Jeremy (name)

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Jeremy is a masculine given name. It is an English variant of the biblical name Jeremiah.

Persons named Jeremy

In arts and entertainment

• Jeremy Beadle, English presenter
• Jeremy Brock, actor and director
• Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist
• Jeremy Clarkson, English broadcaster
• Jeremy Deller, English artist
• Jeremy Edwards, English TV actor
• Jeremy Filsell, English pianist and composer
• Jeremy Hardy, English comedian
• Jeremy Healy, English singer and DJ
• Jeremy Irons, English actor
• Ron Jeremy, American porn star
• Jeremy Kyle, English TV presenter
• Jeremy Mills, guitarist of Scottish band Idlewild
• Jeremy Northam, English film actor
• Jeremy Paxman, English TV presenter
• Jeremy Piven, American actor
• Jeremy Spake, English TV presenter
• Jeremy Thomas, English writer and film producer
• Jeremy Vine, English radio and TV journalist and presenter
• Jeremy Wright (blogger), Canadian author and blogger

In politics

• Jeremy Browne, UK MP
• Jeremy Corbyn, UK MP
• Jeremy Hunt, UK MP
• Jeremy Purvis, Scottish MSP
• Jeremy Thorpe, former UK MP and Liberal leader
• Jeremy Wright (politician), UK MP

In sports

• Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player and commentator
• Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player
• Jeremy Shockey, American football player
• Jeremy McGrath, American dirt bike racer

In other fields

• Jeremy Bamber, English criminal
• Jeremy Bentham, English legal reformer and philosopher
• Jeremy Dear, English journalist and union leader
• Jeremy Leggett, English environmentalist
• Jeremy Peat, Scottish economist and a Governor of the BBC
• Jeremy Rosen, English rabbi

Popularity

Previously uncommon, the name Jeremy became popular from the 1950's, through the 1960's and into the 1970s, rising abruptly from the 296th-ranked male given name in 1968 to be the 42nd-ranked name in 1972. Since the mid-1980s, its popularity has gradually fallen.

See also

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