Jojo

This article is about the name. For other uses, see Jojo (disambiguation).

Jojo, JoJo or Jo Jo is a given name, surname, nickname or stage name used by several people and fictional characters, including:

People with the given name, nickname or stage name

Musicians

• JoJo (born 1990), American singer and actress
• Jojo (Bengali singer), Bengali singer
• 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
• JoJo Hailey (born 1971), American R&B singer Joel Hailey, half of K-Ci & JoJo and Jodeci
• 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 Mason (born 1990), Canadian country music singer-songwriter
• 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.
• JoJo Siwa (born 2003), American dancer, singer and actress

Sports people

• JoJo (wrestler), American WWE ring announcer Joseann Alexie Offerman (born 1994)
• Jojó (born 1970), Mozambican retired footballer
• JoJo Dickson (born 1989), player in the Canadian Football League
• JoJo Domann (born 1997), American football player
• Jojo Duncil (born 1983), Philippine Basketball Association player
• Jo Jo English (born 1970), American former National Basketball Association player, top scorer in the 1999-2000 Israel Basketball Premier League.
• 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 Romero (born 1996), 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 (1946–2018), American basketball player
• Jo-Jo White (1909–1986), American baseball player
• Jonatan Christie (born 1997), Indonesian badminton player
• Jo Jo Pascua (born 1965), Filipino professional boxer

Other people

• 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. 1944), Canadian television journalist
• JoJo Fletcher (born 1990), American reality TV star on The Bachelorette Season 12
• 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
• Jojo Rabbit, a 2019 American satirical comedy-drama film
• Jojo Andrews (1956–1982), American professional wreslter

People with the 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 with the name

• Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo, a minor character from The Simpsons animated sitcom ("The Last Temptation of Homer" episode)
• 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
• Jojo, a food critic character in the Papa Louie games by Flipline Studios.
• 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
• Every protagonist in the Japanese manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
  • Jonathan Joestar, the protagonist of Phantom Blood
  • Joseph Joestar, the protagonist of Battle Tendency
  • Jotaro Kujo, the protagonist of Stardust Crusaders
  • Josuke Higashikata, the protagonist of Diamond is Unbreakable (the suke (助) in the Japanese name may also be pronounced as "Jo")
  • Giorno Giovanna, the protagonist of Golden Wind (sometimes stylized as GioGio)
  • Jolyne Cujoh, the protagonist of Stone Ocean
  • Johnny Joestar, the protagonist of Steel Ball Run
  • Josuke 'Gappy' Higashikata, the protagonist of JoJolion (named after the previous protagonist of Diamond is Unbreakable)
  • Jodio Joestar, the protagonist of The JOJOLands
• 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
• Granny Jojo Watterson, a pink rabbit character in the American animated television show The Amazing World of Gumball
• Jojo, main character of the Belgian comic series Jojo created by André Geerts
• Johannes "Jojo" Betzler, the young protagonist of Jojo Rabbit, a comedy-drama film
• JoJo, one of the titular characters in British TV series JoJo & Gran Gran
• Jojo, one of the students in animated TV series Ollie's Pack
• Jojo, daughter of Rachel, and the niece of Maddie and Tom Wachowski from Sonic the Hedgehog film series.