Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer Ernest George Horlock (1885–1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross E. W. Hornung (1866–1921), English author and poet Ernie Hughes (born 1955), American football player Ernie Isley (born 1952), American musician, the Isley Brothers Ernest Jones (disambiguation), multiple people Ernest Juvara (1870–1933), Romanian physician Ernest Koliqi (1903–1975), Albanian writer Ernie Kovacs (1919–1962), American comedian, actor and writer Ernest Krausz (1931–2018), Israeli professor of sociology and President at Bar Ilan University Ernest Lawrence (1901–1958), American nuclear scientist Ernest Lluch (1937–2000), Catalan-Spanish politician Ernest Millington (1916–2009), British politician Ernie Morgan (1927–2013), English football player and manager Ernie Nordli (1912–1968), American animation artist and graphic designer Ernest O. Lawrence (1901–1958), American physicist Ernest Perera (1932-2013, Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1988-1993 Ernie Phythian (1942–2020), English footballer Ernest Victor Pieris (1926-1991), Sri Lankan Sinhala physician, medical educator, cricketer, and rugby union player Ernest Poruthota (1931–2020), Sri Lankan Sinhala Roman Catholic priest and author Ernest Prakasa (born 1982), Indonesian comedian, stand up performer, writer, and actor Ernie Price (1926–2013), English footballer Ernst Reuter (1889–1953), German politician and mayor of Berlin Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), New Zealand chemist and nuclear physicist Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest de Silva (1887–1957), Sri Lankan philanthropist Ernest (musician) (K. Smith), American country music artist Ernest Spybuck (1883–1949), American Indian autoethnographer Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), American poet Ernest William Tristram (1882-1952), British art historian, artist and conservator Ernest Troubridge (1862–1926), British naval officer Ernest Tubb (1914–1984), American country music singer and songwriter Ernest Veuve (1843–1916), American Civil War soldier Ernest Vinberg (born 1937), Russian mathematician Ernest Walker (disambiguation) Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel laureate Ernie Watts (born 1945), American saxophonist Ernie Watts (Small Heath footballer), English footballer Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1???), English footballer Ernie Wise (1925–1999), stage name of English comedian Ernest Wiseman (1925–1999), Morecambe and Wise Ernie Zalejski (1925–2012), American football player Fictional characters Ernest T. Bass, a recurring character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show Ernest Denouement, a character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events Monsieur Ernest LeClerc, on the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! Ernest P. Worrell, main comic character of the series of Ernest films as played by Jim Varney Ernest B. Raykes, in the film Cars Ernest, one of the title characters of the Belgian-French franchise Ernest & Célestine Ernest, in The Swiss Family Robinson Ernest Worthing, main character in The Importance of