Jojo
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Jojo or JoJo is a common nickname
for people whose name begins with "Jo", which is in process of developing into a name in its own right. Jojo may refer to:
Nickname
A nickname is "a usually familiar or humorous but sometimes pointed or cruel name given to a person or place, as a supposedly appropriate replacement for or addition to the proper name.", or a name similar in origin and pronunciation from the original name....
for people whose name begins with "Jo", which is in process of developing into a name in its own right. Jojo may refer to:
Music
- JoJo (singer) (born 1990), American entertainer
- JoJo (album)JoJo (album)JoJo is the self-titled debut album by American recording artist JoJo, released in the United States on June 22, 2004 by Da Family Entertainment and Blackground Records...
, her 2004 debut album
- JoJo (album)
- Lil Jojo, NigeriaNigeriaNigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
n rapper, singer and songwriter - JoJo BillingsleyJoJo BillingsleyDeborah Jo "JoJo" Billingsley was an American singer, soloist, songwriter and recording artist. As a backing vocalist, Billingsley was best known for her work with the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd...
, an American singer, soloist, songwriter and recording artist - Jojo Garza, American musician, member of Los Lonely Boys
- Joel "JoJo" Hailey, American R&B singer, half of K-Ci & JoJo
- John "JoJo" HermannJohn HermannJohn "JoJo" Hermann was born in New York City. He toured the South extensively with the band Beanland until 1992, when he went to Athens, Georgia to play keyboard with Widespread Panic....
, American musician, keyboardist for Widespread PanicWidespread PanicWidespread Panic is an American rock band from Athens, Georgia. The current lineup includes guitarist/singer John Bell, bassist Dave Schools, drummer Todd Nance, percussionist Domingo "Sunny" Ortiz, keyboardist John "JoJo" Hermann, and guitarist Jimmy Herring... - Jo Jo Hoo Kim, Jamaican reggae record producer
- Jo Jo LaineJo Jo LaineJo Jo Laine was an American singer, model and actress who married Moody Blues founder Denny Laine while he was a member of Paul McCartney's group Wings...
(1953–2006), American singer, model, actress, and rock groupie - Jojo MayerJojo MayerJojo Mayer is a highly acclaimed Swiss drummer born in Zurich and currently resides in New York City.Mayer is the son of a touring musician and began his career as a drummer at an early age, receiving his first drum set at the age of two...
(born 1963), Swiss drummer - Jonathan "JoJo" RichmanJonathan RichmanJonathan Michael Richman is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic backing...
, American proto-punk singer-songwriter - Joseph "JoJo" Simmons, member of Team Blackout mostly known on Run's House
- "Jojo", a single by Boz Scaggs from his 1980 album Middle ManMiddle Man (album)Middle Man is the ninth album by Boz Scaggs, released on Columbia Records in 1980. Scaggs re-hired the members of the band Toto as session musicians, and shared song-writing credits with them...
- Jojo, a character in the Beatles song "Get BackGet Back"Get Back" is a song by The Beatles, composed by Paul McCartney and frequently attributed to Lennon–McCartney. The song was originally released as a single on 11 April 1969, and credited to "The Beatles with Billy Preston." A different mix of the song later became the closing track of Let It Be ,...
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Sports
- Jojó (footballer born 1970)Jojó (footballer born 1970)Jorge Miguel Moreira Larrouy Fernandes, commonly known as Jojó , is a retired Mozambican footballer who played as a midfielder.-Club career:...
, Mozambiquan defender on the 1998 African Cup of Nations Team of the Tournament - Jojo DuncilJojo DuncilJoselito Duncil , better known as Jojo Duncil, is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Shopinas.com Clickers. He was drafted fifteenth overall by Red Bull in 2007...
(born 1983), Filipino professional basketball player - Jo Jo EnglishJo Jo EnglishStephen "Jo Jo" English is a professional basketball player who starred at the University of South Carolina in the early 1990s and later played parts of three seasons for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls.A 6'4" guard, English is perhaps best remembered for being involved in a...
(born 1970), American professional basketball player - Jojo LastimosaJojo LastimosaIsabelo Lastimosa, Jr. , better known as Jojo Lastimosa and by his nickname "Jolas", is a former Filipino professional basketball player from Cagayan de Oro City who played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs, the Alaska Aces and the Pop Cola Panthers from 1988-2003...
(born 1964), Filipino professional basketball player - Jo-Jo Moore (1908–2001), American professional baseball player
- Jo-Jo ReyesJo-Jo ReyesJoseph Albert "Jo-Jo" Reyes is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball...
(born 1984), American professional baseball pitcher - JoJo StarbuckJoJo StarbuckJoJo Starbuck is an American figure skater. With partner Kenneth Shelley, she is a three-time United States pair skating champion and two-time Olympian ....
(born 1951), American figure skater - Jo-Jo TownsellJo-Jo TownsellJoseph Ray "Jojo" Townsell is a former National Football League wide receiver. He played for the New York Jets from 1985-1990. Previously, he played with the USFL's Los Angeles Express....
(born 1960), American professional football player - Jo Jo WhiteJo Jo WhiteJoseph Henry "Jo Jo" White is an American former professional basketball player.-Life and career:White was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of a minister...
(born 1946), American professional basketball player
Television
- JoJo's CircusJoJo's CircusJoJo's Circus is a musical comedy series for preschool children. The series debuted in 2003 and airs in the United States on the Disney Channel as part of the Playhouse Disney morning programming schedule at 6am eastern time. The program airs daily on both the UK and Australian versions of...
, an American children's TV show featuring the character JoJo Tickle - Jojo the Kissing Bandit, a character in the Avatar: The Last Airbender trading card game
- Jojo LapusJojo LapusJojo Lapus was a showbiz columnist and screenwriter, and father of showbiz personality John Lapus.-Early life:Jojo M. Lapus was born in 1943. He was married with her wife Sally, and his son John Lapus.-Writer:...
, a showbiz columnist and screenwriter - Mojo Jojo, a simian character in the American animated TV show The Powerpuff Girls
Other persons
- Jejomar BinayJejomar BinayJejomar "Jojo" Cabauatan Binay, Sr. , also known as Jojo Binay or VPNay, is a Filipino politician who has been the 15th Vice President of the Philippines since 2010. Previously, he was Mayor of Makati City from 1986 to 1998 and again from 2001 to 2010...
(born 1942), nicknamed JoJo, Philippine Vice-President and former mayor of Makati - Jojo ChintohJojo ChintohJojo Chintoh is a Canadian television journalist, who worked as a feature and documentary reporter for Citytv in Toronto until 2009/2010....
(born c. 1940), Canadian television journalist - Jōjō MasashigeJojo Masashige' was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through Edo period, who served the Uesugi clan.Masashige brought victory to many of his allies, by mobilizing his troops to Etchu and Kozuke. After the death of his previous lord, Uesugi Kenshin, he became quite at odds with the new successor, and son...
(1545–1643), Japanese samurai of the 16th and 17th centuries - Jojo MoyesJojo MoyesJojo Moyes is a British novelist.Moyes studied at Royal Holloway, University of London. She won a bursary financed by The Independent newspaper to study journalism at City University, London and subsequently worked for The Independent for 10 years. In 2001 she became a full time novelist...
(born 1969), British novelist - JoJo SavardJoJo SavardJoJo Savard, born Jocelyne Savard, is a well-known medium, or psychic, in Canada.JoJo Savard is a former French-Canadian television psychic who gained popularity during the early 1990s...
, Canadian self-proclaimed psychic - Jo-Jo The Dog-Faced Boy, Fedor Jeftichew, Russian–American sideshow performer of the late 1800s
- JoJo WrightJoJo WrightJoJo Wright is an American radio personality, Internet show host, celebrity commentator, and film actor. He hosts the Top 40 radio show, “JoJo On The Radio,” which airs on the number one station in Los Angeles, KIIS-FM, and is nationally syndicated in more than 60 markets...
, American radio host
Other uses
- JoJo's Bizarre AdventureJoJo's Bizarre Adventureis a manga written and illustrated by Hirohiko Araki. Every main character's name in each part can be read as JoJo. The manga, published by Shueisha, first ran in the magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1987 to 2002, before being transferred to the seinen magazine Ultra Jump in 2004. The current story...
, a manga, anime, and video game in which every protagonist's name can be read as JoJo - Jojo, a 1988 novel by Roger CaronRoger CaronRoger "Mad Dog" Caron is a Canadian bank robber and the author of the influential 1978 prison memoir Go-Boy! Memories of a Life Behind Bars...
- Jojo, a protagonist in the musical SeussicalSeussicalis a musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty based on the books of Dr. Seuss that debuted on Broadway in 2000. The play's story is a rather complex amalgamation of many of Seuss's most famous books. After a Broadway run, the production spawned two US national tours and a UK tour...
, as well as the book Horton Hears a Who!Horton Hears a Who!Horton Hears a Who! is a 1954 book by Theodor Seuss Geisel, under the name Dr. Seuss. It is the second Seuss book to feature Horton the Elephant, the first being Horton Hatches the Egg...
, on which the musical was partly based. - Jo Jo Dancer, the title character, played by Richard Pryor, in the film Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is CallingJo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is CallingJo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 film starring Richard Pryor. This was the first and only feature film he directed .-Plot:...
See also
- Jojos, a kind of food, also known as potato wedges
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