Overview
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst"
Anton Ernst (born 1975), South African film producer
Alice Henson Ernst (1880-1980), American writer and historian
Britta Ernst (born 1961), German politician
Cornelia Ernst, German politician
Edzard Ernst, German-British academic
Emil Ernst, astronomer
Ernie Ernst (1924/25–2013), American judge
Eugen Ernst (1864–1954), German politician
Fabian Ernst, German soccer player
Gustav Ernst, Austrian writer
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Moravian violinist and composer
Jim Ernst, Canadian politician
Jimmy Ernst, American painter, son of Max Ernst
Joni Ernst, American politician
K.S. Ernst, American visual poet
Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, German writer (1866–1933)
Ken Ernst, American comics artist
Klaus Ernst, German politician
Konstantin Ernst, Russian media manager, producer and TV host
Max Ernst, (1891-1976), German artist and painter
Mensen Ernst (1795–1843), Norwegian road runner and ultramarathonist and one of the first sport professionals
Morris Ernst, American attorney
Ole Ernst (1940–2013), Danish actor
Oswald Herbert Ernst, American general and engineer
Paul Ernst (American writer), pulp novelist
Richard R. Ernst (1933–2021), Swiss chemist
Sipke Ernst (born 1979), Dutch chess grandmaster
Susan G. Ernst, American developmental biologist
Tony Ernst, Swedish journalist
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