Bozo or bozo may refer to:

People

Bozo people The Bozo are a Mande ethnic group located predominantly along the Niger River in Mali. The name ''Bozo'' is thought to derive from Bambara ''bo-so'' "straw house"; the people accept it as referring to the whole of the ethnic group but use more ...

, a fishing people of the central Niger delta in Mali **

Bozo language Bozo ( meaning house of straw) is a Mande language spoken by the Bozo people of the Inner Niger Delta in Mali. For Fishing, many Bozo are also found in other West African countries where there are Rivers and Dams, such as Nigeria, Burkina Faso a ...

, languages of the Bozo people * Frédéric Bozo, history Professor at the University of Paris III: Sorbonne Nouvelle *

Bozo Miller Edward Abraham "Bozo" Miller (June 11, 1918 – January 7, 2008) was an American restaurant owner, ''Gastronomical Champion'' of competitive eating, and a Guinness World Record holder listed as "world's greatest trencherman." The Guinness B ...

(1918–2008), American restaurant owner, Gastronomical Champion of competitive eating, and Guinness World Record holder

Art, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters and mascots

* ''Bozo'' (comic strip), a pantomime comic strip by Foxo Reardon * Bozo (mascot), a former wildcat kept as a live mascot for the University of New Hampshire *

Bozo the Clown Bozo the Clown, sometimes billed as "Bozo, The World's Most Famous Clown", is a clown character created for children's entertainment, widely popular in the second half of the 20th century. He was introduced in the United States in 1946, and to te ...

, a clown character in the United States *

Bozo the Iron Man Bozo the Iron Man is a fictional character, first appearing in Quality Comics series, ''Smash Comics'' #1 (Aug. 1939). The character's adventures were written and drawn by Quality Comics editor George Brenner, using the name "Wayne Reid". Publica ...

, a 1930s/40s era comic book superhero

Film and television

* ''Bozo'' (film), a 2013 Japanese drama film *''

The Bozo Show ''The Bozo Show'' was a locally produced children's television program that aired on WGN-TV in Chicago and nationally on what is now NewsNation. It was based on a children's record-book series, ''Bozo the Clown'' by Capitol Records. The series i ...

'', locally produced children's television program on WGN-TV in Chicago and on WGN America

Music

* ''Bozo'' (album), the debut album of the singer/songwriter Lida Husik * "Bozo", a 1951 song by

Félix Leclerc Félix Leclerc, (August 2, 1914 – August 8, 1988) was a French-Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor and '' Québécois'' political activist. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on December 20, 1968. Leclerc was posth ...

from his debut album, ''Chante ses derniers succès sur disques'' *"Bozos", a single by the UK band

The Levellers The Levellers were a political movement active during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms who were committed to popular sovereignty, extended suffrage, equality before the law and religious tolerance. The hallmark of Leveller thought was its popul ...

Bozo Ratliff Bozo Ratliff was a rockabilly singer from 1950s. Bozo Ratliff recorded for Space Record which was distributed out of St. Louis, Missouri St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of th ...

, rockabilly singer from 1950s *''Bozo'', an album by American rapper

Saint Dog Steven Thronson (October 21, 1975 – October 13, 2020), better known by his stage name Saint Dog, was an American rapper from Southern California. Career He was an original founding member of Kottonmouth Kings, along with D-Loc and Johnny ...

Computing

Bozo bit The term bozo bit has been used in two contexts. Initially a weak copy protection system in the 1980s Apple classic Mac OS, the term "flipping the bozo bit" was later reused to describe a decision to ignore a person's input. It is a whimsical term ...

, a copy protection system in 1980s Apple Macintosh operating system *

Bozo filter Email filtering is the processing of email to organize it according to specified criteria. The term can apply to the intervention of human intelligence, but most often refers to the automatic processing of messages at an SMTP server, possibly appl ...

or email filtering, the processing of email to organize it according to specified criteria *

Bozo sort In computer science, bogosort (also known as permutation sort, stupid sort, slowsort or bozosort) is a sorting algorithm based on the generate and test paradigm. The function successively generates permutations of its input until it finds one t ...

, a particularly ineffective sorting algorithm based on the generate and test paradigm

Slang

*Bozo, a slang phrase for an

idiot An idiot, in modern use, is a stupid or foolish person. 'Idiot' was formerly a technical term in legal and psychiatric contexts for some kinds of profound intellectual disability where the mental age is two years or less, and the person cannot ...

Other uses

*Spee De Bozo,

J. Edgar Hoover John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was appointed director of the Bureau of Investigation � ...

's dog *Bozo, nickname of ProRodeo Hall of Fame barrel racing horse, registered name

French Flash Hawk French Flash Hawk (1987–May 4, 2016) nicknamed Bozo won four consecutive World Barrel Racing Champion titles with his owner, Kristie Peterson. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2018. Bozo was one of the mostly widely known ...