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derived from the Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious", often shortened to

Ernie Ernie is a masculine given name, frequently a short form (hypocorism) of Ernest, Ernald, Ernesto, or Verner. It may refer to: People * Ernie Accorsi (born 1941), American football executive * Ernie Adams (disambiguation) * Ernie Afaganis ...

. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

People

Archduke Ernest of Austria Archduke Ernest of Austria (; 15 June 1553 – 20 February 1595) was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain. Biography Born in Vienna, he was educated with his brother Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emp ...

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

Ernest, Margrave of Austria Ernest (, 1027 – 10 June 1075), known as Ernest the Brave (''Ernst der Tapfere''), was the Margrave of Austria from 1055 to his death in 1075. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.Lingelbach 1913, p. 90. Biography He was born to Margrave A ...

(1027–1075) * Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373–1438) * Ernest, Duke of Opava (c. 1415–1464) * Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1482–1553) *

Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels Landgrave Ernest of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (8 December 1623 – 2 May 1693) was from 1649 to 1658 Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels and from 1658 until his death Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg. Because his brothers died young, all later La ...

(1623–1693) *

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg Ernest Augustus (; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698), Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, was Prince of Principality of Calenberg, Calenberg from 1679 until his death, and father of George I of Great Britain. He was appointed as the ninth prince-ele ...

(1629–1698) * Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg (1650–1710) *

Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover Ernest Augustus (; 5 June 177118 November 1851) was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death in 1851. As the fifth son of George III of the United Kingdom and Hanover, he initially seemed unlikely to become a monarch, but none of his e ...

(1771–1851), son of King George III of Great Britain *

Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Ernest II (; 21 June 181822 August 1893) was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to his death in 1893. He was born in Coburg to Ernest III, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. His father be ...

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

Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (; 21 September 1845 – 14 November 1923), was the eldest child and only son of George V of Hanover and his wife, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. Ernest Augustus was dep ...

(1845–1923) *

Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal Ernest Eugene Charles Augustus Bernard Paul of Hesse-Philippsthal (; born: 20 December 1846 in Philippsthal; died: 22 December 1925 in Eisenach) was a member of the House of Hesse and was the last ruling Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal. Life ...

(1846–1925) *

Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick, Prince of Hanover''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVIII. "Haus Hannover". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2007, pp. 22–26. . (; 18 March 1914 – 9 December 1987) was head of the Hou ...

Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954) Ernst August von Hanover (;Prince's Palace of Monaco. retrieved 10 August 2011.de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 702 (French) born 26 February 1954) is the h ...

* Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983) *

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

(died 1148), German abbot *

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

Ernest Guy Amsler Ernest Guy Amsler (November 9, 1895 – May 25, 1986)"Guy Amsler Dies at 90; Retired High Court Justice", ''Arkansas Democrat'' (May 26, 1986), p. 10A. was an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supre ...

(1895–1986), associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court *

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 Cle ...

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

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

(1931–2015), American baseball player * Ernest Benach (born 1959), President of the Catalan parliament * Ernest Bernea (1905–1990), Romanian sociologist *

Ernest Bevin Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British statesman, trade union leader and Labour Party politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 1940 and ...

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

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

(1869–1932), Romanian general during World War I * Ernest Buckmaster (1897–1968), Australian artist * Ernest Radcliffe Bond (1919–2003), British police officer and soldier * Ernie Bond (footballer) (born 1929), English footballer * Ernie Bond (politician) (1897–1984), Australian politician *

Ernest Borgnine Ernest Borgnine ( ; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular perf ...

(1917–2012), American actor * Ernie Calloway (born 1948), American football player * Ernie Cooksey (1980–2008), English footballer * Ernest Corea (1932–2017), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States from 1981-1986 *Sir

Ernest Marshall Cowell Major General Sir Ernest Marshall Cowell KBE CB KHS TD DSO DL FRCS (24 February 1886 – 26 February 1971) was a British military officer and surgeon. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I and World War II and served ...

(1886–1971), British surgeon and military officer * Ernie Cox (1894–1962), Canadian football player * Ernest S. Croot III (born 1972), American mathematician * Ernest Dale (1917–1996), American academic and writer * Ernest Daltroff (1867–1941), French perfumer, and founder of Parfums Caron * Ernest de Munck (1840–1915), Belgian cellist and composer * Ernie DiGregorio (born 1951), American basketball player * Ernest Duff (1931-2016), American businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop * Ernie Els (born 1969), South African golfer * Ernest Evans (cricketer) (1861–1948), English cricketer who played for Somerset * Ernest Evans (politician) (1885–1965), Welsh politician * Ernest Everett Just (biologist) (1883-1941), American biologist * Ernest E. Evans (1908–1944), officer of the United States Navy in WWII * Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando (1919–1957), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and mine owner *

Ernie Fletcher Ernest Lee Fletcher (born November 12, 1952) is an American physician and politician who was the List of governors of Kentucky, 60th governor of Kentucky from 2003 to 2007. He previously served three consecutive terms in the United States House ...

(born 1952), American physician and politician, 60th Governor of Kentucky * Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991), American country singer * Ernest Gold (composer) (1921–1999), American composer * Ernest Gold (meteorologist) (1881–1976), British meteorologist * Ernest Gjoka (born 1970), Albanian football coach * Ernie Green (born 1938), American football player *

Ernesto "Che" Guevara Ernesto "Che" Guevara (14th May 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentines, Argentine Communist revolution, Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and Military theory, military theorist. A majo ...

(1928–1967), Argentine physician, author and Marxist revolutionary * Ernest Gugenheim (1916–1977), French rabbi * Ernie Harwell (1918–2010), American baseball broadcaster * Ernest Haycox (1899–1950), American writer of Westerns *

Ernest Hemingway Ernest Miller Hemingway ( ; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has been romanticized fo ...

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

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British decorations system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British ...

* E. W. Hornung (1866–1921), English author and poet * Ernie Hughes (born 1955), American football player * Ernie Isley (born 1952), American musician, the Isley Brothers * Ernest Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people * Ernest Jones (disambiguation), multiple people * Ernest Juvara (1870–1933), Romanian physician * Ernest Koliqi (1903–1975), Albanian writer *

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

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

Ernest Krausz Ernest (Kopul) Krausz (Hebrew: ארנסט קראוס; August 13, 1931 - December 10, 2018) was an Israeli professor of sociology who served as rector and Acting President of Bar Ilan University. He also taught at Netanya Academic College. Biogr ...

(1931–2018), Israeli professor of sociology and President at

Bar Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, , ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic university institution. It has 20,000 ...

Ernest Lawrence Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was an American accelerator physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope separation for ...

(1901–1958), American nuclear scientist * Ernest Lluch (1937–2000), Catalan-Spanish politician * Ernest Earl Lockhart (1912-2006), American chemist and explorer * Ernest Millington (1916–2009), British politician * Ernie Morgan (1927–2013), English football player and manager * Ernie Nordli (1912–1968), American animation artist and graphic designer * Ernest O. Lawrence (1901–1958), American physicist * Ernest Perera (1932-2013, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1988-1993 * Ernie Phythian (1942–2020), English footballer * Ernest Victor Pieris (1926-1991), Sri Lankan Sinhala physician, medical educator, cricketer, and rugby union player * Ernest Poruthota (1931–2020), Sri Lankan Sinhala Roman Catholic priest and author * Ernest Prakasa (born 1982), Indonesian comedian, stand up performer, writer, and actor * Ernie Price (1926–2013), English footballer * Ernest Prodolliet (1905-1984), Swiss diplomat * Ernst Reuter (1889–1953), German politician and mayor of Berlin *

Ernest Rutherford Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who was a pioneering researcher in both Atomic physics, atomic and nuclear physics. He has been described as "the father of nu ...

(1871–1937), New Zealand chemist and nuclear physicist *

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

(1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer * Ernest de Silva (1887–1957), Sri Lankan philanthropist * Ernest (musician) (K. Smith), American country music artist * Ernest Spybuck (1883–1949), American Indian autoethnographer * Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), American poet * Ernest William Tristram (1882-1952), British art historian, artist and conservator * Ernest Troubridge (1862–1926), British naval officer * Ernest Tubb (1914–1984), American country music singer and songwriter * Ernest Veuve (1843–1916), American Civil War soldier * Ernest Vinberg (1937–2020), Russian mathematician * Ernest Walker (disambiguation) * Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel laureate *

Ernie Watts Ernest James Watts (born October 23, 1945) is an American jazz and R&B 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 album '' ...

(born 1945), American saxophonist * Ernie Watts (Small Heath footballer), English footballer * Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1???), English footballer * Ernie Wise (1925–1999), stage name of English comedian Ernest Wiseman (1925–1999), Morecambe and Wise * Ernest Ailred Worms (1891–1963), German Pallottine missionary, linguist, and anthropologist in Australia *

Ernie Zalejski Ernest Raymond Zalejski (November 23, 1925 – August 5, 2012) was an American professional American football, football Back (American football), back who played one season with the Baltimore Colts (1947–50), Baltimore Colts of the National Fo ...

(1925–2012), American football player

Fictional characters

* Ernest, one of the title characters of the Belgian-French franchise '' Ernest & Célestine'' * Ernest, in '' The Swiss Family Robinson'' * Ernest T. Bass, a recurring character on the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'' * Ernest Bonhour, one of the main protagonist in the French animated series The Long Long Holiday * Ernest Denouement, a character in Lemony Snicket's ''

A Series of Unfortunate Events ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' is a series of thirteen Children's literature, children's novels written by American author Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. The books follow the turbulent lives of orphaned siblings List of A ...

'' * Ernest Greeves, a main character from the video game '' Layton's Mystery Journey'' and the associated anime '' Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File'' * Monsieur Ernest LeClerc, on the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' * Ernest Perriclof, one of the main characters in Alexandra Adornetto's ''The Strangest Adventures'' series * Ernest P. Worrell, main comic character of the series of ''Ernest'' films as played by

Jim Varney James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, for which he won an Emmy Award, as well as appearing in films and numerous televis ...

* Ernest Worthing, main character in ''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, a Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde, the last of his four drawing-room plays, following ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1892), ''A Woman of No Importance'' (1893) and ''An Ideal Husban ...

'', a play by Oscar Wilde

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