Jimbo is a

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. It is also a Japanese

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, and it means state or province in Swahili. It may refer to:

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* Jimbo (drag queen), a.k.a. James Insell, Canadian theatrical designer and drag queen * Jimbo Aquino (born 1985), Filipino professional basketball player *

Jim Covert James Paul "Jimbo" Covert (born March 22, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons during the 1980s and early 1990s. Covert played college foot ...

(born 1960), former American football player * Jimbo Elrod (1954–2016), former American football player *

Jimbo Fisher John James "Jimbo" Fisher Jr. (born October 9, 1965) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head coach of the Texas A&M Aggies. Previously, Fisher was the head coach at Florida State, where his team won the 2014 BC ...

(born 1965), American college football coach and former player *

Jimbo Mathus James H. Mathis Jr. (born August 1967), known as Jimbo Mathus, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and member of the swing revival band Squirrel Nut Zippers. Early life and career He was born in Oxford, Mississippi to Jimmy Mathis an ...

(born 1967), co-founder of the band Squirrel Nut Zippers * James Richardson (born 1956), known as AC Jimbo. The host of

Football Italia ''Football Italia'' was a television programme in the United Kingdom, showing Italian football, that ran from 1992 to 2002 on Channel 4, and continued until 2008 on other channels. It was known as ''Football Italiano'' in its final season. The ...

and former host of The Guardian's Football Weekly *

Jimmy Wales Jimmy Donal Wales (born August 7, 1966), also known on Wikipedia by the pseudonym Jimbo, is an American-British Internet entrepreneur, webmaster, and former financial trader. He is a co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipe ...

(born 1966), co-founder of Wikipedia * Jimbo Wallace, bass guitarist for the American psychobilly band The Reverend Horton Heat

Surname

* Akira Jimbo (born 1959), drummer *

Michio Jimbo is a Japanese mathematician working in mathematical physics and is a professor of mathematics at Rikkyo University. He is a grandson of the linguist . Career After graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1974, he studied under Mikio Sato at ...

(born 1951), mathematician * Rei Jimbo (born 1974), Olympic synchronized swimmer

Fictional characters

* Jimbo, a recurring comic book character of

Gary Panter Gary Panter (born December 1, 1950) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician. Panter's work is representative of the post-underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of '' Arcade: The Comi ...

* Jimbo Gumbo, a character in the comic strip '' Rose Is Rose'' * Jimbo, a talking airplane in '' Jimbo and the Jet Set'', a British animated cartoon series * Jimbo, nickname of James Rockford in the TV series ''

The Rockford Files ''The Rockford Files'' is an American detective drama television series starring James Garner that aired on the NBC network from September 13, 1974 to January 10, 1980, and remains in syndication. Garner portrays Los Angeles private investigat ...

'' *

Jimbo Jones The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The writ ...

, a character in the TV series ''

The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer Simpson, Homer, Marge ...

'' * Jimbo Kern, a character in the TV series ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand their ...

'' * Jimbo, nickname of ''Code Lyoko'' character Jim Moralés * Jimbo, nickname of ''The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron'' character Jimmy Neutron * Jimbo, the name of a teddy gorilla given away by Co-op UK * Jimbo, the name given to Bill Rizer in the American localization of '' Contra III: The Alien Wars'' * Jimbo, the nickname of the protagonist in the movie ''

Treasure Planet ''Treasure Planet'' is a 2002 American animated science fiction action-adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The 43rd Disney animated feature film, it is a science fiction adaptati ...

'' * Jimbo, the eponymous protagonist of the novel ''Jimbo'' by

Algernon Blackwood Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary cri ...

* Thardid Jimbo, cannibal giant in Australian Aboriginal mythology * Jimbo, nickname of James Gordon in the TV series '' Gotham'' * Jimbo, a character in ''

The Boss Baby ''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Loosely based on the 2010 picture book of the same name by Marla Frazee, it was directed by Tom McGrath f ...

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