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Jerry Lawson (engineer)
Jerry Lawson (1940-2011), American engineer, led development of the Fairchild Channel F (1976), the first cartridge-based home video game console, and founded Video Soft, an early Black-owned game company.
Jerry Lucas
Jerry Lucas (born 1940, Middletown, Ohio) is a Hall of Fame basketball forward-center, 'Dr. Memory.' 1960 NCAA and Olympic champion, 1973 Knicks NBA champion, 7x All-Star, 15.6 career RPG.
Jerry Lynn
Jerry Lynn is an American retired pro wrestler (debuted March 1988, retired March 23, 2013), a two-time world champion as ECW World Heavyweight and ROH World titleholder, known for his ECW feud with Rob Van Dam, pioneering TNA's X Division, and now working as an AEW producer and coach.
Jerry Miculek
Jerry Miculek, also known as Jerry Charles Miculek Jr., is an American professional competitive shooter from Louisiana who holds five NRA world speed shooting titles.
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 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 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 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 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 Sandusky
Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State defensive coordinator (1977-1999) and founder of The Second Mile charity, convicted in 2012 of 45 counts of child sexual abuse and sentenced to 30 to 60 years; appeals continue.
Jerry Shipp
Jerry Shipp (Jerome Franklin Shipp, 1935-2021), American basketball guard, Phillips 66ers AAU star, 1963 Pan American Games gold medalist, and leading scorer (12.4 ppg) on the gold-medal 1964 U.S. Olympic team at Tokyo.
Jerry Sloan
Jerry Sloan (1942-2020), American NBA player and Hall of Fame coach; the Original Bull and Utah Jazz head coach for 23 seasons, 1,221 wins, 1997 and 1998 NBA Finals, never won Coach of the Year.
Jerry Stackhouse
Jerry Stackhouse (born 1974, Kinston, NC) is a former NBA shooting guard, third pick of the 1995 draft, two-time All-Star (2000, 2001), 16,409 career points, later Vanderbilt head coach and Warriors assistant.
Jerry Tarkanian
Jerry Tarkanian (1930-2015), "Tark the Shark," college basketball coach who built UNLV into a powerhouse, won the 1990 NCAA title over Duke 103-73, and fought the NCAA, winning a $2.5 million settlement.
Jerry Tarr
Jerry Tarr (Gerald LaVern Tarr, born 1939), American hurdler and football player: NCAA high hurdles champion 1961-62 at Oregon, world #1 in hurdles 1962, then Denver Broncos AFL wide receiver, 8 catches for 211 yards.
Jerry Tuwai
Jerry Tuwai (Seremaia Tuwai Vunisa) is a Fijian rugby sevens player who won Olympic gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and was named 2019 World Rugby Sevens Player of the Year.
Jerry West
Jerry West (1938–2024), "Mr. Clutch" and "The Logo," Lakers guard, 14-time All-Star, 1972 champion, 1969 Finals MVP from a losing team, and Hall of Fame executive who built Showtime and Shaq-Kobe Lakers titles.
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.
Jerv
FK Jerv, Norwegian football club founded 1921 in Grimstad; plays at J.J. Ugland Stadion-Levermyr; reached Eliteserien first time in centenary year 2021, now in 2. divisjon.
Jerzy Chromik
Jerzy Chromik (1931–1987), Polish steeplechaser and mining engineer; three-time 3000 m steeplechase world record holder (8:32.0, 1958), 1958 European champion, and first postwar Polish world record holder.
Jerzy Dudek
Jerzy Dudek, Polish goalkeeper born 1973 in Rybnik; played for Feyenoord, Liverpool (186 games, 2005 Champions League hero in Istanbul), and Real Madrid; 60 Poland caps; retired 2011.
Jerzy Kaczmarek
Jerzy Kaczmarek (born 1948, Lubsko) is a Polish foil fencer, not the 1950-born Łódź namesake. Olympic team foil gold at Munich 1972; world silver 1969, 1971, 1974; later a coach in Germany.
Jerzy Kraska
Jerzy Kraska (Jerzy Adam Kraska), Polish footballer born 1951 in Płock, defensive midfielder for Gwardia Warszawa; won 1972 Munich Olympic gold with Poland, 13 caps, later a coach.
Jerzy Kukuczka
Jerzy Kukuczka (1948–1989), Polish Himalayan climber, second person after Messner to climb all 14 eight-thousanders, 1979–1987, with 11 new routes and 4 winter firsts; died on Lhotse's south face.
Jerzy Kulej
Jerzy Kulej was a Polish amateur boxer who won gold at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics, making him the only Polish boxer with two titles. He also served in parliament.
Jerzy Pawłowski
Jerzy Władysław Pawłowski (1932–2005), Polish sabre fencer, six-time Olympian, 1968 Olympic sabre champion and three-time world champion, later convicted as a CIA double agent and imprisoned.