Errol may refer to:
People with the given name
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Errol Barnett
Errol Barnett (born 3 April 1983) is a broadcaster on American television. He is an anchor and national correspondent for CBS News based in New York City. He anchors the ''CBS Morning News'' solo''.'' Previously he covered the Trump administra ...
(born 1983), anchor and correspondent for CBS News
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Errol Barrow
Errol Walton Barrow (21 January 1920 – 1 June 1987) was a Barbadian statesman and the first prime minister of Barbados. Born into a family of political and civic activists in the parish of Saint Lucy, he became a WWII aviator, combat vet ...
(1920–1987), first Prime Minister of Barbados
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Errol Brown (1943–2015), British-Jamaican songwriter, lead singer of Hot Chocolate
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Errol Charles
Sir Cyril Errol Melchiades Charles GCMG (born 10 December 1942) is a Saint Lucian politician, who has served as the governor-general of Saint Lucia since 1 November 2024. He previous served as acting governor-general for three years, following ...
(born 1941), current Governor-General of Saint Lucia
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Errol Étienne (born 1941), prominent Scottish artist
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Errol Fuller (born 1947), English author on extinct animals
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Errol Flynn
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian and American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was known for his romantic swashbuckler roles, frequent partnerships with Oliv ...
(1909–1959), Australian-American film actor in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s
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"Errol" (song), a 1981 song in honour of Flynn, on rock band Australian Crawl's album ''Sirocco''
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Erroll Garner
Erroll Louis Garner (June 15, 1921 – January 2, 1977) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his swing playing and ballads. His instrumental ballad "Misty", his best-known composition, has become a jazz standard. It was first re ...
(1921–1971), American jazz pianist and composer of "Misty"
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Errol Gulden (born 2002), Australian rules footballer (
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a Austral ...
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Errol John (1924–1988), Trinidadian actor and playwright
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Errol Le Cain (1941–1989), British animator and illustrator
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(born 1943), Jamaican-born artist and writer
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Errol Mann (1941–2013), former American NFL placekicker, 1968–1978
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Errol Morris
Errol Mark Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American film director known for documentaries that interrogate the epistemology of their subjects, and the invention of the Interrotron. In 2003, his '' The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Li ...
(born 1948), American filmmaker and writer
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Errol Musk
Errol Graham Musk (born 25 May 1946) is a South African businessman, politician, and the patriarch of the Musk family. He was a member of Pretoria City Council from 1972 to 1983, and was a member of the Progressive Federal Party from 1980 to 1983 ...
(born 1946), South African engineer and father of
Elon Musk
Elon Reeve Musk ( ; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman. He is known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X (formerly Twitter), and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk has been considered the wealthiest person in th ...
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Errol Sawyer (1943–2020), American photographer
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Errol Spence Jr. (born 1990), American professional boxer and world champion
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Errol James Livingston Taber (1877–1947), Justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
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Errol Tobias (born 1950), South African rugby union player
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Errol Zimmerman (born 1986), Surinamese-Curaçaoan kickboxer
Fictional characters
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Errol (''Harry Potter''), the Weasley family's owl in the fictional ''Harry Potter'' series
*Errol, a swamp dragon in the Discworld novel ''
Guards! Guards!
''Guards! Guards!'' is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the eighth in the ''Discworld
''Discworld'' is a comic fantasy"Humorous Fantasy" in David Pringle, ed., ''The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (pp.31-33). London, ...
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*Errol, a character in the film ''
Snatch''
*Errol, a
character in the ''Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers'' episode "Love is a Many Splintered Thing"
*Errol (originally spelt as Erol), an antagonist in ''
Jak II
''Jak II'' is an action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. It is the second game of the ''Jak and Daxter'' series and a sequel to '' Jak and Daxter: The Prec ...
'' and the main antagonist in ''
Jak 3
''Jak 3'' is a 2004 action-adventure video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. The game is the sequel to '' Jak II'' and serves as the conclusion of the trilogy. The story of the prev ...
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*Errol the Hamster, a British puppet that is often seen in many productions featuring ''
Roland Rat
Roland Rat is a British television puppet character. He was created, operated and voiced by David Claridge, who had previously designed and operated Mooncat, a puppet in the Children's ITV television programme ''Get Up and Go!''.
Character sum ...
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Places
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Errol, Perth and Kinross
Errol is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, about halfway between Dundee and Perth. It is one of the principal settlements of the Carse of Gowrie. It lies just north of the River Tay. The 2016 population of Errol was estimated to be 1, ...
, a village in Scotland
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Errol, New Hampshire, a town in the United States
Other uses
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''Errol'' (album), an album by American rapper Haleek Maul
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List of storms named Errol, a list of tropical cyclones named Errol
See also
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Erroll
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Earl (given name)
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Earle (given name) Earle is an English given name, and may refer to:
* Earle Bergey (1901–1952), American illustrator
* Earle Birney (1904–1995), Canadian poet; recipient of the Governor General's Award for Literature
* Earle Brown (1926–2002), American compose ...
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Erol, a Turkish male given name
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