# Ernie

Ernie is a masculine given name, frequently a short form (hypocorism) of Ernest, Ernald, Ernesto, or Verner. It may refer to:

## People

* Ernie Accorsi (born 1941), American football executive
* Ernie Adams (disambiguation)
* Ernie Afaganis (born c. 1933), Canadian sports announcer
* Ernie Althoff (born 1950), Australian musician and composer
* Ernie Anastos (born 1943), American television journalist
* Ernie Anderson (1923–1997), American radio and television announcer
* Ernie Ashcroft (1925–1985), English rugby league footballer
* Ernie Ball (1930–2004), American guitarist and businessman
* Ernie Banks (1931–2015), American baseball player
* Ernie Barbarash, American film producer
* Ernie Barnes (1938–2009), American football player and painter
* Ernie Blenkinsop (1902–1969), English footballer
* Ernie Boch Jr. (born 1958), American billionaire businessman
* Ernie Bond (disambiguation)
* Ernie Bridge (1936–2013), Australian politician
* Ernie Broglio (1935–2019), American baseball pitcher
* Ernie Bushmiller (1905–1982), American cartoonist
* Ernie Calcutt (1932–1984), Canadian sports commentator and radio news director
* Ernie Calloway (born 1948), American football player
* Ernie Colón (1931–2019), American comics artist
* Ernie Coombs (1927-2001), Canadian entertainer
* Ernie Cox (1894–1962), Canadian football player
* Ernie Danjean (1934–1995), American football player
* Ernie Davis (1939–1963), American football player
* Ernie DiGregorio (born 1951), American basketball player
* Ernie Dingo (born 1956), Australian actor and television personality
* Ernie Dodd (1880–1918), New Zealand rugby union player
* Ernie Dubeau (1880–1951), Canadian ice hockey player
* Ernie Duplechin, American football and baseball player and football coach
* Ernie Els (born 1969), South African golfer
* Ernie Ernst (1924/25–2013), American district attorney and jurist
* Ernie Fixmer (born 1977), American drifting driver
* Ernie Fletcher (born 1952), American physician and politician, 60th Governor of Kentucky
* Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991), American singer
* Ernie Graham (1946–2001), Northern Irish singer and songwriter
* Ernie Green (born 1938), American football player
* Ernie Grunfeld (born 1955), American basketball player and executive
* Ernie Hammes (born 1968), Luxembourgish jazz trumpeter
* Ernie Hardeman (born 1947), Canadian politician
* Ernie Hart (1910–1985), American comics artist and writer
* Ernie Harwell (1918–2010), American sports announcer
* Ernie Hawkins (born 1947), American blues singer and musician
* Ernie Henry (1926–1957), American jazz saxophonist
* Ernie Hine (1901–1974), English footballer
* Ernie Hughes (born 1955), American football player
* Ernie Hudson (born 1945), American actor
* Ernie Isley (born 1952), American singer and musician
* Ernie Isley (politician) (born 1937), Canadian politician
* Ernie Jennings (born 1949), American football player
* Ernie Johnson (disambiguation)
* Ernie Jones (disambiguation)
* Ernie Kovacs (1919–1962), American comedian, actor and writer
* Ernie Lombardi (1908–1977), American baseball player
* Ernie Maresca (1938–2015), American singer-songwriter
* Ernie McLean (politician), Canadian politician
* Ernie Merrick (born 1953), Scottish-Australian football manager
* Ernie Mims, stage name of Ernest Christoper Memos (1932–2019), American television personality
* Ernie Morgan (1927–2013), English football player and manager
* Ernie Nevers (1902–1976), American football and baseball player and college football head coach
* Ernie Newton (disambiguation)
* Ernie Nordli (1912–1968), American animation artist and graphic designer
* Ernie Odoom, Swiss jazz musician and vocalist
* Ernie O'Malley (1897–1957), Irish Republican Army officer and writer
* Ernie Oravetz (1932–2006), American baseball player
* Ernie O'Rourke (1926–2024), Australian rules footballer
* Ernie Orsatti (1902–1968), American baseball player
* Ernie Otten (born 1954), American politician
* Ernie Ovitz (1885–1980), American baseball player
* Ernie Padgett (1899–1957), American baseball player
* Ernie Parker (1883–1918), Australian tennis player and cricketer
* Ernie Phythian (1942–2020), English former footballer
* Ernie Pitts (1935–1970), Canadian football player
* Ernie Preate (born 1940), American attorney and politician
* Ernie Price (1950–2004), American football player
* Ernie Price (English footballer) (1926–2013)
* Ernie Pyle (1900–1945), American journalist and war correspondent
* Ernie Rea (born 1945), Northern Irish radio presenter
* Ernie Regehr, Canadian pacifist
* Ernie Reid (c.1905 – c.1938), Australian rugby union player
* Ernie Renzel (1907–2007), American politician
* Ernie Rettino, American Christian musician
* Ernie Reyes Jr. (born 1972), American actor and martial artist
* Ernie Reyes Sr. (born 1947), American martial artist, actor, and fight choreographer
* Ernie Rice (1896–1979), English boxer and actor
* Ernie Richardson (curler) (born 1931), Canadian curler
* Ernie Richardson (footballer) (1916–1977), English footballer
* Ernie Roberts (1912–1994), English politician and trade unionist
* Ernie Robson (1870–1924), English cricketer
* Ernie Roth (1926–1983), American professional wrestler and wrestling manager
* Ernie Royal (1921–1983), American jazz trumpeter
* Ernie Sabella (born 1949), American actor
* Ernie Schaaf (1908–1933), American boxer
* Ernie Schroeder (1916–2006), American comics artist
* Ernie Schunke (1882–1922), Australian rules footballer
* Ernie Shore (1891–1980), American baseball pitcher
* Ernie Sigley (1938–2021), Australian radio and television personality
* Ernie Sims (born 1984), American football player
* Ernie Smith (disambiguation)
* Ernie Stautner (1925–2006), American football player and coach
* Ernie Steury (1930–2002), American physician and missionary
* Ernie Walker (baseball) (1890–1965), American baseball player
* Ernie Walker (football) (1928–2011), Scottish football administrator
* Ernie Watts (born 1945), American jazz and R&B saxophonist
* Ernie Watts (Small Heath footballer), English footballer who played for Small Heath (188–1890)
* Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872) (1872–?), English footballer
* Ernie Whitchurch (1891–1957), English footballer
* Ernie White (1916–1974), American baseball pitcher
* Ernie White (Canadian football) (born 1938), American-born Canadian football player
* Ernie Whiteside (1889–1953), English footballer
* Ernie Whitt (born 1952), American baseball player
* Ernie Whittam (1911–1951), English footballer
* Ernie Whittle (1925–1998), English footballer
* Ernie Wiggs (c.1940–2014), New Zealand rugby league footballer
* Ernie Wilkins (1919–1999), American jazz saxophonist
* Ernie Willett (1919–1985), English footballer
* Ernie Williamson (1922–2002), American football player and coach
* Ernie Winchester (1944–2013), Scottish footballer
* Ernie Wise, stage name of English comedian Ernest Wiseman (1925–1999), half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise
* Ernie Woerner (1905–1972), American football player
* Ernie Wolf (1889–1964), American baseball pitcher
* Ernie Wright (1939–2007), American football player
* Ernie Wright (footballer) (1912–?), English footballer

## Fictional characters

* Ernie (Sesame Street), a Muppet on the TV show Sesame Street
* Ernie, on the TV series Underground Ernie
* Ernie, in the TV series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Power Rangers Zeo
* Ernie the Giant Chicken, on the TV series Family Guy
* Ernie Bishop, in the film It's a Wonderful Life
* Ernie Cardenas, on the TV series George Lopez
* Ernie Floyd, in the comic strip Piranha Club
* Ernie "Big Ern" McCracken, in the film Kingpin
* Ernie Macmillan, in the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling
* Ernie Pantusso, also known as "Coach", on the TV show Cheers
* Ernie Pike, in the comic strip Ernie Pike
* Ernie Potts, in the TV series Hey Arnold!
* Ernie Thompson, in the TV series My Three Sons
* Evil Ernie, a comics character created by Brian Pulido and Steven Hughes
* Uncle Ernie, in the Who's rock opera Tommy

## Technology

* Ernie Bot