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

People

* Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor * Ernest, Margrave of Austria (1027–1075) *

Ernest, Duke of Bavaria Ernest of Bavaria-Munich (german: Ernst, Herzog von Bayern-München), (Munich, 1373 – 2 July 1438 in Munich), from 1397 Duke of Bavaria-Munich. Biography Ernest was a son of John II and ruled the duchy of Bavaria-Munich together with h ...

(1373–1438) * Ernest, Duke of Opava (c. 1415–1464) *

Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach Margrave Ernest I of Baden-Durlach (7 October 1482, Pforzheim – 6 February 1553, Sulzburg) was the founder of the so-called "Ernestine" line of the House of Baden, the line from which the later Grand Dukes descended. He was the ruling M ...

(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 Lan ...

(1623–1693) *

Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg Ernest Augustus (german: Ernst August; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698) was ruler of the Principality of Lüneburg from 1658 and of the Principality of Calenberg from 1679 until his death, and father of George I of Great Britain. He was app ...

(1629–1698) *

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

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

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

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

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

(1845–1923) *

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

(1846–1925) *

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

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

* Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983) *

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

(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 (1 ...

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

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

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

(1931–2015), American baseball player *

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

(born 1959), President of the Catalan parliament *

Ernest Bevin Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British statesman, trade union leader, and Labour Party politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union in the years 1922–194 ...

(1881–1951), British Labour politician *

Ernest Bohr Ernest David Bohr (7 March 1924 – 26 February 2018) was a Danish lawyer, former barrister, and field hockey player who played for Denmark in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Biography Bohr was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark on 7 March 1924 ...

(1924–2018), Danish lawyer, former barrister, and field hockey player * Ernest Broșteanu (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) Ernest Edward "Ernie" Bond (29 June 1897 – 25 July 1984) was an Australian politician. He was born in Heywood to rural worker Robert Bond and Sarah Jane Mullens. He attended Geelong High School and became a schoolteacher at Lavers Hill an ...

(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 perfor ...

(1917–2012), American actor *

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 ...

(born 1948), American football player * Ernie Cooksey (1980–2008), English footballer *

Ernest Corea Ernest Corea (1932–11 May 2017) was a Sri Lankan journalist and a diplomat noted for his work to maintain a free and independent press and for negotiations involving Sri Lanka's development programs. Early life Corea was born in 1932 in Col ...

(1932–2017), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States from 1981-1986 * Ernie Cox (1894–1962), Canadian football player *

Ernest Daltroff Ernest Daltroff (17 November 1867 – 3 February 1941), was a French perfumer and the founder of Parfums Caron in 1904. Biography Ernest Léon René Lucien Daltroff was born to an upper middle class family originally from Russia. His mother Id ...

(1867–1941), French perfumer, and founder of Parfums Caron * Ernie DiGregorio (born 1951), American basketball player *

Ernest Duff Ernest Duff (June 2, 1931 - May 27, 2016) was an American businessman, lawyer and former bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was the founder of Southern Tire Mart, a large independent commercial tire dealership in North ...

(1931-2016), American businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop *

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 *

Ernest Evans (cricketer) Ernest Evans (21 August 1861 – 4 November 1948) was an English cricketer who played for Somerset. He was born and died in Clifton, Bristol. Evans made one first-class appearance for Somerset, during the 1891 season, against Gloucestershire. ...

(1861–1948), English cricketer who played for Somerset * Ernest Evans (politician) (1885–1965), Welsh politician * Ernest E. Evans (1908–1944), officer of the United States Navy in WWII * Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando (1919–1957), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and mine owner *

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 h ...

(1919–1991), American country singer *

Ernest Gold (composer) Ernst Sigmund Goldner (July 13, 1921 – March 17, 1999), known professionally as Ernest Gold, was an Austrian-born American composer. He is most noted for his work on the film ''Exodus'' produced in 1960. Early life Gold was born in 1921 in Vie ...

(1921–1999), American composer *

Ernest Gold (meteorologist) Ernest Gold CB DSO OBE FRS (24 July 1881 – 30 January 1976) was a British meteorologist. He was born at Berkswell, near Coventry and educated at Mason University College (which later became the University of Birmingham) and St John's C ...

(1881–1976), British meteorologist * Ernest Gjoka (born 1970), Albanian football coach *

Ernie Green Ernest "Ernie" Green (born October 15, 1938) is a former American football halfback and fullback for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League. Early years Born and raised in Columbus, Georgia, Green is a 1958 graduate of Spence ...

(born 1938), American football player *

Ernesto "Che" Guevara Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted ...

(1928-1967), Argentine physician, author and Marxist revolutionary *

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 baseball broadcaster *

Ernest Haycox Ernest James Haycox (October 1, 1899 – October 13, 1950) was an American writer of Western fiction. Biography Haycox was born in Portland, Oregon, to William James Haycox and the former Martha Burghardt on October 1, 1899.Corning, Howard M. (1 ...

(1899–1950), American writer of Westerns *

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

(1899–1961), American writer *

Ernest George Horlock Ernest George Horlock Victoria Cross, VC (also known as Ernest George Harlock) (24 October 1885 – 30 December 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy t ...

(1885–1917), English recipient of the

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

* E. W. Hornung (1866–1921), English author and poet *

Ernie Hughes 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. H ...

(born 1955), American football player *

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 musician, the Isley Brothers * Ernest Jones (disambiguation), multiple people * Ernest Juvara (1870–1933), Romanian physician *

Ernest Koliqi Ernest Koliqi (20 May 190315 January 1975) was an Albanian journalist, politician, translator, teacher and writer. Biography Born in Shkodra, where he also attended his first lessons at the local Jesuit College. In 1918 his father send him ...

(1903–1975), Albanian writer *

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 aft ...

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

Ernest Krausz Ernest (Kopul) Krausz (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. Biography Ernes ...

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

Bar Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''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 i ...

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

(1901–1958), American nuclear scientist *

Ernest Lluch Ernest Lluch Martín, (21 January 1937 – 21 November 2000) was a Spanish economist and politician, member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC). He was Minister of Health and Consumption from 1982 to 1986 in the first Spanish Socialist Wor ...

(1937–2000), Catalan-Spanish politician * Ernest Millington (1916–2009), British politician *

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 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 *

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

(1901–1958), American physicist *

Ernest Perera Ernest Edward Boniface Perera (29 November 1932 – 16 August 2013) was the 23rd Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police, serving between 1988 and 1993. Ernest Edward Boniface Perera was born on 29 November 1932 in Dalugama, a suburb of Col ...

(1932-2013, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1988-1993 *

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 ...

(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 (English footballer), Ernie Price (1926–2013), English footballer *Ernst Reuter (1889–1953), German politician and mayor of Berlin *Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), New Zealand chemist and nuclear physicist *Ernest Shackleton (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 (born 1937), Russian mathematician *Ernest Walker (disambiguation) *Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel laureate *Ernie Watts (born 1945), American saxophonist *Ernie Watts (Small Heath footballer), English footballer *Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1???), English footballer *Ernie Wise (1925–1999), stage name of English comedian Ernest Wiseman (1925–1999), Morecambe and Wise *Ernie Zalejski (1925–2012), American football player

Fictional characters

*Ernest T. Bass, a recurring character on the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'' *V.F.D. members#Frank and Ernest Denouement, Ernest Denouement, a character in Lemony Snicket, Lemony Snicket's ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' *Monsieur Ernest LeClerc, on the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' *Ernest P. Worrell, main comic character of the series of ''Ernest'' films as played by Jim Varney *Ernest B. Raykes, in the film ''Cars'' * Ernest, one of the title characters of the Belgian-French francise ''Ernest & Célestine'' *Ernest, in ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' *Ernest Worthing, main character in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', a play by Oscar Wilde *Ernest Perriclof, one of the main characters in Alexandra Adornetto's Alexandra Adornetto#The Strangest Adventures, ''The Strangest Adventures'' series *Ernest Greeves, a main character from the video game ''Layton's Mystery Journey'' and the associated anime ''Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File'' *Ernest Bonhour, one of the main protagonist in the French animated series The Long Long Holiday

People

Fictional characters

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