# Jimbo

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This article is about the name. For the song by Eric Burdon and War, see [The Black-Man's Burdon](/source/The_Black-Man's_Burdon).

**Jimbo** is a given name. It is often short for [James](/source/James_(given_name)). It is also a [Japanese](/source/Japanese_language) [surname](/source/Surname), and it means state or province in [Swahili](/source/Swahili_language). It may refer to:

## Given name or nickname

- [James Insell](/source/James_Insell) (born 1982), Canadian theatrical designer and drag queen professionally known as Jimbo
- [Jimbo Aquino](/source/Jimbo_Aquino) (born 1985), Filipino professional basketball player
- [Jimbo Covert](/source/Jimbo_Covert) (born 1960), former American football player
- [Jimbo Elrod](/source/Jimbo_Elrod) (1954–2016), former American football player
- [Jimbo Fisher](/source/Jimbo_Fisher) (born 1965), American college football coach and former player
- [Jimbo J](/source/Jimbo_J) (born 1985), Israeli musician
- [Jimbo Mathus](/source/Jimbo_Mathus) (born 1967), co-founder of the band Squirrel Nut Zippers
- [Jimmy Wales](/source/Jimmy_Wales) (born 1966), co-founder of Wikipedia
- [Jimbo Wallace](/source/Jimbo_Wallace), bass guitarist for the American psychobilly band The Reverend Horton Heat

## Surname

- [AC Jimbo](/source/AC_Jimbo) (born 1956), English television presenter and journalist
- [Akira Jimbo](/source/Akira_Jimbo) (born 1959), Japanese drummer
- [Michio Jimbo](/source/Michio_Jimbo) (born 1951), Japanese mathematician
- [Nobuhiko Jimbo](/source/Nobuhiko_Jimbo) (1900–1978), Japanese military officer
- [Rei Jimbo](/source/Rei_Jimbo) (born 1974), Japanese Olympic synchronized swimmer

## Fictional characters

- Jimbo, a recurring comic book character of [Gary Panter](/source/Gary_Panter)
- [Jimbo Gumbo](/source/Rose_Is_Rose#Characters), a character in the comic strip *Rose Is Rose*
- Jimbo, a talking airplane in *[Jimbo and the Jet-Set](/source/Jimbo_and_the_Jet-Set)*, a British animated cartoon series
- Jimbo, nickname of James Rockford in the TV series *[The Rockford Files](/source/The_Rockford_Files)*
- [Jimbo Jones](/source/Jimbo_Jones), a character in the TV series *The Simpsons*
- [Jimbo Kern](/source/Jimbo_Kern), a character in the TV series *South Park*
- Jimbo, nickname of *Code Lyoko* character [Jim Moralés](/source/Jim_Moral%C3%A9s)
- Jimbo, nickname of *The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron* character [Jimmy Neutron](/source/Jimmy_Neutron)
- Jimbo, the name of a teddy gorilla given away by [Co-op UK](/source/The_Co-operative_Group)
- Jimbo, the name given to Bill Rizer in the American localization of *[Contra III: The Alien Wars](/source/Contra_III:_The_Alien_Wars)*
- Jimbo, the nickname of the protagonist in the movie *[Treasure Planet](/source/Treasure_Planet)*
- Jimbo, the eponymous protagonist of the novel *Jimbo* by [Algernon Blackwood](/source/Algernon_Blackwood)
- [Thardid Jimbo](/source/Thardid_Jimbo), cannibal giant in Australian Aboriginal mythology
- Jimbo, nickname of James Gordon in the TV series *[Gotham](/source/Gotham_(TV_series))*
- Jimbo, a character in *[The Boss Baby](/source/The_Boss_Baby)*
- Jimbo, a talking [joker card](/source/Joker_(playing_card)) and mascot of the video game *[Balatro](/source/Balatro)*
- Jimbo the Juggler, a fictional circus character in *[The Wiggles Movie](/source/The_Wiggles_Movie)*

## See also

- [James (disambiguation)](/source/James_(disambiguation))
- [Jim (disambiguation)](/source/Jim_(disambiguation))
- [Jimmy (disambiguation)](/source/Jimmy_(disambiguation))

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