Top Celebrity Names Starting With Ernest

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   Ernest Dickerson

   Age 60 Male
   

   Cameraman, Director, Photographer

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   Ernest Roscoe Dickerson A.S.C. is an American film and television director and cinematographer. He has directed generally urban films sometimes with supernatural stories like Juice, Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight, Bones and Never Die Alone. He is known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Lee.… read more

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   Ernest Hemingway

   1899 - 1961 Male
   

   Writer and Journalist

   
   

   Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American author and journalist. His economical and understated style had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction, while his life of adventure and his public image influenced later generations. Hemingway produced most of his work between the mid-1920s and the mid-1950s, and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954. He published seven novels, six short story collections and two non-fiction works.… read more

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   Ernest Miller

   Age 48 Male
   

   Wrestler

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   Ernest Clifford Miller is an American actor and former professional wrestler who worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) better known by his ring name, Ernest "The Cat" Miller.… read more

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   Ernest Borgnine

   Age 95 Male
   

   Actor

   
   

   Ernest Borgnine is an American actor of television and film. His career has spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, including his Academy Award-winning turn in the 1955 film Marty. On television, he played Quinton McHale in the 1962–66 series McHale's Navy and co-starred in the mid-1980s action series Airwolf, in addition to a wide variety of other roles.… read more

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   Ernest Hollings

   Age 90 Male
   

   Politician

   
   

   Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings served as a Democratic United States Senator from South Carolina from 1966 to 2005, as well as the 106th Governor of South Carolina (1959–1963) and the 77th Lieutenant Governor (1955–1959). He served 38 years and 55 days in the Senate, which makes him the 8th-longest-serving Senator in history.… read more

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   Ernest Bai Koroma

   Age 58 Male
   

   Politician, Businessman, Insurance Broker

   
   

   Ernest Bai Koroma is the fourth and current President of Sierra Leone.

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   Ernest Shackleton

   1874 - 1922 Male
   

   Antarctic Explorer

   
   

   Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, CVO, OBE, FRGS was an Anglo-Irish polar explorer, one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. His first experience of the polar regions was as third officer on Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, from which he was sent home early on health grounds.… read more

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   Ernest Angelo

   Age 78 Male
   

   Politician, Oilman, Mayor

   
   

   Ernest Angelo, Jr. , known as Ernie Angelo, is a Texas oilman and Republican politician who served from 1972–1980 as mayor of the West Texas city of Midland and was in 1976 the co-manager of the Ronald W. Reagan Texas presidential primary campaign. With a 2–1 margin among voters in the state’s first binding presidential primary, Reagan won all ninety-six delegate spots at stake.… read more

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   Ernest Augustus I of Hanover

   1771 - 1851 Male
   

   King of Hanover

   
   

   Ernest Augustus I was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death. He was the fifth son and eighth child of George III, who reigned in both the United Kingdom and Hanover. As a fifth son, initially Ernest seemed unlikely to become a monarch, but Salic Law, which barred women from the succession, applied in Hanover and none of his older brothers had legitimate male issue.… read more

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    Ernest Istook

    Age 62 Male
    

    U.S. Congressman From Oklahoma

    
    

    Ernest James Istook Jr. is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th congressional district. He held his congressional seat for 14 years, completing seven terms in the House. Currently, Istook is a Distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. , and also a talk radio host.… read more

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    Ernest Emerson

    Age 57 Male
    

    Knifemaking

    
    

    Ernest R. Emerson is an American custom knifemaker, martial artist, and edged-weapons expert. Originally an engineer and machinist in the aerospace industry, Emerson became a knifemaker by producing knives for a martial arts class and making art knives early in his knifemaking career. In the 1980's he became better known for his combat knives and popularizing a style of knife known as the Tactical-folder.… read more

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    Ernest Lucas Guest

    1882 - 1972 Male
    

    Statesman, Lawyer, Soldier

    
    

    Sir Ernest Lucas Guest KBE, CMG, CVO, LLD was a Rhodesian statesman, lawyer and soldier. His grandfather moved from Kidderminster, England to South Africa, where he was born in Grahamstown. At the outbreak of the Second Boer War, although he was underage, he enlisted and saw active service. In the First World War, he again joined up and was slightly injured in France.… read more

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    Ernest Tubb

    1914 - 1984 Male
    

    Singer, Songwriter, Folk Singer

    
    

    Ernest Dale Tubb, nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music. In 1948, he was the first singer to record a hit version of "Blue Christmas", a song more commonly associated with Elvis Presley and his mid-1950s version.… read more

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    Ernest Hilbert

    Age 42 Male
    

    Poet, Editor, Musician

    
    

    Ernest Hilbert is an American poet, critic, and editor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1970.

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    Ernest Nathan Morial

    1929 - 1989 Male
    

    Mayor, Counsel, Judge

    
    

    Ernest Nathan Morial (October 9, 1929–December 24, 1989) was a U.S. political figure and a leading civil rights advocate. He was the first black mayor of New Orleans, serving from 1978 to 1986. He was the father of former New Orleans mayor Marc Morial.… read more

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    Ernest King

    1878 - 1956 Male
    

    United States Navy

    
    

    Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King was Commander in Chief, United States Fleet and Chief of Naval Operations (COMINCH-CNO) during World War II. As COMINCH, he directed the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the U.S. Navy's second most senior officer after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, and the second admiral to be promoted to five star rank.… read more

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    Ernest Joyce

    1875 - 1940 Male
    

    Explorer

    
    

    Ernest Edward Mills Joyce AM was a Royal Naval seaman and explorer who participated in four Antarctic expeditions during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, early in the early 20th century. He served under both Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton.… read more

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    Ernest Russell Lyon

    1922 - 1944 Male
    

    Volunteer, Substitute, Pilot

    
    

    Ernest Russell Lyon was a Flying Officer in 234 Squadron of the Royal Air Force during part of World War 2. He was known as Russell. Volunteering to join the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve just three months after his 18th birthday he undertook pilot training in the USA, after which he became a pilot instructor in the USA and Canada.… read more

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    Ernest L. Boyer

    1928 - 1995 Male
    

    Psychologist and Educator, First President of Suny

    
    

    Ernest Leroy Boyer was an American educator who most notably served as Chancellor of the State University of New York, United States Commissioner of Education, and President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Boyer was recipient of numerous awards, including over 140 honorary doctorates.… read more

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    Ernest Llewellyn

    1915 - 1982 Male
    

    Violinist, Violist, Conductor

    
    

    Ernest Victor Llewellyn CBE was an Australian violinist, concertmaster, violist, conductor and musical administrator. He was the founding director of the Canberra School of Music and he is commemorated in the concert venue there, Llewellyn Hall.… read more

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    Ernest Ranglin

    Age 79 Male
    

    Jamaican Guitarist and Composer

    
    

    Ernest Ranglin O.D. is a Jamaican guitarist and composer. Best known for his session work at the famed Studio One, Ranglin helped give birth to the ska genre in the late 1950s. Some credit Ranglin with the invention of the core style of guitar play (sometimes known as "scratching") found in nearly all ska music.… read more

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    Ernest Vandiver

    1918 - 2005 Male
    

    Politician From Georgia, Usa

    
    

    Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. was an American politician who was the 73rd Governor of the US state of Georgia from 1959 to 1963.

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    Ernest Bevin

    1881 - 1951 Male
    

    Labour Leader, Politician, and Statesman

    
    

    Ernest Bevin was a British trade union leader and Labour politician. He served as general secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 1945, as Minister of Labour in the war-time coalition government, and as Foreign Secretary in the post-war Labour Government.… read more

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    Ernest Renan

    1823 - 1892 Male
    

    Philosopher, Writer

    
    

    Ernest Renan was a French expert of Middle East ancient languages and civilizations, philosopher and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany. He is best known for his influential historical works on early Christianity and his political theories, especially concerning nationalism and national identity.… read more

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    Ernest Rutherford

    1871 - 1937 Male
    

    New Zealander Nuclear Physicist

    
    

    Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson OM, FRS was a New Zealand chemist and physicist who became known as the father of nuclear physics. In early work he discovered the concept of radioactive half-life, proved that radioactivity involved the transmutation of one chemical element to another, and also differentiated and named alpha and beta radiation, proving that the former was essentially helium ions.… read more