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Jimbo (drag queen) Jimbo is the stage name of James Insell, a Canadian designer and drag queen who is known for competing in the first season of ''Canada's Drag Race'' (2020)Mike Devlin"Victoria's Jimbo seeks drag-queen crown" ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', July 2, 20 ...

, Canadian drag queen *

Jimbo Aquino Jimbo Reyes Aquino (born October 13, 1985) is a Filipino professional basketball player, who last played for the Nueva Ecija MiGuard of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's pr ...

(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 James Whittington "Jimbo" Elrod (May 25, 1954 – December 12, 2016) was an American football linebacker who was an All-American at the University of Oklahoma and played professionally for the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Oilers of the Nati ...

(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 Football, Texas A&M Aggies. Previously, Fisher was the head coach at Florida State Seminol ...

(born 1965), American college football coach and former player * James "Jimbo" Insell, Canadian theatrical designer and drag queen *

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 and ...

(born 1967), co-founder of the band Squirrel Nut Zippers * James Richardson (born 1956), known as AC Jimbo. The host of Football Italia and former host of The Guardian's

Football Weekly Football Weekly is a podcast about football produced by ''The Guardian'' newspaper in the United Kingdom. It was first broadcast in 2006. It reviews the latest football results and news, and previews forthcoming matches. While focused on the P ...

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 Wikipedi ...

(born 1966), co-founder of Wikipedia *

Jimbo Wallace Jimbo Wallace is an upright and electric bass player, vocalist, and songwriter in the psychobilly and rockabilly genres. He has played bass in the Reverend Horton Heat band since 1989. He is the most-tattooed member of the band. He plays using th ...

, bass guitarist for the American psychobilly band The Reverend Horton Heat

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* Akira Jimbo (born 1959), drummer * Michio Jimbo (born 1951), mathematician * Rei Jimbo (born 1974), Olympic synchronized swimmer

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* Jimbo, a recurring comic book character of Gary Panter * 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'' * Jimbo Jones, a character in the TV series '' The Simpsons'' * 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 boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...

'' * 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 Co-op Food is a brand used for the food retail business of The Co-operative Group in the United Kingdom. Prior to reintroducing the brand in 2016, the group used " The Co-operative" branding, which is still used by a number of consumers' co- ...

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

Thardid Jimbo Thardid Jimbo is a character in the Australian Aboriginal religion and mythology of the Ngarrindjeri The Ngarrindjeri people are the traditional Aboriginal Australian people of the lower Murray River, eastern Fleurieu Peninsula, and the Coo ...

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

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