta Kukkonen, the elder Peck's first wife. In 2019, he played a young Spock in '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (2019), a role he has reprised ...

(born 1986), American actor * Ethan Persoff (born 1974), American cartoonist * Eytan Pessen (born 1961), Israeli pianist * Ethan Peters (2003–2020), American beauty blogger *

Ethan Phillips Ethan Phillips (born John Ethan Phillips February 8, 1955) is an American actor and playwright. He is best known for his television roles as Neelix on '' Star Trek: Voyager'' and PR man Pete Downey on '' Benson''. Personal life Phillips was raise ...

(born 1955), American actor *

Ethan Pinnock Ethan Rupert Pinnock (born 29 May 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Brentford and the Jamaica national team. Pinnock began his career in non-League football with Dulwich Hamlet and Forest Green Rovers ...

(born 1992), English footballer * Ethan Place, American soldier *

Ethan Pocic Ethan Pocic ( ) (born August 5, 1995) is an American football center for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU. Pocic has also played the guard position. He was selected by the Seattle Sea ...

(born 1995), American football player * Ethan Pringle (born 1986), American rock climber * Ethan Prow (born 1992), American ice hockey player

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Ethan Quinn Ethan Quinn (born March 12, 2004) is an American tennis player. Quinn has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 501 achieved on 15 August 2022 and a doubles career-high ranking of No. 736 achieved on August 8 2022. Personal life Quinn atten ...

(born 2004), American tennis player

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* Ethan Rains (born 1981), Iranian-American actor * Ethan Randall (born 1978), American actor * Ethan Ringel (born 1994), American racing driver * Ethan Roberts (born 1997), American baseball player *

Ethen Roberts Ethen Godrey Roberts (born July 15, 1990), is a professional Freeride Mountain Bike and FMX rider known for his participation with the extreme sports show Nitro Circus. He's the first to land a triple backflip on a mountain bike and has since b ...

(born 1990), American biker * Ethan Robson (born 1996), English footballer *

Eytan Rockaway Eytan Rockaway is a film director, writer and producer. After graduating from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, he co-founded A Matter of Substance, an entertainment company. Rockaway directed and produced '' The Abandoned'', which was an offic ...

, American film director * Ethan Roots (born 1997), New Zealand rugby union player * Ethan Ross (disambiguation), multiple people * Ethan Rubinstein (1941–2015), Israeli-Canadian doctor * Ethan Ruby, American businessman *

Ethan Rusbatch Ethan Rusbatch (born 24 May 1992) is a New Zealand basketball player for the Franklin Bulls of the New Zealand National Basketball League (NZNBL). He began his New Zealand NBL career in 2012 with the Southland Sharks after spending one season ...

(born 1992), New Zealand basketball player *

Ethan Russell Ethan Allen Russell (born November 26, 1945 in Mt. Kisco, New York) is an American photographer, author and video director, mostly of musicians. He is known as "the only rock photographer to have shot album covers for The Beatles, The Rolling S ...

(born 1945), American photographer * Ethan Ryan (born 1996), Irish rugby union player

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* Ethen Sampson (born 1993), South African footballer *

Ethan Sandler Ethan Sandler (born December 3, 1972) is an American actor, film producer and writer known for his role of ADA Jeffrey Brandau on the television series ''Crossing Jordan''. Career Sandler's screen credits include '' The Chocolate War'', ''Flushe ...

(born 1972), American actor and film producer * Ethan Santos (born 1998), Gibraltarian footballer * Eytan Schwartz, Israeli-American public relations expert * Ethan H. Shagan (born 1971), American historian * Ethan A. H. Shepley (1896–1975), American academic administrator * Ethan M. Shevach (born 1943), American immunologist *

Ethan Siegel Ethan R. Siegel is an American theoretical astrophysicist and science writer, who studies the Big Bang theory. In the past he has been a professor at Lewis & Clark College and a blogger at ''Starts With a Bang'', on ScienceBlogs and also on For ...

(born 1978), American theoretical astrophysicist *

Ethan Slater Ethan Samuel Slater (born June 2, 1992) is an American actor, singer, and composer, best known for his role as SpongeBob SquarePants (character), SpongeBob SquarePants in the SpongeBob SquarePants (musical), musical of the same name, for which ...

(born 1992), American actor * Ethan Small (born 1997), American baseball player * Ethan Smith (disambiguation), multiple people *

Ethan Spaulding Ethan Spaulding is an American animation director, producer and storyboard artist, well known as a crew person on the animated television series ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''. He directed twelve episodes, and held various crew positions on seve ...

, American animator and director *

Eytan Stibbe Eytan Meir Stibbe is an Israeli former fighter pilot, businessman and commercial astronaut. In November 2020 he paid Axiom Space to become a space tourist on a ten day mission to the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon sp ...

(born 1958), Israeli pilot *

Ethan Stiefel Ethan Stiefel (born February 13, 1973) is an American dancer, choreographer, and director. He was a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre (ABT) from 1997 until July 2012. He was the artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet fro ...

(born 1973), American ballet dancer *

Ethan Stoller Ethan Stoller is an American composer, music editor and producer from Chicago, Illinois. Stoller's first film score was for the independently produced ''Roadrunner'' (dir. Christopher Blasingame) in 2001. Stoller has composed three film scores: ' ...

, American composer *

Ethan Strimling Ethan King Strimling (born October 19, 1967) is an American non-profit executive and politician from Maine. Strimling was elected Mayor of Portland, Maine in 2015. Strimling previously served as a Democratic state senator from 2003 to 2009. Afte ...

(born 1967), American corporate executive *

Ethan Stroud Ethan A. Stroud (1788–1846) was the Indian Commissioner on the Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 2 ...

(1788–1846), American trader *

Ethan Suplee Ethan Suplee (; born May 25, 1976) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the films '' American History X'', '' Remember the Titans'', ''John Q'', '' The Wolf of Wall Street'', ''Without a Paddle'', and sever ...

(born 1976), American actor

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Ethan Thompson Ethan Ivan Thompson (born May 4, 1999) is a Puerto Rican-American professional basketball player for the Windy City Bulls of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers and represents the Puerto Rican national tea ...

(born 1999), Puerto Rican basketball player * Ethan Tobman (born 1979), Canadian film production designer *

Ethan Tracy Ethan Nathaniel Tracy (born November 10, 1989) is an American professional golfer. Scholastic career Tracy attended Hilliard Darby High School and in college competed for the Arkansas Razorbacks where he was all-Southeastern Conference. Amate ...

(born 1989), American professional golfer * Ethan Tucker, American rabbi * Ethan Tufts (born 1976), American songwriter * Ethan Twomey (born 2002), Irish hurler

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* Ethan Vanacore-Decker (born 1994), American soccer player * Ethan Van der Ryn (born 1962), American sound editor *

Ethan van Leeuwen Ethan van Leeuwen (born 8 April 2001) is a badminton player from England. Career In 2021, he became the national champion of England after winning the men's doubles, with Matthew Clare at the 2021 English National Badminton Championships. A ...

(born 2001), English badminton player *

Ethan Van Sciver Ethan Daniel Van Sciver (No date on article; date appears in the website') (; born September 3, 1974) is an American comics artist and social media personality. He is known for illustrating or drawing covers for a number of superhero titles in the ...

(born 1974), American comic book artist *

Ethan Vernon Ethan Vernon (born 26 August 2000) is a British road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Major results Track ;2017 : National Junior Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Points race ::1st Kilo ::3rd Scratch ...

(born 2000), British cyclist * Ethan Vishniac (born 1955), American astrophysicist * Ethan Vogt (born 1974), American filmmaker

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* Ethan Waddleton (born 1996), English rugby union footballer * Ethan Walker (born 2002), English footballer * Ethan Waller (born 1992), English rugby union player * Ethan Warren (born 1991), Australian diver *

Ethan Watters Ethan Watters is an American journalist. He is the author of articles for ''The New York Times Magazine'', ''Spin'', '' Details'', '' Mother Jones'', '' Glamour'', '' GQ'', ''Esquire'', and the ''San Francisco Chronicle Magazine'' as well as books ...

(born 1964), American journalist * Ethan Watts (born 1972), American volleyball player * Ethan Wayne (born 1962), American actor * Ethan Werek (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player * Ethan Westbrooks (born 1990), American football player *

Ethan White Norris Ethan White (born January 1, 1991) is a former American soccer player who plays as a defender. He last played for New York City FC in Major League Soccer (MLS). Early career In high school, White was a four-year starter for the Bethe ...

(born 1991), American soccer player *

Ethan Wiley Ethan Wiley is an American screenwriter, film producer, director and musician. Wiley wrote the screenplay for the 1986 film '' House'' and has written and directed several other horror films, including, '' House II: The Second Story'', '' C ...

, American record producer * Ethan Willie (born 1999), Bahamian footballer * Ethan Wilson (born 1999), American baseball player * Ethan Wolf (born 1995), American football player * Ethan Wragge (born 1990), American basketball player

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Ethan Zohn Ethan Zohn (born November 12, 1973) is an American motivational speaker, former professional soccer player, and reality television series contestant who won '' Survivor: Africa'', the third season of the reality TV series '' Survivor''. He went ...

(born 1973), American motivational speaker, former professional soccer player, and reality TV personality *

Ethan Zubak Ethan Zubak (born April 15, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward. Career Zubak began his youth career with the Arsenal FC Academy in California before joining the LA Galaxy Academy in 2013. Zubak was part ...

(born 1998), American soccer player *

Ethan Zuckerman Ethan Zuckerman (born 1973) is an American media scholar, blogger, and Internet activist. He was the director of the MIT Center for Civic Media, and Associate Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Sciences at MIT until May 2020, and the a ...

(born 1973), American businessman

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Ethan Edwards Ethan Edwards is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a pastiche of the DC Comics character Superman. Publication history Ethan Edwards first appeared in ''Marvel Knights Spider-Man'' #1 ...

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Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

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Ethan Hardy Ethan Hardy is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', played by actor George Rainsford. He first appeared in the series twenty-eight episode "Bad Timing", broadcast on 11 January 2014. Rainsford's casting was announced ...

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Casualty Casualty may refer to: *Casualty (person), a person who is killed or rendered unfit for service in a war or natural disaster **Civilian casualty, a non-combatant killed or injured in warfare * The emergency department of a hospital, also known as ...

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Ethan Hunt Ethan Matthew Hunt is a fictional character and the protagonist of the ''Mission: Impossible'' film series. He is portrayed by Tom Cruise. Appearances ''Mission: Impossible'' (1996) In the first film, Hunt acts as the IMF point man for an ...

, a character in the film series '' Mission: Impossible'' *

Ethan Lovett Ethan Lovett is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera '' General Hospital''. The role was portrayed by Nathan Parsons from January 30, 2009, to March 7, 2012. Parsons briefly reprised the role for two episodes in April 2013 as pa ...

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Ethan Rom Dr. Ethan Goodspeed, also known as Ethan Rom, is a fictional character portrayed by William Mapother on the ABC television show ''Lost''. Introduced in the first season as the main antagonist, Ethan is the surgeon for the antagonistic and myster ...

, a character on the television series ''

Lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...

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Ethan Winters is a character in ''Resident Evil'' (''Biohazard'' in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. Ethan was introduced as one of the playable characters in the 2017 video game '' Resident Evil 7: Biohaza ...

, a character in the video game series ''

Resident Evil ''Resident Evil'', known in Japan as is a Japanese horror game series and media franchise created by Capcom. It consists of survival horror, third-person shooter and first-person shooter games, with players typically surviving in environments ...

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Ethan Winthrop Ethan Winthrop is a fictional character on the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama ''Passions''. Ethan is played by both Travis Schuldt (July 5, 1999, to July 3, 2002) and Eric Martsolf (July 8, 2002, to August 7, 2008). Rib Hillis temporarily portrayed the ...

, a character on the drama series ''

Passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...

'' * Ethan Zobelle, a character on the television series '' Sons of Anarchy''

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Michael Eitan Michael Eitan ( he, מיכאל איתן; born 6 March 1944) is an Israeli politician. A member of the Knesset for Likud from 1984 until 2013, he also served as Minister of Science & Technology between July 1997 and July 1998 and Minister of Im ...

(born 1944), Israeli politician * Rafael Eitan (1929–2004), Israeli general and politician *

Rafi Eitan Rafael Eitan ( he, רפי איתן; 23 November 1926 – 23 March 2019) was an Israeli politician and intelligence officer. He also led Gil and served as Minister of Senior Citizens. He was in charge of the Mossad operation that led to the ar ...

(born 1926), Israeli politician * Freddy Eytan (born 1947), Israeli diplomat and writer *

Walter Eytan Walter Eytan (24 July 1910 – 23 May 2001) was an Israeli diplomat. He served as Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry in 1948–1959 and Israeli ambassador to France in 1959–1970. Biography Walter Ettinghausen (later ''Eytan'') ...

(1910-2001), Israeli diplomat

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