Earl (given name)
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Earl is a popular English given name meaning "warrior" or "nobleman" [1] (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.[2] 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
References
- ↑ Merriam-Webster: earl
- ↑ Pickering, David (2005). The Penguin Pocket Dictionary of Babies' Names. London: Penguin UK. p. 114. ISBN 0141916397.
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