Leading Figures in History

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

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Ernest H. Volwiler

b. 1893

American pharmaceutical chemist (1893–1992)

Ernest Hemingway

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

Ernest Hogan

Vaudeville performer (1865–1909)

Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick

b. 1497

Duke of Brunswick

Ernest Joyce

Royal Naval seaman and explorer

Ernest Kirkendall

b. 1914

American chemist and metallurgist (1914–2005)

Ernest Lawrence

b. 1901

American physicist (1901–1958)

Ernest Lehman

American screenwriter (1915–2005)

Ernest MacMillan

Canadian conductor (1893–1973)

Ernest Mason Satow

b. 1843

British diplomat, scholar and Japanologist (1843–1929)

Ernest Nash

Ernest Noel

Scottish politician (1831–1931)

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 Thayer

b. 1863

American writer and poet (1863–1940)

Ernest Thompson Seton

b. 1860

Canadian and American writer and artist (1860–1946)

Ernest Tidyman

American writer (1928–1984)

Ernest Tyldesley

English cricketer

Ernest Walton

Irish physicist (1903–1995)

Ernest Webb

b. 1874

British athlete (1874–1937)

Ernest William Christmas

Australian painter

Ernest, Duke of Austria

Duke of Austria

Ernest, Elector of Saxony

Elector of Saxony from 1464 to 1486