Ernesto, form of the name
Ernest
Ernest is a given name 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, ...
in several
Romance language
The Romance languages, sometimes referred to as Latin languages or Neo-Latin languages, are the various modern languages that evolved from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages in the Indo-European language f ...
s, may refer to:
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''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975
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''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely based on the novel
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Hurricane Ernesto (disambiguation) The name Ernesto has been used for seven tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
* Tropical Storm Ernesto (1982), formed southwest of Bermuda and dissipated without threatening land.
* Tropical Storm Ernesto (1988), formed east of Bermuda and di ...
, several hurricanes or
People
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Ernesto Abella, Filipino businessman, politician, and writer
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Ernesto Aguero
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(born 1969), Cuban weightlifter
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Ernesto Alonso
Ernesto Alonso (February 28, 1917 – August 7, 2007) was a Mexican producer, director, cinematographer and actor. He was nicknamed "''El Señor Telenovela''" ("Mr. Soap Opera") because most of his work centered on telenovelas known around the w ...
(1917–2007), Mexican actor, director, cinematographer, and producer
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Ernesto Amantegui Phumipha
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(born 1990), Thai footballer
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Ernesto Basile
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(1857–1932), Italian architect
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Ernesto Cesàro
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Ernesto Cesàro (12 March 1859 – 12 September 1906) was an Italian mathematician who worked in the field of differential geometry. He wrote a book, ''Lezioni di geometria intrinseca'' (Naples, 1890), on this topic, in which he also ...
(1859–1906), Italian mathematician
*Ernesto De Curtis (1875–1937), Italian composer
*Ernesto Farías (born 1980), Argentine footballer
*Ernesto Figueiredo (born 1937), also known as "Ernesto", Portuguese footballer
*Che Guevara, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (1928–1967), also known as "El Che" or "Che Guevara"
*Ernesto Geisel (1908-1996), Brazilian president
*Ernesto Kohler (1849–1907), flautist and composer
*Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963), Cuban musician
*Ernesto Mejía (born 1985), Venezuelan professional baseball player
*Ernesto Maserati (1898–1975), Italian automotive engineer and racer
*Ernesto Michel (born 1970), Argentine basketball player
*Ernesto Miranda (1941–1976), American criminal
*Ernesto Nathan (1848–1921), English-Italian politician
*Ernesto Oglivie (born 1992), Panamaian basketball player
*Ernesto Pérez d'Angelo (1932–2013), Chilean paleontologist
*Ernesto Samper (born 1950), President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998
*Ernesto Ruffo Appel (born 1952), American-born Mexican politician
*Ernesto Rodríguez (born 1969), Argentine-Spanish volleyball player
*Ernesto Sabato (1911-2011), Argentine writer
*Ernesto Valverde (born 1964), Spanish footballer and coach
*Ernesto Zedillo, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born 1951), President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000
Fictional characters
* a character in the Donizetti opera ''Don Pasquale''
* a sphere-shaped robot in the American animated series ''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes''
* a character called Uncle Ernesto in the ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', a fantasy sitcom
* a character called Ernesto de la Cruz in the 2017 Pixar animated film ''Coco (2017 film), Coco''
* Ernesto (Better Call Saul), Ernesto (''Better Call Saul''), a fictional character in the TV series ''Better Call Saul''
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