Earnest is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to:
Given name
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Earnest Andersson (1878–1943), American polymath
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Earnest Brown IV (born 1999), American football player
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Earnest Byner (born 1962), American football player
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Earnest Elmo Calkins (1868–1964), American early advertising innovator
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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
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Earnest Frank, American football coach
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Earnest Graham (born 1980), American football player
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Earnest Gray (born 1957), American football player
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Earnest Greene (born 2003), American football player
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Earnest Hooton (1887–1954), American physical anthropologist
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Ernie Hudson (born 1945), American actor
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Earnest Jackson (born 1959), American football player
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Earnest Mudzengi, Zimbabwean politician
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Earnest Pugh, American gospel singer-songwriter
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Earnest Rhone (born 1953), former NFL linebacker
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Earnest Ross (born 1991), American professional basketball player
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Earnest James Ujaama (born 1965), American Muslim social activist
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Earnest Wilson, American football coach
Surname
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Conrad Earnest (born 1957), American soccer goalkeeper
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G. Brooks Earnest (1902–1992), American educator
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James Earnest (1818–1900), Wisconsin state legislator
*John Earnest (born 1999), perpetrator of the
Poway synagogue shooting
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Josh Earnest (born 1975), American political advisor, former White House press secretary
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Les Earnest (born 1930), American computer scientist
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Matthew Earnest (born 1969), American theater director
See also
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Ernest (disambiguation)
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Masculine given names
English masculine given names