Ernesto, form of the name

Ernest Ernest is a given name derived from the Germanic languages, 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), ...

in several

Romance language The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are Language family, directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-E ...

s, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely based on the novel * Hurricane Ernesto (disambiguation), several hurricanes or * Ernesto (footballer) (born 1979), Ernesto da Conceição Soares, Cape Verdean footballer

People

* Ernesto Abella, Filipino businessman, politician, and writer * Ernesto Agard (born 1937), Panamanian basketball player * Ernesto Aguero (born 1969), Cuban weightlifter * Ernesto Alonso (1917–2007), Mexican actor, director, cinematographer, and producer * Ernesto Amantegui Phumipha (born 1990), Thai footballer * Ernesto Basile (1857–1932), Italian architect * Ernesto Cesàro (1859–1906), Italian mathematician *

Ernesto De Curtis Ernesto De Curtis (4 October 1875 – 31 December 1937) was an Italian composer.Ernesto Farías (born 1980), Argentine footballer * Ernesto Figueiredo (born 1937), also known as "Ernesto", Portuguese footballer * Ernesto García (1884-1955), Mexican soldier and politician * Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (1928–1967), also known as "El Che" or "Che Guevara" *

Ernesto Geisel Ernesto Beckmann Geisel (, ; 3 August 1907 – 12 September 1996) was a Brazilian Army officer and politician, who served as the 29th president of Brazil from 1974 to 1979, during the Brazilian military dictatorship. Born to German Lutheran ...

(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 Ernesto Maserati (4 August 1898 – 1 December 1975) was an Italian automotive engineer and racer, with Maserati of Modena since its inception in Bologna on 14 December 1914, together with his brothers Alfieri Maserati (leader), Ettore Maserati, B ...

(1898–1975), Italian automotive engineer and racer *

Ernesto Michel Ernesto Federico Michel (born October 12, 1970 in Paraná, Entre Ríos) is a retired male basketball player (2.00 metres) from Argentina, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is ...

(born 1970), Argentine basketball player *

Ernesto Miranda Ernesto Arturo Miranda (March 9, 1941 – January 31, 1976) was an American laborer whose criminal conviction was set aside in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case '' Miranda v. Arizona'', which ruled that criminal suspects must be informed of t ...

(1941–1976), American criminal *

Ernesto Nathan Ernesto Nathan (5 October 1848 – 9 April 1921) was an English-Italian politician who was the mayor of Rome from November 1907 to December 1913. Biography Nathan was born in London in 1845 to Sara Levi, an Italian from Pesaro, and Mayer Moses ...

(1848–1921), English-Italian politician *

Ernesto Oglivie Ernesto Mauro Oglivie (born 11 November 1992) is a professional Panamanian basketball player, who plays for the Hebraica Macabi of the Uruguayan League. Professional career In the 2008–09 season he played for Lechugueros de León.

(born 1992), Panamaian basketball player *

Ernesto Pérez d'Angelo Ernesto Pérez d'Angelo (1932 – 2013) was a Chilean geologist and paleontologist. He is known for his contributions to the development of paleontology in Chile. His contributions include the organizing of paleontology libraries and f ...

(1932–2013), Chilean paleontologist *

Ernesto Purnsley Ernesto Purnsley is an American football coach who is the running backs coach for the Sacred Heart Pioneers. He has served as the head coach of the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League (AFL) and the Guangzhou Power of the China Arena Footba ...

, American football coach *

Ernesto Samper Ernesto Samper Pizano (born 3 August 1950) served as the President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998. From 2014 to 2017 he served as the Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). He is a lawyer, economist, academic and pol ...

(born 1950), President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998 *

Ernesto Ruffo Appel Ernesto Ruffo Appel (born 25 June 1952) is a Mexican politics, politician, who served as the 10th governor of Baja California from 1989 to 1995. A member of the National Action Party (Mexico), National Action Party (PAN), Ruffo was the first List ...

(born 1952), American-born Mexican politician * Ernesto Rodríguez (born 1969), Argentine-Spanish volleyball player * Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011), Argentine writer *

Ernesto Valverde Ernesto Valverde Tejedor (born 9 February 1964) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the current manager of La Liga club Athletic Bilbao. Over ten seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 264 games and 68 ...

(born 1964), Spanish footballer and coach * Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born 1951), President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000

Fictional characters

* a character in the Donizetti opera ''

Don Pasquale ''Don Pasquale'' () is a Gaetano Donizetti opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts, with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's oper ...

'' * 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 ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' is an American fantasy teen sitcom created by Todd J. Greenwald that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between October 2007 and January 2012. The series centers on Alex Russo (Selena Gomez), a teenage wi ...

'', a fantasy sitcom * a character called Ernesto de la Cruz in the 2017

Pixar Pixar (), doing business as Pixar Animation Studios, is an American animation studio based in Emeryville, California, known for its critically and commercially successful computer-animated feature films. Pixar is a subsidiary of Walt Disney ...

animated film ''

Coco Coco or variants may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Coco'' (2009 film), a French comedy film * ''Coco'' (2017 film), an American animated fantasy film * '' Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle'' (), a 2020 Japanese anime film ...

'' * Ernesto (''Better Call Saul''), a fictional character in the TV series ''Better Call Saul'' * Ernesto Almares, a character in ''

Almost Paradise Almost Paradise may refer to: * ''Almost Paradise'' (TV series), a 2020–2023 American-Philippine crime drama * "Almost Paradise" (''Cold Case''), a 2010 TV episode * "Almost Paradise" (song), a 1984 song by Mike Reno and Ann Wilson from the '' ...

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