List of Famous people named Ernest

Often it's a shorthand for Ernst. Similar names: Ernst, Ernesto. Here are some famous Ernests:

Ernest Paul

Ernest Léon Paul
First Name Ernest
Last Name Paul
Born on December 5, 1881
Died on September 9, 1964 (aged 82)

Ernest Paul was a French professional road bicycle racer.

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Ernest Amas

First Name Ernest
Last Name Amas
Born on January 1, 1869
Died on August 11, 1959 (aged 90)
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Ernest Neuhard

First Name Ernest
Last Name Neuhard
Died on September 10, 1980 (aged 10)
Born in France, Grand Est

Ernest Neuhard was a French racing cyclist. He finished in last place in the 1933 Tour de France.

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Ernest Torrence

First Name Ernest
Last Name Torrence
Born on June 26, 1878
Died on May 13, 1933 (aged 54)

Ernest Torrence was a Scottish film character actor who appeared in many Hollywood films, including Broken Chains (1922) with Colleen Moore, Mantrap (1926) with Clara Bow and Fighting Caravans (1931) with Gary Cooper and Lili Damita. A towering figure, Torrence frequently played cold-eyed and imposing villains.

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Ernest Kolman

First Name Ernest
Last Name Kolman
Born on June 1, 1926
Died on January 11, 2021 (aged 94)
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Ernest Palmer

First Name Ernest
Last Name Palmer
Born on December 6, 1885
Died on February 22, 1978 (aged 92)

Ernest George Palmer was a Hollywood cinematographer for more than 160 films. His earliest known credit was for a 1912 adaptation of Ivanhoe.

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Ernest Mottard

First Name Ernest
Last Name Mottard
Born on March 22, 1902
Died on December 29, 1949 (aged 47)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Ernest Mottard was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the 1928 edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège.

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Ernest Monis

First Name Ernest
Last Name Monis
Born on May 23, 1846
Died on May 25, 1929 (aged 83)

Antoine Emmanuel Ernest Monis was a French politician of the Third Republic, deputy of Gironde from 1885 to 1889 and then senator of the same department from 1891 to 1920. He was also Minister of Justice in Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau's Bloc des gauches's cabinet (1899–1902) and Minister of the Navy in Gaston Doumergue's cabinet in 1913–1914.

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Ernest Howard Griffiths

First Name Ernest
Last Name Griffiths
Born on June 15, 1851
Died on March 3, 1932 (aged 80)

Ernest Howard Griffiths was a British physicist born in Brecon, Wales. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1895 and won its Hughes Medal in 1907. On his maternal side he was a descendant of the 17th-century admiral Robert Blake.

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Ernest Bueding

First Name Ernest
Last Name Bueding
Born on August 19, 1910
Died on April 18, 1986 (aged 75)
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