List of Famous people named Ernest

Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin was a French actor. Also called Coquelin Cadet, to distinguish him from his brother, he was born at Boulogne, and entered the Conservatoire in 1864.

Ernest Benjamin Esclangon was a French astronomer and mathematician.

Ernest William Barnes was a British mathematician and scientist who later became a liberal theologian and bishop.

Ernest Thompson is an American writer, actor, and director. He won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for On Golden Pond, an adaptation of his own play of the same name.

Ernest Archer was a British art director. He won an Oscar and was nominated for another in the category Best Art Direction.

Sir Ernest Thomas Harrison was an English businessman, best known as chairman of electronics company Racal and the first chairman of its spun-out mobile telephony division, Vodafone.