A male bearer of this name is Cherry Logan Emerson, Jr. (September 30, 1916 – April 29, 2007), son of Cherry Logan Emerson, Sr., the dean of engineering at the Georgia Tech, and chemist who co-founded Emerson & Cuming Company in 1948. A few things are named after him as well, including The Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, the Cherry Logan Emerson Concert Hall, and Cherry Logan Emerson Hall, a campus building that houses research programs in chemistry.
Cherry T. Chevapravatdumrong, also known as Cherry Cheva, is an American author, screenwriter, comedian, and producer of Thai descent. She serves as an executive producer of Family Guy and a co-executive producer of The Orville and Resident Alien.
Cherry Jones is an American actress. A five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the 1995 revival of The Heiress and for the 2005 original production of Doubt. She won the 2009 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Allison Taylor on the FOX television series 24. She has also won three Drama Desk Awards.
Cherry Hill, a very knowledgeable author of horse care books, bears this name. That should remove any thoughts that a person named Cherry will never get a job. Cherry Hill has published many good books, full of information that has helped me exceedingly.
Cherry Valance is a character in S. E. Hinton's book, The Outsiders. In her case, Cherry is her nickname, since her real name is Sherri and she has red hair.