Ernest Family Crest, Coat of Arms

Contemporary Notables of the name Ernest (post 1700) +

Edward Ernest, American baseball player
Roy H. Ernest, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for New York State Senate 47th District, 1930 3
Josephine Ernest, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956 4
Gifford Ernest, American politician, Farmer-Labor Candidate for U.S. Representative from Illinois at-large, 1920 4
Benjamin W. Ernest, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1932 4
John Ernest Steinbeck Jr. (1902-1968), renowned American author, who wrote such novels as "Of Mice and Men" (1937) and "The Grapes of Wrath" (1939). He received the Pulitzer Prize in 1940 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1960 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Philip Ernest Summerill (1947-2026), English professional footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town, Millwall and Wimbledon
Charles Ernest Garforth VC (1891-1973), English recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions under fire on 23 August 1914
Jim Ernest Vatcher (b. 1966), American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1990 to 1992

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