Jo (given name)
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Jo is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Jo AnkierJo AnkierJoanna Ankier is a current television and radio broadcaster and a former British track athlete whose main event was the 3000 metres Steeplechase...
(born 1982), British record holder (1,500-m & 3,000-m steeplechase) - Jo Butler (born 1969), a Big Brother UK contestant
- Jo CallisJo CallisJo Callis is an English musician and songwriter who played guitar with the Edinburgh based punk rock band, The Rezillos , and post-punk band Boots For Dancing before joining The Human League.-Biography:Callis was educated at the Edinburgh College of Art...
(born 1951), British guitarist, notably with The Human LeagueThe Human LeagueThe Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant... - Jo CoburnJo CoburnJo Coburn is a British journalist and political correspondent for BBC News, previously with special responsibility for BBC Breakfast. She has also previously worked as BBC political correspondent for London, most notably during the 2000 London Mayoral election...
, BBC political correspondent - Jo DurieJo DurieJo Durie is a former world number 5 professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she won two Grand Slam titles, both in the mixed doubles.-Singles career:...
(born 1960), retired English female tennis player - Jo EllisJo EllisJoanne Ellis is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team since 2006. She is not to be confused with another English field hockey player named Joanne Ellis.-References:**...
(born 1983), English field hockey forward - Jo FrostJo FrostJoanne "Jo" Frost is a British nanny and television personality. She was the central figure of the reality television program Supernanny...
(born 1971), English nanny, writer and TV hostess - Jo Kamisaku (born 1971), also known as Kamisaku Jo, a Japanese criminal
- J. K. RowlingJ. K. RowlingJoanne "Jo" Rowling, OBE , better known as J. K. Rowling, is the British author of the Harry Potter fantasy series...
(born 1965), Joanne "Jo" Murray née Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series - Jo Robinson (1912–1990), American civil rights activist
- Jô SoaresJô SoaresJosé Eugênio Soares, best known as Jô Soares is a Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author, theatrical producer, director, actor, painter and musician. Soares was born in Rio de Janeiro...
(born 1938), Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author and musician - Jo StaffordJo StaffordJo Elizabeth Stafford was an American singer of traditional pop music and jazz standards and occasional actress whose career ran from the late 1930s to the early 1960s...
(1917–2008), American singer of traditional pop music - Shoji JoShoji Jois a retired Japanese football player.He was born on the island of Hokkaidō and began his footballing career with JEF United in 1994. He quickly established himself, scoring twelve goals in his first season; he scored his first goal on his debut against Gamba Osaka on 12 March...
(born 1975), retired Japanese football (soccer) striker - Jo SiffertJo SiffertJoseph Siffert was a Swiss racing driver.Affectionately known as "Seppi" to his family and close friends, Siffert was born in Fribourg, Switzerland, the son of a dairy owner...
(born 1936), Swiss racing driver - Joodse OmroepJoodse OmroepJoodse Omroep is a special broadcaster on the Netherlands Public Broadcasting system, which is allowed to broadcast on radio and television because of their religious background...
, a Dutch public broadcaster
Characters
- Jo GrantJo GrantJosephine "Jo" Grant is a fictional character played by Katy Manning in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who...
, a 1971–1973 Dr. Who companion - Jo Polniaczek, from the television show The Facts of Life
- Joanne GardnerJoanne GardnerJoanne Gardner was the main character on the long-running soap opera Search for Tomorrow. For 35 years, the role was played by actress Mary Stuart...
, lead character from the soap opera Search for Tomorrow - Jo March, a character in the novel Little WomenLittle WomenLittle Women is a novel by American author Louisa May Alcott . The book was written and set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts. It was published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869...
and its sequels - Jo, one of the main characters of anime series Burst AngelBurst Angelis a Japanese animated television series directed by Koichi Ohata, from a screenplay by Fumihiko Shimo. It was produced by the Gonzo animation studio....
- Jo, a crossing sweeper in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak HouseBleak HouseBleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in twenty monthly installments between March 1852 and September 1853. It is held to be one of Dickens's finest novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon...
- Jo ReynoldsJo ReynoldsJo Beth Reynolds is a fictional character in the American television series Melrose Place, the second series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...
, character from Melrose Place - Joanna Dark, a character from the video game franchise Perfect Dark
- The BillThe BillThe Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, a police drama featured a officer Jo Masters
See also
- JoanneJoanneJoanne is a common given name for females, being a variant of Joanna, the feminine form of John; derived from the Latin name Johanna with the meaning in Hebrew of "God is gracious"...
- JoannaJoannaJoanna is a feminine given name deriving from Koine Greek Iōanna from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה meaning "God is gracious". Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna...
- JohannaJohannaJohanna is a feminine name, a variant form of Joanna that originated in Latin in the Middle Ages, including an -h- by analogy with the Latin masculine name Johannes. The original Greek form Iōanna lacks a medial -h- because in Greek /h/ could only occur initially...
- Jordan (name)Jordan (name)The name Jordan can refer to several things. As a name, it comes from the Aramaic Yarden, meaning "one who descends", and assimilated into Latin as Jordanus . In Arabic it is Urdunn, in Italian Giordano, in Spanish Jordán, in Dutch Jordaan, in French Jourdain, in Irish Iordáin, in Romanian...
- Joseph (name)Joseph (name)Joseph is a name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yosef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄. In Arabic, including in the Qur'an, the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf. The name can be translated from Hebrew יהוה להוסיף Yihoh Lhosif as signifying "YHWH...
- Johan (given name)Johan (given name)Johan is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin. It is a variation of the Hebrew word Yochanan, meaning "God is gracious", and uncommon as a surname...