Origin and popularity of first name Earl Back

Origin of first name

Geographical distribution of the first name Earl

Discover the geographical distribution of the first name Earl worldwide. You can change the period with the cursor below the map.

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Famous people with the first name Earl

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  Earl VAN DORN

  United States Army officer, fighting with distinction during the Mexican-American War and against several tribes of Native Americans

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  Earl TUPPER

  American businessman and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware

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  Earl Winfield SPENCER JR.

  Pioneering U.S. Navy pilot, first husband of Wallis Simpson, who later went on to marry Edward VIII

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  Earl Scruggs

  American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style"

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  James Earl Ray

  American criminal who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968