B. J. (given name)

In arts and entertainment

Film, television, and theatre

• B. J. Averell, an American online tutor and reality television contestant
• B. J. Novak, an American comedian and writer
• B. J. Porter, an American actor
• B. J. Ward , an American actress
• B.J. Whitmer, an American professional wrestler

  Literature

• B. J. Daniels, an American author of contemporary romance novels
• BJ Gallagher, a speaker and author
• B. J. Oliphant, pseudonym for Sheri Stewart Tepper, an American author
• BJ Ward , an American poet

  Music

• Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of the band Green Day
• BJ the Chicago Kid, an American singer-songwriter
• B. J. Cole, an English pedal steel guitarist famous for playing in the band Cochise
• B. J. Leiderman, an American composer and songwriter
• B. J. Nilsen, a Swedish sound artist
• B. J. Thomas, an American singer
• B.J. Wilson, an English drummer for the band Procol Harum

  In government and politics

• B. J. Cruz, an American judge and politician from Guam
• B. J. Habibie, the third President of Indonesia, holding office from 1998 to 1999
• B.J. Lawson, an American politician
• B. J. Panda, an Indian politician
• B. J. Vorster, former Prime Minister and President of South Africa

  In sport

American and Canadian football (gridiron football)

• B. J. Askew, an American football fullback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL
• B. J. Bello, an American football player
• B. J. Cohen, an American football offensive lineman/defensive lineman
• B. J. Daniels, American football quarterback
• B. J. Gallis, a former football linebacker in the Canadian Football League
• B. J. Raji, an American football player
• B. J. Sams , an American football player
• B. J. Sander, an American football player
• B. J. Symons, an American football player
• B. J. Tucker, an American football player
• B. J. Ward , an American football player

  Baseball

• B. J. LaMura, an American baseball player
• B. J. Ryan, an American baseball player
• B. J. Surhoff, an American baseball player
• B. J. Upton, now known as Melvin Upton, Jr., an American baseball player

  Basketball

• B. J. Armstrong, a retired American professional basketball player
• BJ McKie, an American basketball player
• B. J. Tyler, an American former professional basketball player

  Ice hockey

• B.J. Crombeen, a Canadian professional ice hockey player
• B. J. Young , a professional ice hockey right player

  Other sports

• BJ Botha, South African rugby union player
• B. J. Flores, Mexican American professional boxer
• B. J. Johnson, American swimmer
• B. J. Penn, American mixed martial arts fighter
• B.J. Whitmer, American professional wrestler

  In other fields

• B. J. Fogg, an American behavioral psychologist
• B. J. Kennedy, an American physician
• B. J. Palmer, a pioneer of Chiropractic
• B. J. Sams , an American news anchor on Today's THV This Morning

  Fictional characters

• B.J. a character from the children's television program Barney & Friends
• BJ Birdie, former mascot for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team
• B. J. Hunnicutt, a fictional doctor on the TV show M*A*S*H
• B. J. Jones, a character on the ABC soap opera General Hospital
• BJ Smith, a character in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• B.J. Walker, a character on the American soap opera Santa Barbara
• William "B.J." Blazkowicz, the protagonist of the video game series Wolfenstein
• Billy Joe "B. J." McKay, the protagonist of the TV show B. J. and the Bear