Jo

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Jo is usually a short form of a given name:

Jo may also refer to:

  • Jō (杖?), a ~5-foot-long wooden staff used in some Japanese martial arts
  • Cho (Korean name), also spelled Jo, a common Korean family name

People:

  • Jô, a Brazilian football (soccer) player
  • Jo Frost (born 1970), English nanny, writer and TV hostess
  • Jô Soares (born 1938), Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author and musician
  • Joe Hisaishi, also known as Hisaishi Jo, a Japanese composer
  • Joe Odagiri, also known as Odagiri Jo, a Japanese actor
  • Jo Kamisaku, also known as Kamisaku Jo, a Japanese criminal
  • J.K. Rowling, Joanne "Jo" Murray née Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series

Fictional characters:

  • Jo, a crossing sweeper in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House
  • Jo Polniaczek, from the television show The Facts of Life
  • Joanne Gardner, lead character from the soap opera Search for Tomorrow
  • Jo, one of the main characters of anime series Burst Angel
  • Jo March, a character in the novel Little Women and its sequels

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