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Jocko is a nickname, often for John or
Joseph
Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...
. Notable people named Jocko include:
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Jocko Anderson
John Wilberforce "Jocko" Anderson (October 4, 1893 – July 22, 1960) was a Canadian two-sport athlete from Canada. In Winnipeg, he won the 1915 Connaught Cup with Winnipeg Scottish FC in soccer and the 1916 Allan Cup with the Winnipeg 61st Bat ...
(1892–1960), Canadian professional ice hockey player
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Joseph J. Clark
Admiral Joseph James "Jocko" Clark, USN (November 12, 1893 – July 13, 1971) was an admiral in the United States Navy, who commanded aircraft carriers during World War II. Born and raised in Indian Territory (which later became part of Oklaho ...
(1893–1971), Native American US Navy admiral
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Jocko Collins John P. ("Jocko") Collins (November 13, 1905 – March 2, 1986) was a professional basketball referee, and a baseball scout for the Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros, Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, and Milwaukee Br ...
(1905–1986), National Basketball Association referee and supervisor of officials
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Jocko Conlan
John Bertrand "Jocko" Conlan (December 6, 1899 – April 16, 1989) was an American baseball umpire who worked in the National League (NL) from 1941 to 1965. He had a brief career as an outfielder with the Chicago White Sox before entering umpirin ...
(1899–1989), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball umpire
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Jocko Conlon
Arthur Joseph "Jocko" Conlon (December 10, 1897 – August 5, 1987) was a professional baseball player for the Boston Braves in Major League Baseball. Conlon was an alumnus of Harvard College, class of 1922, where he captained the Crimson baseba ...
(1897–1987), Major League Baseball player
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Jocko Cunningham
Joseph Oliver "Jocko" Cunningham (born October 30, 1950) is a former racing driver who competed in the SCCA/ECAR Formula Atlantic series from 1986 to 1990. He finished second in the championship in 1988 and won the championship in 1989. Among his 7 ...
(born 1950), former racing driver who competed in the SCCA/ECAR Formula Atlantic series from 1986 to 1990
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Jocko Fields
John Joseph "Jocko" Fields (October 20, 1864 – October 14, 1950) was a Major League Baseball player. He was born on October 20, 1864, in Cork, Ireland. Fields made his Major League debut on May 31, 1887. He played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, P ...
(1864–1950), Major League Baseball player
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Jocko Flynn
John A. "Jocko" Flynn (June 30, 1864 – December 31, 1907) was an American Major League Baseball player for the Chicago White Stockings who played pitcher only in the 1886 season, during which the team again won the National League championship. ...
(1864–1907), Major League Baseball pitcher
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Joaquín "Jack" García
Joaquín "Jack" García (born 1952) is a Cuban-American retired FBI agent, best known for his undercover work infiltrating the Gambino crime family in New York City. García is regarded as one of the most successful and prolific undercover agents ...
(born 1952), retired undercover FBI agent
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Jack Gotta
Jack "Jocko" Gotta (November 14, 1929 – June 29, 2013) was an American-born Canadian professional football player, coach, and general manager.
Gotta played Tight End at Oregon State in 1952 and Hamilton Air Force Base from 1954-1956. He sig ...
(1929–2013), American football player, coach and general manager, mainly in the Canadian Football League
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Jocko Halligan
William E. "Jocko" Halligan (December 8, 1868 in Avon, New York – February 13, 1945 in Buffalo, New York), was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1890–1892. He would play for the Baltimore Orioles, ...
(1868–1945), Major League Baseball player
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Jocko Henderson
Douglas "Jocko" Henderson (March 8, 1918July 15, 2000) was an American radio disc jockey, businessman, and hip hop music pioneer.
Early life
Henderson grew up in Baltimore, where both of his parents were teachers.
Radio broadcasting
Henderson ...
(1918–2000), American radio personality
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Luke Johnson (musician)
Luke Anthony "Jocko" Johnson (born 11 March 1981) is an English rock musician, drummer and songwriter. He is most commonly known as 'Jocko'. Johnson began his music career in the late 1990s drumming for a spree of small local West Midlands- pu ...
(born 1981), English rock musician, drummer and songwriter
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Jocko Maggiacomo
Chauncey T. Maggiacomo Jr. (born November 30, 1947) known as "Jocko" or, in high school, as "Chant," is a racing car driver from Poughkeepsie, New York. He is infamous for T-boning Bobby Allison, all but ending both careers.
His father Chauncey T ...
(born 1947), NASCAR Winston Cup series driver
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Jocko Marcellino
John Fair "Jocko" Marcellino (born May 12, 1950) is an American singer, musician, songwriter, producer and actor best known as one of the founders of the American rock and roll group Sha Na Na. He performed with Sha Na Na at the original Woodsto ...
(born 1950), American singer, musician, songwriter, producer, actor and one of the founders of the American rock and roll group Sha Na Na
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Sherman Maxwell
Sherman Leander "Jocko" Maxwell (December 18, 1907 – July 16, 2008) was an American sportscaster and chronicler of Negro league baseball. Many veteran journalists of his day, including Sam Lacy of the Baltimore Afro-American, believed that M ...
(1907–2008), African-American sportscaster and chronicler of Negro league baseball
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Jocko Milligan
John "Jocko" Milligan (August 8, 1861 – August 29, 1923) was an American professional baseball player who played catcher in Major League Baseball from 1884 to 1893. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics, St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Athl ...
(1861–1923), Major League Baseball catcher
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Jack Nelson (American football)
Jack "Jocko" Nelson (July 12, 1927November 20, 1978) was an American football coach. He coached football at Utah State University (1955–1957), the University of Colorado (1958), the University of Michigan (1959–1965), Gustavus Adolphus Colleg ...
(1927–1978), American college and National Football League coach
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Jocko Sims
Jocko Sims (born February 20, 1981) is an American actor, known for playing Anthony Adams in ''Crash'' and later playing Carlton Burk in the series '' The Last Ship''. On the NBC TV show ''New Amsterdam'', he portrays Dr. Floyd Reynolds.
Care ...
(born 1981), American actor best known for his role as Anthony Adams (aka Panic) on the Starz network series ''Crash''
* Gwyn Thomas (reporter) (1913–2010), Canadian crime reporter
* Jocko Thompson (1917–1988), Major League Baseball pitcher
* John "Jocko" Willink (born 1972), retired United States Navy SEAL, author of Extreme Ownership, host of Jocko Podcast