Jaco may refer to:

Places

* Jaco Island, island of East Timor *

Jacó, Costa Rica Jacó is a district of the Garabito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. Jacó has a black sand beach that is long and is popular among surfers. History Jacó was created on 16 September 1965. Segregated from Puntarenas. Geo ...

, a town in Western Costa Rica *

Jaco, West Virginia Jaco is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers ...

Animals

* Jaco is the local name for the Dominican endemic

red-necked amazon The red-necked amazon (''Amazona arausiaca''), also known as the red-necked parrot, Dominican blue-faced amazon, lesser Dominican amazon, and Jaco parrot, is an amazon parrot endemic to Dominica. It is green, with bright splashes of various colo ...

parrot * Usual name for the grey parrot in a number of languages

Arts and entertainment

* ''Jaco'', a 2014 American

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

about Jaco Pastorius * ''Jaco'', a 1974 jazz album by Jaco Pastorius et al. *''

Jaco the Galactic Patrolman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July to October 2013, with the eleven chapters collected into a single volume by Shueisha. It follows Jaco, an extraterr ...

'', Japanese manga series

People

Nickname

* Jaco (born 1932), Jacob Azafrani Beliti, Moroccan footballer * Jacó (born 1996), Carlos Alberto Guimaraes Filho, Brazilian footballer

Given name

"Jaco" is a common

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. Some of the better known people with this name include: * Jaco Ahlers (born 1987), South African golfer *

Jaco Engelbrecht Jacobus Petrus Engelbrecht (born 8 March 1987) is a South African athlete specialising in the shot put. He has won several medals on continental level. In addition, he represented his country at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 2014 Worl ...

(born 1987), South African shot putter *

Jaco Erasmus Jaco Erasmus (born 31 July 1979) is a South African-born Italian rugby union naturalized player. He plays as a flanker. He played for Rugby Viadana where he gained qualification for the Italian national team. In March 2008 he received a call up ...

(born 1979), South African-born Italian rugby player * Jaco Kriel (born 1989), South African rugby player * Jaco Pastorius (1951–1987), American jazz musician *

Jaco Peyper Jaco Peyper is a South African Rugby Union referee. Peyper rose through the ranks in South Africa quickly, making his Super Rugby debut in 2008 while still in his 20s. In 2011 he was named as an official for the 2011 IRB Junior World Championsh ...

(born 1980), South African rugby referee *

Jaco Van Dormael Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Van Dormael spent his childh ...

(born 1957), Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright * Jaco Venter (born 1987), South African racing cyclist *

Jaco van der Westhuyzen Jaco van der Westhuyzen (born 6 April 1978) is a South African former professional rugby union footballer who played fly-half or fullback. Early life Born in Groblersdal, Mpumalanga province, South Africa, van der Westhuyzen was educated at B ...

(born 1978), South African rugby player *

Jaco van Zyl Jaco Phillipus van Zyl (born 23 February 1979) is a professional golfer from South Africa. Career Van Zyl was born in Pretoria. He won the South African Amateur Championship (golf), South African Amateur in 2000 and turned professional the foll ...

(born 1971), South African golfer

Surname

* Charles Jaco (born 1950), American newscaster and radio personality * David Jaco (born 1954), American boxer * Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born 1982), Chicago rapper better known as "Lupe Fiasco" *

William Jaco William "Bus" H. Jaco (born July 14, 1940 in Grafton, West Virginia) is an American mathematician who is known for his role in the Jaco–Shalen–Johannson decomposition theorem and is currently Regents Professor and Grayce B. Kerr Chair at Okl ...

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