Ernst (family name)

Ernst is the family name of the following people:

Name bearer

A.

Adolf Ernst (naturalist) (1832–1899), German naturalist
Adolf von Ernst (1845–1907, until 1905 Adolf Ernst ), German engineer and university professor
Adolf Ernst (actor) (1846–1927), German actor and director
Adolf Ernst (politician) (* 1940), German politician (FDP)
Albert Ernst (1847–1917), German educator and politician, MdR
Alexander B. Ernst (* 1960), German Protestant theologian and Hebraist
Alexandra Ernst (* 1965), German translator
Alfred Ernst (conservator) (1817–1910), founding member and conservator of the Kunstverein Winterthur 1877–1910
Alfred Ernst (botanist) (1875–1968), Swiss botanist
Alfred Ernst (politician) (1895–1953), German politician (NSDAP)
Alfred Ernst (officer) (1904–1973), Swiss lawyer, officer and military strategist
Almut Grüntuch-Ernst (* 1966), German architect, see Grüntuch Ernst Architects
Amelie Ernst (* 1977), German radio journalist
André Ernst (* 1967), German athlete
Andreas Ernst (pastor) (16th century), senior pastor of St. Nikolai (Quedlinburg)
Andreas Ernst (moderator) (1955–2014), German journalist and moderator
Andreas Ernst (psychologist) (* 1960), German psychologist and environmental scientist
Andreas Ernst (journalist) (* 1960), Swiss journalist and historian
Andreas Ernst (politician) (* 1971), German politician (CDU)
Anna Renate Biermann-Ernst (* 1932), German painter and photographer
Annette Ernst (* 1966), German director
Annika Ernst (* 1982), German actress
Arno Ernst (* 1941), German soccer player
August Ernst (1880–1959), Swiss judge
Axel Ernst (* 1942), Swiss painter
Axel von Ernst (* 1971), German publisher and writer

B.

Bernd Ernst (* 1969), German poet
Bernhard Ernst (commentator) (1899–1957), German sports commentator
Bernhard Ernst (politician) (1961–2012), Austrian politician (Fritz Dinkhauser list)
Bettina Ernst (* 1968), Swiss gymnast
Britta Ernst (* 1961), German politician (SPD)
Bruno Ernst (soccer player) , Swiss soccer player
Bruno Ernst (pool player) (* 1957), German pool player

C.

Carl Ernst (1846–1906), stage actor
Carl H. Ernst (1938–2018), American herpetologist
Carla Ernst (1867–1925), Austrian theater actress
Caroline Ernst (1819–1902), German settler in Texas
Cécile Ernst (1926–2002), Swiss psychiatrist
Christian Ernst (politician) (1896– ??), German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
Christian Ernst (musician) (* 1967), German pianist, composer and writer
Christian Ernst (legal scholar) (* 1978), German legal scholar
Christiane Ernst-Zettl (born 1970), German soldier and pacifist
Christine Ernst (* 1938), German politician (SPD)
Christoph Ernst (author) (* 1958), German writer and artist
Christoph Ernst (historian) (* before 1975), German historian
Christoph Ernst (media scientist) (* 1975), German media scientist
Christoph Ernst (stage designer) (* before 1978), German stage and costume designer
Christoph Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst (1765–1855), German theologian
Christoph R. Ernst (1884–1979), Austrian architect
Cornelia Ernst (* 1956), German politician (Die Linke)

D.

David Ernst (* 1992), Swiss grass skier
Detlef Ernst (* 1964), German racing cyclist
Dieter Ernst (* 1949), German politician (CDU) and manager
Dominik Ernst (* 1990), German soccer player
Dorothea Ernst (* 1949), German vocal performer and vocal artist

E.

Edgar Ernst (soccer player) (* 1934), German soccer goalkeeper
Edgar Ernst (Manager) (* 1952), German business manager
Edzard Ernst (* 1948), German-British medic
Elisabeth Ernst (painter) (* 1945), Austrian painter and graphic artist
Else Ernst (1874–1946), German writer
Emanuel Ernst (* 1979), German western rider
Emil von Ernst (1817–1905), German landscape painter
Emil Ernst (1889–1942), German astronomer
Erich Ernst (1889–1945), German SA leader
Eugen Ernst (1864–1954), German trade unionist and politician (SPD, SED)
Ewa Ernst-Dziedzic (* 1980), Austrian politician (GREEN), member of the Federal Council
Ewald Ernst (1921–2001), German politician (CDU) and special camp inmate

F.

Fabian Ernst (* 1979), German soccer player
Franz Ernst (lawyer) (1891–1972), German lawyer and judge
Franz Ernst (director) (* 1938), Danish director and screenwriter
Franz Anton Ernst (violin maker) (1745–1805), Bohemian violin maker
Franz Anton Ernst (Oberamtmann) (1778-1858), Baden Oberamtmann

Franz Johann Ernst (1869–1946), Austrian politician (CSP)
Friederike Ernst (* 1989), German musician, see Schnipo Schranke
Friedhelm Ernst (1946-2015), German politician (FDP)
Friedrich Ernst (settler) (1796–1848), German settler in Texas
Friedrich Ernst , pseudonym of Friedrich Wilhelm Schuster (1824–1914), Transylvanian-Austrian writer, folklorist, Germanist, teacher and Protestant clergyman
Friedrich Ernst (educator) (1874–1943), German educator and local historian
Friedrich Ernst (banker) (1889–1960), German civil servant and banker
Friedrich Adolf Ernst , real name of Adolf Stern (writer) (1835–1907), German literary historian and poet
Fritz Ernst (singer) (1859-1929), German singer (tenor)
Fritz Ernst , pseudonym of Fritz Ernst Bettauer (1887–1952), German storyteller and playwright
Fritz Ernst (literary scholar) (1889–1958), Swiss literary scholar and essayist
Fritz Ernst (historian) (1905–1963), German historian

G

Georg von Ernst (1820–1884), Austrian major general
Georg Ernst (publisher) (1880–1950), German publisher
Georg Ernst (physician) (1900–1990), German internist
Georg Eberhard Ernst (1852–1902), German publisher
Gerhard Ernst (philologist) (* 1937), German philologist, Romance philologist and university professor
Gerhard Ernst (actor) (* 1946), Austrian actor and singer
Gerhard Ernst (philosopher) (* 1971), German philosopher and university professor
Gianina Ernst (* 1998), German ski jumper
Guido Ernst (* 1950), German politician (CDU)
Gundolf Ernst (1930–2002), German geologist
Günter Ernst (engineer) (* 1947), German engineer
Günter Ernst (lyricist) (* 1947), German writer
Günther Ernst , pseudonym of Leopold von Schenkendorff (1909–1988), author and composer (including NS songs)
Günther Ernst (* 1927), German journalist and painter
Gustav Ernst (* 1944), Austrian writer
Gustav Ernst (politician) (1914–1999), German politician (FDP)

H

Hans Ernst (entrepreneur) (1853–1907), Swiss brewery entrepreneur
Hans Ernst (poet) (1904–1984), German poet
Hans-Dietrich Ernst (1908–1991), German lawyer and SS-Sturmbannführer
Hans-Georg Ernst (1921–2000), German lieutenant general in the East German NVA
Hans-Ulrich Ernst (1920–1984), German-American painter, see Jimmy Ernst
Hans-Ulrich Ernst (painter) (1924–1980), Swiss painter
Hans-Ulrich Ernst (military) (1933–2019), Swiss lawyer and military person
Hans-Wolfgang Ernst (1926–2001), German physicist and university professor
Hartmut Ernst (* 1949), German computer scientist and university professor
Heiko Ernst (* 1948), German psychologist, journalist and non-fiction author
Heinrich Ernst (politician) (1847–1934), Swiss politician (SP)
Heinrich Ernst (singer) (1848–1905), German opera singer
Heinrich Ernst (architect) (1864–1916), Swiss architect and builder
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814–1865), Moravian violinist and composer
Heinz Ernst (* 1926), German soccer player
Helen Ernst (1904–1948), German draftsman and anti-fascist
Hellmut Ernst (1903–1966), German engineer
Helmut Ernst (medic) (1926–2005), German nuclear medicine specialist and university professor
Helmut Ernst (entrepreneur) (* 1941), German entrepreneur ( Lotter )
Henrik Ernst (* 1986), German soccer player
Herbert Ernst (racing driver) (1893 – after 1954), German motorcycle racing driver and entrepreneur

Herbert Ernst (cameraman) (1939–2019), German cameraman and filmmaker.

Hermann Ernst (1920 – after 1975), German lawyer and ministerial official

Holger Ernst (business economist) (* 1966), German business economist

Holger Ernst (* 1972), German director and screenwriter

Hubertus Ernst (1917–2017), Dutch clergyman, Bishop of Breda

Hubertus Ernst (entrepreneur) (1938–2016), German motor vehicle master, rally driver and businessman

Hugo Ernst (1840–1930), Austrian architect and stonemason

Hugo Ernst Rivera (1888 – after 1951), Bolivian politician and diplomat

I.

Ingrid L. Ernst (* 1945), German theater director and dramaturge
Irina Ernst (* 1995), Swiss grass skier

J

Jack Ernst (1889–1968) American football player
Jacob Daniel Ernst (1640–1707), German Protestant theologian, educator, historian and poet
Jakob Ernst (entrepreneur, 1863) ( Jakob Ernst-Birch ; 1863–1938), Swiss beekeeper, entrepreneur and company founder
Jakob Ernst (entrepreneur, 1905) ( Jakob Ernst-Uster ; 1905–1967), Swiss entrepreneur
Jakob Friedrich Ernst (1866–1933), member of the Württemberg state parliament
Jimmy Ernst ( Hans-Ulrich Ernst ; 1920–1984), German-American painter
Joachim Ernst (actor) , German actor
Joachim Ernst (soccer player) (* 1936), German soccer player
Joachim Ernst (ski jumper) , German ski jumper
Joanne Ernst (* around 1958), American triathlete
Johan Conrad Ernst (1666–1750), Danish architect
Johann Ernst (politician, 1888) (1888–1969), German trade unionist and politician (center, CDU)
Johann Ernst (politician, 1905) (1905–1971), German lawyer and politician (BP)
Johanna Ernst (* 1992), Austrian sport climber
Johannes Ernst (1528–1594), German clergyman, Abbot of Ochsenhausen
Johannes Ernst (clergyman) (1683–1765), Swiss Protestant clergyman
Johannes Ernst (entrepreneur) (1878-1970), German entrepreneur ( Lotter )
Johannes Ernst (musician) (* 1963), German saxophonist
Joni Ernst (* 1970), American politician
Josef Ernst (1882–1959), German politician (SPD, USPD, SAPD, FDP)
Josef Ernst (theologian) (1926–2012), German theologian and New Testament scholar
Josefine Ernst-Kaiser (1820–1873), coloratura singer
Joseph Ernst (1863–1928), German clergyman, Bishop of Hildesheim
Joseph Ernst (theologian) (1804–1869), German theologian
Jupp Ernst (1905–1987), German graphic artist and industrial designer
Juliette Ernst (1900–2001), French classical philologist
Jürgen-Thomas Ernst (* 1966), Austrian writer

K

Kajsa Ernst (* 1962), Swedish actress
Karoline Ernst (1821–1897), German theater actress and director
Karl Ernst (clergyman) (1806–1898), German clergyman and deputy of the state assembly of the Kingdom of Hanover
Karl Ernst (General Superintendent) (1834–1902), German Protestant General Superintendent
Karl Ernst (1900–1955), German actress and songwriter, see Gudrun Kabisch
Karl Ernst (SA member) (1904–1934), German politician (NSDAP) and SA group leader
Karl-Heinz Ernst (* 1942), German politician (SPD)
Karl-Josef Ernst (* 1934), German architect
Karl Matthias Ernst (1758–1830), German painter and graphic artist
Karl Wenzel Ernst (1830–1910), German-Bohemian poet
Klaus Ernst (* 1954), German trade union official and politician (Die Linke)
Klaus Ernst (doctor, 1924) (1924–2010), Swiss psychiatrist and university professor
Klaus Ernst (medic, 1936) (* 1936), German psychiatrist and university professor
Klaus Ernst (sociologist) (* 1936), German sociologist, university professor and diplomat

L.

Leo Ernst (1904– ??), Austrian photographer
Leopold Ernst (1808–1862), Austrian architect
Louis Ernst (also Ludwig Ernst ; 1839–1900), German politician (NLP), MdR
Ludwig von Ernst (1818–1870), Swiss banker and politician
Luise Straus-Ernst (1893–1944), German art historian, journalist and artist

M.

Manfred Ernst (* 1943), German lawyer, regional historian and specialist and non-fiction author

Marthe Ernst-Schwarzenbach (1900–1967), Swiss private lecturer and adjunct professor of botany

Martin Ernst (* 1945), Swiss architect

Max Ernst (local history researcher) (1869–1945), German lawyer and local history researcher

Max Ernst (1891–1976), German painter and sculptor

Mensen Ernst (1795–1843), Norwegian fast runner

Michael Ernst (theologian) (* 1947), German theologian

Michael Ernst (voice actor ) (* 1984), German voice actor and musical actor

Moritz Ernst (actor) (1826–1900), Austrian theater actor and director

Moritz Ernst (pianist) (* 1986), German pianist

N

Nicole Ernst (* 1972), German actress
Nina Ernst (* 1975), German musician and actress
Norbert Ernst (* 1977), Austrian singer (tenor)

O

Ole Ernst (1940-2013), Danish actor
Otto Ernst (canon) († 1495), German canon and canon lawyer
Otto von Ernst (1853–1925), German painter
Otto Ernst (writer) (1862–1926), German writer
Otto Ernst (Chilean soccer player) , Chilean soccer player
Otto Ernst (politician) , German lawyer and politician (CDU)
Otto Ernst (lawyer) (1909–1993), German lawyer
Otto Ernst (soccer player) (* 1928), German soccer player

P

Paul Ernst (medic) (1859–1937), Swiss-German medic
Paul Ernst (1866–1933), German writer and journalist
Paul Ernst (biathlete) (* 1935), Austrian biathlete
Peter Ernst (bell founder) (1627 – around 1700), German bell founder
Peter Ernst (Germanist) (* 1961), Austrian Germanist and university professor
Peter Ernst (musician) , German guitarist
Petra Ernst (1957–2016), German-Austrian literary and cultural scientist
Petter Ernst (1714–1784), Swedish watchmaker
Philipp Ernst (1862–1942), German teacher and painter
Philipp Ernst (politician) (1814–1891), German mayor and politician

R.

Rainer Ernst (* 1961), German soccer player
Regina Ernst , German photo model and actress
René Ernst (1909–1996), co-founder and former director of BEA Bernexpo
Richard Ernst (art historian) (1885–1955), Austrian art historian
Richard P. Ernst (1858–1934), American politician
Richard R. Ernst (* 1933), Swiss chemist
Rita Ernst (* 1956), Swiss artist
Robert Ernst (politician) (1897–1980), German politician (NSDAP), Lord Mayor of Strasbourg
Robert Ernst (composer) (1900–1977), German-Austrian composer
Rodolphe Ernst ( Rudolf Ernst ; 1854–1932), Austro-French painter and graphic artist
Roland Ernst (* 1936), German real estate entrepreneur and project developer
Rolf Ernst (soccer player) (* 1940), German soccer player
Rolf Ernst (computer scientist) (* 1955), German engineer, computer scientist and university professor
Ronny Ernst (* 1976), German soccer player
Rudolf Ernst (1854–1932), Austro-French painter and graphic artist, see Rodolphe Ernst
Rudolf Ernst (painter, 1896) (1896–1942), German painter (emigrated to Yugoslavia in 1938)
Rudolf Ernst (banker) (1865–1956), Swiss banker
Rudolf L. Ernst (* 1940), German politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag

S.

Sebastian Ernst (athlete) (* 1984), German athlete
Sebastian Ernst (soccer player) (* 1995), German soccer player
Siegfried Ernst (1915–2001), German doctor and church politician
Siegrid Ernst (* 1929), German composer, pianist and music teacher
Simon Ernst (* 1994), German handball player
Simon Peter Ernst (1744–1817), Dutch religious and historian
Sipke Ernst (* 1979), Dutch chess player
Stefanie Ernst (* 1965), German sociologist
Stephan Ernst (theologian) (* 1956), German theologian
Stephan Ernst (producer) , German sound engineer and music producer
Stephan Ernst (voice actor) (* 1961), German voice actor
Stephan Ernst (* 1973), German right-wing extremist, see the murder of Walter Lübcke
Stephanie Michaela Ernst (* 1975), German Roman Catholic theologian
Susanna Ernst (* 1980), German novelist
Sybille Moser-Ernst (* 1955), Austrian art theorist and university professor

T

Tea Ernst (1906–1991), German designer and entrepreneur
Theodor Ernst (entrepreneur, 1902) (1902–1971), Swiss entrepreneur
Theodor Ernst (1904–1983), German mineralogist
Theodor Ernst (entrepreneur, 1907) (1907–2002), German entrepreneur ( Lotter )
Theodosius Ernst I (1603– ??), German bell founder, see Ernst (bell founder family)
Theodosius Ernst II († 1726), German bell founder, see Ernst (bell founder family)
Thomas Ernst (Admiral) (* 1956), German flotilla admiral
Thomas Ernst (chess player) (* 1960), Swedish chess player
Thomas Ernst (soccer player) (* 1967), German soccer player
Thomas Ernst (writer) (* 1974), German author and literary scholar
Thomas Ernst (actor) (* 1989), Danish actor

U

Ulrich Ernst (* 1944), German philologist
Ursula Ernst (* 1944), German politician (CDU)
Uwe Ernst (* 1947), German painter and draftsman

V

Viktor Ernst (1871–1933), German historian
Virginia Ernst (* 1991), Austrian singer-songwriter and ice hockey player

W.

W. Gary Ernst (* 1931), American geologist
Waldemar Ernst (1909–2002), German lawyer and administrative officer
Walter Ernst (Konsistorialpräsident) (1857–1928), German administrative lawyer, Konsistorialpräsident in Hesse and Nassau
Walter Ernst (Gauleiter) (1899–1945), German administrative lawyer, Gauleiter and mayor
Werner Ernst (1910–2002), German legal scholar and judge
Werner W. Ernst (* 1947), Austrian political scientist
Wilhelm Ernst (veterinarian) (1879–1951), German veterinarian and university professor
Wilhelm Ernst (Oberamtmann) (1885–1963), German administrative officer
Wilhelm Ernst (architect) (1886 – after 1952), German architect
Wilhelm Ernst (geologist) (1888–1953), German geologist
Wilhelm Ernst (chess player) (1905–1952), German chess player
Wilhelm Ernst (theologian) (1927–2001), German Catholic theologian
Willy Ernst (1878–1937), ministerial official, co-founder of the customs border guard
Wolf-Dieter Ernst (* 1968), German theater scholar and university professor
Wolfgang Ernst (physician) (* 1939), German neurologist and psychiatrist
Wolfgang Ernst (artist) (* 1942), Austrian artist
Wolfgang Ernst , maiden name of Wolfgang Domhardt (1951–2019), German politician (SPD)
Wolfgang Ernst (legal scholar) (* 1956), German lawyer
Wolfgang Ernst (Lord Mayor) (* 1957), German politician, Lord Mayor of Leimen
Wolfgang Ernst (media scientist) (* 1959), German cultural and media scientist
Wolfgang E. Ernst (* 1951), German physicist and university professor

X

Xaver Ernst (1902–1998), German farmer and politician