Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
1 character
(character) Jerome 2010 Jerome 
Fictional Characters from Television:
1 character
Jerry Seinfeld 1989 Seinfeld
Hall-of-Famers:
2 football, 1 basketball
(basketball) Jerry West 1979
(football) Jerome Bettis 2015
(football) Ken Riley (middle name Jerome) 2023
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 chemistry, 1 physics
(chemistry) Jerome Karle 1985
(physics) Jerome Isaac Friedman 1990
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
5 actors, 2 actor/comedians
Curly Howard (a.k.a. Jerome) 1903-1952
Gene Wilder (a.k.a. Jerome) 1933-2016
Jerry Orbach 1935-2004
Chip Zien (a.k.a. Jerome) 1947-
Jerry Seinfeld 1954-
Jerome Flynn 1963-
Matt Barr (middle name Jerome) 1984-
Notable Athletes:
2 basketball, 1 boxing, 1 handball, 1 rugby, 1 soccer
(basketball) Jerry West 1938-
(basketball) Jerome Kersey 1962-2015
(boxing) DaVarryl Williamson (middle name Jerome) 1968-
(handball) Jérôme Fernandez 1977-
(rugby) Jerome Kaino 1983-
(soccer) Jérôme Boateng 1988-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
James J. Hill (middle name Jerome) 1838-1916
Notable Filmmakers:
2 producers, 1 director
Jerome Robbins 1918-1998
Jerry Weintraub 1937-2015
Jerry Bruckheimer 1943-
Notable Musicians:
1 composer, 1 musician
Jerome Kern 1885-1945
Jerry Garcia 1942-1995
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
Jerome Isaac Friedman 1930-
Notable Writers:
2 authors
J. D. Salinger (a.k.a. Jerome) 1919-2010
Oscar Hijuelos (middle name Jerome) 1951-2013
Olympic Medalists:
4 gold, 1 silver, 1 silver/gold
(silver/gold) Jérôme De Mayer 1920 archery - moving target 28 m, team; archery - moving target 33 m, team; archery - moving target 50 m, team
(gold) Jerome Biffle 1952 long jump
(gold) Jerry West 1960 basketball
(gold) Jerry Shipp 1964 basketball
(gold) Jérôme Fernandez 2008; 2012 handball
(silver) Jerome Blake 2020 4x100 m relay
Oscar Award Winners:
1 director
(director) Jerome Robbins 1962 West Side Story
Other Leaders:
1 prime minister
Prime Minister Freundel Stuart (middle name Jerome) 2010-2018 Barbados
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Oscar Hijuelos (middle name Jerome) 1990 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
4 musicians
Jerry Garcia 1994 The Grateful Dead
Jerome Brailey 1997 Parliament-Funkadelic
"Little" Anthony Gourdine (a.k.a. Jerome) 2009 Little Anthony and the Imperials
Jerome Arnold 2015 The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Saints:
3 saints, 2 blessed
Saint Jerome 345-420
Blessed Girolamo Ranuzzi (a.k.a. Jerome) ?-1455
Saint Gerolamo Emiliani (a.k.a. Jerome) 1481-1537
Blessed Girolamo de Angelis (a.k.a. Jerome) 1568-1623
Saint Hieronymus van Weert (a.k.a. Jerome) ?-1572