Famous People with Name Ernst

Sir Ernst Boris Chain            Origin/Culture/Country: British

Sir Ernst Boris Chain: as a German-born British biochemist,Chain was born in Berlin to a Russian father who moved from his birthland to study chemistry abroad, and a German Berliner mother. In 1930, he received his degree in chemistry from Friedrich Wilhelm University. After the Nazis came to power, Chain knew that he, being a Jew, would no longer be safe in Germany. He left Germany in 1933 and moved to England.

Edzard Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Edzard Ernst: is the first Professor of Complementary Medicine in the world, at the University of Exeter, England. In 1993, Ernst left his chair in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) at the University of Vienna to set up the department of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter. He became director of complementary medicine of the Peninsula Medical School (PMS) in 2002. He is the first occupant of the Laing chair in Complementary Medicine. He was born and trained in Germany — Ernst began his medical career at a homeopathic hospital in Munich[1] — and since 1999 has been a British citizen.

Richard Pretlow Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Richard Pretlow Ernst: was a U.S. Senator from Kentucky who served from 1921 to 1927. He was a Republican. Ernst graduated from Centre College in 1878 and got his law degree from the Cincinnati Law School in 1880. That year, he was admitted to the bar and began practicing law i

Klaus Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Klaus Ernst: is a left-wing German politician and was a leading member of the Labour and Social Justice Party and now The Left. The certified political economist has served as a member of The Left in the Bundestag since 2005, and as of 2010 has been co-chairing the pa

William Gordon Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Gordon Ernst: was a Canadian politician. Born in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, he first ran for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1925 federal election in the Nova Scotia riding of Queens—Lunenburg. A Conservative, he was defeated but he was elected in the 1926 federal election. He was re-elected in 1930 and defeated in 1935. In 1935, he was the Minister of Fisheries.

James Arthur Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Arthur Ernst: is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a municipal councillor in Winnipeg from 1973 to 1986 and a member of the Manitoba legislature from 1986 to 1997. From 1988 to 1997, Ernst was a cabinet minister in the government of Premier Gary Filmon. Ernst left municipal politics to run for the provincial legislature in Manitoba's 1986 provincial election. He was elected in the west-end Winnipeg riding of Charleswood as a Progressive Conservative, defeating his closest opponent by almost 4000 votes. The election was narrowly won by the New Democratic Party, and Ernst joined 25 other Conservatives in opposition. Ernst was convincingly re-elected in the 1995 provincial election. He was removed from cabinet following a shuffle on January 6, 1997, and resigned from the legislature on October 28 of the same year.