Ezra H. Ripple (February 11, 1842 – November 19, 1909) was a Pennsylvania businessman, politician and soldier.

He enlisted in the Union Army in March 1864 and fought in the Civil War.

[1]: 237  He was captured in July 1864 in Charleston, South Carolina and served three months in the Andersonville Prison, and five in the Florence Stockade, from which he escaped but was recaptured.

Following the end of the Civil War, he worked in the crockery business and later in mining as a partner of William Connell & Company.

[1]: 237 In 1877, he served as captain of the Citizens' Corps during the Scranton General Strike, and went on to serve as Colonel when the Corps was reorganized into the Thirteenth Regiment, Third Brigade, Pennsylvania National Guard.