Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

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Ernest Graves Sr.

United States Army general

Ernest Hogan

Vaudeville performer (1865–1909)

Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick

b. 1497

Duke of Brunswick

Ernest Joyce

Royal Naval seaman and explorer

Ernest MacMillan

Canadian conductor

Ernest Mason Satow

b. 1843

British diplomat, scholar and Japanologist (1843–1929)

Ernest of Bavaria (1500–1560)

b. 1500

German administrator of Passau and Salzburg, pledge lord of the County of Glatz

Ernest Starling

b. 1866

British physiologist (1866–1927)

Ernest Stoneman

b. 1893

American singer-songwriter (1893–1968)

Ernest Tyldesley

English cricketer

Ernest Walton

Irish physicist (1903–1995)

Ernest Webb

b. 1874

British athlete (1874–1937)

Ernest, Margrave of Austria

Margrave of Austria from 1055 to 1075

Ernestina Herrera de Noble

b. 1925

Argentine publisher and executive (1925–2017)

Ernesto Farías

b. 1980

Argentine footballer

Ernesto Pérez Balladares

b. 1946

President of Panama (born 1946)

Ernesto Sabato

Argentine writer and physicist (1911–2011)

Erni Krusten

b. 1900

Estonian writer (1900–1984)

Ernie C

b. 1959

American guitarist (born 1959)

Ernie Carroll

b. 1929

Australian television personality (1929–2022)