Namesakes
Ernest
(m) ?-1148 
Saints
Ernest Courtot de Cissey
(m) 1810-1882
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1874-1875 (prime minister)
Ernst Casimir of the Netherlands
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1822
Other Royalty 1822 Netherlands (prince)
Georg of Prussia
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1826-1902
Other Royalty 1826-1902 Prussia (prince)
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1844-1900
Other Royalty 1844-1900 United Kingdom (prince)
Ernest Monis
(m) 1846-1929
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1911 (prime minister)
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1846-1904
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1899-1902 (prime minister)
Ernest Chuard
(m) 1857-1942
Swiss Presidents 1924
Ernest Rutherford
(m) 1871-1937
Nobel Prize Winners 1908 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Ernest Ebbage
(m) 1873-1943
Olympic Medalists 1908 tug of war (bronze)
Ernest Shackleton
(m) 1874-1922
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
Alfred Tysoe
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1874-1901
Olympic Medalists 1900 5000 m team; 800 m (gold)
Ernest Webb
(m) 1874-1937
Olympic Medalists 1908; 1912 10 mile walk; 3500 m walk; 10 km walk (silver)
Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1874-1899
Other Royalty 1874-1893 United Kingdom (prince)
Ernest Poole
(m) 1880-1950
Pulitzer Award Winners 1918 His Family
Ernie Russell
(m) 1883-1963
Hall-of-Famers 1965 (ice hockey)
Ernie "Moose" Johnson
(m) 1886-1963
Hall-of-Famers 1952 (ice hockey)
Ernest Henley
(m) 1889-1962
Olympic Medalists 1912 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Ernest Truex
(m) 1889-1973
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ernest Glover
(m) 1891-1954
Olympic Medalists 1912 cross country team (bronze)
Irving Bacon
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1893-1965
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jud Wilson
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1894-1963
Hall-of-Famers 2006 (baseball)
John Worthing
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m)
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals 1895 The Importance of Being Earnest
Alan Mowbray
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1896-1969
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ernest Hemingway
(m) 1899-1961
Nobel Prize Winners 1954 (literature)
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1953 The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Lawrence
(m) 1901-1958
Nobel Prize Winners 1939 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Ernie Nevers
(m) 1902-1976
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
Ernie Harper
(m) 1902-1979
Olympic Medalists 1936 marathon (silver)
Ernest Walton
(m) 1903-1995
Nobel Prize Winners 1951 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Ernest Henry
(m) 1904-1998
Olympic Medalists 1924 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (silver)
Ernest Rogez
(m) 1908-1986
Olympic Medalists 1928 water polo (bronze)
Ernest Schmidt
(m) 1911-1986
Hall-of-Famers 1973 (basketball)
Norman Borlaug
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1914-2009
Nobel Prize Winners 1970 (peace)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Ernest Borgnine
(m) 1917-2012
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1956 Marty (actor)
Peter Lawford
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1923-1984
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ernie Stautner
(m) 1925-2006
Hall-of-Famers 1969 (football)
Ernie Wise
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1925-1999
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Ernie Banks
(m) 1931-2015
Hall-of-Famers 1977 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1958; 1959 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Ron Paul
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1935-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Ernest Shonekan
(m) 1936-2022
Other Leaders 1993 Nigeria (president)
John E. Walker
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1941-
Nobel Prize Winners 1997 (chemistry)
Ernest Wright
(m) 1941-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2009 Little Anthony and the Imperials
Chubby Checker
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1941-
Notable Musicians
Brad Whitford
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1952-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2001 Aerosmith
Ernie Isley
(m) 1952-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1992 The Isley Brothers
Ernie Grunfeld
(m) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1976 basketball (gold)
Judge Reinhold
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ernie Young
(m) 1969-
Olympic Medalists 2000 baseball (gold)
Ernie Els
(m) 1969-
Notable Athletes (golf)
Ernest Leclerc
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1982 'Allo 'Allo!
Hayden Stoeckel
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1984-
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 swimming (silver/bronze)
Danny Tanner
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987; 2016 Full House; Fuller House