Namesakes
Ernest Hemingway
(m) 1899-1961 
Nobel Prize Winners 1954 (literature)
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1953 The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Rutherford
(m) 1871-1937
Nobel Prize Winners 1908 (chemistry)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Ernest Lawrence
(m) 1901-1958
Nobel Prize Winners 1939 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Norman Borlaug
(middle name 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)
Ernest Walton
(m) 1903-1995
Nobel Prize Winners 1951 (physics)
Notable Scientists and Inventors
Ron Paul
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1935-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Ernest Shackleton
(m) 1874-1922
Notable Explorers and Adventurers
John E. Walker
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1941-
Nobel Prize Winners 1997 (chemistry)
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1844-1900
Other Royalty 1844-1900 United Kingdom (prince)
Chubby Checker
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1941-
Notable Musicians
Peter Lawford
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1923-1984
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1846-1904
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1899-1902 (prime minister)
Ernest Shonekan
(m) 1936-2022
Other Leaders 1993 Nigeria (president)
Alfred Tysoe
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1874-1901
Olympic Medalists 1900 5000 m team; 800 m (gold)
Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1874-1899
Other Royalty 1874-1893 United Kingdom (prince)
Ernest Monis
(m) 1846-1929
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1911 (prime minister)
Brad Whitford
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1952-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2001 Aerosmith
Judge Reinhold
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1957-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ernest Courtot de Cissey
(m) 1810-1882
French Presidents and Prime Ministers 1874-1875 (prime minister)
Alan Mowbray
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1896-1969
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Louis-Philippe of Belgium
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1833-1834
Other Royalty 1833-1834 Belgium (prince)
Ernie Els
(m) 1969-
Notable Athletes (golf)
Ernie Banks
(m) 1931-2015
Hall-of-Famers 1977 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1958; 1959 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Ernest Truex
(m) 1889-1973
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Irving Bacon
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1893-1965
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ernest Webb
(m) 1874-1937
Olympic Medalists 1908; 1912 10 mile walk; 3500 m walk; 10 km walk (silver)
Ernest Chuard
(m) 1857-1942
Swiss Presidents 1924
Ernest Henley
(m) 1889-1962
Olympic Medalists 1912 4x400 m relay (bronze)
Ernie Grunfeld
(m) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1976 basketball (gold)
Ernest Glover
(m) 1891-1954
Olympic Medalists 1912 cross country team (bronze)
Ernie Harper
(m) 1902-1979
Olympic Medalists 1936 marathon (silver)
Hayden Stoeckel
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1984-
Olympic Medalists 2008; 2012 swimming (silver/bronze)
Ernest Henry
(m) 1904-1998
Olympic Medalists 1924 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (silver)
Ernest Ebbage
(m) 1873-1943
Olympic Medalists 1908 tug of war (bronze)
Ernest Poole
(m) 1880-1950
Pulitzer Award Winners 1918 His Family
Ernest
(m) ?-1148
Saints
Ernie Wise
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1925-1999
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian)
Georg of Prussia
(middle name Ernest) (m) 1826-1902
Other Royalty 1826-1902 Prussia (prince)
Ernest Rogez
(m) 1908-1986
Olympic Medalists 1928 water polo (bronze)
Ernie Russell
(m) 1883-1963
Hall-of-Famers 1965 (ice hockey)
Ernie Young
(m) 1969-
Olympic Medalists 2000 baseball (gold)
Ernie Stautner
(m) 1925-2006
Hall-of-Famers 1969 (football)
Ernie "Moose" Johnson
(m) 1886-1963
Hall-of-Famers 1952 (ice hockey)
Ernst Casimir of the Netherlands
(a.k.a. Ernest) (m) 1822
Other Royalty 1822 Netherlands (prince)
Ernest Schmidt
(m) 1911-1986
Hall-of-Famers 1973 (basketball)
Ernie Isley
(m) 1952-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1992 The Isley Brothers
Ernie Nevers
(m) 1902-1976
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
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
Danny Tanner
(middle name Ernest) (m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1987; 2016 Full House; Fuller House
Ernest Leclerc
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1982 'Allo 'Allo!
Ernest Wright
(m) 1941-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2009 Little Anthony and the Imperials