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Jerry Whitworth
Jerry Alfred Whitworth, retired Navy senior chief radioman, sold cryptographic secrets to the Soviet Union via John Walker Jr. from 1975 to 1984, receiving $332,000; convicted 1986, sentenced to 365 years, affirmed on appeal in 1988.
Jerry Woodall
Jerry Woodall is an American electrical engineer, Distinguished Professor at UC Davis, known for the gallium arsenide heterojunctions behind high-efficiency LEDs and the 2001 National Medal of Technology.
Jerry Yan (言承旭)
Jerry Yan (言承旭, birth name Liao Yangzhen, born 1977) is a Taiwanese actor, model and singer, F4 member who played Dao Ming Si in Meteor Garden (2001) and starred in the NHK-broadcast The Hospital.
Jerry Yang (杨致远)
Jerry Yang (杨致远), also known as Yáng Zhìyuan, is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur who co-founded Yahoo! in 1995 and led it as chief executive from 2007 to 2009.
Jerrycan
A jerrycan is a flat-sided 20-liter fuel or water container developed in Germany in the 1930s, named from "Jerries", Allied slang for German soldiers whose cans were captured and reused.
JerryRigEverything
JerryRigEverything is a YouTube channel launched in 2012 by Utah creator Zack Nelson, whose smartphone scratch, burn, and bend tests have become a standard in launch coverage.
Jersey
Jersey: British Crown Dependency in the English Channel, largest Channel Island, self-governing but not part of the UK; occupied by Germany 1940-1945; GDP £7.0 billion (2025).
Jersey (2019 film)
Jersey (జెర్సీ) is a 2019 Telugu sports drama directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, starring Nani as a 36-year-old cricketer returning to Ranji cricket for his son. It won Best Telugu Film and Best Editing at the 67th National Film Awards and was remade in Hindi in 2022.
Jersey (2022 film)
Jersey (2022) is Gowtam Tinnanuri's Hindi remake of his 2019 Telugu hit, starring Shahid Kapoor as cricketer Arjun Talwar with Mrunal Thakur and Pankaj Kapur; released 22 April 2022, it flopped at the box office.
Jersey (fabric)
Jersey fabric: a single-knit weft fabric (also plain knit, stockinette) with smooth V-shaped face, looped back, curling cut edges, and crosswise stretch; named for the Channel Island of Jersey and moved into fashion by Chanel in 1916.
Jersey Airport
Jersey Airport is the airport serving the Channel Island of Jersey, located in St Peter about 4 nautical miles northwest of St Helier and opened in 1937.
Jersey Arrow
The Jersey Arrow is a family of electric multiple unit railcars for New Jersey's electrified commuter rail lines, comprising the Arrow I, II, and III series, introduced in 1968.
Jersey barrier
The Jersey barrier, also called a Jersey wall or K-rail, is a rigid concrete traffic barrier developed by New Jersey in the 1950s to separate traffic lanes.
Jersey Boys
Jersey Boys, the Tony Award-winning jukebox bio-musical of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons by Brickman, Elice, Gaudio, and Crewe; Broadway 2005-2017, 4,642 performances, four Tonys, 2014 Eastwood film, 20th anniversary tours.
Jersey Boys (film)
Jersey Boys is Clint Eastwood's 2014 Warner Bros. musical biopic of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, adapted from the Tony-winning Broadway musical, starring John Lloyd Young, with mixed reviews (50% Tomatometer, Metascore 54).
Jersey cattle
Jersey cattle, a small dairy breed from the Channel Island of Jersey (also called Registered Jerseys), isolated by import laws from 1763 until 2008; small 410 kg cows producing high-butterfat, high-protein milk with superior feed efficiency, now in 82+ countries.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City, New Jersey: second-largest New Jersey city (302,013 est. 2025), county seat of Hudson County across from Manhattan. Historic Paulus Hook, dense transit-rich waterfront, 41.7% foreign-born, 2026 budget crisis with 15.15% tax increase under Mayor James Solomon.
Jersey club rap
Jersey club rap is rap music over Jersey club beats, triplet kicks, and bed-squeak samples, popularized nationally by Lil Uzi Vert's 2022 hit "Just Wanna Rock".
Jersey Devil
Legendary winged, hoofed creature of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, originally the Leeds Devil. Origins traced to Daniel Leeds's almanac feud with Quakers and Benjamin Franklin; famous 1909 sightings panic; New Jersey Devils NHL name.
Jersey Girl (2004 film)
Jersey Girl is a 2004 American comedy-drama-romance written and directed by Kevin Smith, starring Ben Affleck as a widowed Manhattan publicist raising his daughter in New Jersey.
Jersey Joe Walcott
Jersey Joe Walcott (Arnold Raymond Cream, 1914–1994), American heavyweight boxer. Won the world heavyweight title July 18, 1951, KO7 of Ezzard Charles, at 37 the oldest champion until George Foreman; lost to Rocky Marciano in 1952.
Jersey Mike's Subs
Jersey Mike's Subs, founded as Mike's Subs in Point Pleasant, New Jersey in 1956, is a fast-casual submarine sandwich franchisor bought by Peter Cancro in 1975, franchised since 1987, majority-owned by Blackstone from 2025, and NYSE-listed as JMKE since 2026.
Jersey Shore
The Jersey Shore is New Jersey's Atlantic coastal region, about 130 miles of resort towns from Sandy Hook to Cape May, known for boardwalks, Doo Wop motels in the Wildwoods, tourism worth $45.4 billion in 2022, and ongoing beach erosion and replenishment.
Jersey Shore (TV series)
Jersey Shore, MTV reality series (2009-2012), also known by catchphrase GTL, followed housemates in Seaside Heights; became MTV's highest-rated series and spawned Family Vacation and international Shore versions.
Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916
Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916: five shark attacks along the New Jersey coast, July 1-12, 1916, killed four people and injured one, sparking America's first shark panic, a federal response under Wilson, and the rogue-shark legend behind Jaws.
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation
Jersey Shore: Family Vacation is an MTV reality series (2018–2026, 495 Productions) reuniting the original Jersey Shore cast, premiering in Miami in April 2018 and ending with an 18-episode ninth season from May 7, 2026.
Jerun Gas Field
The Jerun gas field is a natural gas field in Block SK408, about 160 km off Sarawak, Malaysia, which achieved first gas production in July 2024.
Jerusalem (ירושלים)
Jerusalem (ירושלים, al-Quds), city sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Israel's largest city with about 1,063,000 residents; Old City a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1981; East Jerusalem annexed in 1967, unrecognized internationally.
Jerusalem and Dopesmoker
Jerusalem and Dopesmoker are two releases of Sleep's third album, one 63-minute stoner doom song recorded 1996 for London Records, released 52 minutes (1999) and 63 minutes (2003).
Jerusalem artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus, sunchoke, topinambour) is a North American perennial sunflower grown for inulin-rich tubers; hexaploid, hybrid origin, food, feed, and biofuel crop.