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James James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (disambiguation), various kings named James * Prince Ja ...

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, and it means state or province in

Swahili Swahili may refer to: * Swahili language, a Bantu language officially used in Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda and widely spoken in the African Great Lakes. * Swahili people, an ethnic group in East Africa. * Swahili culture, the culture of the Swahili p ...

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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 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 with the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the Pi ...

(born 1960), former American football player * Jimbo Elrod (1954–2016), former American football player *

Jimbo Fisher John James "Jimbo" Fisher Jr. (born October 9, 1965) is an American college football coach. He most recently served as the head football coach at Texas A&M Aggies, Texas A&M from 2018 until 2023. Prior to that, he led Florida State Seminoles, Fl ...

(born 1965), American college football coach and former player * Jimbo J (born 1985), Israeli musician *

Jimbo Mathus James H. Mathis Jr. (born August 1967), known as Jimbo Mathus, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and member of the gypsy jazz, hot jazz band Squirrel Nut Zippers. Early life and career He was born in Oxford, Mississippi to Jimmy Math ...

(born 1967), co-founder of the band Squirrel Nut Zippers * Jimbo Wales (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 plays using the percussive rockabilly/psychobilly bass te ...

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

Surname

* AC Jimbo (born 1956), English television presenter and journalist *

Akira Jimbo , is a Japanese jazz fusion drummer, best known as the drummer for the Japanese jazz fusion band Casiopea in 3 separate stints (1980-1989, 1997-2006 and 2012-2022). Aside from his work with Casiopea, Jimbo has also participated in side projects ...

(born 1959), Japanese drummer *

Michio Jimbo is a Japanese mathematician working in mathematical physics and is a professor of mathematics at Rikkyo University. He is a grandson of the linguist . Career After graduating from the University of Tokyo in 1974, he studied under Mikio Sato a ...

(born 1951), Japanese mathematician *

Rei Jimbo Rei Jimbo (born 9 July 1974) is a Japanese former synchronized swimmer who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as S ...

(born 1974), Japanese Olympic synchronized swimmer

Fictional characters

* Jimbo, a recurring comic book character of

Gary Panter Gary Panter (born December 1, 1950) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician. Panter's work is representative of the post- underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of '' Arcade: The Com ...

* Jimbo Gumbo, a character in the comic strip ''Rose Is Rose'' * Jimbo, a talking airplane in ''

Jimbo and the Jet-Set ''Jimbo and the Jet-Set'' is a British animation, animated cartoon series centered on the eponymous Jimbo, an anthropomorphic aeroplane. The series, created by Peter Maddocks and produced by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, aired for 25 episodes f ...

'', a British animated cartoon series * Jimbo, nickname of James Rockford in the TV series ''

The Rockford Files ''The Rockford Files'' is an American detective drama television series starring James Garner, aired on NBC from September 13, 1974, to January 10, 1980. Garner portrays Los Angeles private investigator Jim Rockford, with Noah Beery Jr. in th ...

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Jimbo Jones The American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals. The writ ...

, a character in the TV series ''The Simpsons'' *

Jimbo Kern ''South Park'' is an American adult animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. The ongoing narrative revolves around four boys, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, a ...

, a character in the TV series ''South Park'' * Jimbo, nickname of ''Code Lyoko'' character

Jim Moralés ''Code Lyoko'' (; stylized as ''CODE: LYOKO'' in season 1 and in all caps in seasons 2–4) is a French anime-influenced animated series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop ...

* Jimbo, nickname of ''The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron'' character

Jimmy Neutron James Isaac "Jimmy" Neutron, commonly known as Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, is the protagonist and title character from the 2001 animated film ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' and its Nickelodeon television series adaptation ''The Adventures of Jimm ...

* Jimbo, the name of a teddy gorilla given away by

Co-op UK Co-op is a UK supermarket chain and the brand used for the food retail business of The Co-operative Group, one of the world's largest consumer co-operatives. As the UK's fifth largest food retailer, Co-op operates nearly 2,400 food stores. It ...

* 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 ''Treasure Planet'' is a 2002 American animated science fiction film, science fiction adventure film directed by John Musker and Ron Clements and written by Musker, Clements and Rob Edwards (screenwriter), Rob Edwards. Produced by Walt Disney ...

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

Algernon Blackwood Algernon Henry Blackwood, CBE (14 March 1869 – 10 December 1951) was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary cr ...

* 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 ''The Boss Baby'' is a 2017 American animated spy comedy film, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Loosely based on the 2010 picture book of the same name by Marla Frazee, it was directed by Tom McGrath from ...

'' * Jimbo, a talking joker card and mascot of the video game ''

Balatro ''Balatro'' is a 2024 poker-themed roguelike deck-building game developed by LocalThunk and published by Playstack. It was released on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on February ...

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