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Jerry Nelson (scientist)
Jerry Nelson (1944–2017) was an American astronomer who was chief designer of the 10-meter Keck telescopes, pioneered segmented-mirror technology, and later led the Thirty Meter Telescope.
Jerry Neuheisel
Jerry Neuheisel, former UCLA backup quarterback and son of coach Rick Neuheisel, played for Japan's Obic Seagulls, then coached at UCLA (2018-25, rising to interim offensive coordinator) before becoming Northwestern's quarterbacks coach in January 2026.
Jerry O'Connell
Jerry O'Connell (Michael Jeremiah O'Connell, born 1974) is an American actor and TV host, the Vern Tessio of Stand by Me (1986), star of Sliders, voice of Jack Ransom and Superman, and host of CBS's The Talk.
Jerry Only
Jerry Only (Gerald Caiafa, born 1959, Lodi NJ) is the founding bassist of horror punk band the Misfits, its only constant member since 1977, lead vocalist 2001–2016, winner of the Misfits name in 1995 litigation, and solo artist with Anti-Hero.
Jerry Orbach
Jerry Orbach (Jerome Bernard Orbach, 1935-2004), American actor and singer: Tony-winning Broadway leading man of The Fantasticks, Promises Promises, Chicago, and 42nd Street, later Detective Lennie Briscoe on Law & Order and the voice of Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast.
Jerry P. Palmer
Jerry P. Palmer was an American physician and diabetes researcher at the University of Washington, the first to describe insulin autoantibodies in insulin-naive type 1 diabetes patients.
Jerry Page
Jerry Page (Jeremy Louis Page, born 1961, Columbus, Ohio) is an American boxer, 1984 Olympic light-welterweight gold medalist and 1983 Pan American Games silver medalist; pro record 11-4.
Jerry Paris
Jerry Paris (born William Gerald Paris, 1925-1986), American actor and director; played dentist-neighbor Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show, won a 1964 Emmy directing it, then became Happy Days' sole director and helmed Police Academy sequels.
Jerry Pelletier
Jerry Pelletier was a molecular biologist at McGill University, a world leader in protein synthesis whose work showed that translation is a druggable vulnerability of tumor cells.
Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Eugene Pournelle (1933-2017), American hard SF and military science fiction author, co-author with Larry Niven of The Mote in God's Eye and Lucifer's Hammer, creator of the CoDominium sequence, Byte columnist, and space policy advisor.
Jerry Prewitt
Jerry Prewitt is an American former sprinter who ran on four University of Texas 4 x 110 yards relay world record teams between 1954 and 1956.
Jerry Quarry
Jerry Quarry, nicknamed "Irish" Jerry Quarry, was an American heavyweight boxer who was ranked the No. 1 contender three times in the 1960s and 1970s.
Jerry R. McGhee
Jerry R. McGhee is an immunologist and professor of microbiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham whose work established how mucosal surfaces mount antibody defenses through secretory IgA.
Jerry R. Mendell
Jerry R. Mendell is an American pediatric neurologist and neuromuscular disease researcher at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, who led the pivotal trials behind Zolgensma for spinal muscular atrophy and ELEVIDYS for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Jerry Rao
Jerry Rao, also known as Jaithirth Rao (जेरी राव), is an Indian businessman and writer who founded and led the IT services firm MphasiS and later the affordable-housing builder VBHC.
Jerry Rawlings
Jerry Rawlings (Jerry John Rawlings, 1947–2020) was a Ghanaian Air Force flight lieutenant who led coups in June 1979 and December 1981, chaired the PNDC junta, launched the 1983 IMF-backed Economic Recovery Program, and served two elected terms as Fourth Republic president (1993–2001).
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed (Jerry Reed Hubbard, 1937-2008), American country singer, songwriter, and claw-style fingerstyle guitarist behind "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "East Bound and Down," who also played the Snowman in Smokey and the Bandit.
Jerry Reinsdorf
Jerry Reinsdorf (born 1936, Brooklyn) is the controlling owner of the Chicago White Sox since 1981 and the Chicago Bulls since 1985; six Bulls NBA titles, 2005 World Series, 2016 Basketball Hall of Fame contributor.
Jerry Remy
Jerry Remy (Gerald Peter Remy, 1952-2021), nicknamed Rem Dawg, was a second baseman for the California Angels and Boston Red Sox (1975-84, .275, 208 steals) and NESN Red Sox color analyst for 33 years from 1988.
Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice, born 1962, NFL wide receiver for the 49ers, Raiders, and Seahawks; all-time leader in receptions (1,549), receiving yards (22,895), and touchdowns (208); three Super Bowls, Hall of Fame 2010.
Jerry Richardson
Jerry Richardson, former Baltimore Colts receiver and food-service magnate, founded the Carolina Panthers, won the NFL's 29th franchise in 1993, was fined $2.75 million for workplace misconduct in 2018, and sold the team to David Tepper for $2.275 billion.
Jerry Rivera
Jerry Rivera, born Gerardo Rivera Rodríguez in 1973, is a Puerto Rican salsa singer whose 1992 album Cuenta Conmigo became one of the best-selling salsa albums ever made.
Jerry Rogers
Jerry Rogers, born Gerald Dean Rogers (1944–2020), was an American semiconductor executive who co-founded chip designer Cyrix in 1988 and led it as CEO until 1996.
Jerry Rubin
Jerry Rubin (1938-1994), American counterculture activist, co-founded the Yippies with Abbie Hoffman, organized the 1967 Pentagon march, was a Chicago Seven defendant, then became a Wall Street venture banker.
Jerry S. Trier
Jerry S. Trier is an American gastroenterologist and Professor Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, known for work establishing small-intestinal biopsy and organ culture as tools for diagnosing celiac disease.
Jerry S. Wolinsky
Jerry S. Wolinsky is an American neurologist and multiple sclerosis researcher at UTHealth Houston who helped revise the McDonald diagnostic criteria and led the ORATORIO ocrelizumab trial.
Jerry Sabloff
Jerry Sabloff, born 1944, is an American archaeologist known for Maya settlement-pattern studies and pre-industrial urbanism; he directed the Penn Museum from 1994 to 2004 and led the Santa Fe Institute from 2009 to 2015.
Jerry Sags
Jerry Sags (real name Jerome Saganowich, born 1964) is an American retired professional wrestler best known as one half of the Nasty Boys tag team with Brian Knobbs.
Jerry Saltzer
Jerry Saltzer, born Jerome Howard Saltzer in 1939, is an American computer scientist who spent his career at MIT, known for Multics security, the Saltzer–Schroeder principles, and the end-to-end argument.
Jerry Sanders (semiconductor executive)
Jerry Sanders III, also known as W. J. Sanders III, is an American semiconductor executive who co-founded AMD in 1969 and served as its chief executive for 33 years until 2002.