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* [[Samoa Joe]], an American professional wrestler, currently performing for [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]].
* [[Samoa Joe]], an American professional wrestler, currently performing for [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling|TNA]].
* '''Joe''' is the preferred nickname of Thai filmmaker [[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]]
* '''Joe''' is the preferred nickname of Thai filmmaker [[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]]
* [[Joe (singer)]], an R&B singer with joe
* [[Joe (singer)]], an R&B singer


==Arts, Music and Literature==
==Arts, Music and Literature==

Revision as of 20:27, 21 August 2007

Joe is a common diminutive form of the name "Joseph".


People

Arts, Music and Literature

Fictional Characters

In generic naming

  • Joe Cool, nickname given primarily to those who display a calm or placid attitude
  • Joe Bloggs, commonly used placeholder name in United Kingdom teaching, programming, and other thinking and writing
  • Joe's Diner, nickname for a fictional/hypothetical restaurant owned and run as a small business
  • Joe Sixpack, Average Joe, Joe Blow, and others, generic names used in the United States to denote a hypothetical member of society deemed a "common man"
  • Joe, in Chicago urban slang, is a familiar way to address peers as in, "What's up, Joe?"

In Soviet weapon testing

  • Joe 1, the first Soviet nuclear weapon test
  • Joe 4, the first Soviet test of a thermonuclear weapon

In other fields

  • Joe, nickname for coffee; see Cup of joe
  • Joe FM, a brand for several radio stations in North America
  • Joe job, spam designed to look like it is coming from someone else
  • Joe's Own Editor, a text editor for Unix systems

See also