BJ or B. J. may refer to:

Businesses and organizations

BJ Services Company BJ Energy Solutions (known as "BJ") was founded in 1872 as the Byron Jackson Company in Woodland, California, by inventor Byron Jackson. History BJ Services Company was a leading worldwide provider of pressure pumping and oilfield services for ...

, 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 regional membership-only warehouse club chain based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, operating in the eastern United States in addition to Ohio, Michigan, Louisville, Ke ...

, an American membership-only warehouse club chain *

B. J. Medical College, Pune B. J. Medical College (BJMC) is a public university, public medical school, medical college located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. The college, administered by the Government of Maharashtra, comprises pre-clinical, para-clinical, and clinical de ...

, 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 p ...

, an ice cream company * Bergslagernas Järnvägar, 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) American League East, East Division. Since 1989, the team has p ...

, 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, Alb ...

, a Canadian chain of juice and smoothie bars *

Nouvelair Nouvelair Limited Company (, ), trading as Nouvelair Tunisie, or simply Nouvelair, is a Tunisian airline with its registered office in Tunis Tunis (, ') is the capital city, capital and largest city of Tunisia. The greater metropolitan area o ...

(IATA airline code)

People

* B. J. (given name), people with the given name *

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

(born 1964), former British prime minister *

Billy Joel William Martin Joel (born May 9, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Piano Man" after his Signature song, signature 1973 song Piano Man (song), of the same name, Joel has ha ...

, American singer-songwriter and pianist *

Brandon Johnson Brandon Johnson (born March 27, 1976) is an American politician and educator who is currently serving as the 57th mayor of Chicago since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Johnson previously served on the C ...

, 57th Mayor of Chicago

Fictional characters

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

Barney & Friends ''Barney & Friends'' is an American children's television series created by Sheryl Leach targeted at children ages two to five. The flagship production of the ''Barney'' franchise, it originally aired on PBS under the PBS Kids brand from Ap ...

'' * 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 ''General Hospital'' is an American television serial drama, airing on ABC. The show was created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital in an unnamed fictional city. The series premiered on April 1, 1963. In the ...

, a character on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' * BJ Smith, 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 starred Greg Evigan. The series was produced when t ...

Places

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

, China (Guobiao abbreviation BJ) *

Benin Benin, officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It was formerly known as Dahomey. It is bordered by Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east, Burkina Faso to the north-west, and Niger to the north-east. The majority of its po ...

, WMO and ISO 2-letter country code ** .bj, domain name ccTLD for Benin *

Burton Joyce Burton Joyce () is a large Village#United Kingdom, village and civil parish in the Borough of Gedling, Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England, east of Nottingham, between Stoke Bardolph to the south and Bulcote to the north-east. The A61 ...

, 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 and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. Beitar Jerusalem Football Club (), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem () or simply Beitar (), is an Israeli professional association football, football club based in the city of Jerusalem, that plays in the Israeli Premier League, the top tie ...

, an Israeli football club *

Bj league The was a professional basketball league in Japan that began in November 2005 as a six-team league. The league was operated as a competitor to the established Japan Super League which was run by the Japan Basketball Association, the official ...

, a Japanese professional basketball league *

Blackjack Blackjack (formerly black jack or ''vingt-un'') is a casino banking game. It is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. It uses decks of 52 cards and descends from a global family of casino banking games known as " twenty-one ...

, 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 An online streamer or live streamer is a type of social media influencer who broadcasts themselves online through a live stream to an audience. History Streaming arose in the early 2010s, originating on sites like YouTube where users could up ...

, the Korean term for a streamer *

Beijing (locomotive) The 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 (p ...

* ''

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 consisting of the stimulation of a human penis, penis by using the mouth. Oral stimulation of the scrotum may also be termed ''fellat ...

Ball joint A ball is a round object (usually spherical, but sometimes ovoid) with several uses. It is used in ball games, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball as it is hit, kicked or thrown by players. Balls can also be used for si ...

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