Banjo (disambiguation)
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A banjo is a stringed instrument common in folk and popular music. It may also refer to:
Places
Persons
- Nickname
- Bill Cornett (1890-c. 1959), American traditional folk singer and banjo player and State Representative in Kentucky
- Banjo Matthews (1932-1996), NASCAR driver, car owner and builder
- Banjo Paterson (1864-1941), Australian poet, journalist and author
- Surname
- Ashley Banjo (born 1988), English street dancer, choreographer and actor
- Chris Banjo (born 1990), American National Football League player
- Tunji Banjo, Nigerian-Irish former footballer
Arts and entertainment
- The Banjo (Gottschalk), an 1853 piano composition by Louis Moreau Gottschalk
- Banjo (1947 film), an American film directed by Richard Fleischer
- Banjo (2016 film), an Indian film
- "Banjo" (song), a song by Rascal Flatts from the album Changed
- "The Banjo" (song), a 2014 single by Norwegian formation 3LOGY
- Banjo, a protagonist in the Banjo-Kazooie video game series
Other uses
- Banjo (chocolate bar), a popular British chocolate bar during the 1970s
- Banjo (samba), a musical instrument
- Banjo (signal), an obsolete railroad signalling device
- Banjo (wood lathe), a fixture on a wood-turning lathe
- "Banjo", a slang term for the Australian $10 note, because one side has a picture of Banjo Paterson on it
- Battle of Banjo, a First World War battle in Africa
- Japanese gunboat Banjō, a warship of the early Imperial Japanese Navy
- "Banjo", a dinosaur specimen of the genus Australovenator
- Banjo (mobile application), a free app
See also
- Banjos banjos or banjofish, a species of fish
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