BJ or B. J. may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

BJ Services Company BJ Energy Solutions was founded in 1872 as the Byron Jackson Company in Woodland, California by inventor Byron Jackson and at its peak operated in more than 50 countries worldwide. The link below from fundinguniverse.com tells how BJ was acquire ...

, an oil and gas equipment and services company that is now a subsidiary of Baker Hughes * BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, an American restaurant chain *

BJ's Wholesale Club BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc., commonly referred as BJ's, is an American membership-only warehouse club chain based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, operating on the East Coast of the United States in addition to Ohio, Michigan, and Indian ...

, an American membership-only warehouse club chain *

B. J. Medical College, Pune B. J. Medical College (BJMC) is a medical college located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. The college, administered by the Government of Maharashtra, comprises clinical and para/pre-clinical departments working alongside the Sassoon Hospital, Sa ...

, India *

Ben & Jerry's Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings Inc., trading and commonly known as Ben & Jerry's, is an American company that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet. Founded in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont, the company went from a single ice cream ...

, an ice cream company *

Bergslagernas Järnvägar Bergslagernas Järnvägar was the largest private railroad company of Sweden with a main line from Gothenburg to Falun, in all 478 km. Bergslagernas Järnvägar (BJ) was founded in the 1870s to form a transportation system from Bergslage ...

, a private railroad company of Sweden *

Toronto Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Toronto. The Blue Jays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since 1989, the team has played its home games ...

, a professional baseball team *

Booster Juice Booster Juice Inc. is a Canadian chain of juice and smoothie bars founded in 1999. The chain specializes in smoothies made of pure juice, fruit sorbet or vanilla frozen yogurt, frozen fruit, fresh yogurt and ice. Founded in Sherwood Park, A ...

, a Canadian chain of juice and smoothie bars *

Nouvelair Nouvelair Limited Company (french: Nouvelair Société Anonyme, ar, الطيران الجديد تونس), trading as Nouvelair Tunisie, or simply Nouvelair, is a Tunisian airline with its registered office in Tunis, while its head office in th ...

(IATA airline code)

People

B. J. (given name) The initials B. J. as a given name or nickname may refer to: In arts and entertainment Film, television, and theatre * B. J. Averell (born 1979), an American online tutor and reality television contestant * B. J. Novak (born 1979), an American come ...

, people with the given name *

Boris Johnson Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (; born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer and journalist who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as F ...

(born 1964), British prime minister * Billy Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Fictional characters

* B.J., a dinosaur character from the children's television program ''

Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series targeted at young children aged 2–7, created by Sheryl Leach. The series premiered on PBS on April 6, 1992. The series features the title character Barney, a purple anthropomo ...

'' * BJ Birdie, former mascot for the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team * B. J. Hunnicutt, a fictional doctor on the TV show ''M*A*S*H'' * B. J. Jones, a character on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' *

BJ Smith ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' is a 2002 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the fourth main entry in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2001's ''Grand Theft Auto III'', and the s ...

, a character in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City'' * B.J. Walker, a character on the American soap opera ''Santa Barbara'' * William "B.J." Blazkowicz, the protagonist of the video game series ''Wolfenstein'' * Billy Joe "B. J." McKay, the protagonist of the TV show ''

B. J. and the Bear ''B.J. and the Bear'' is an American action comedy television series which aired on NBC from February 10, 1979, to May 9, 1981. Created by Glen A. Larson and Christopher Crowe, the series stars Greg Evigan. The series was produced when the CB ...

Places

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

, China (Guobiao abbreviation BJ) *

Benin Benin ( , ; french: Bénin , ff, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (french: République du Bénin), and formerly Dahomey, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the nort ...

, WMO and ISO 2-letter country code **

.bj .bj is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Benin. It is administered by the Office of Stations and Telecommunications of Benin. Despite having no "j" in its name in any of its official languages, Benin was allocated .bj as the ...

, domain name ccTLD for Benin *

Burton Joyce Burton Joyce is a large village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England, 7 miles (11 km) east of Nottingham, between Stoke Bardolph to the south and Bulcote to the north-east. The A612 links it to Carlton an ...

, a village in Nottinghamshire

Sport and competition

* Back Judge, an official in

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. Beitar Jerusalem Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים, Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply as Beitar (), is an Israeli football club based in the city of Jeru ...

, an Israeli football club * Bj league, a Japanese professional basketball league * Blackjack, a casino card game

Other uses

Bachelor of Journalism The Bachelor of Journalism (B.J.) degree is a degree awarded at some universities to students who have studied journalism in a three or four year undergraduate program. In the United States, some schools that do not award the B.J. degree instead c ...

, an academic degree * Broadcast jockey, the Korean term for a streamer *

Beijing (locomotive) Beijing, mostly referred to as BJ, is a diesel-hydraulic locomotive used in the People's Republic of China. It is named after the capital city of China, Beijing. BJ were made in two different versions, a standard version and a kou'an (port) ve ...

* ''

Biochemical Journal The ''Biochemical Journal'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal which covers all aspects of biochemistry, as well as cell and molecular biology. It is published by Portland Press and was established in 1906. History The journal was established ...

'' * Blow job, sexual slang for

fellatio Fellatio (also known as fellation, and in slang as blowjob, BJ, giving head, or sucking off) is an oral sex act involving a person stimulating the penis of another person by using the mouth, throat, or both. Oral stimulation of the scrotu ...

Ball joint In an automobile, ball joints are spherical bearings that connect the control arms to the steering knuckles, and are used on virtually every automobile made. They bionically resemble the ball-and-socket joints found in most tetrapod animals. ...

, a part found in automobile suspension * Bubble Jet, a Canon Inc. printer trademark {{disambiguation