Earnest

For other uses, see Earnest (disambiguation).

Earnest is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to:

Given name

• Earnest Andersson (1878–1943), American polymath
• Earnest Brown IV (born 1999), American football player
• Earnest Byner (born 1962), American football player
• Earnest Elmo Calkins (1868–1964), American early advertising innovator
• Earnest Sevier Cox (1880–1966), American Methodist preacher
• Earnest Stewart Cox (1900–1992), British railway engineer and author
• Earnest Frank, American football coach
• Earnest Graham (born 1980), American football player
• Earnest Gray (born 1957), American football player
• Earnest Greene (born 2003), American football player
• Earnest Hooton (1887–1954), American physical anthropologist
• Ernie Hudson (born 1945), American actor
• Earnest Jackson (born 1959), American football player
• Earnest Mudzengi, Zimbabwean politician
• Earnest Pugh, American gospel singer-songwriter
• Earnest Rhone (born 1953), former NFL linebacker
• Earnest Ross (born 1991), American professional basketball player
• Earnest James Ujaama (born 1965), American Muslim social activist
• Earnest Wilson, American football coach

Surname

• Conrad Earnest (born 1957), American soccer goalkeeper
• G. Brooks Earnest (1902–1992), American educator
• James Earnest (1818–1900), Wisconsin state legislator
• Josh Earnest (born 1975), American political advisor, former White House press secretary
• Les Earnest (born 1930), American computer scientist
• Matthew Earnest (born 1969), American theater director

See also

• All pages with titles containing Earnest
• Ernest (disambiguation)