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I fell deeply in love with a jeremy and he is the best friend ever :)

My husband Jeremy is the kindest, sweetest, most considerate man I have ever known.

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Jem, Jerry, JerBear, Jermey, Germ, Jezza, Jez

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In arts and entertainment:
* Jeremy Beadle MBE (1948–2008), English television presenter, writer and producer
* Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist
* Jeremy Brett (1933–1995), English actor
* Jeremy Brock, actor and director
* Jeremy Clarkson, English broadcaster
* Jeremy Cunningham - Bass Player with The Levellers
* Jeremy Davis,Bassist for Paramore
* Jeremy ( Jerry ) Dammers - Musician with The Specials
* Jeremy Deller, English artist
* Jeremy Edwards, English TV actor
* Jeremy Filsell, English pianist and composer
* Jem Finer, English musician with the Pogues
* Jeremy Gladding, Television Motorcycle Customizer
* Jeremy Hardy, English comedian
* Jeremy Healy, English singer and DJ
* Jeremy Irons, English actor
* Jeremy Kan, Big Girl/Tool
* Jeremy Kyle, English TV presenter
* Jeremy London, American actor with twin actor Jason London
* Jeremy 'Jez' Lowe - Musician
* Jeremy Mills, guitarist of Scottish band Idlewild
* Jeremy Northam, English film actor
* Jeremy Paxman, English TV presenter
* Jeremy Pedron, Graphic Designer
* Jeremy Piven, American actor
* Jeremy Rees, professional lacrosse player
* Jeremy Renner - US Actor
* Jeremy Spencer - Ex-Fleetwood Mac Guitarist
* Jeremy 'Jez' Strode - Drummer with 80s Band Kajagoogoo
* Jeremy Suarez, African-American actor from The Bernie Mac Show
* Jeremy Spake, English TV presenter
* Jeremy Taggart, percussionist for Canadian band Our Lady Peace
* Jeremy Thomas, English writer and film producer
* Jeremy Vine, English radio and TV journalist and presenter
* Jeremy Williams, British actor
* Jeremy Wright (blogger), Canadian author and blogger
* Jeremy Tatar, famous Australian bassist, currently resurrecting Canadian dance-punk band controller.controller

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 Maclin, American football wide receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
*Jeremy Affeldt, American baseball player
* Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player and commentator
* Jeremy Mayfield, American NASCAR driver
* Jeremy McGrath, American dirt bike racer
* Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
* Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player
* Jeremy Shockey, American football player
* Jeremy Smith ( two of them! ) - New Zealand Rugby League Players
* Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player

In other fields
* Jeremy Allaire, founder of Allaire Corporation
* Jeremy Bamber, English criminal
* Jeremy Bentham, English legal reformer and philosopher
* Jeremy Dear, English journalist and union leader
* Jeremy Leggett, English environmentalist
* Jeremy Duerr, English teacher
* Jeremy Peat, Scottish economist and a Governor of the BBC
* Jeremy Rosen, English rabbi
* Jeremy Taylor author and clergyman
* Jeremy Omar, a british teenager who goes to The Clere School.

Jeremy in song, story & screen: | Edit

"Jeremy" (song) by Pearl Jam from the album Ten
Jeremy (film), a 1973 movie.
Jeremy, 16-year-old lead character in the comic strip "Zits".
Jeremy "Jem" Atticus Finch, character in Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Jeremy Fisher, a frog from Beatrix Potter's THE TALE OF MR. JEREMY FISHER
Jeremy Scribbles, a character, based on Toad, invented by Mole's playwright cousin Auberon in Cosgrove Hall's THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (1984-1987) television series

Jeremy Gilbert from the CW20 show The Vampire Diaries (played by Steven R. McQueen).