Earnest is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to:

Given name

* Earnest Andersson (1878–1943), American polymath * Earnest Brown IV (born 1999), American football player * Earnest Byner (born 1962), American football player * Earnest Elmo Calkins (1868–1964), American early advertising innovator *

Earnest Sevier Cox Earnest Sevier Cox (January 24, 1880 – April 26, 1966) was an American Methodist preacher, political activist and white supremacist. He is best known for his political campaigning for stricter segregation between blacks and whites in the Un ...

(1880–1966), American Methodist preacher * Earnest Frank, American football coach * Earnest Graham (born 1980), American football player * Earnest Gray (born 1957), American football player * Earnest Greene (born 2003), American football player *

Earnest Hooton Earnest Albert Hooton (November 20, 1887 – May 3, 1954) was an American physical anthropologist known for his work on racial classification and his popular writings such as the book ''Up From The Ape''. Hooton sat on the Committee on the Negro, ...

(1887–1954), American physical anthropologist *

Ernie Hudson Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the ''Ghostbusters'' franchise. Hudson has also acted in the films ''Leviathan'' (1989), '' The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' (19 ...

(born 1945), American actor * Earnest Jackson (born 1959), American football player * Earnest Mudzengi, Zimbabwean politician * Earnest Pugh, American gospel singer-songwriter * Earnest Rhone (born 1953), former NFL linebacker * Earnest Ross (born 1991), American professional basketball player * Earnest James Ujaama (born 1965), American Muslim social activist *

Earnest Wilson Earnest J. Wilson III (born March 30, 1965) is an American football coach. He is the chief of staff for the Temple Owls, a position he has held since 2024. He was the head football coach at Minnesota North College – Vermilion, a junior colleg ...

, American football coach

Surname

* Conrad Earnest (born 1957), American soccer goalkeeper * G. Brooks Earnest (1902–1992), American educator * James Earnest (1818–1900), Wisconsin state legislator *John Earnest (born 1999), perpetrator of the

Poway synagogue shooting A shooting occurred on April 27, 2019, at Chabad of Poway synagogue in Poway, California, United States, a city which borders the north inland side of San Diego, on the last day of the Jewish Passover holiday, which fell on a Shabbat. Armed wit ...

* Josh Earnest (born 1975), American political advisor, former White House press secretary * Les Earnest (born 1930), American computer scientist * Matthew Earnest (born 1969), American theater director

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