Jaco may refer to:

Places

Jaco Island Jaco Island ( pt, Ilha de Jaco, tet, Illa Jako, Fataluku: or ) is an uninhabited island in East Timor, a country occupying the eastern end of the island of Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands in Southeast Asia. It lies within the Nino Konis Sa ...

, island of East Timor *

Jacó, Costa Rica Jacó is a district of the Garabito canton, in the Puntarenas province of Costa Rica. Jacó has a black sand beach that is long and is popular among surfers. History Jacó was created on 16 September 1965. Segregated from Puntarenas. Ge ...

, a town in Western Costa Rica * Jaco, West Virginia

Animals

* Jaco is the local name for the Dominican endemic red-necked amazon parrot * Usual name for the

grey parrot The grey parrot (''Psittacus erithacus''), also known as the Congo grey parrot, Congo African grey parrot or African grey parrot, is an Old World parrot in the family Psittacidae. The Timneh parrot ''(Psittacus timneh)'' once was identified a ...

in a number of languages

Arts and entertainment

* ''Jaco'', a 2014 American

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

about

Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony "Jaco" Pastorius III (; December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987) was an American jazz bassist, composer and producer. He recorded albums as a solo artist and band leader and was a member of Weather Report from 1976 to 1981. ...

* ''Jaco'', a 1974 jazz album by Jaco Pastorius et al. *''

Jaco the Galactic Patrolman is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was serialized in '' Weekly Shōnen Jump'' from July to October 2013, with the eleven chapters collected into a single volume by Shueisha. It follows Jaco, an extraterr ...

'', Japanese manga series

People

Nickname

* Jaco (born 1932), Jacob Azafrani Beliti, Moroccan footballer * Jacó (born 1996), Carlos Alberto Guimaraes Filho, Brazilian footballer

Given name

"Jaco" is a common

Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans g ...

form of

Jacob Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam ...

and

James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

. Some of the better known people with this name include: * Jaco Ahlers (born 1987), South African golfer *

Jaco Engelbrecht Jacobus Petrus Engelbrecht (born 8 March 1987) is a South African athlete specialising in the shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot ...

(born 1987), South African shot putter * Jaco Erasmus (born 1979), South African-born Italian rugby player * Jaco Kriel (born 1989), South African rugby player *

(1951–1987), American jazz musician * Jaco Peyper (born 1980), South African rugby referee *

Jaco Van Dormael Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Van Dormael spent his childh ...

(born 1957), Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright * Jaco Venter (born 1987), South African racing cyclist * Jaco van der Westhuyzen (born 1978), South African rugby player *

Jaco van Zyl Jaco Phillipus van Zyl (born 23 February 1979) is a professional golfer from South Africa. Career Van Zyl was born in Pretoria. He won the South African Amateur in 2000 and turned professional the following year, immediately joining the Sunshi ...

(born 1971), South African golfer

Surname

* Charles Jaco (born 1950), American newscaster and radio personality * David Jaco (born 1954), American boxer * Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born 1982), Chicago rapper better known as "Lupe Fiasco" *

William Jaco William "Bus" H. Jaco (born July 14, 1940 in Grafton, West Virginia) is an American mathematician who is known for his role in the Jaco–Shalen–Johannson decomposition theorem and is currently Regents Professor and Grayce B. Kerr Chair at ...

(born 1940), American mathematician {{disambig, geo, given name, surname Dutch masculine given names