Ernest Burton may refer to:
- Ernest DeWitt Burton (1856–1925), American biblical scholar
- Ernest Burton (American football), former college football head coach
Famous quotes containing the words ernest and/or burton:
“For it’s home, dearie, home—it’s home I want to be.
Our topsails are hoisted, and we’ll away to sea.
O, the oak and the ash and the bonnie birken tree
They’re all growing green in the old countrie.”
—William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)
“They lard their lean books with the fat of others’ works.”
—Robert Burton (1577–1640)