Erroll is an English male

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that is synonymous to

Earl Earl () is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom. In modern Britain, an earl is a member of the Peerages in the United Kingdom, peerage, ranking below a marquess and above a viscount. A feminine form of ''earl'' never developed; instead, ...

. Notable people with the name include: *

Earl of Erroll Earl of Erroll () is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1453 for Sir William Hay. The subsidiary titles held by the Earl of Erroll are ''Lord Hay'' (created 1449) and ''Lord Slains'' (1452), both in the Peerage of Scotland. ...

, Scottish title *

Erroll Bennett Erroll Bennett (7 May 1950 – 2 June 2025) was a Tahitian footballer, who spent his career with A.S. Central Sport and Paris Saint-Germain. Bennett placed fifteenth in a 1999 poll by International Federation of Football History & Statistics to ...

(1950–2025), French/Tahitian footballer * Erroll M. Brown (born 1950), first USCG African-American admiral * Erroll Collins (1906–1991), British author * Erroll Fraser (1950–2002), ice speed skater *

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 ...

(1923–1977), American jazz musician *

Erroll Chunder Sen Erroll Suvo Chunder Sen (13 March 1899 – after December 1941?) was an Indian pilot who served in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War, and who was among the first Indian military aviators. Family and early li ...

(c. 1899 – after 1941), Indian pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War *

Frederick Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale Frederick James Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale, Baron Erroll of Kilmun, (27 May 1914 – 14 September 2000) was a British Conservative politician. He was the last surviving non-royal hereditary peer of the first creation. Background and ...

(1914–2000), British Conservative politician

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