Ernie

For other uses, see Ernie (disambiguation).

Ernie is a masculine given name, frequently a short form (hypocorism) of Ernest, Ernald, Ernesto, or Verner. It may refer to:

People

• Ernie Accorsi (born 1941), American football executive
• Ernie Adams (disambiguation)
• Ernie Afaganis (born c. 1933), Canadian sports announcer
• Ernie Althoff (born 1950), Australian musician and composer
• Ernie Anastos (born 1943), American television journalist
• Ernie Anderson (1923–1997), American radio and television announcer
• Ernie Ashcroft (1925–1985), English rugby league footballer
• Ernie Ball (1930–2004), American guitarist and businessman
• Ernie Banks (1931–2015), American baseball player
• Ernie Barbarash, American film producer
• Ernie Barnes (1938–2009), American football player and painter
• Ernie Blenkinsop (1902–1969), English footballer
• Ernie Boch Jr. (born 1958), American billionaire businessman
• Ernie Bond (disambiguation)
• Ernie Bridge (1936–2013), Australian politician
• Ernie Broglio (1935–2019), American baseball pitcher
• Ernie Bushmiller (1905–1982), American cartoonist
• Ernie Calcutt (1932–1984), Canadian sports commentator and radio news director
• Ernie Calloway (born 1948), American football player
• Ernie Colón (1931–2019), American comics artist
• Ernie Coombs (1927-2001), Canadian entertainer
• Ernie Cox (1894–1962), Canadian football player
• Ernie Danjean (1934–1995), American football player
• Ernie Davis (1939–1963), American football player
• Ernie DiGregorio (born 1951), American basketball player
• Ernie Dingo (born 1956), Australian actor and television personality
• Ernie Dodd (1880–1918), New Zealand rugby union player
• Ernie Dubeau (1880–1951), Canadian ice hockey player
• Ernie Duplechin, American football and baseball player and football coach
• Ernie Els (born 1969), South African golfer
• Ernie Ernst (1924/25–2013), American district attorney and jurist
• Ernie Fixmer (born 1977), American drifting driver
• Ernie Fletcher (born 1952), American physician and politician, 60th Governor of Kentucky
• Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991), American singer
• Ernie Graham (1946–2001), Northern Irish singer and songwriter
• Ernie Green (born 1938), American football player
• Ernie Grunfeld (born 1955), American basketball player and executive
• Ernie Hammes (born 1968), Luxembourgish jazz trumpeter
• Ernie Hardeman (born 1947), Canadian politician
• Ernie Hart (1910–1985), American comics artist and writer
• Ernie Harwell (1918–2010), American sports announcer
• Ernie Hawkins (born 1947), American blues singer and musician
• Ernie Henry (1926–1957), American jazz saxophonist
• Ernie Hine (1901–1974), English footballer
• Ernie Hughes (born 1955), American football player
• Ernie Hudson (born 1945), American actor
• Ernie Isley (born 1952), American singer and musician
• Ernie Isley (politician) (born 1937), Canadian politician
• Ernie Jennings (born 1949), American football player
• Ernie Johnson (disambiguation)
• Ernie Jones (disambiguation)
• Ernie Kovacs (1919–1962), American comedian, actor and writer
• Ernie Lombardi (1908–1977), American baseball player
• Ernie Maresca (1938–2015), American singer-songwriter
• Ernie McLean (politician), Canadian politician
• Ernie Merrick (born 1953), Scottish-Australian football manager
• Ernie Mims, stage name of Ernest Christoper Memos (1932–2019), American television personality
• Ernie Morgan (1927–2013), English football player and manager
• Ernie Nevers (1902–1976), American football and baseball player and college football head coach
• Ernie Newton (disambiguation)
• Ernie Nordli (1912–1968), American animation artist and graphic designer
• Ernie Odoom, Swiss jazz musician and vocalist
• Ernie O'Malley (1897–1957), Irish Republican Army officer and writer
• Ernie Oravetz (1932–2006), American baseball player
• Ernie O'Rourke (1926–2024), Australian rules footballer
• Ernie Orsatti (1902–1968), American baseball player
• Ernie Otten (born 1954), American politician
• Ernie Ovitz (1885–1980), American baseball player
• Ernie Padgett (1899–1957), American baseball player
• Ernie Parker (1883–1918), Australian tennis player and cricketer
• Ernie Phythian (1942–2020), English former footballer
• Ernie Pitts (1935–1970), Canadian football player
• Ernie Preate (born 1940), American attorney and politician
• Ernie Price (1950–2004), American football player
• Ernie Price (English footballer) (1926–2013)
• Ernie Pyle (1900–1945), American journalist and war correspondent
• Ernie Rea (born 1945), Northern Irish radio presenter
• Ernie Regehr, Canadian pacifist
• Ernie Reid (c.1905 – c.1938), Australian rugby union player
• Ernie Renzel (1907–2007), American politician
• Ernie Rettino, American Christian musician
• Ernie Reyes Jr. (born 1972), American actor and martial artist
• Ernie Reyes Sr. (born 1947), American martial artist, actor, and fight choreographer
• Ernie Rice (1896–1979), English boxer and actor
• Ernie Richardson (curler) (born 1931), Canadian curler
• Ernie Richardson (footballer) (1916–1977), English footballer
• Ernie Roberts (1912–1994), English politician and trade unionist
• Ernie Robson (1870–1924), English cricketer
• Ernie Roth (1926–1983), American professional wrestler and wrestling manager
• Ernie Royal (1921–1983), American jazz trumpeter
• Ernie Sabella (born 1949), American actor
• Ernie Schaaf (1908–1933), American boxer
• Ernie Schroeder (1916–2006), American comics artist
• Ernie Schunke (1882–1922), Australian rules footballer
• Ernie Shore (1891–1980), American baseball pitcher
• Ernie Sigley (1938–2021), Australian radio and television personality
• Ernie Sims (born 1984), American football player
• Ernie Smith (disambiguation)
• Ernie Stautner (1925–2006), American football player and coach
• Ernie Steury (1930–2002), American physician and missionary
• Ernie Walker (baseball) (1890–1965), American baseball player
• Ernie Walker (football) (1928–2011), Scottish football administrator
• Ernie Watts (born 1945), American jazz and R&B saxophonist
• Ernie Watts (Small Heath footballer), English footballer who played for Small Heath (188–1890)
• Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872) (1872–?), English footballer
• Ernie Whitchurch (1891–1957), English footballer
• Ernie White (1916–1974), American baseball pitcher
• Ernie White (Canadian football) (born 1938), American-born Canadian football player
• Ernie Whiteside (1889–1953), English footballer
• Ernie Whitt (born 1952), American baseball player
• Ernie Whittam (1911–1951), English footballer
• Ernie Whittle (1925–1998), English footballer
• Ernie Wiggs (c.1940–2014), New Zealand rugby league footballer
• Ernie Wilkins (1919–1999), American jazz saxophonist
• Ernie Willett (1919–1985), English footballer
• Ernie Williamson (1922–2002), American football player and coach
• Ernie Winchester (1944–2013), Scottish footballer
• Ernie Wise, stage name of English comedian Ernest Wiseman (1925–1999), half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise
• Ernie Woerner (1905–1972), American football player
• Ernie Wolf (1889–1964), American baseball pitcher
• Ernie Wright (1939–2007), American football player
• Ernie Wright (footballer) (1912–?), English footballer

Fictional characters

• Ernie (Sesame Street), a Muppet on the TV show Sesame Street
• Ernie, on the TV series Underground Ernie
• Ernie, in the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Power Rangers Zeo
• Ernie the Giant Chicken, on the TV series Family Guy
• Ernie Bishop, in the film It's a Wonderful Life
• Ernie Cardenas, on the TV series George Lopez
• Ernie Floyd, in the comic strip Piranha Club
• Ernie "Big Ern" McCracken, in the film Kingpin
• Ernie Macmillan, in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling
• Ernie Pantusso, also known as "Coach", on the TV show Cheers
• Ernie Pike, in the comic strip Ernie Pike
• Ernie Potts, in the TV series Hey Arnold!
• Ernie Thompson, in the TV series My Three Sons
• Evil Ernie, a comics character created by Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes
• Uncle Ernie, in the Who's rock opera Tommy

Technology

• Ernie Bot

See also

• Erne (disambiguation)
• Erni, a given name and surname
• Erny (disambiguation) § People
• All pages with titles beginning with Ernie