Jo (given name)

Jo is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Jo Aleh (born 1986), New Zealand sailor, national champion, world champion, Olympic champion
Jo Ankier (born 1982), British record holder (1,500-m & 3,000-m steeplechase)
Jo Butler (born 1969), a Big Brother UK contestant
Jo Callis (born 1951), British guitarist, notably with The Human League
Jo Coburn, BBC political correspondent
Jo Cox-Ladru (born 1923), Dutch Olympic gymnast
Jo Durie (born 1960), retired English female tennis player
Jo Ellis (born 1983), English field hockey forward
Jo Frost (born 1971), English nanny, writer and TV hostess
Jo Kamisaku (born 1971), also known as Kamisaku Jo, a Japanese criminal
Jo Pavey (born 1973), Joanne "Jo" Pavey née Davis, British Olympian and distance runner
J. K. Rowling (born 1965), Joanne "Jo" Murray née Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series
Jo Robinson (1912–1990), American civil rights activist
Jô Soares (born 1938), Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author and musician
Jo Stafford (1917–2008), American singer of traditional pop music
Jo Siffert (born 1936), Swiss racing driver
Jo Bailey Wells (born 1965), British Anglican priest, Bishop-designate of Dorking

Characters

Jo Grant, a 1971–1973 Dr. Who companion
Jo Polniaczek, from the television show The Facts of Life
Joanne Gardner, lead character from the soap opera Search for Tomorrow
Jo March, a character in the novel Little Women and its sequels
Jo Masterson, a character in ABC Family's Twisted.
Jo, one of the main characters of anime series Burst Angel
Jo, a crossing sweeper in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House
Jo Reynolds, character from Melrose Place
Joanna Dark, a character from the video game franchise Perfect Dark
Jo Masters, a character from the British television series The Bill
Jo Martinez, a NYPD homicide detective in the supernatural crime drama Forever (U.S. TV series)
Jo, a contestant on Total Drama: Revenge of the Island