Jimbo

Jimbo is a diminutive form of the given name James. It is also a Japanese surname, and it means state or province in Swahili. It may refer to:

Given name or nickname

 * Jimbo (drag queen), a.k.a. James Insell, Canadian theatrical designer and drag queen
 * Jimbo Aquino (born 1985), Filipino professional basketball player
 * Jimbo Covert (born 1960), former American football player
 * Jimbo Elrod (1954–2016), former American football player
 * Jimbo Fisher (born 1965), American college football coach and former player
 * Jimbo J (born 1985), Israeli musician
 * Jimbo Mathus (born 1967), co-founder of the band Squirrel Nut Zippers
 * Jimbo Wales (born 1966), co-founder of Wikipedia
 * Jimbo Wallace, bass guitarist for the American psychobilly band The Reverend Horton Heat

Surname

 * AC Jimbo (born 1956), English television presenter and journalist
 * Akira Jimbo (born 1959), Japanese drummer
 * Michio Jimbo (born 1951), Japanese mathematician
 * Rei Jimbo (born 1974), Japanese Olympic synchronized swimmer

Fictional characters

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