Namesakes
Earl Johnson
(m) 1891-1965 
Olympic Medalists 1924 cross country individual; cross country team (bronze/silver)
Harold Barron
(middle name Earl) (m) 1894-1978
Olympic Medalists 1920 110 m hurdles (silver)
Earl Eby
(m) 1894-1970
Olympic Medalists 1920 800 m (silver)
Earl Thomson
(m) 1895-1971
Olympic Medalists 1920 110 m hurdles (gold)
Earl "Curly" Lambeau
(m) 1898-1965
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Earl Averill
(m) 1902-1983
Hall-of-Famers 1975 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Earl Hines
(m) 1903-1983
Notable Musicians
Earl "Dutch" Clark
(m) 1906-1978
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
Dennis Morgan
(a.k.a. Earl) (m) 1908-1994
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Earl Seibert
(m) 1910-1990
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (ice hockey)
Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.
(m) 1915-1974
Nobel Prize Winners 1971 (medicine)
Chuck Rayner
(middle name Earl) (m) 1920-2002
Hall-of-Famers 1973 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 1950 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Jimmy Carter
(middle name Earl) (m) 1924-
American Presidents 1977-1981
Nobel Prize Winners 2002 (peace)
Sydney Chaplin
(middle name Earl) (m) 1926-2009
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Howie Williams
(middle name Earl) (m) 1927-2004
Olympic Medalists 1952 basketball (gold)
Bob McMillen
(middle name Earl) (m) 1928-2007
Olympic Medalists 1952 1500 m (silver)
Earl Lloyd
(m) 1928-2015
Hall-of-Famers 2003 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Earl Holliman
(m) 1928-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
James Earl Jones
(m) 1931-2024
Emmy Award Winners 1991 Gabriel's Fire (actor)
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bob Kenney
(middle name Earl) (m) 1931-2014
Olympic Medalists 1952 basketball (gold)
Allen Kelley
(a.k.a. Earl) (m) 1932-2016
Olympic Medalists 1960 basketball (gold)
Earl Morrall
(m) 1934-2014
Most Valuable Players 1968 football
Ben E. King
(middle name Earl) (m) 1938-2015
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1988 The Drifters
Earl Young
(m) 1941-
Olympic Medalists 1960 4x400 m relay (gold)
Earl Hindman
(m) 1942-2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Bob Bennett
(middle name Earl) (m) 1943-
Olympic Medalists 1960; 1964 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke (bronze)
Earl Monroe
(m) 1944-
Hall-of-Famers 1990 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Dan Hartman
(middle name Earl) (m) 1950-1994
Notable Musicians
Steve Riddick
(middle name Earl) (m) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1976 4x100 m relay (gold)
William "Bootsy" Collins
(middle name Earl) (m) 1951-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
Earl Campbell
(m) 1955-
Hall-of-Famers 1991 (football)
Most Valuable Players 1979 football
Earl Bell
(m) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1984 pole vault (bronze)
Jonathan Franzen
(middle name Earl) (m) 1959-
Notable Writers
Brian Thompson
(middle name Earl) (m) 1959-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Lance Deal
(middle name Earl) (m) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 1996 hammer throw (silver)
W. Earl Brown
(m) 1963-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Earl Jones
(m) 1964-
Olympic Medalists 1984 800 m (bronze)
Jack Deveraux
(middle name Earl) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1965 Days of Our Lives
Steve "Patch" Johnson
(middle name Earl) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1965 Days of Our Lives
Earl J. Waggedorn
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1968 Julia
Steve Lewis
(middle name Earl) (m) 1969-
Olympic Medalists 1988; 1992 400 m; 4x400 m relay (gold/silver)
Earl "DMX" Simmons
(m) 1970-2021
Notable Musicians
Wentworth Miller
(middle name Earl) (m) 1972-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Earl
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1980 (hurricane)
Robert Buckley
(middle name Earl) (m) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ryan Merriman
(middle name Earl) (m) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Earl
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1986 (hurricane)
Earl
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1992 (storm)
Earl
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1998 (hurricane)
Earl
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1999 Goodbye Earl
Earl
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 2004 (storm)
Earl
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 2010 (hurricane)
Earl Jackson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 2012 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Earl "Pops" Johnson
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2014; 2018 Black-ish; Grown-ish
Earl
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 2016 (hurricane)
Earl
(m)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 2022 (hurricane)