Joe

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

Contents 1 In politics 2 In sports 3 In television 4 In movies 5 In fiction 6 In music 7 In gaming 8 In generic naming 9 In Soviet weapon testing 10 In crime 11 In other fields 12 See also

[edit] In politics

• Joe Clark, the 16th Prime Minister of Canada
• Uncle Joe, a nickname for Soviet leader Joseph Stalin

[edit] In sports

• Joe Cole, a footballer for Chelsea of the English Premier League
• Joe Cronin, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder for various teams
• Joe Dimaggio, Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder for the New York Yankees
• Joe Kelly (Formula One), famous Formula One driver from Dublin, Ireland
• Joe Montana, a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL
• Joe Nemechek, a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver and owner of NEMCO Motorsports
• Joe Sakic, center for the Colorado Avalanche of the NHL
• Joe Thomas, offensive tackle for the Wisconsin Badgers
• Joe Thornton, center for the San Jose Sharks of the NHL
• Samoa Joe, an American professional wrestler, currently performing for TNA.

[edit] In television

• Average Joe, reality TV dating shows that aired on the NBC network
• Joe Menosky, the Star Trek writer credited with starting the trend of working the number 47 into every script
• Joe Piscopo, American comedian known for his work on Saturday Night Live

[edit] In movies

• Joe Mantegna, actor
• Joe Pesci, actor

[edit] In fiction

• Joe, 1970 film starring Peter Boyle as the title character
• Joe Yabuki, anti-hero protagonist of boxing manga and anime series Ashita no Joe (Tomorrow's Joe)
• Joe, the name of the Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager in one possible future
• Joe 90, a 1968 Supermarionation television programme
• Joe Dredd, star of the British comic strip Judge Dredd
• Joe Higashi, one of the lone wolves from the Fatal Fury and King of Fighters Saga.
• Joe Kido, one of the main characters in the popular anime Digimon Adventure
• Joe Swanson, a recurring character in Family Guy
• Joe "The mechanical wizard", one of the player's wingmen in the game Blazing Angels

[edit] In music

• Joe (singer), an R&B singer
• Joe Budden, an American rapper
• Joe Cocker, an English Blues/Rock singer
• Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer
• Joe Perry, guitarist for Aerosmith
• Joe Satriani, an American instumental guitarist
• Joe Strummer, co-founder and lead singer of punk rock band The Clash, and later, The Mescaleros
• Joe Trohman, lead guitarist of the band Fall Out Boy
• Joe's Garage, a rock album by Frank Zappa
• Joe, a b-side outtake by Red Hot Chili Peppers off of Stadium Arcadium

[edit] In gaming

• Joe (computer game), a 1988 computer game for Commodore 64 by CP Verlag
• Viewtiful Joe, the main hero of the Viewtiful Joe series

[edit] 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"

[edit] In Soviet weapon testing

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

[edit] In crime

• Joe Adonis, Mobster in New York

[edit] 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 Van Holsbeeck, a youth who was murdered by a mugger in a Brussels subway station
• Joe's Own Editor, a Unix text editor
• Joe Sacco, comics journalist born in Malta

[edit] See also

• Joseph (disambiguation)