List of Famous people named Ernest

Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg was a German nobleman. He was an imperial count and the ruling Count of Königstein, Rochefort, Wernigerode and Hohnstein, as well as Lord of Eppstein, Münzenberg, Breuberg, Agimont, Lohra and Klettenberg

Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel, was a British merchant banker and capitalist. Born and raised in Prussia, he moved to Britain at the age of 17.

Ernest Frederick of Baden-Durlach ruled the northern part of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach. He came to power when he came of age in 1584. He founded the first Gymnasium Illustrie in the margraviate. His conversion from the Lutheranism to Calvinism and his occupation of Upper Baden caused serious conflicts – even with the Emperor – the consequences of which damaged Lower Baden and ultimately also led to losses of territory.

Ernest Edmund Henry Malet Vaughan, 7th Earl of Lisburne, of Trawsgoed, Cardiganshire, was a Welsh nobleman.

Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Basse-Terre in Guadeloupe from 1984 to 2008.

Ernest Pérochon (1885–1942) was a French writer who won the Prix Goncourt in 1920 for his novel Nêne. Initially a teacher, he left his career in education in 1921 to pursue writing. He wrote poems, novels, as well as children’s literature.