List of Famous people named Ernst

Name Ernst is among the most common names in Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Shortened forms: Ernest. Here are some famous Ernsts:

Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Ernst Christian Karl zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
First Name Ernst
Born on May 7, 1794
Died on April 12, 1860 (aged 65)

Ernst Christian Carl, 4th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He was the son of Prince Charles Louis of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Countess Amalie Henriette of Solms-Baruth.

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Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen

First Name Ernst,
Last Name Saxe-Meiningen
Born on September 27, 1859
Died on December 19, 1941 (aged 82)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen was the head of the house of Saxe-Meiningen from 1928 until his death.

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Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Maximilian zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg
First Name Ernst
Born on September 13, 1863
Died on December 11, 1950 (aged 87)

Ernst Wilhelm Friedrich Carl Maximilian, 7th Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, was a German aristocrat and Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. He served as the Regent of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha during the minority of his wife’s cousin, Duke Charles Edward, from 1900 to 1905.

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Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

First Name Ernst
Last Name Saxe-Altenburg
Born on August 31, 1871
Died on March 27, 1955 (aged 83)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Ernst II Bernhard Georg Johann Karl Frederick Peter Albert, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg was the last reigning duke of Saxe-Altenburg.

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Ernst von Salomon

First Name Ernst
Last Name Salomon
Born on September 25, 1902
Died on August 9, 1972 (aged 69)

Ernst von Salomon was a Weimar-era national-revolutionary German writer and right-wing Freikorps member.

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Ernst Glaeser

First Name Ernst
Last Name Glaeser
Born on July 29, 1902
Died on February 8, 1963 (aged 60)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Ernst Glaeser was a German author, known for his best-selling pacifist novel Jahrgang 1902. He was associated with the political left, and went into exile in Switzerland at the start of the Nazi era after his books had been publicly burned. However, he returned to Germany in 1939, a decision that was attacked by other exiles.

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Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

First Name Ernst
Born on December 17, 1707
Died on August 13, 1745 (aged 37)
Born in Germany, Thuringia

Ernst Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, was a duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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Ernst von Mansfeld

First Name Ernst
Last Name Mansfeld
Born on January 1, 1580
Died on November 29, 1626 (aged 46)

Peter Ernst, count of Mansfeld, or simply Ernst von Mansfeld, was a German military commander who, despite being a Catholic, fought for the Protestants during the early years of the Thirty Years' War.

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Ernst Marlier

Ernst Ferdinand Emil Marlier
First Name Ernst
Last Name Marlier
Born on July 28, 1875
Died on January 1, 2000 (aged 124)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Ernst Ferdinand Emil Marlier was a German pharmaceutical manufacturer who built the Wannsee Villa, where the Wannsee Conference was held.

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Ernst Hermann Himmler

First Name Ernst
Last Name Himmler
Born on December 23, 1905
Died on May 2, 1945 (aged 39)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Ernst Hermann Himmler was a German Nazi functionary, engineer and younger brother of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler.

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