Earl (given name)

Earl

Earl is a popular English given name meaning "warrior" or "nobleman" (originally "earl" was cognate to the Germanic title of Jarl, meaning a warrior-king). The name was sometimes used among servants of actual nobiliary earls, and instances of its usage date back to 12th-century England. Some of the holders of this name are:

• "Big" Earl, a fictional alien from the video game ToeJam & Earl and its sequels
• Earl, fictional character in Rocko's Modern Life
• Earl Abell (1892–1956), American football player
• Earl E. Anderson (born 1919), American general
• Earl Anthony (1938–2001), professional bowler
• Earl Armstrong (died 1986) Canadian politician
• Earl I. Anzai, American politician
• Earl Averill (1902–1983), professional baseball player
• Earl Edwin Austin, American criminal
• Earl Babbie (born 1938), sociologist
• Earl Bakken (born 1924), inventor of the transistorized pacemaker
• Earl Balfour (born 1933) professional ice hockey player
• Earl Banks (died 1993), American football coach
• Earl Barish, Canadian businessman
• Earl Barrett (born 1967) former footballer
• Earl Barron (born 1981), professional basketball player
• Earl Bassett, fictional character in Tremors
• Earl Battey (1935–2003), professional baseball player
• Earl Beecham (born 1965), American football player
• Earl Holmes Bell (born 1955) pole vaulter
• Earl Bennett (born 1987) American football player
• Earl Best (born 1947), American community organizer known as the 'Street Doctor'
• Earl Derr Biggers (1884–1933), American novelist and playwright
• Earl Billings (born 1945), Actor
• Earl Bird, a fictional character in the 1976–2000 comic strip, Motley's Crew
• Earl Black (born 1942), Professor
• Earl Blaik (1897–1989), American football coach
• Earl Blumenauer (born 1948), American politician
• Earl Boen (born 1945), American actor
• Earl Bostic (1913–1965), American saxophonist
• Earl Boykins (born 1976), professional basketball player
• Earl Broady (1904–1992), police officer
• Earl Browder (1891–1973), American communist
• Earl Brown (coach) (1915–2003), American football and basketball player and coach
• Earl Brown (basketball, born 1952), Puerto Rican former basketball player
• Earl Jolly Brown (1939–2006), American actor
• Earl Brydges, American politician
• Earl "Butch" Buchholz (born 1940) professional tennis player
• Earl Butz (born 1909), American politician
• Earl Caddock (1888–1950), professional wrestler
• Earl Caldwell, journalist
• Earl Welton Caldwell (1905–1981), professional baseball player
• Earl Camembert, fictional character on SCTV
• Earl Cameron (1915–2005), Canadian broadcaster
• Earl Cameron (born 1917) British actor
• Earl Campbell (born 1900), Professional ice hockey player
• Earl Christian Campbell (born 1955), former professional football player
• Earl Chudoff (1907–1993), American politician
• Earl "Dutch" Clark (1906–1978), professional American football player
• Earl Cochell (born 1922), American tennis player
• Earl Cochran (born 1981), Professional American football player
• Earl Collins (1895–1958), Canadian politician
• Earl Conrad, author
• Earl Cook (1908–1996), professional baseball player
• Earl Cooper (1886–1965), American racecar driver
• Marion Earl Cooper (born 1957), professional American football player
• Earl Cranston (1840–1932), American bishop
• Earl Cureton (born 1957), professional basketball player
• Earl Dawson (1925–1987), Canadian politician
• Earl Devore (1888–1928), American racecar driver
• Earl Dittman, a film critic
• Earl Dodge (born 1932), American politician
• Earl Doherty, Canadian author
• Earl Dotson (born 1970), American football player
• Earl Douglas (radio), radio talk show producer
• Earl Durand (1913–1939), American mountain man
• Earl Duvall (died 1969), Animator
• Earl Eby (1894–1970), American athlete
• Earl Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
• Earl Ehrhart, American politician
• Earl Hancock Ellis (1880–1923) U.S. Marine Corps officer
• Earl Emerson (born 1948), American novelist
• Earl Everett (born 1984), American football player
• Earl Faison (born 1939), professional American football player
• Earl Ferrell (born 1958), professional American football player
• Earl Gillespie (died 2003), American sportscaster
• Earl Grant (1933–1970), American pianist
• Earl G. Graves, Sr. (born 1935), American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman and philanthropist
• Earl G. Graves, Jr. (born 1962), American businessman and basketball player
• Earl Grinols, professor
• Earl Gros (born 1940), professional American football player
• Earl Hamner (born 1923), a writer also known as "Earl Hammer, Junior".
• Earl G. Harrison (1899–1955), American attorney
• Earl Hebner, former WWE referee
• Earl Hickey, a fictional character from the TV series My Name Is Earl
• Earl Hindman, American actor
• Earl F. Hilliard (born 1942), American politician
• Earl Hines (1903–1983), jazz pianist
• Earl Gladstone Hunt Jr (1918–2005), Methodist pastor
• Earl Dewitt Hutto (born 1926), American politician
• Earl Jones (born 1964), American track and field athlete
• Earl Keeley (born 1936), Canadian football player
• Earl Klugh (born 1954), jazz guitarist
• Earl Floyd Kvamme (born 1938), American engineer
• Earl "Curly" Lambeau (1898–1965), founder of the Green Bay Packers
• Earl F. Landgrebe (1916–1986), American politician
• Earl C. Latourette (died 1956), American judge
• Earl Levine (born 1968), American entrepreneur
• Earl McCarthy (born 1969), Irish freestyle swimmer
• Earl D. McIntyre, Canadian politician
• Earl C. Michener (1876–1957), American politician
• Earl Monroe, Hall of fame basketball player
• Earl "Madman" Muntz (1914–1987), merchandiser
• Earl Murray (1926–1994), American football player
• Earl Pitts, fictional radio character
• Earl Edwin Pitts, American spy
• Earl Sande (1898-1968), American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer
• Earl Scruggs (1924-2012), American banjo player
• Earl Simmons, rapper better known as DMX
• Earl Slipher (1883–1964), astronomer
• Earl Calvin Smith, professional baseball player
• Earl "Chinna" Smith, Jamaican guitarist
• Earl T. Smith (1903–1991), American politician
• Earl Smith III (born 1985), professional basketball player
• Earl Stevens, rapper better known as E-40
• Earl Stevens, Jr., E-40's son and producer better known as Droop-E
• Earl Thomas Conley (born 1941), American country singer
• Earl Van Dorn (1820–1863), former U.S Army officer
• Earl Dominic Vernius, fictional character in Prelude to Dune
• Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915–1974), American psychologist
• Earl Warren, former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• Earl Watson (born 1979), professional basketball player
• Earl Williams (basketball player), "the Twirl", (born 1951) professional basketball player
• Earl Williams (1970s catcher), former major league baseball player
• Earl Weaver (born 1930), former baseball manager of the Baltimore Orioles
• Earl Irvin West (1920-2011), American church historian
• Earl Wild (1915–2010), American pianist
• Earl Wilson (1934–2005), former MLB pitcher
• Earl Woods (1932–2006), father of Tiger Woods
• James Earl Jones (born 1931), American actor
• Wentworth Earl Miller (born 1972), American actor

Other

• Earl (car), nickname of a car on MythBusters

See also

• Earle (given name)
• Earlene (given name)
• Errol

References

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