Bobo may refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Comic strips

* ''Bobo'' (Belgian comics) * ''Bobo'' (Italian comics) * ''Bobo'' (Swedish comics)

Fictional characters

* Bobo the Bear, in ''The Muppets'' series * Professor Bobo, from ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' * Bobo Gigliotti, the psychotic boss of "Fat Pizza" from the Australian comedy TV series ''Pizza'' and ''Fat Pizza'' * Bobo, pet cat of Doris Husselmeyer in the comic strip ''

Piranha Club ''Piranha Club'' was a comic strip written and illustrated by Bud Grace. It was originally called ''Ernie'', but the title was changed in 1998. The club is meant as a parody on Lions Club International, and the strip made its debut in February ...

'' * Bobo Peterson, a character in the 1992 TV comedy '' Revenge of the Nerds III''

Music

* BoBo (band), a Chinese boy band formed in 2007 * "Bobo" (J Balvin song), 2016 * "Bobo" (Olamide song), 2015 * "Bobo" (Aya Nakamura song), 2021 * "Bobo", a 2021 song by

Bad Gyal Alba Farelo Solé (born 7 March 1997), known professionally as Bad Gyal, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Bad Gyal has developed a strong cult following ever since her musical career began in 2016, with an interpretation of Rihanna's "Work ( ...

, Mariah Angeliq and María Becerra * "Les Bobos", a 2006 song by

Renaud Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (; born 11 May 1952 in Paris), known as Renaud, is a French singer-songwriter. With twenty-six albums to his credit, selling nearly twenty million copies, he is one of France's most popular singers. Several of h ...

Other arts, entertainment and media

* ''

The Bobo ''The Bobo'' is a 1967 British comedy film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland. It was written by David R. Schwartz, based on the 1959 novel ''Olimpia'' by Burt Cole, also known as Thomas Dixon. Plot Singin ...

'', a 1967 film starring Peter Sellers * ''Bobo'' (magazine), a Dutch and Indonesian children's magazine which follows the adventures of Bobo, a blue rabbit

People

Bobo people The Bobo are a Mande ethnic group living primarily in Burkina Faso, with some living north in Mali. Bobo is also a shortened name of the second-largest city in Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dioulasso. Background In much of the literature on African art ...

, an ethnic group of Burkina Faso * Bobole, a

Coahuiltecan The Coahuiltecan were various small, autonomous bands of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Native Americans who inhabited the Rio Grande valley in what is now northeastern Mexico and southern Texas. The various Coahuiltecan groups were hunter ga ...

tribe sometimes spelled Bobo *

Bobo (socio-economic group) Bobo is a portmanteau word used to describe the socio-economic Bourgeoisie, bourgeois-Bohemianism, bohemian group in France, the French analogue to the English notion of the "champagne socialist". The geographer Christophe Guilluy has used the term ...

, French portmanteau for "bourgeois-bohemian", describing France's elite * Bobo (nickname) * Bobo (given name), a list of people * Bobo (surname), a list of people * Bobô (footballer, born 1962), Brazilian retired footballer and head coach Raimundo Nonato Tavares da Silva * Bobô (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer José Claudeon dos Santos * Bobô (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer Deyvison Rogério da Silva * Bobo (singer), German singer-songwriter Christiane Hebold *

DJ BoBo Peter René Baumann (born 5 January 1968), better known under his stage name DJ BoBo, is a Swiss singer, songwriter, rapper, dancer, and music producer. He has sold 14 million records worldwide and has released 12 studio albums as well as severa ...

(born 1968), Swiss musician Peter René Cipiriano Baumann *

Bobo Brazil Houston Harris (July 10, 1924 – January 20, 1998) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Bobo Brazil. Credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling, Harris is considered one o ...

, main ring name of American professional wrestler Houston Harris (1924–1998) * Scarlett BoBo, Canadian drag queen

Places

* Bobo, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the United States * Bobo, Mississippi (disambiguation), multiple communities in the United States * Bobo Ridge, Ross Dependency, Antarctica * Bobo River, New South Wales, Australia *

Bobo-Dioulasso Bobo-Dioulasso ( , ) is a city in Burkina Faso with a population of 1,129,000 (); it is the second-largest city in the country, after Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso's capital. The name means "home of the Bobo- Dioula". The local Bobo-speaking pop ...

, a city in Burkina Faso, sometimes shortened to Bobo

Sports teams

* ASF Bobo, a football club based in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso * RC Bobo, a football club based in Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

Other uses

* Bobo (gorilla) a popular gorilla at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle from 1953 to 1968 * Bobo, Vietnamese name for

Job's tears Job's tears (''Coix lacryma-jobi''), also known as adlay or adlay millet, is a tall grain-bearing perennial tropical plant of the family Poaceae (grass family). It is native to Southeast Asia and introduced to Northern China and India in remote ...

, a plant of south-east Asia *

Bo-Bo B-B and Bo-Bo are the AAR wheel arrangement, Association of American Railroads (AAR) and British classifications of wheel arrangement for railway locomotives with four axles in two individual bogies. They are equivalent to the B′B′ and Bo′B ...

, a type of locomotive * Bobo, a

bogeyman The bogeyman (; also spelled or known as bogyman, bogy, bogey, and, in US English, also boogeyman) is a mythical creature typically used to frighten children into good behavior. Bogeymen have no specific appearances, and conceptions vary drast ...

-like monster in Poland * Bobo brand, a product that is sold inexpensively under a relatively unfamiliar brand name