Earl (given name)
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Earl is a popular English given name meaning "warrior" or "nobleman". Some of the holders of this name are:
- "Big" Earl, a fictional alien from the video game ToeJam & EarlToeJam & EarlToeJam & Earl is an action video game developed by Johnson Voorsanger Productions and published by Sega for the Mega Drive video game console. Released in 1991, it centers on the titular ToeJam and Earl—alien rappers who have crash-landed on Earth. As they attempt to escape the planet, players...
and its sequels - Earl, fictional character in Rocko's Modern LifeRocko's Modern LifeRocko's Modern Life is an animated series created by Joe Murray. The show aired for four seasons between 1993 and 1996 on Nickelodeon. Rocko's Modern Life is based around the surreal, parodic adventures of an anthropomorphic wallaby named Rocko, and his life in the city of O-Town...
- Earl AbellEarl AbellEarl C. "Tuffy" Abell was an American football player and coach. He played college football as a tackle at Colgate University. He later returned to Colgate as an assistant coach in 1925, and took over the head coaching job in 1928. He spent the 1929 and 1930 football seasons as head coach of...
(1892–1956), American football player - Earl Amyotte, pro-life activist
- Earl E. AndersonEarl E. AndersonGeneral Earl Edward Anderson , the youngest active duty Marine ever promoted to the rank of General and the second active duty Marine Naval Aviator to be promoted to a 4-star rank, became Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps on April 1, 1972. He was promoted to General on March 31, 1972...
(born 1919), American general - Earl AnthonyEarl AnthonyEarl Roderick Anthony was a left-handed American professional bowler who amassed records of 41 titles and six bowler of the year awards on the Professional Bowlers Association Tour. His title count was amended to 43 in 2008, when the PBA chose to include ABC Masters titles earned by a PBA member...
(1938–2001), professional bowler - Earl ArmstrongEarl ArmstrongEarl Armstrong was an Ontario farmer and politician. He served as reeve of Gloucester Township from 1952 to 1972.He was the son of William Armstrong and descended from Irish immigrants to Canada. He married Peninnah Sloan, a school teacher from Manotick. He took over the operation of the family...
(died 1986) Canadian politician - Earl I. AnzaiEarl I. AnzaiEarl I. Anzai served as Attorney General of Hawaii from 1999 to 2002, appointed by Governor of Hawaii Benjamin J. Cayetano. A career Democrat, Anzai also served as state budget director from 1995 to 1999 and Office of Hawaiian Affairs special counsel from 1990 to 1994...
, American politician - Earl AverillEarl AverillHoward Earl Averill was an American player in Major League Baseball who was a center fielder from 1929 to 1941...
(1902–1983), professional baseball player - Earl Edwin AustinEarl Edwin AustinFor the Distinguished Service Cross recipient, see Edwin Austin.Earl Edwin Austin was an American criminal and bank robber who had been listed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted" list during the 1970s....
, American criminal - Earl BabbieEarl BabbieEarl Robert Babbie , is an American sociologist who holds the position of Campbell Professor Emeritus in Behavioral Sciences at Chapman University...
(born 1938), sociologist - Earl BakkenEarl BakkenEarl E. Bakken is an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist of Dutch and Norwegian American ancestry...
(born 1924), inventor of the transistorized pacemakerPacemakerAn artificial pacemaker is a medical device that uses electrical impulses to regulate the beating of the heart.Pacemaker may also refer to:-Medicine:... - Earl BalfourEarl BalfourFor the British peerage title, see Earl of BalfourEarl Frederick "Spider" Balfour was a National Hockey League forward from 1952 to 1961. He was a defensive forward and penalty-killing expert. Balfour won the Stanley Cup with the 1960–61 Chicago Black Hawks...
(born 1933) professional ice hockey player - Earl BanksEarl Banks-External links:* *...
(died 1993), American football coach - Earl BarishEarl BarishEarl Barish is a businessman from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His family developed the Dickie Dee ice cream brand.He was also behind the IBA team, the Winnipeg Cyclone....
, Canadian businessman - Earl BarrettEarl BarrettEarl Delisser Barrett is an English former footballer who played in the Football League and Premier League for Manchester City, Chester City, Oldham Athletic, Aston Villa, Everton, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday. He played mainly at right back though could also adapt to a central...
(born 1967) former footballer - Earl BarronEarl BarronEarl Daniel Barron, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Portland Trail Blazers in the National Basketball Association.-Career:...
(born 1981), professional basketball player - Earl Bassett, fictional character in TremorsTremors (film)Tremors is a 1990 American science fiction horror comedy film directed by Ron Underwood, based on a screenplay by Brent Maddock and S. S. Wilson, and starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire...
- Earl BatteyEarl BatteyEarl Jesse Battey, Jr. was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago White Sox , the Washington Senators and the Minnesota Twins...
(1935–2003), professional baseball player - Earl Holmes Bell (born 1955) pole vaulter
- Earl BennettEarl BennettEarl Bennett is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bears in the third round of the 2008 NFL Draft...
(born 1987) American football player - Earl BestEarl BestEarl Best , a community organizer better known as the "Street Doctor", is a convicted bank robber who spent 10 years in solitary confinement and now works with the poor on the streets of Newark, New Jersey. He founded the Street Warriors organization in 2003...
(born 1947), American community organizer known as the 'Street Doctor' - Earl Derr BiggersEarl Derr BiggersEarl Derr Biggers was an American novelist and playwright. He is remembered primarily for adaptations of his novels, especially those featuring the Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan.-Biography:...
(1884–1933), American novelist and playwright - Earl BillingsEarl BillingsEarl William Billings is an American character actor who may best be known as Rob in the 1976-1977 television series What's Happening!!.-Life and career:Billings was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Willie Mae Billings....
(born 1945), Actor - Earl Bird, a fictional character in the comic strip, Motley's Crew
- Earl BlackEarl BlackEarl Black is a professor of Political Science at Rice University and a well-known expert on the politics of the Southern United States, particularly as they relate to race. He and his twin brother, Merle Black, a professor at Emory University, have written several books on the politics of the...
(born 1942), Professor - Earl BlaikEarl BlaikEarl Henry "Red" Blaik was an American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and United States Army officer. He served as the head football coach at Dartmouth College from 1934 to 1940 and at the United States Military Academy from 1941 to 1958, compiling a career college...
(1897–1989), American football coach - Earl BlumenauerEarl BlumenauerEarl Blumenauer is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1996. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes most of Portland east of the Willamette River. A native of Portland, he previously spent over 20 years as a public official representing the city.-Early...
(born 1948), American politician - Earl BoenEarl BoenEarl Boen is an American actor and voice actor. He is perhaps best known as criminal psychologist Dr. Peter Silberman in the Terminator series...
(born 1945), American actor - Earl BosticEarl BosticEarl Bostic was an American jazz and rhythm and blues alto saxophonist, and a pioneer of the post-war American Rhythm and Blues style. He had a number of popular hits such as "Flamingo", "Harlem Nocturne", "Temptation", "Sleep", "Special Delivery Stomp", and "Where or When", which showed off his...
(1913–1965), American saxophonist - Earl BoykinsEarl BoykinsEarl Antoine Boykins is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. Standing at 5 feet, 5 inches in height, he is the second shortest player in NBA history behind Muggsy Bogues, who was 5 feet, 3 inches tall. His NBA listed...
(born 1976), professional basketball player for the Milwaukee BucksMilwaukee BucksThe Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center.... - Earl BroadyEarl BroadyEarl Broady . A senior LA police officer who went on to become a Deputy D.A., and then a judge.- Early life :"I not only was born across the tracks. I was born on the wrong side of that place across the tracks,” Earl Broady once said. A native of Los Angeles, Earl Broady began working as a janitor...
(1904–1992), police officer - Earl BrowderEarl BrowderEarl Russell Browder was an American communist and General Secretary of the Communist Party USA from 1934 to 1945. He was expelled from the party in 1946.- Early years :...
(1891–1973), American communist - Earl BrownEarl Brown-External links:* at College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com...
(1916–2003), American football coach - Earl BrydgesEarl BrydgesEarl William Brydges was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Majority Leader of the New York State Senate from 1966 to 1972-Life:...
, American politician - Earl "Butch" Buchholz (born 1940) professional tennis player
- Earl ButzEarl ButzEarl Lauer "Rusty" Butz was a United States government official who served as Secretary of Agriculture under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.- Background :...
(born 1909), American politician - Earl CaddockEarl CaddockEarl Caddock was a professional wrestler who was active in the early portion of the twentieth century. As the first man to bill himself as "The Man of 1,000 Holds" , Caddock was one of professional wrestling's biggest stars between the years of 1915 and 1922.-Early life:Earl Caddock was born...
(1888–1950), professional wrestler - Earl CaldwellEarl Caldwell (journalist)Earl Caldwell is an American journalist. He documented the Black Panthers from the inside in the 1970s, and became embroiled in a key U.S. Supreme Court decision clarifying reporters' rights. The case started when the FBI tried to press Caldwell to be an informant against the Black Panther Party...
, journalist - Earl Welton CaldwellEarl CaldwellEarl Welton Caldwell was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia Phillies , St. Louis Browns , Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox . A native of Sparks, Texas, Caldwell batted and threw right-handed...
(1905–1981), professional baseball player - Earl CamembertEarl CamembertEarl Camembert is a fictional news reporter and anchorman portrayed by Eugene Levy on the Canadian sketch comedy show SCTV, which aired in the 1970s and 1980s.-Career:...
, fictional character on SCTVSecond City TelevisionSecond City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's The Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.- Premise :... - Earl Cameron (1915–2005), Canadian broadcaster
- Earl CameronEarl Cameron (actor)Earl Cameron, CBE is a Bermudian actor. He is known as one of the first black actors to break the "colour bar" in the United Kingdom, along with Cy Grant...
(born 1917) British actor - Earl Campbell (born 1900), Professional ice hockey player
- Earl Christian CampbellEarl CampbellEarl Christian Campbell , nicknamed The Tyler Rose, is a former professional American Football running back. He, Paul Hornung and O.J Simpson are the only people to have won the Heisman Trophy , were first overall National Football League draft picks and are in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame...
(born 1955), former professional football player - Earl ChudoffEarl ChudoffEarl Chudoff was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:Earl Chudoff was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in economics in 1929 and from the University of Pittsburgh School of...
(1907–1993), American politician - Earl "Dutch" Clark (1906–1978), professional American football player
- Earl CochellEarl CochellEarl Cochell , is the only tennis player ever barred for life by the United States Tennis Association.Cochell was ranked as high as No. 6 in the U.S. rankings before the 1951 U.S. Nationals...
(born 1922), American tennis player - Earl CochranEarl CochranEarl Cochran, Jr is an American football defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Green Bay Packers as an undrafted free agent in 2003...
(born 1981), Professional American football player - Earl ColeEarl ColeEarl Cole is the $1,000,000 winner of the reality television series Survivor: Fiji. He is an entrepreneur, producer, philanthropist and former California advertising executive.-Survivor: Fiji:...
, reality TV contestant, winner of Survivor: Fiji - Earl CollinsEarl CollinsEarl Thompson Collins was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1943 to 1949.Collins was educated in Miami, Winnipeg and Toronto...
(1895–1958), Canadian politician - Earl ConradEarl ConradEarl Conrad , birth name Cohen, was an author who penned at least twenty works of biography, history, and criticism, including books in collaboration. At least one that he 'ghost' wrote was the biography of actor Errol Flynn, titled My Wicked, Wicked Ways.He was born and educated in Auburn, New York...
, author - Earl CookEarl CookEarl Davis Cook was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Detroit Tigers during the 1941 season. Listed at 6' 0", 195 lb., Cook batted and threw right-handed...
(1908–1996), professional baseball player - Earl CooperEarl CooperEarl Cooper was an American racecar driver.-Racing career:...
(1886–1965), American racecar driver - Marion Earl CooperEarl Cooper (football)Marion Earl Cooper , is a former professional American football player who was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1st round of the 1980 NFL Draft. A 6'2", 227-lb. fullback-tight end from Rice University, Cooper played in 7 NFL seasons from 1980 to 1986...
(born 1957), professional American football player - Earl CranstonEarl CranstonEarl Cranston was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1896. He also distinguished himself as a Methodist Pastor and Presiding Elder, and as an editor and publisher of the M.E. Church....
(1840–1932), American bishop - Earl CuretonEarl CuretonEarl Cureton is a retired American professional basketball player. His nickname was "The Twirl".-NBA player:...
(born 1957), professional basketball player - Earl DawsonEarl DawsonEarl Phillip Dawson was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1966 to 1969....
(1925–1987), Canadian politician - Earl DevoreEarl DevoreEarl Devore was an American racecar driver. Devore and fellow driver Norman Batten were aboard the SS Vestris when it sank. He is credited with saving the lives of his wife, his son, and Batten's wife. Both Batten and Devore were lost at sea...
(1888–1928), American racecar driver - Earl DittmanEarl DittmanEarl Dittman is the owner and film critic for Wireless Magazines, a Houston, Texas - based syndicated journal distributed in movie theaters and record stores around the country...
, a film critic - Earl DodgeEarl DodgeEarl Farwell Dodge, Jr. was a long-time temperance movement leader and a politician of the Prohibition Party, from the U.S. state of Colorado.-Biography:...
(born 1932), American politician - Earl DohertyEarl DohertyEarl J. Doherty is a Canadian author of Challenging the Verdict , The Jesus Puzzle and Jesus: Neither God Nor Man...
, Canadian author - Earl DotsonEarl DotsonEarl Christopher Dotson was an offensive tackle in the NFL. He played for the Green Bay Packers for 10 seasons. He started in Super Bowl XXXI and XXXII.He played college football at Texas A&M–Kingsville....
(born 1970), American football player - Earl Douglas (radio), radio talk show producer
- Earl DurandEarl DurandWalter Earl Durand was a mountain man who lived off the land in the mountains of Wyoming during the years following the Depression. From an early age he taught himself to live with ease in the wilderness...
(1913–1939), American mountain man - Earl DuvallEarl DuvallEarl Duvall was an artist best known for his work on Walt Disney comic strips in the early 1930s and for a handful of animated cartoon short subjects he directed at Leon Schlesinger Productions for Warner Bros.-Career:...
(died 1969), Animator - Earl EbyEarl EbyEarl William Eby was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres.He competed for the United States in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 800 metres where he won the silver medal.He was born in Aurora, Illinois and died in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.-References:*...
(1894–1970), American athlete - Earl EdwardsEarl EdwardsEarl Edwards was an American songwriter. Along with Bernice Williams and Gene Chandler , he co-wrote the 1962 hit "Duke of Earl". It was originally intended for his group, The Dukays, but Vee-Jay Records, who later bought the song, gave the vocal credit to Chandler.-References:...
, American songwriter - Earl Edwards, American football player
- Earl EhrhartEarl EhrhartEarl Day Ehrhart is an American politician from the state of Georgia. As of 2007, he is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 36, which encompasses parts of western Cobb County....
, American politician - Earl Hancock EllisEarl Hancock EllisLieutenant Colonel Earl Hancock "Pete" Ellis was a United States Marine Corps Intelligence Officer, and author of , which became the basis for the American campaign of amphibious assault that defeated the Japanese in World War II...
(1880–1923) U.S. Marine Corps officer - Earl EmersonEarl EmersonEarl Emerson is an American mystery novelist and author.Emerson is the author of two series of mystery novels, the Mac Fontana series and the Thomas Black detective series, as well as several thrillers...
(born 1948), American novelist - Earl EverettEarl EverettEarl Everett is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Florida....
(born 1984), American football player - Earl FaisonEarl FaisonEarl Faison was an American college and Professional Football player who played in the American Football League between 1960 and 1966...
(born 1939), professional American football player - Earl FerrellEarl FerrellEarl Thomas Ferrell , was a former professional American football player who was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round of the 1982 NFL Draft. A 6'0", 220 lbs. running back from East Tennessee State, Ferrell played his entire NFL career for the Cardinals from 1982-1989...
(born 1958), professional American football player - Earl GillespieEarl GillespieEarl W. Gillespie was an American sportscaster, best known as the radio voice of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Braves from 1953 to 1963....
(died 2003), American sportscaster - Earl GrantEarl GrantEarl Grant was an American easy listening pianist, Hammond organist, and vocalist popular in the 1950s and 1960s.-Career:...
(1933–1970), American pianist - Earl G. GravesEarl G. GravesEarl Gilbert Graves, Sr. is an American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman, and philanthropist. A graduate of Morgan State University, he is the founder of Black Enterprise magazine and chairman of the media company Earl G. Graves, Ltd. He is the current director for Aetna and Executive Board...
(born 1935), author, publisher, entrepreneur - Earl GrinolsEarl GrinolsEarl Grinols is Distinguished Professor of Economics at Baylor University. His research includes the effect of legalized casinos in the United States and the economics of a national health care policy....
, professor - Earl GrosEarl GrosEarl Roy Gros is a former American football running back who played college football at Louisiana State University and played in the National Football League from 1962 to 1970....
(born 1940), professional American football player - Earl Hamner (born 1923), a writer also known as "Earl Hammer, Junior".
- Earl G. HarrisonEarl G. HarrisonEarl Grant Harrison was an American attorney, academician, and public servant. He is chiefly remembered for his work on behalf of displaced persons in the aftermath of the Second World War, when he brought attention to the plight of Jewish refugees in a crucial report he submitted to President...
(1899–1955), American attorney - Earl HebnerEarl HebnerEarl William Hebner is a professional wrestling referee currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and the twin brother of Dave Hebner...
, former WWEWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
referee - Earl Hickey, a fictional character from the TV series My Name Is EarlMy Name Is EarlMy Name Is Earl is an American television comedy series created by Greg Garcia that was originally broadcast on the NBC television network from September 20, 2005, to May 14, 2009, in the United States...
- Earl HindmanEarl HindmanEarl John Hindman was an American actor, best-known for his role as the kindly neighbor Wilson W. Wilson Jr...
, American actor - Earl F. HilliardEarl F. HilliardEarl Frederick Hilliard is a politician from the U.S. state of Alabama.Hilliard was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and graduated from Morehouse College. He was elected as a Democrat to the Alabama House of Representatives in 1974 and served from 1975 until 1981 and in the Alabama Senate from 1981...
(born 1942), American politician - Earl HinesEarl HinesEarl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, was an American jazz pianist. Hines was one of the most influential figures in the development of modern jazz piano and, according to one source, is "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".-Early...
(1903–1983), jazz pianist - Earl Gladstone Hunt JrEarl Gladstone Hunt JrEarl Gladstone Hunt, Jr. was an American who distinguished himself as a Methodist Pastor and Evangelist, as the President of Emory and Henry College, as an author and theologian, as a Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church , and as a leader in World Methodism.-Birth and...
(1918–2005), Methodist pastor - Earl Dewitt HuttoEarl Dewitt HuttoEarl Dewitt Hutto was a U.S. Representative from Florida.Born in Midland City, Alabama, Hutto attended Dale County public schools, and received a Bachelor of Science from Troy State University in 1949. He did graduate work in broadcasting at Northwestern University in 1951 and served in the United...
(born 1926), American politician - Earl JonesEarl Jones (athlete)Earl Jones is an American former middle distance runner who won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games In Los Angeles 1984 over 800m. He finished third behind Joaquim Cruz and Sebastian Coe in a time of 1:43.83 min. Earlier that summer at the U.S...
(born 1964), American track and field athlete - Earl KlughEarl KlughEarl Klugh is an American smooth jazz/crossover jazz/jazz fusion guitarist and composer.At the age of 13, Klugh was captivated by the guitar playing of Chet Atkins when Atkins made an appearance on the Perry Como Show. Klugh was a performing guest on several of Atkins' albums...
(born 1954), jazz guitarist - Earl Floyd Kvamme (born 1938), American engineer
- Earl "Curly" Lambeau (1898–1965), founder of the Green Bay Packers
- Earl F. LandgrebeEarl F. LandgrebeEarl Fredrick Landgrebe was a politician and businessman. He served as an Indiana state senator and United States representative for the 2nd district. Langrebe was from Valparaiso in Porter County, Indiana...
(1916–1986), American politician - Earl C. LatouretteEarl C. LatouretteEarl Cornelius Latourette was the 32nd Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court and a Clackamas County Circuit Court judge...
(died 1956), American judge - Earl LevineEarl LevineEarl Levine developed streaming media and audio watermarking technologies during the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s. He worked at VXtreme until its acquisition by Microsoft. Following that he worked for Liquid Audio. Liquid Audio's patent portfolio was acquired by Microsoft in 2002...
(born 1968), American entrepreneur - Earl McCarthyEarl McCarthyEarl McCarthy is a retired male freestyle swimmer from Ireland. He competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he did not qualify for the finals in either of his two individual events, the 100m and 200m freestyle.Earl is the Women In Sport Manager for...
(born 1969), Irish freestyle swimmer - Earl D. McIntyre, Canadian politician
- Earl C. MichenerEarl C. MichenerEarl Cory Michener was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Michener was born near Attica in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Adrian, Michigan in 1889 and attended the public schools there. During the Spanish-American War, he served in the U.S...
(1876–1957), American politician - Earl MonroeEarl MonroeVernon Earl Monroe is an American former professional basketball player known for his flamboyant dribbling, passing, and play-making. His nicknames is "Earl the Pearl".-Early years:...
, Hall of fame basketball player - Earl "Madman" Muntz (1914–1987), merchandiser
- Earl PittsEarl Pitts (radio character)Earl Pitts is a fictional character performed by Gary Burbank, a radio personality from Cincinnati, Ohio.Pitts, who is almost always referred to as "Earl Pitts, Uhmerikun" is a stereotype of a redneck from the Southern United States...
, fictional radio character - Earl Edwin PittsEarl Edwin PittsEarl Edwin Pitts is a former FBI special agent who, in 1996, was arrested at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Pitts was charged with several offenses, including spying for the Soviet Union and Russia...
, American spy - Earl Simmons, rapper better known as DMX
- Earl Slipher (1883–1964), astronomer
- Earl Calvin SmithEarl Calvin SmithEarl Calvin Smith was a Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1955, who signed him before the 1949 season. He was born on March 14, 1928 in Sunnyside, Washington and attended Fresno State University. He threw and batted right-handed, weighed 185 pounds and was...
, professional baseball player - Earl "Chinna" Smith, Jamaican guitarist
- Earl T. SmithEarl T. SmithEarl Edward Tailer Smith was a United States foreign diplomat, ambassador to Cuba , mayor of Palm Beach , and husband of model Florence Pritchett Smith .-Biography:...
(1903–1991), American politician - Earl Smith III (born 1985), professional basketball player
- Earl Stevens, rapper better known as E-40E-40Earl Stevens , better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor from Vallejo, California. He is also part of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. His solo debut album, Federal, was released in November 1992, after The Click's debut...
- Earl Stevens, Jr., E-40's son and producer better known as Droop-EDroop-EDroop-E is a member of the production team The Pharmaceuticals and the son of Bay Area rapper E-40. He often works with his cousin B-Slimm.- Biography :...
- Earl Thomas ConleyEarl Thomas ConleyEarl Thomas Conley is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, of which...
(born 1941), American country singer - Earl Van DornEarl Van DornEarl Van Dorn was a career United States Army officer, fighting with distinction during the Mexican-American War and against several tribes of Native Americans...
(1820–1863), former U.S Army officer - Earl Dominic Vernius, fictional character in Prelude to Dune
- Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. was an American pharmacologist and biochemist. Sutherland was born in Burlingame, Kansas...
(1915–1974), American psychologist - Earl WarrenEarl WarrenEarl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.He is known for the sweeping decisions of the Warren Court, which ended school segregation and transformed many areas of American law, especially regarding the rights of the accused, ending public-school-sponsored prayer, and requiring...
, former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court - Earl WatsonEarl WatsonEarl Joseph Watson, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association . Watson is a graduate of Washington High School in Kansas City, Kansas...
(born 1979), professional basketball player for the Seattle SupersonicsSeattle SuperSonicsThe Seattle SuperSonics were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association from 1967 until 2008. Following the 2007–08 season, the team relocated to Oklahoma City, and now plays as... - Earl Williams (basketball player)Earl Williams (basketball player)Earl "the Twirl" Williams is an American-Israeli former basketball player.He attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Levittown, and then Winston-Salem State University...
, "the Twirl", (born 1951) professional basketball player - Earl Williams (1970s catcher), former major league baseball player
- Earl WeaverEarl WeaverEarl Sidney Weaver is a former Major League Baseball manager. He spent his entire 17-year managerial career with the Baltimore Orioles . Weaver was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.-Playing career:After playing for Beaumont High School in St...
(born 1930), former baseball manager of the Baltimore OriolesBaltimore OriolesThe Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league... - Earl Irvin West (1920-2011), American church historian
- Earl WildEarl WildRoyland Earl Wild was an American pianist widely recognized as a leading virtuoso of his generation. Harold C. Schonberg called him a "super-virtuoso in the Horowitz class". He was known as well for his transcriptions of classical music and jazz...
(1915–2010), American pianist - Earl Wilson (1934–2005), former MLB pitcher
- Earl WoodsEarl WoodsEarl Dennison Woods was a US Army infantry officer who served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a college-level baseball player and writer, but is best remembered as the father of professional golfer Tiger Woods...
(1932–2006), father of Tiger WoodsTiger WoodsEldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Formerly the World No... - James Earl JonesJames Earl JonesJames Earl Jones is an American actor. He is well-known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership...
(born 1931), American actor - Wentworth Earl MillerWentworth MillerWentworth Earl Miller III is an English-born American actor; model and screenwriter who rose to stardom following his role as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network television series Prison Break.-Early life:...
(born 1972), American/British actor