Joe

Joe

Joe is a diminutive form of the name "Joseph" (male) and sometimes "Josephine" (female).

Joe may refer to:

People:

• Joe (singer), Joe Lewis Thomas, an American R&B singer and record producer
• Joe C. (1974-2000), an American rap artist
• Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator, nicknamed "Uncle Joe" by the Western media
• Samoa Joe, ring name of Nuufolau Joel Seanoa, an American professional wrestler
• Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai filmmaker, nicknamed "Joe"
• Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player

Arts and Entertainment:

• G.I. Joe, a classic action figure toy made by Hasbro
• Joe (film), 1970 film starring Peter Boyle
• Joe Swanson, Peter Griffin's handicapped neighbor on Family Guy
• Average Joe (show), American reality TV dating series
• Joe 90, a 1968 British television series
• "Joe", a song by Red Hot Chili Peppers on their album Stadium Arcadium
• Joe "The mechanical wizard", a character in the video game Blazing Angels

Generic usage:

• Average Joe, used in the United States to refer to the average American
• Joe Shmoe, fictional American name for a typical person with no special status
• Joe Sixpack and "Joe Blow" are generic names used to denote the hypothetical "common man"
• Joe Cool, nickname given primarily to those who display a calm or placid attitude
• Joe Bloggs, commonly used placeholder name in the United Kingdom
• Joe's Diner (Fictional Restaurant), fictional name for a hypothetical small, local restaurant

Soviet weapon testing:

• Joe 1, American codename for the first Soviet nuclear weapon test (1949)
• Joe 4, American codename for the first Soviet test of a thermonuclear weapon (1953)

Other uses:

• Cup of joe, nickname for coffee
• Joe FM, a brand for several radio stations in North America
• Joe's Own Editor, a text editor for Unix systems

See also

• Jo
• JO
• Joe (given name)
• Joseph (disambiguation)