Earl (given name)
Earl is an English given name, predominantly popular in North America, meaning "warrior" or "nobleman" and derived from the rank of nobility of the same name. Instances of its use as a given name date back to 12th-century England. Some of the holders of this name are:
- "Big" Earl, fictional alien in the video game ToeJam & Earl and its sequels
- Earl, fictional character in the Five Nights at Freddy's story Pressure
- Earl, fictional character in the animated TV series Rocko's Modern Life
- Earl, fictional character in the animated preschool TV series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
- Earl Abell, American football player
- Earl E. Anderson, American general
- Earl Anthony, American professional bowler
- Earl Armstrong, Canadian politician
- Earl I. Anzai, American politician
- Earl Averill, professional baseball player
- Earl Edwin Austin, American criminal
- Earl Babbie, American sociologist
- Earl Bakken, American inventor of the transistorized pacemaker
- Earl Balfour, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Earl Balmer, American NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Earl Bamber, Kiwi two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Earl Banks, American football coach
- Earl Barish, Canadian businessman
- Earl Barrett, English former footballer
- Earl Barron, American professional basketball player
- Earl Bassett, fictional character in the film Tremors
- Earl Battey, American professional baseball player
- Earl Beecham, American football player
- Earl Bell, American retired pole vaulter
- Earl Bennett, American football player
- Earl Best, American community organizer known as the 'Street Doctor'
- Earl Derr Biggers, American novelist and playwright
- Earl Billings, American actor
- Earl Bird, fictional character in the comic strip Motley's Crew
- Earl Black (political scientist), American academic
- Earl Blaik, American football coach
- Earl Blumenauer, American politician
- Earl Boen, American actor
- Earl Bostic, American saxophonist
- Earl Boykins, American basketball player
- Earl K. Brent, American songwriter and composer
- Earl Broady, American police officer, attorney, and judge
- Earl Browder, American communist
- Earl Brown (coach), American football and basketball player and coach
- Earl Brown (basketball, born 1952), Puerto Rican basketball player
- Earl Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Earl Jolly Brown, American actor
- Earl Brydges, American politician
- Earl "Butch" Buchholz, American tennis player
- Earl Butz, American politician
- Earl Caddock, American professional wrestler
- Earl Caldwell, American journalist
- Earl Welton Caldwell, American baseball player
- Earl Camembert, fictional character in the TV series SCTV
- Earl Cameron, Canadian broadcaster
- Earl Cameron, British actor
- Earl Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player
- Earl Campbell, American football player
- Earl Chudoff, American politician
- Earl "Dutch" Clark, American football player
- Earl Cochell, American tennis player
- Earl Cochran, American football player
- Earl Cole, American entrepreneur and television personality
- Earl Collins, Canadian politician
- Earl Conrad, American author
- Earl Cook, American baseball player
- Earl Cooper, American racecar driver
- Marion Earl Cooper, American football player
- Earl Cranston, American bishop
- Earl Cureton, American basketball player
- Earl Dawson, Canadian ice hockey executive and politician
- Earl Devore, American racecar driver
- Earl Dittman, American film critic and publisher
- Earl Dodge, American politician
- Earl Doherty, Canadian author
- Earl Dotson, American football player
- Earl Douglas (radio), radio talk show producer
- Earl Durand, American mountain man
- Earl Duvall, American animator
- Earl Eby, American athlete
- Earl Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
- Earl Ehrhart, American politician
- Earl Hancock Ellis, U.S. Marine Corps officer
- Earl Emerson, American novelist
- Earl Everett, American football player
- Earl Faison, American football player
- Earl Kenneth Fernandes, first Indian American Latin Rite Catholic bishop
- Earl Ferrell, American football player
- Earl Gillespie, American sportscaster
- Earl Grant (musician), American pianist
- Earl G. Graves, Sr., American entrepreneur, publisher, businessman and philanthropist
- Earl G. Graves, Jr., American businessman and basketball player
- Earl Grinols, American professor
- Earl Gros, American football player
- Earl Hamner Jr., American writer and television producer
- Earl G. Harrison, American Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School; Commissioner of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1942–44
- Earl Hebner, former WWE referee
- Earl Heikka, American sculptor
- Earl Hickey, fictional character in the TV series My Name Is Earl
- Earl Hindman, American actor
- Earl Hilliard, American politician
- Earl Hines, American jazz pianist
- Earl Gladstone Hunt Jr., American Methodist pastor
- Earl Dewitt Hutto, American politician
- Earl Jones, American track and field athlete
- Earl Keeley, Canadian football player
- Earl Klugh, American jazz guitarist
- Earl Floyd Kvamme, American engineer
- Earl "Curly" Lambeau, founder of the Green Bay Packers
- Earl F. Landgrebe, American politician
- Earl C. Latourette, American judge
- Earl Levine, American entrepreneur
- Earl Little, American football player
- Earl Little Jr., American football player
- Earl Lovelace, Trinidadian writer
- Earl McCarthy, Irish freestyle swimmer
- Earl D. McIntyre, Canadian politician
- Earl C. Michener, American politician
- Earl R. Miller, American diplomat
- Earl Monroe, American basketball player
- Earl "Madman" Muntz, American merchandiser
- Earl Murray, American football player
- Earl Okine, American football player
- Earl Pitts, fictional radio character
- Earl Edwin Pitts, American spy
- Earl Read III, American politician
- Earl Sande, American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer
- Earl Scruggs, American banjo player
- Earl Simmons or DMX, American rapper and actor
- Earl Slipher, astronomer
- Earl Smith (1910s outfielder), American baseball player
- Earl Smith (1950s outfielder), American baseball player
- Earl Smith (catcher), American baseball player
- Earl Smith (coach), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
- Earl "Chinna" Smith, Jamaican guitarist
- Earl E. T. Smith, American politician
- Earl "J. R." Smith, American basketball player
- Earl Stevens, American rapper better known as E-40
- Earl Stevens, Jr., E-40's son and producer better known as Droop-E
- Earl Sweatshirt, American rapper and Odd Future member
- Earl Swensson, American architect
- Earl Taft, American mathematician
- Earl Thomas Conley, American country singer
- Earl Van Dorn, former U.S. Army officer
- Earl Dominic Vernius, fictional character in Prelude to Dune
- Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American psychologist
- Earl Warren, former Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Earl Watson, professional basketball player
- Earl Weaver, baseball manager of the Baltimore Orioles
- Earl Irvin West, American church historian
- Earl Wild, American pianist
- Earl Williams (basketball player), "the Twirl", American-Israeli professional basketball player
- Earl Williams (1970s catcher), former major league baseball player
- Earl Wilson, former MLB pitcher
- Earl Woods, father of Tiger Woods
- James Earl Jones, American actor
- Wentworth Earl Miller, American actor
- Roy Earl Parrish, American politician
Other
- Earl (car), nickname of a car on MythBusters
- Fictional person on television sitcom My Name Is Earl
- Earl, character in the children's cartoon Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
- Earl Huttinger, Sarah's father in Rumor has it..., played by Richard Jenkins