Jo (given name)
Jo is a given name, often a short form of Joanna, Joseph, Josephine, George, etc. Notable people with the name include:Men
- Jô, Brazilian footballer, João Alves de Assis Silva
- Jô, Brazilian footballer, Josiel Alves de Oliveira
- Jô, Brazilian footballer, Jonatas Figueira Fernandes
- Jo Jo Benson, stage name of Joseph M. Hewell, American R&B and soul singer
- Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer
- Jô Bilac, Brazilian playwright
- Jo Bogaert, Flemish musician and producer
- Johannes Jo Bonfrère, Dutch football player and coach
- Joakim Jo Bonnier, Swedish racing driver
- Johannes Jo van den Broek, Dutch architect
- John Jo Callis, British guitarist, notably with The Human League
- Jozef Jo Cals, Dutch Prime Minister
- Jozef Jo Coenen, Dutch architect
- Joseph Jo Colruyt, Belgian businessman
- Jozef Jo Cornu, Belgian business executive
- Josef Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver
- Johannes Jo van Gastel, Dutch archer
- Jo Grimond, British politician
- Jo de Haan, Dutch cyclist
- Jo Ishiwatari, Japanese actor
- Joseph Jo Johnson, British politician, Minister of State for Transport
- Jonathan Jo Jones, American jazz drummer
- Jo Kanazawa, Japanese footballer
- Jo Kondo, Japanese composer and conductor
- Jo Leinen, German politician and MEP
- Jo Maas, Dutch racing cyclist
- Johannes Jo Meynen, Dutch Ministers of Defence
- Jo Nesbø, Norwegian writer, musician, former economist and reporter
- Johannes Jo van Nunen, Dutch engineer and management consultant
- Jo Planckaert, Belgian cyclist
- Jo Privat, French accordionist and composer.
- Jozef Jo Ritzen, Dutch economist and social-democratic politician
- Johan Jo de Roo, Dutch cyclist
- Jô Santos, Brazilian footballer, Joálisson Santos Oliveira
- Joseph Jo Schlesser, French racing driver
- Joseph Jo Siffert, Swiss racing driver
- José Jô Soares, Brazilian comedian, talk show host, author and musician
- Joseph Jo Spier, Dutch artist and illustrator
- Johan Jo Vandeurzen, Belgian politician, Flemish Minister of Public Health
- Joseph Jo Vonlanthen, Swiss racing driver
- Johan Jo Voskuil, Dutch painter, illustrator, and bookbinder
- Johannes Jo Weil, German actor
Women
- Joanna Jo Aleh, New Zealand sailor, national, world and Olympic champion
- Johanna Jo van Ammers-Küller, Dutch writer
- Joanna Jo Ankier, British record holder
- Josephine Jo Armstead, American singer-songwriter
- Johanna Jo Bauer-Stumpff, Dutch painter
- Johanna Jo Bonger, Dutch art dealer, sister-in-law of Vincent van Gogh
- Josephine Jo Brand, English comedian, writer and actress
- Jo Ann Campbell, American singer
- Joanne Jo Coburn, BBC political correspondent
- Helen Joanne Jo Cox, British politician
- Johanna Jo Cox-Ladru, Dutch Olympic gymnast
- Damita Jo DeBlanc, aka Damita Jo, American actress and singer
- Joanna Jo Durie, English tennis player
- Joanne Jo Ellis, English field hockey forward
- Joanne Jo Frost, English nanny, writer and TV hostess
- Joanne Jo Kiesanowski, New Zealand cyclist
- Johanna Jo Konta, British tennis player
- Jo Lemaire, Belgian singer
- Joanne Jo Pavey, British Olympian and distance runner
- Jo Price, Welsh rugby union player and former footballer
- Joanne "Jo" J. K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter book series
- Jo Ann Robinson, American civil rights activist
- Johanna Jo Schouwenaar-Franssen, Dutch government minister
- Billie Jo Spears, American country music singer
- Jo Stafford, American singer of traditional pop music
- Jo Van Fleet, American theatre and film actress
- Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet.
- Joanne Jo Bailey Wells, British Anglican bishop, Bishop of Dorking
Fictional characters
- Joanne Gardner, lead character from the soap opera Search for Tomorrow
- Jo Grant, a 1971–1973 Dr. Who companion
- Jo March, in the novel Little Women and its sequels
- Jo Martinez, in the supernatural crime drama series Forever
- Jo Masters, in the British television series The Bill
- Jo Masterson, in ABC Family's Twisted
- Josephine "Jo" McCormick, one of the main characters of the TV series Big Bad Beetleborgs
- Jo Polniaczek, from the TV show The Facts of Life
- Jo Reynolds, in Melrose Place
- Jo Saint-Clair, title character of the French TV series Jo
- Jo Stockton, one of the main characters of the movie Funny Face
- Jo, one of the main characters of anime series Burst Angel
- Jo, a crossing sweeper in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House
- Jo, a contestant on
- Josephine "Jo" Brooke Wilson/Karev, from ABC's show "Grey's Anatomy"
