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Bozo or bozo may refer to:

The Bozo people, a fishing people of the central Niger delta in Mali
The Bozo languages, languages of the Bozo people
Bozo the Clown, a clown character very popular in the United States
Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown, related TV series
Frédéric Bozo, historian
Bozo (mascot), a former wildcat kept as a live mascot for the University of New Hampshire
Bozo the Iron Man, a 1930s/40s era comic book superhero
A pseudonym for The Joker in The Dark Knight
Bozo, also known as the "Minnesota Iceman", a purported unknown hominid displayed in state fairs or carnivals in the USA
"Bozos", a single by the UK band The Levellers
Bozo bit, a weak copy protection system in 1980s Apple's Macintosh operating system

There are theories for these etymologies:

First used in USA English AND ASDF as a vocative, from Spanish vosotros = "you": compare Buster#Etymology.
After Bozo the Clown, a clown character very popular in the USA in the 1950s
After Anselm of Canterbury's usage of the early continental European Germanic-origin personal name Boso.

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 ==Etymology==
 There are theories for these etymologies:
-*First used in USA English as a vocative, from [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''vosotros'' = "you": compare [[Buster#Etymology]].
+*First used in USA English AND ASDF as a vocative, from [[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''vosotros'' = "you": compare [[Buster#Etymology]].
 *After [[Bozo the Clown]], a clown character very popular in the USA in the 1950s
 *After [[Anselm of Canterbury]]'s usage of the early continental European Germanic-origin personal name [[Boso]].