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Jerry D. Gardner
Jerry D. Gardner is a physician-scientist at the National Institutes of Health known for research on gastrointestinal hormone receptors on pancreatic acinar cells and for showing that H2-receptor antagonists control gastric acid hypersecretion in Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
Jerry Dammers
Jerry Dammers (born India, 1955) is the English keyboardist, songwriter, and Coventry scene founder behind the Specials and 2 Tone Records, writer of "Ghost Town" and "Free Nelson Mandela", and later leader of the Spatial AKA Orchestra.
Jerry Douglas (actor)
Jerry Douglas (Gerald Rubenstein, 1932-2021) was an American actor who played patriarch John Abbott on The Young and the Restless from March 1982 to 2016, distinct from the Dobro musician of the same name.
Jerry Doyle
Jerry Doyle (Gerard T. Doyle, 1956-2016) was an American talk radio host and actor, best known as security chief Michael Garibaldi on Babylon 5 and for hosting the syndicated talk radio program The Jerry Doyle Show.
Jerry Dwyer
Jerry Dwyer was an American aviator who founded Dwyer Flying Service at Mason City, Iowa, in 1955; its chartered plane crashed in 1959, killing Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. Richardson.
Jerry E. Chipuk
Jerry Edward Chipuk is an American cell biologist known for research on mitochondria, cell death, and cancer, who joined Florida International University as department chair in 2026.
Jerry E. Smith
Jerry E. Smith, born Jerry Edwin Smith in 1946, is an American judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987.
Jerry Edwards, Jr.
Jerry Edwards, Jr. is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Western District of Louisiana since 2023, appointed by President Biden.
Jerry Falwell
Jerry Falwell (1933–2007) was an American fundamentalist Baptist pastor in Lynchburg, Virginia, who built Thomas Road Baptist Church, the Old-Time Gospel Hour broadcast, Liberty University, and the Moral Majority.
Jerry Falwell Jr.
Jerry Falwell Jr., lawyer and Liberty University chancellor-president 2007-2020, eldest son of founder Jerry Falwell Sr.; resigned August 2020 after a sex scandal, later settled with Liberty for roughly $15 million.
Jerry Garcia
Jerry Garcia (Jerome John Garcia, 1942–1995), American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and visual artist; de facto leader of the Grateful Dead 1965–1995, Jerry Garcia Band founder, Robert Hunter co-writer, died at Serenity Knolls in 1995.
Jerry Gergich
Jerry Gergich (real name Garry/Gerald) is the bumbling, kind-hearted Pawnee Parks Department office manager on NBC's Parks and Recreation, played by Jim O'Heir; called Jerry, Larry, Terry, and Barry, he becomes mayor and dies on his 100th birthday in 2048.
Jerry Glanville
Jerry Glanville (born 1941, Detroit), the 'Man in Black', NFL head coach of the Houston Oilers (1985-89) and Atlanta Falcons (1990-93), 60-69 regular season, later Portland State coach and broadcaster.
Jerry Goldsmith
Jerry Goldsmith (Jerrald King Goldsmith, 1929-2004), American film and TV composer; Oscar winner for The Omen (1976) with 17-18 nominations, five Emmys, and scores for Planet of the Apes, Patton, Chinatown, Alien, and Star Trek.
Jerry Gollub
Jerry Gollub (1944–2019) was an American physicist at Haverford College who performed the first experiments demonstrating the transition from order to chaos in fluid systems.
Jerry Greenfield
Jerry Greenfield is an American businessman who co-founded Ben & Jerry's ice cream with childhood friend Ben Cohen in Burlington, Vermont, in 1978, serving as chief ice-cream maker.
Jerry Guo
Jerry Guo is a Chinese-American technology executive who founded Casa Systems, a broadband and 5G networking equipment company in Andover, Massachusetts, in 2003, leading it through its 2017 IPO until stepping down as CEO in 2023.
Jerry H.-C. Wang
Jerry H.-C. Wang, born in China in 1937 and trained in Taiwan and the United States, is a Canada-based biochemist who discovered calmodulin, winning the 1981 Canada Gairdner International Award.
Jerry Hadley
Jerry Hadley (1952–2007) was an American lyric tenor, considered the top American tenor of his generation, who won three Grammy Awards and sang leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera.
Jerry Hall
Jerry Hall, American model and actor born 1956 in Texas; discovered at 16 in St. Tropez, Roxy Music Siren cover 1975, partner of Bryan Ferry and Mick Jagger, wife of Rupert Murdoch 2016–2022.
Jerry Hardin
Jerry Hardin (born November 20, 1929, Dallas, Texas) is an American character actor best known as Deep Throat on The X-Files; also known for L.A. Law, Filthy Rich, and Star Trek roles; father of actress Melora Hardin.
Jerry Harrison
Jerry Harrison, born 1949 in Milwaukee, is an American keyboardist-guitarist of Talking Heads and former member of the Modern Lovers; solo albums, major production credits, Stop Making Sense restoration, and Remain in Light tours distinguish him.
Jerry Heidenreich
Jerry Heidenreich (Jerôme Alan Heidenreich, 1950–2002), American swimmer and SMU star who won two relay golds, 100 m freestyle silver, and 100 m butterfly bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics, setting six world records in relays.
Jerry Heller
Jerry Heller (Gerald Heller, 1940-2016), American music manager from Cleveland who co-founded Ruthless Records with Eazy-E, managed N.W.A through Straight Outta Compton, and later sued over his Paul Giamatti portrayal in the 2015 biopic.
Jerry Jarrett
Jerry Jarrett (1942-2023), American wrestler, booker, and promoter; founded the Continental Wrestling Association and USWA in Memphis and co-founded NWA-TNA with son Jeff Jarrett.
Jerry Jeff Walker
Jerry Jeff Walker (Ronald Clyde Crosby, 1942–2020), New York-born Texas outlaw country singer-songwriter, wrote "Mr. Bojangles" and recorded the landmark 1973 live album ¡Viva Terlingua! in Luckenbach with the Lost Gonzo Band.
Jerry Jeudy
Jerry Jeudy, born 1999, Alabama wide receiver, 2018 Biletnikoff Award winner, drafted 15th overall by Denver in 2020, traded to Cleveland Browns in 2024 for fifth- and sixth-round picks.
Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones, full name Jerral Wayne Jones, is an American oil businessman who bought the Dallas Cowboys in 1989, won three Super Bowls in the 1990s, and entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017.
Jerry Kaplan
Jerry Kaplan is an American hematology researcher and Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Utah, known for yeast-genetics studies of how cells take up and export iron.
Jerry Kent
Jerry Kent, formally Jerald L. Kent, is an American cable television and technology entrepreneur from St. Louis who co-founded Charter Communications in 1993 and leads Cequel III and TierPoint.