Ernst

For other uses, see Ernst (disambiguation).

Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Ernst

Pronunciation	English: /ɜːrnst, ɛərnst/ URNST, AIRNST German: [ɛʁnst]
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Germanic
Meaning	"serious" (person)
Other names
Related names	Ernest, Ernie

• Count Ernst of Lippe-Biesterfeld, regent of Lippe
• Ernst Anders (1845–1911), German painter
• Ernest August (disambiguation), multiple people
• Ernst Balz (1904–1945), German sculptor
• Ernst Evald Bergroth (1857–1925), Finnish entomologist
• Ernst Stavro Blofeld, evil genius from the James Bond novels and films
• Ernst Boepple (1887–1950), German Nazi official and SS officer executed for war crimes
• Ernst Brun Jr. (born 1990), American football player
• Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945), German Jewish philosopher
• Ernst Chain (1906–1979), German-born British biochemist
• Ernst Cohen (1869–1944), Dutch Jewish chemist known for his work on the allotropy of metals
• Ernst Ewald (1836–1904), German painter
• Ernst Gebauer (1799–1865), German painter
• Ernst Gombrich (1909–2001), Austrian art historian
• Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), German biologist and illustrator
• Ernst Hammerschmidt (1928–1993), Austrian / German scholar of Ethiopia
• Ernst Happel (1925–1992), Austrian football (soccer) manager
• Ernst von Hesse-Wartegg (1851–1918), Austrian writer and traveller
• Ernst Reinhold von Hofmann (1801–1871), Russian geologist and mineralogist
• Ernst Jaakson (1905–1998), Estonian diplomat
• Ernst Jandl (1925–2000), Austrian writer, poet, and translator
• Ernst Jansz (born 1948), Dutch musician and founding member of Doe Maar
• Ernst Jünger (1895–1998), German writer
• Ernst Kaltenbrunner (1903–1946), Austrian-German Nazi SS police chief and war criminal, executed for war crimes
• Ernst Keil (1816–1878), German publisher
• Ernst Klenk (1896–1971), German biochemist
• Ernst af Klercker (1881–1955), Swedish general
• Ernst Koerner (1846–1927), German painter
• Ernst Kummer (1810–1893), German mathematician
• Ernst von der Lancken (1841–1902), Swedish Army major general
• Ernst Laraque (born 1970), Haitian judoka
• Ernst Larsen (1926–2015), Norwegian athlete
• Ernst Lauda (1859–1932), Austrian engineer
• Ernst Lubitsch (1892–1947), German-born Jewish film director
• Ernst Mach (1838–1916), physicist, coined the term "mach number"
• Ernst Mayr (1904–2005), evolutionary biologist, influential in the philosophy of biology
• Ernst Neizvestny (1925–2016), Russian sculptor
• Ernst Öpik (1893–1985), Estonian astronomer
• Ernst vom Rath (1909–1938), Nazi German diplomat
• Ernst Röhm (1887–1934), German military officer and co-founder of the Nazi SA (Stormtroopers)
• Ernst Rolf (1891–1932), Swedish artist
• Ernst Heinrich Roth (1877–1948), German luthier
• Ernst Ruska (1906–1988), a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986
• Ernst "Fritz" Sauckel, known as Fritz Sauckel (1894–1946), German Nazi politician, executed for war crimes
• Ernst Scholz (politician, born 1874) (1874–1932), German lawyer and politician
• Ernst Scholz (politician, born 1913) (1913–1986), German diplomat and politician
• Ernst Sieber (1927–2018), Swiss pastor, social worker, writer, politician and founder of the Sozialwerke Pfarrer Sieber relief organisation
• Ernst Jansen Steur (1945–2023), Dutch neurologist convicted on over twenty counts of harm
• Ernst Stimmel (1891–1978), German actor
• Ernst Stromer (1871–1952), German palaeontologist
• Ernst Thälmann (1886–1944), German communist politician and revolutionary
• Ernst Troeltsch (1865–1923), German Protestant theologian
• Ernst Udet (1896–1941), German flying ace
• Ernst van de Wetering (1938–2021), Dutch art historian considered to be the world's foremost expert on Rembrandt
• Ernst Zacharias (1924–2020), German musician
• Ernst Zermelo (1871–1953), set theorist
• Ernst Ziegler (1894–1974), German actor
• Ernst Zündel (1939–2017), German neo-Nazi and Holocaust denier

Surname

A–J

• Adolf Ernst (1832–1899), Venezuelan botanist
• Alfred Ernst (1875–1968), Swiss botanist
• Alice Henson Ernst (1880–1980), American dramatist
• Alwin C. Ernst (1881–1948), American businessman
• Andy Ernst, American musician
• Annika Ernst (born 1982), German actress
• Anton Ernst, South African-born film producer
• Austin Ernst (born 1992), American professional golfer
• Bastian Ernst (born 1987), German politician
• Bernard M. L. Ernst (1879–1938), American lawyer and magician
• Bettina Ernst (born 1968), Swiss gymnast
• Bob Ernst, American rowing coach
• Britta Ernst (born 1961), German politician
• Carl H. Ernst (1938–2018), American herpetologist
• Carl W. Ernst (born 1950), American Islamic studies scholar
• Carley Ernst (born 1994), Australian basketball player
• Caroline Ernst (1819–1902), American settler
• Charlie Ernst, American soccer player
• Chris Ernst (born 1953/54), American rower
• Chris Ernst (cyclist) (born 1999), Canadian cyclist
• Christian Hansen Ernst (1660–1694), Norwegian civil servant
• Christina Ernst, American engineer and social media creator
• Christoph Ernst, German civil servant
• Cornelia Ernst (born 1956), German politician and Member of the European Parliament
• Cornelius Ernst (1924–1977), Sri Lankan Dominican theologian
• Derek Ernst (born 1990), American professional golfer
• Didier Ernst (born 1971), Belgian footballer
• Dominik Ernst (born 1990), German footballer
• Donald W. Ernst (1934–2023), American film producer
• Edzard Ernst (born 1948), German academic physician and researcher
• Emil Ernst (1889–1942), German astronomer
• Erik Ernst, Danish computer scientist
• Ernie Ernst (1924–2013), American judge
• Eugen Ernst (1864–1954), German politician
• Eunice Katherine M. Ernst (1926–2021), American nurse midwife
• Fabian Ernst (born 1979), German footballer
• Fedir Ernst (1891–1942), Ukrainian art historian
• Franz Ernst (born 1938), Danish film director
• Frederica Louise Ernst (1714–1781), Danish slave trader and ship owner
• Frederick T. Ernst (1922–2020), American politician
• George Ernst (1788–1853), Canadian politician and merchant
• Gianina Ernst (born 1998), German ski jumper
• Graham Ernst (1940–2026), Australian politician
• Gregg Ernst (born 1961), Canadian strength athlete
• Gundolf Ernst (1930–2002), German geologist and mineralogist
• Gustav Ernst (born 1944), Austrian playwright, novelist and screenwriter
• Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1812–1865), Moravian-Jewish violinist, violist and composer
• Henrik Ernst (footballer) (born 1986), German footballer
• Henrik Ernst (jurist) (1603–1665), German-Danish jurist and philologist
• Holger Ernst (born 1972), German film director
• Hubertus Ernst (1917–2017), Dutch Catholic bishop
• Hugo Ernst (1876–1954), Croatian-born American labor union leader
• Jack Ernst (1899–1968), American football player
• Jim Ernst (born 1942), Canadian politician
• Jimmy Ernst (1920–1984), American painter
• Joanne Ernst, American triathlete
• Johan Bertram Ernst (1663–1722), Danish chief of police
• Johan Conrad Ernst (1666–1750), Danish architect and master builder
• Johanna Ernst (born 1992), Austrian rock climber
• Joni Ernst (born 1970), American politician and military officer
• Joseph Roland Ernst (1937–1962), Second-to-last person executed in New Jersey
• Juliette Ernst (1900–2001), Swiss classical philologist

K–W

• K.S. Ernst (born 1946), American poet and artist
• Kajsa Ernst (born 1962), Swedish actress
• Karl Ernst (1904–1934), German SA leader
• Ken Ernst (1918–1985), American cartoonist
• Klaus Ernst (born 1954), German politician
• Konstantin Ernst (born 1961), Russian media manager, producer and TV host
• Lajos Ernst (1872–1937), Hungarian collector
• Leila Ernst (1920–1970), American actress
• Lillie Rose Ernst (1870–1943), American educator
• Manuela Ernst (born 1985), Swiss politician
• Max Ernst (1891–1976), German artist
• Meinrad Ernst (1925–2019), Swiss wrestler
• Mensen Ernst (1795–1843), Norwegian distance runner
• Mike Ernst (born 1950), American football player
• Morris Ernst (1888–1976), American attorney
• Norbert Ernst (born 1977), Austrian operatic tenor
• Ole Ernst (1940–2013), Danish actor
• Oswald Herbert Ernst (1842–1926), Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1914 to 1917
• Otto Ernst (1898-1940), Chilean footballer
• Paul Ernst (German writer) (1866–1933), German writer, dramatist, critic, and journalist
• Paul Ernst (American writer) (1899–1985), American novelist
• Paul Ernst (biathlete) (1935–2024), Austrian biathlete
• Paul Ernst (pathologist) (1859–1937), Swiss pathologist
• Peyton Ernst (born 1997), American artistic gymnast
• Priscilla Ernst (born 1971), Dutch speed skater
• Rainer Ernst (born 1961), German footballer
• Rhys Ernst, American filmmaker
• Ricardo Ernst (born 1959), Venezuelan-American academic and author
• Richard P. Ernst (1858–1934), American politician
• Richard R. Ernst (1933–2021), Swiss physical chemist and Nobel laureate
• Ron Ernst (born 1957), American football player and coach
• Ronny Ernst (born 1976), German former footballer
• Rudolf Ernst (1854–1932), Austro-French painter and printmaker
• Rudolf Ernst (banker) (1865–1956), Swiss banker
• Sam Ernst, American television writer and producer
• Santiago Ernst (1893–1944), Chilean accountant and politician
• Sebastian Ernst (born 1984), German sprinter
• Sebastian Ernst (footballer) (born 1995), German footballer
• Sheila Ernst (1941–2015), British psychotherapist
• Siegrid Ernst (1929–2022), German pianist and composer
• Simon Ernst (born 1994), German handball player
• Sipke Ernst (born 1979), Dutch chess grandmaster
• Susan G. Ernst, American biologist
• Thom Ernst, Canadian television host
• Thomas Ernst (born 1967), German footballer
• Tiarna Ernst (born 1988), Australian rules footballer
• Tjark Ernst (born 2003), German footballer
• Tony Ernst (born 1966), Swedish journalist and writer
• W. G. Ernst (born 1931), American geologist
• Wallace Roy Ernst (1928–1971), American botanist
• Walter Ernst (1899–1945), German lawyer and Nazi politician
• Waltraud Ernst (born 1955), German medical historian
• Wilhelm Ernst (1905–1952), German chess player
• William Gordon Ernst (1897–1939), Canadian politician
• Wolfgang Ernst (born 1956), German lawyer and academic
• Wolfgang Ernst (media theorist) (born 1959), German media scholar and historian

Pseudonym

• Ernst, pseudonym used by Matthias Jakob Schleiden

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Ernst
• All pages with titles containing Ernst
• Ernest (disambiguation)