Ernest Hemingway | Ernest Shackleton | Ernest Borgnine | Ernest Tubb | Ernest Rutherford | Ernest Renan | Ernest Chausson | Ernest Bloch | Ernest Bevin | Ernest | Ernest George | Ernest Gruening | Ernest Dowson | Ernest Bai Koroma | Ernest Thompson Seton | Ernest Hollings | William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar | John Ernest | Ernest Thayer | Ernest Jones | Ernest Giles | Ernest Gellner | Ernest Fenollosa | Ernest Augustus I of Hanover | Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | Reginald Ernest Moreau | Ernest Torrence | Ernest Nagel | Ernest Marples | Ernest L. Wilkinson |
Notable sons of Bayelsa State include veteran novelist and poet Gabriel Okara; pioneering Nigerian journalist and pre-independent freedom fighter Ernest Ikoli; Nigerian Civil War hero Major Isaac Adaka Boro (Nigerian Army) and Canadian Olympic gold medalist and world wrestling champion Daniel Igali; and former National Team footballers Finidi George and Samson Siasia, Olympic / under-20s coach.