Leading Figures in History

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

21513 persons found

Ernie Chan

Chinese-American comic book artist (1940-2012)

Ernie Davis

American football player (1939–1963)

Ernie Field

English professional boxer & rugby league footballer

Ernie Freeman

American pianist, arranger and composer (1922–1981)

Ernie McCormick

b. 1906

Australian cricketer

Ernie Pyle

American war correspondent and writer

Ernie Royal

b. 1921

American jazz trumpeter (1921–1983)

Ernie Stautner

b. 1925

American football player and coach

Ernle Bradford

British writer (1922–1986)

Ernst A. Lehmann

German Zeppelin captain

Ernst Albrecht (politician, born 1930)

b. 1930

German politician (1930–2014)

Ernst Bacon

b. 1898

American composer and musician (1898–1990)

Ernst Bakker

b. 1946

Dutch politician

Ernst Bresslau

German zoologist

Ernst Chain

b. 1906

German-born British biochemist (1906–1979)

Ernst Felle

b. 1876

German rower

Ernst Florian Winter

American historian and politologist (1923–2014)

Ernst Heinrich Weber

b. 1795

German psychologist

Ernst Hinterberger

Austrian writer

Ernst II of Saxony

b. 1464

Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of Halberstadt

Ernst Kummer

German mathematician (1810–1893)

Ernst Laas

b. 1837

German philosopher (1837–1885)

Ernst Lindemann

German naval officer (1894–1941)

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

b. 1880

German expressionist painter (1880–1938)