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.

Max Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Max Ernst: a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, considered one of the chief representatives of Dadaism and Surrealism.

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst Von Weber            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst Von Weber: was a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist and critic, one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school.

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst: was a Moravian-Jewish violinist and composer. Ernst was widely seen as the outstanding violinist of his time and Paganini's greatest successor.

Fabian Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Fabian Ernst: a German footballer who plays for Schalke as a midfielder.He started his career with Hannover 96. From 1998 to 2000 he played for Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga, playing in 48 games, but scoring no goals. The midfielder turned then to Werder Bremen. In 152 games in the Bundesliga he scored 11 goals.In 2002 he played his first international game, representing Germany against Kuwait. As of the end of 2007, he has won 24 caps and scored one goal for his country.

Wilhelm Ernst            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Wilhelm Ernst: was a German chess master.He was a winner at Weidenau 1937. He played several times in German Chess Championship; took 2nd, behind Kurt Richter, at Aachen 1935, took 11th at Bad Oeynhausen 1937 (Georg Kieninger won), took 16th at Bad Oeynhausen 1939 (Erich Eliskases won), tied for 8-11th at Bad Oeynhausen 1941 (Paul Felix Schmidt and Klaus Junge won), tied for 13-14th at Weidenau 1947 (Kieninger won), tied for 12-14th at Essen 1948 (Wolfgang Unzicker won),[1] and shared 11th at Duesseldorf 1951 (Rudolf Teschner won).