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.

Hans-Ulrich Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hans-Ulrich Ernst: was an American painter born in Germany.He was the son of surrealist painter Max Ernst and Luise Straus. When he was just two years old, his parents divorced, Jimmy staying with his mother. He first visited his father in France in 1930, where he met many of the surrealists, including André Masson, Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel.In February 1933 the Ernst family emigrated to Paris on account of being suspected by the new Nazi regime. In June 1938 Jimmy set sail from Le Havre, eventually arriving in New York. There he met many European exiles and befriended the city's avant-garde. His efforts to transport his father away from Nazi-occupied France finally succeeded in 1941. His mother, however, was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944, which she did not survive.

Gustav Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Gustav Ernst: an Austrian playwright, novelist and screenwriter. He has also founded and edited two literary journals, Wespennest and kolik.Ernst was born in Vienna, where he read Philosophy, Psychology and History at the University of Vienna. He lives in Leopoldstadt.

Rainer Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Rainer Ernst: is a former German footballer who amassed 56 caps for East Germany. Until the age of 14, Ranier Ernst played in the Dynamo Neutrelitz youth side. He then transferred to BFC Dynamo, where he played in 203 league games, scoring 88 goals, until the fall of t

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