Leading Figures in History

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

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Ernst Jaakson

b. 1905

Estonian ambassador (1905–1998)

Ernst Jandl

b. 1925

Austrian writer, poet, and translator

Ernst Krenek

b. 1900

Austrian/American composer (1900–1991)

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)

Ernst Marcus (zoologist)

b. 1893

German zoologist

Ernst May

b. 1886

German architect and city planner (1886–1970)

Ernst Mayr

b. 1904

German-American evolutionary biologist (1904–2005)

Ernst Messerschmid

b. 1945

German physicist and astronaut (born 1945)

Ernst Niekisch

b. 1889

German National-Bolshevik politician (1889–1967)

Ernst Nolte

German historian (1923–2016)

Ernst Otto Schlick

b. 1840

German naval engineer

Ernst Põdder

Estonian military commander

Ernst Robert Curtius

German philologist and literary scholar

Ernst Röhm

German Nazi military officer (1887–1934)

Ernst Rüdin

b. 1874

Swiss-born German geneticist (1874–1952)

Ernst Ruska

German physicist (1906–1988)

Ernst Scheller

b. 1899

Ernst Schröder (mathematician)

German mathematician (1841–1902)

Ernst Tandefelt

Ernst Thälmann

b. 1886

German communist politician (1886–1944)

Ernst Toller

German author, playwright, left-wing politician and revolutionary (1893–1939)