Arts and Music

• Jerome Kern (born 1885, died 1945)

  American composer and songwriter.

  • Wrote ''''All the Things You Are'''' and ''''Smoke Gets in Your Eyes'''' (see list of Songwriters)
• Jerome ''Doc'' Pomus (born 1925, died 1991)

  American songwriter.

  • Wrote ''''Save the Last Dance for Me'''' and ''''This Magic Moment'''' (see list of Songwriters)

Miscellaneous

• Jerome H. Holland
  • 1985 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)

Science and Philosophy

• Jerome I. Friedman

  American physicist who helped prove the existence of quarks, the fundamental building blocks of matter.

  • 1990 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with Richard E. Taylor and Henry W. Kendall (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
• Jerome Karle (born 1918)

  American chemist known for using X-rays to study the molecular structure of crystallized substances.

  • 1985 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with Herbert Hauptman (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)

Sports

• Jerome Bettis

  American football player.

  • 1993 National Football League Rookie of the Year (see list of NFL Rookies of the Year)
• Jerome Biffle

  American athlete.

  • 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Long Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the Long Jump)
• Jerome Drayton

  Canadian runner.

  • 1977 Boston Marathon champion (see list of Boston Marathon Winners)
• Jerome Travers
  • 1915 U.S. Open golf tournament winner (see list of U.S. Open Golf Champions)
• Jerome Walton

  Baseball player.

  • 1989 National League Rookie of the Year (see list of National League Rookies of the Year)

Stage and Screen

• Jerome Kowan
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Jerome Robbins (born 1918, died 1998)

  Director and choreographer.

  • 1961 Academy Award winner for West Side Story (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)
  • 1981 Kennedy Center Honors recipient (see list of Kennedy Center Honors Recipients)
  • On The Hollywood Blacklist (see list of Blacklisted Hollywood Figures)

The Literary World

• St. Jerome

  One of the early fathers of the Christian church.

  • Produced the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible (see list of Ancient and Medieval Writers)
• Jerome David ''J.D.'' Salinger (born 1919)

  Reclusive American novelist and short-story writer.

  • Author of Catcher in the Rye (see list of Authors of some of the most frequently banned books between 1990-99, in the United States)
  • Wrote Catcher in the Rye (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
• Jerome Weidman (died 1998)
  • 1960 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, for Fiorello (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama)