Earnest may refer to: People Given name Earnest Brown IV (born 1999), American football player Earnest Byner (born 1962), American football player Earnest Elmo Calkins (1868–1964), early advertising innovator Earnest Sevier Cox (1880–1966), American Methodist preacher Earnest Stewart Cox (1900–1992), British railway engineer and author Earnest Frank, American football coach Earnest Graham (born 1980), American football player Earnest Gray (born 1957), American football player Earnest Hooton (1887–1954), American physical anthropologist Earnest Jackson (born 1959), American football player Earnest Mudzengi, Zimbabwean politician Earnest Pugh, American gospel singer-songwriter Earnest Rhone (born 1953), former NFL linebacker Earnest Ross (born 1991), American professional basketball player Earnest James Ujaama (born 1965), American Muslim social activist Earnest Wilson, American football coach Earnest kithiyon, BAJAJ FINANCE INDIA Surname Conrad Earnest (born 1957), American soccer goalkeeper G. Brooks Earnest (1902–1992), American educator James Earnest (1818–1900), Wisconsin state legislator Josh Earnest (born 1975), former White House press secretary Les Earnest (born 1930), American computer scientist Matthew Earnest (born 1969), American theater director Places Earnest Bridge, bridge near Marcola, Oregon Earnest, Kansas, small settlement in Rooks County, Kansas Businesses Earnest (company), American student loan provider Ships Earnest class destroyer, a destroyer class of the British Royal Navy HMS Earnest (1896), a destroyer in the class See also Earnest payment Ernest Earnest Evans The Importance of Being Earnest