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derived from the Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious", often shortened to Ernie. 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 (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 (1629–1698) * Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg (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 (1818–1893), sovereign duke of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha * Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845–1923) * Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (1846–1925) * Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) * Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954) * 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 * 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 (1919–1962), American comedian, actor and writer * Ernest Krausz (1931–2018), Israeli professor of sociology and President at Bar Ilan University * Ernest Lawrence (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 (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 (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 (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 * Ernest Worthing, main character in '' The Importance of Being Earnest'', a play by Oscar Wilde

People

Fictional characters

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