Ernesto, a form of the name Ernest, is a masculine given name in several Romance languages. Notable people and characters with the name include:
People Ernesto (footballer) (born 1979), Ernesto da Conceição Soares, Cape Verdean footballer Ernesto Abella, Filipino businessman, politician, and writer Ernesto Agard (born 1937), Panamanian basketball player Ernesto Aguero (born 1969), Cuban weightlifter Ernesto Alonso (1917–2007), Mexican actor, director, cinematographer, and producer Ernesto Amantegui Phumipha (born 1990), Thai footballer Ernesto Basile (1857–1932), Italian architect
Ernesto Cesàro (1859–1906), Italian mathematician Ernesto De Curtis (1875–1937), Italian composer Ernesto Farías (born 1980), Argentine footballer Ernesto Figueiredo (born 1937), also known as "Ernesto", Portuguese footballer Ernesto García (1884–1955), Mexican soldier and politician Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (1928–1967), also known as "El Che" or "Che Guevara" Ernesto Geisel (1908–1996), Brazilian president Ernesto Hein (1899–1968), Chilean farmer and liberal politician Ernesto Köhler (1849–1907), Italian flautist and composer Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963), Cuban musician Ernesto Martínez Jr. (born 1999), French-Cuban baseball player Ernesto Mejía (disambiguation), several people Ernesto Maserati (1898–1975), Italian automotive engineer and racer Ernesto Michel (born 1970), Argentine basketball player Ernesto Miranda (1941–1976), American criminal Ernesto Nathan (1848–1921), English-Italian politician Ernesto Neyra (born 1952), Peruvian football manager and former player Ernesto Oglivie (born 1992), Panamanian basketball player Ernesto Pérez d'Angelo (1932–2013), Chilean paleontologist Ernesto Pinto Lagarrigue (1918–1977), Chilean engineer and politician Ernesto Purnsley, American football coach Ernesto Samper (born 1950), President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998 Ernesto Ruffo Appel (born 1952), American-born Mexican politician Ernesto Rodríguez (born 1969), Argentine-Spanish volleyball player Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011), Argentine writer
Ernesto Valverde (born 1964), Spanish footballer and coach Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born 1951), President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000
Fictional characters Ernesto (Better Call Saul), a fictional character in the TV series Better Call Saul
See also Ernesto (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 Ernesto (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely based on the novel Hurricane Ernesto (disambiguation), several hurricanes