Mongo may refer to:

Geography

Africa

Mongo, Chad Mongo (Arabic: مونقو, Mūnqū) is a city and Sub-prefectures of Chad, sub-prefecture in Chad, the capital of the regions of Chad, region of Guéra Region, Guéra. Located in the northern part of the region, it lies 252.2 miles (406 km) b ...

, a Sahel city * Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo, Chad, a Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction * Mongo Department, Gabon *

Mongo, Sierra Leone Mongo is a chiefdom in Falaba District of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierr ...

, a chiefdom * Mongo River (Little Scarces River) - see List of rivers of Guinea and

List of rivers of Sierra Leone This is a list of rivers in Sierra Leone. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean * Great Scarcies River (Kolenté River) * Little Scarcies River (Kaba Rive ...

United States

* Mongo, Indiana, an unincorporated community

Languages

* Mongo language, the language of the Mongo people * Mongo, one of the five languages of the

Duala language Duala (native name: ) is a dialect cluster spoken by the Duala and Mungo peoples of Cameroon. Duala belongs to the Bantu language family, in a subgroup called Sawabantu. It is a tonal language with subject–verb–object word order. Maho ( ...

-cluster, spoken in Cameroon

People

Mongo people __NOTOC__ The Mongo people are an ethnic group who live in the equatorial forest of Central Africa.Mongo people

, one of the largest ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Mongo Santamaría Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachanga an ...

(1917–2003), Cuban jazz/salsa percussionist *

Mongo Beti Alexandre Biyidi Awala (30 June 1932 – 8 October 2001), known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Cameroonian author and polemicist. Beti has been called one of the most perceptive French-African writers in his presentations of African life. ...

(1932–2001), pen name of Cameroonian writer Alexandre Biyidi Awala * "Mongo", family nickname for

Ramón Castro Ruz Ramón Eusebio Castro Ruz ( , ; 14 October 1924 – 23 February 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary, activist and farmer. He was the eldest brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro and a key figure of the early days of the Cuban Revolution. He kept a mu ...

(1924–2016), eldest brother of Fidel Castro * Mongo, nickname of musician Drew Parsons (born 1974) * Mongo, a London-based rapper and founder of hip hop group Mud Family *

Mike Mangold Michael Eugene Mangold (October 10, 1955 – December 6, 2015) was an American aviator whose career spanned the United States Air Force, commercial airlines, and aerobatics. Mangold competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Series from 2004 through ...

(1955–2015), American airline and former aerobatics pilot whose US Air Force call sign was "Mongo" *

Mark LoMonaco Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971), known by his ring name Bubba Ray Dudley (also spelled Buh-Buh Ray Dudley), is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is best known for being ...

(born 1971), American professional wrestler, one of whose ring names is "Mongo Vyle" *

Steve McMichael Stephen Douglas McMichael (October 17, 1957 – April 23, 2025), nicknamed "Mongo", "Ming", and "Ming the Merciless", was an American professional football player and professional wrestler. He was a defensive tackle for 15 seasons in the Natio ...

(1957-2025), former American football player and professional wrestler whose ring name was "Mongo"

Fiction

* Mongo (''Flash Gordon''), a fictional setting for the adventures of Flash Gordon * Magic Mongo, a fictional genie featured in segments of the Saturday morning TV program ''The Krofft Supershow'' * Mongo (''Shrek''), a fictional giant gingerbread man in the animated movie ''Shrek 2'' *

Mongo the Magnificent Dr. Robert "Mongo" Fredrickson, a.k.a. Mongo the Magnificent, is a fictional private eye and criminologist who has dwarfism, appearing in several books by George C. Chesbro. His rather unusual nickname is actually his stage name, from his days a ...

, a fictional private investigator with dwarfism * Mongo, a character in the film '' Precious'' * Mongo, a character in the 1974 comedy film ''

Blazing Saddles ''Blazing Saddles'' is a 1974 American satirical postmodernist Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Be ...

'', played by

Alex Karras Alexander George Karras (July 15, 1935October 10, 2012) was an American professional American football, football player, professional wrestler, sportscaster, and actor. He was a four-time Pro Bowl selection playing defensive tackle for the Detro ...

* General Mongo, a character in the 1970 Western film '' Compañeros'' * Mongo, a fictional boss character in the game show ''

Nick Arcade ''Nick Arcade'' (also stylized ''Nickelodeon Arcade'') is an American game show, children's game show created by James Bethea and Karim Miteff and hosted by Phil Moore (actor), Phil Moore, with Andrea Lively announcing, that aired on Nickelodeo ...

'' * Mongo, a fictional character in the

Dungeon Crawler Carl ''Dungeon Crawler Carl'' is a science fiction and fantasy LitRPG book series written by American author Matt Dinniman. It was initially self published by Dinniman on Royal Road, until the first six books were acquired by Ace Books in 2024. The s ...

series

Other uses

* Möngö, a Mongolian monetary unit worth 0.01

Mongolian tögrög The tögrög ( ; currency sign, sign: ₮; ISO 4217, code: MNT), also spelt tugrug or tugrik, is the official currency of Mongolia. It was historically subdivided into 100 ( ). Currently, the lowest denomination in regular use is the 10-tög ...

* ''Mongo'' (album), a 1959 album by

* Mongo (horse), an American champion thoroughbred racehorse *

MongoDB MongoDB is a source-available, cross-platform, document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database product, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional database schema, schemas. Released in February 2009 by 10gen (now MongoDB ...

, a document-oriented database * Mongo foot, the use of the front foot to propel a skateboard