Namesakes
American Presidents:
1 president
Joe Biden 2021- 
Canadian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Joe Clark 1979-1980
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character, 1 hero
Joe Gargery 1860 Great Expectations
Joe Hardy 1927 The Tower Treasure
Fictional Characters from Movies:
2 characters
Joe Gillis 1950 Sunset Boulevard
Joe Ransom 2013 Joe
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
11 characters
(character) Cotton-Eyed Joe 18xx Cotton-Eyed Joe
(character) Joe 1966 Hey Joe
(character) Billie Joe 1967 Ode to Billie Joe
(character) Joe 1968 Joe 90 Theme
(character) Joe 1979 Joe's Garage
(character) Joe 1984 Holy Joe From Scabsville
(character) Joe 1995 Joe the Georgian
(character) Joe 2002 Waitin' On Joe
(character) Joe 2003 Joe's Head
(character) Joe 2004 Hello Joe
(character) John Joe 2012 It's O.K. John Joe
Fictional Characters from Television:
10 characters
"Little" Joe Cartwright 1959 Bonanza
Joe Walker 1968 Dad's Army
Joe Kaplan 1986 Our House
Joe Fontana 1990 Law & Order
Joe Mangus 1994 Party of Five
Joe Dominguez 1996 Nash Bridges
Joe Celano 1999 Family Law
Joe Noland 2000 The District
Joe DuBois 2005 Medium
Joe Longo 2010 Melissa & Joey
Grammy Award Winners:
1 song of the year
(song of the year) Joe South 1970 Games People Play
Hall-of-Famers:
12 baseball, 12 football, 7 ice hockey, 4 basketball
(baseball) Joe McGinnity 1946
(baseball) Joe Tinker 1946
(ice hockey) Joe Malone 1950
(baseball) Joe DiMaggio 1955
(baseball) Joe Cronin 1956
(ice hockey) Joe Hall 1961
(ice hockey) "Bullet" Joe Simpson 1962
(football) Joseph Carr (a.k.a. Joe) 1963
(ice hockey) Joe Primeau 1963
(football) Joe Guyon 1966
(basketball) Joe Lapchick 1966
(football) Joe Stydahar 1967
(baseball) Joe Medwick 1968
(football) Joe Perry 1969
(baseball) Joe Kelley 1971
(football) Joe Schmidt 1973
(baseball) Joe Sewell 1977
(basketball) Joe Fulks 1977
(football) Joe Namath 1985
(football) Joe Greene 1987
(baseball) Joe Morgan 1990
(football) Joe Gibbs 1996
(baseball) "Bullet" Joe Rogan 1998
(basketball) Larry Bird (a.k.a. Joe) 1998
(baseball) "Smokey" Joe Williams 1999
(football) Joe Montana 2000
(ice hockey) Joe Mullen 2000
(football) Joe DeLamielleure 2003
(basketball) Joe Dumars 2006
(baseball) Joe Gordon 2009
(ice hockey) Joe Nieuwendyk 2011
(ice hockey) Joe Sakic 2012
(baseball) Joe Torre 2014
(football) Joe Klecko 2023
(football) Joe Thomas 2023
Most Valuable Players:
11 winners
Joe Medwick 1937 baseball
Joe DiMaggio 1939; 1941; 1947 baseball
Joe Gordon 1942 baseball
Joe Torre 1971 baseball
Joe Morgan 1975; 1976 baseball
Joe Theismann 1983 football
Larry Bird (a.k.a. Joe) 1984; 1985; 1986 basketball
Joe Montana 1989; 1990 football
Joe Sakic 2001 ice hockey
Joe Thornton 2006 ice hockey
Joe Mauer 2009 baseball
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
21 actors, 1 actor/comedian, 1 presenter, 1 youtuber
Joe E. Brown 1891-1973
Joe Mantell 1915-2010
Joe Seneca 1919-1996
Joe Franklin 1926-2015
Joe Viterelli 1937-2004
Fred Ward (a.k.a. Joe) 1942-2022
Joe Pesci 1943-
Joe Spano 1946-
Joe Morton 1947-
Joe Mantegna 1947-
Joe Dallesandro 1948-
Joe Piscopo 1951-
Joe Pantoliano 1951-
Joe Lando 1961-
Joe Manganiello 1976-
Joe Anderson 1982-
Joe Dinicol 1983-
Joe Dempsie 1987-
Joe Jonas 1989-
Joe Alwyn 1991-
Joe Sugg 1991-
Joe "Djo" Keery 1992-
Joe Adler 1993-
Joe Locke 2003-
Notable Athletes:
6 ice hockey, 5 baseball, 5 basketball, 4 football, 4 rugby, 4 soccer, 2 boxing, 1 tennis
(ice hockey) Joe Hall 1881-1919
(ice hockey) Joe Malone 1890-1969
(basketball) Joe Lapchick 1900-1970
(baseball) Joe Cronin 1906-1984
(boxing) Joe Louis 1914-1981
(baseball) Joe DiMaggio 1914-1999
(basketball) Joe Fulks 1921-1976
(soccer) Joe Gaetjens 1924-1964
(baseball) Joe Torre 1940-
(football) Joe Namath 1943-
(baseball) Joe Morgan 1943-2020
(boxing) Joe Frazier 1944-2011
(football) Joe Greene 1946-
(football) Joe Theismann 1949-
(basketball) Joe Bryant 1954-
(football) Joe Montana 1956-
(basketball) Larry Bird (a.k.a. Joe) 1956-
(ice hockey) Joe Mullen 1957-
(basketball) Joe Dumars 1963-
(rugby) Joe Schmidt 1965-
(ice hockey) Joe Nieuwendyk 1966-
(ice hockey) Joe Sakic 1969-
(tennis) Mary Joe Fernández 1971-
(ice hockey) Joe Thornton 1979-
(baseball) Joe Mauer 1983-
(soccer) Joe Ledley 1987-
(soccer) Joe Hart 1987-
(rugby) Joe Moody 1988-
(soccer) Joe Allen 1990-
(rugby) Joe Marler 1990-
(rugby) Joe Launchbury 1991-
Notable Musicians:
8 musicians, 6 singers, 1 composer
"Big" Joe Turner 1911-1985
Joe Tex 1935-1982
Billie Jo Spears (a.k.a. Joe) 1938-2011
Joe Dassin 1938-1980
Joe Dolan 1939-2007
B. J. Thomas (a.k.a. Joe) 1942-2021
Joe Cocker 1944-2014
Joe Perry 1950-
Joe Hisaishi 1950-
Joe Strummer 1952-2002
Joe Satriani 1956-
Billie Joe Armstrong 1972-
Joe Hahn 1977-
Joe Jonas 1989-
Joe "Djo" Keery 1992-
Olympic Medalists:
9 gold, 5 bronze, 5 silver, 2 bronze/gold
(gold) Joe Ruddy 1904 swimming - 4x50 yard freestyle relay
(gold) Joe Deakin 1908 3 mile team
(bronze) Joe Cottrill 1912 3000 m team
(silver) Joe Blewitt 1920 3000 m team
(bronze) Joe McCluskey 1932 3000 m steeplechase
(gold) Joe Fortenberry 1936 basketball
(gold) Joe Verdeur 1948 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(bronze) Josiah Henson (a.k.a. Joe) 1952 wrestling
(gold) Bobby Morrow (a.k.a. Joe) 1956 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(gold) Joe Caldwell 1964 basketball
(silver) Joe Bottom 1976 swimming - 100 m butterfly
(gold) Joe Kleine 1984 basketball
(gold) Joe DeLoach 1988 200 m
(gold) Larry Bird (a.k.a. Joe) 1992 basketball
(bronze) Joe Greene 1992; 1996 long jump
(bronze/gold) Mary Joe Fernández 1992; 1996 tennis
(bronze/gold) Joe Hudepohl 1992; 1996 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver) John Joe Nevin 2012 boxing
(bronze) Joe Ingles 2020 basketball
(silver) Joe Kovacs 2016; 2020 shot put
(silver) Joe Ryan 2020 baseball
Oscar Award Winners:
1 actor
(actor) Joe Pesci 1991 GoodFellas
Other Fictional Characters:
1 character
Joe Camel 1987 corporate mascot
Other Leaders:
1 prime minister
Prime Minister Joe Bossano 1988-1996 Gibraltar
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
8 musicians
"Big" Joe Turner 1987
Joe Negroni 1993 The Teenagers
Joe Walsh 1998 The Eagles
Joe Butler 2000 The Lovin' Spoonful
Joe Perry 2001 Aerosmith
Joe Strummer 2003 The Clash
Billie Joe Armstrong 2015 Green Day
Joe Elliott 2019 Def Leppard