Jojo

Jojo, JoJo or Jo Jo is a nickname, given name, surname and stage name which may refer to:

People

Given name, nickname or stage name

Musicians

• Jojo (Bengali singer), Bengali singer
• JoJo (singer), stage name of Joanna Levesque (born 1990), American singer, songwriter and actress
• Miss Jojo, Rwandan R&B singer Josiane Uwineza (born 1983)
• JoJo Billingsley (1952-2010), American singer, soloist and songwriter
• Jojo Garza, American musician, member of Los Lonely Boys
• Joel "JoJo" Hailey (born 1971), American R&B singer, half of K-Ci & JoJo
• John Hermann, American musician, keyboardist for Widespread Panic
• Joseph Hoo Kim (born 1942), Jamaican reggae record producer
• Jo Jo Laine (1953–2006), American singer, model, actress, and rock groupie
• Jojo Mayer (born 1963), Swiss drummer
• Jonathan Richman (born 1951), American proto-punk singer-songwriter
• Joseph Simmons (born 1964), stage name Rev. Run or DJ Run, a founding member of the hip hop group Run–D.M.C.

Sports

• Jojó (footballer born 1970), Mozambiquan retired footballer
• JoJo Dickson (born 1989), player in the Canadian Football League
• Jojo Duncil (born 1983), Philippin Basketball Association player
• Jo Jo English (born 1970), American former National Basketball Association player
• Jojo Lastimosa (born 1964), former Philippine Basketball Association player
• Jo-Jo Moore (1908–2001), American Major League Baseball player
• JoJo Offerman (born 1994), American professional wrestler, singer and actress
• Jojo Ogunnupe (born 1992), Nigerian footballer
• JoJo Polk (born 1978), American former Arena Football League player
• Jo-Jo Reyes (born 1984), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• JoJo Starbuck (born 1951), American figure skater
• Jojo Tangkay (born 1976), Philippine basketball player
• Jo-Jo Townsell (born 1960), American National Football League player, member of the Hall of Fame
• Jo Jo White (born 1946), American retired National Basketball Association player
• Jo-Jo White (born 1909), American retired Major League Baseball player

Other

• Jo-Jo The Dog-Faced Boy, Fedor Jeftichew, Russian–American sideshow performer of the late 1800s
• Jawed Ahmad (1986-2009), Afghan reporter imprisoned by the American military in 2007, then released without explanation in 2008
• Jejomar Binay (born 1942), Philippine Vice-President and former mayor of Makati
• Jojo Chintoh (born c. 1940), Canadian television journalist
• Jo Frost (born 1971), British nanny and TV personality of Supernanny fame, who addresses herself to children as "Jo-Jo"
• Jojo Lapus (1945-2006), Filipino show business columnist and screenwriter
• Jojo Moyes (born 1969), British romance novelist and journalist
• Paquito Ochoa, Jr. (born 1960), Filipino politician and lawyer
• JoJo Savard, Canadian self-proclaimed psychic
• JoJo Wright, American radio host

Surname

• Hideo Jojo (born 1975), Japanese film director and screenwriter
• Jōjō Masashige (1545-1643), Japanese samurai
• Shinji Jojo (born 1977), Japanese retired footballer

Fictional characters

• Jojo, a protagonist in the musical Seussical, as well as the book Horton Hears a Who!, 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 Calling
• JoJo Tickle, main character of JoJo's Circus, an American children's television show
• John Joseph "Jo Jo" McCann, main character of Looking After Jo Jo, a 1998 BBC Scotland television series
• Jojo Harte, on the Irish television series Raw (2008-2013)
• Mojo Jojo, a simian character in the American animated television show The Powerpuff Girls
• Eight members of the same family in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, a manga, anime, and video game series in which every protagonist's name can be abbreviated JoJo.
• Jojo Khalastra, on The Comedy Store Israeli television show
• Jojo, in the Beatles song "Get Back"
• Jojo the Kissing Bandit, in the Avatar: The Last Airbender trading card game