Jimbo is a given name. It is often short for James. It is also a Japanese surname, and it means state or province in Swahili. It may refer to:

Contents

• Given name or nickname
• Surname
• Fictional characters
• See also

Given name or nickname

• Jimbo (drag queen), a.k.a. James Insell, Canadian theatrical designer and drag queen
• Jimbo Aquino (born 1985), Filipino professional basketball player
• Jimbo Covert (born 1960), former American football player
• Jimbo Elrod (1954–2016), former American football player
• Jimbo Fisher (born 1965), American college football coach and former player
• Jimbo J (born 1985), Israeli musician
• Jimbo Mathus (born 1967), co-founder of the band Squirrel Nut Zippers
• Jimbo Wales (born 1966), co-founder of Wikipedia
• Jimbo Wallace, bass guitarist for the American psychobilly band The Reverend Horton Heat

Surname

• AC Jimbo (born 1956), English television presenter and journalist
• Akira Jimbo (born 1959), Japanese drummer
• Michio Jimbo (born 1951), Japanese mathematician
• Rei Jimbo (born 1974), Japanese Olympic synchronized swimmer

Fictional characters

• Jimbo, a recurring comic book character of Gary Panter
• Jimbo Gumbo, a character in the comic strip Rose Is Rose
• Jimbo, a talking airplane in Jimbo and the Jet-Set , a British animated cartoon series
• Jimbo, nickname of James Rockford in the TV series The Rockford Files
• Jimbo Jones, a character in the TV series The Simpsons
• Jimbo Kern, a character in the TV series South Park
• Jimbo, nickname of Code Lyoko character Jim Moralés
• Jimbo, nickname of The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron character Jimmy Neutron
• Jimbo, the name of a teddy gorilla given away by Co-op UK
• Jimbo, the name given to Bill Rizer in the American localization of Contra III: The Alien Wars
• Jimbo, the nickname of the protagonist in the movie Treasure Planet
• Jimbo, the eponymous protagonist of the novel Jimbo by Algernon Blackwood
• Thardid Jimbo, cannibal giant in Australian Aboriginal mythology
• Jimbo, nickname of James Gordon in the TV series Gotham
• Jimbo, a character in The Boss Baby
• Jimbo, a talking joker card and mascot of the video game Balatro

See also

Look up Jimbo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• James (disambiguation)
• Jim (disambiguation)
• Jimmy (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Jimbo

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