Namesakes
Cotton-Eyed Joe
(m) 
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 18xx Cotton-Eyed Joe
Joe Gargery
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1860 Great Expectations
Joe McGinnity
(m) 1871-1929
Hall-of-Famers 1946 (baseball)
Joe Kelley
(m) 1871-1943
Hall-of-Famers 1971 (baseball)
Joe Ruddy
(m) 1878-1962
Olympic Medalists 1904 swimming - 4x50 yard freestyle relay (gold)
Joe Deakin
(m) 1879-1972
Olympic Medalists 1908 3 mile team (gold)
Joe Tinker
(m) 1880-1948
Hall-of-Famers 1946 (baseball)
Joseph Carr
(a.k.a. Joe) (m) 1880-1939
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (football)
Joe Hall
(m) 1881-1919
Hall-of-Famers 1961 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
"Smokey" Joe Williams
(m) 1886-1951
Hall-of-Famers 1999 (baseball)
Joe Cottrill
(m) 1888-1972
Olympic Medalists 1912 3000 m team (bronze)
Joe Malone
(m) 1890-1969
Hall-of-Famers 1950 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Joe E. Brown
(m) 1891-1973
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Guyon
(m) 1892-1971
Hall-of-Famers 1966 (football)
"Bullet" Joe Rogan
(m) 1893-1967
Hall-of-Famers 1998 (baseball)
"Bullet" Joe Simpson
(m) 1893-1973
Hall-of-Famers 1962 (ice hockey)
Joe Blewitt
(m) 1895-1954
Olympic Medalists 1920 3000 m team (silver)
Joe Sewell
(m) 1898-1990
Hall-of-Famers 1977 (baseball)
Joe Lapchick
(m) 1900-1970
Hall-of-Famers 1966 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Joe Primeau
(m) 1906-1989
Hall-of-Famers 1963 (ice hockey)
Joe Cronin
(m) 1906-1984
Hall-of-Famers 1956 (baseball)
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Joe Fortenberry
(m) 1911-1993
Olympic Medalists 1936 basketball (gold)
"Big" Joe Turner
(m) 1911-1985
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1987
Joe McCluskey
(m) 1911-2002
Olympic Medalists 1932 3000 m steeplechase (bronze)
Joe Medwick
(m) 1911-1975
Hall-of-Famers 1968 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1937 baseball
Joe Stydahar
(m) 1912-1977
Hall-of-Famers 1967 (football)
Joe Louis
(m) 1914-1981
Notable Athletes (boxing)
Joe DiMaggio
(m) 1914-1999
Hall-of-Famers 1955 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1939; 1941; 1947 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Joe Gordon
(m) 1915-1978
Hall-of-Famers 2009 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1942 baseball
Joe Mantell
(m) 1915-2010
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Seneca
(m) 1919-1996
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Fulks
(m) 1921-1976
Hall-of-Famers 1977 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Josiah Henson
(a.k.a. Joe) (m) 1922-2012
Olympic Medalists 1952 wrestling (bronze)
Joe Gaetjens
(m) 1924-1964
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Joe Verdeur
(m) 1926-1991
Olympic Medalists 1948 swimming - 200 m breaststroke (gold)
Joe Franklin
(m) 1926-2015
Notable Actors and Entertainers (presenter)
Joe Hardy
(m)
Fictional Characters from Books 1927 The Tower Treasure
Joe Perry
(m) 1927-2011
Hall-of-Famers 1969 (football)
Joe Schmidt
(m) 1932-
Hall-of-Famers 1973 (football)
Joe Tex
(m) 1935-1982
Notable Musicians
Bobby Morrow
(middle name Joe) (m) 1935-2020
Olympic Medalists 1956 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay (gold)
Joe Viterelli
(m) 1937-2004
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Billie Jo Spears
(middle name Joe) (f) 1938-2011
Notable Musicians
Joe Dassin
(m) 1938-1980
Notable Musicians
Joe Clark
(m) 1939-
Canadian Prime Ministers 1979-1980
Joe Bossano
(m) 1939-
Other Leaders 1988-1996 Gibraltar (prime minister)
Joe Dolan
(m) 1939-2007
Notable Musicians
Joe South
(m) 1940-2012
Grammy Award Winners 1970 Games People Play (song of the year)
Joe Torre
(m) 1940-
Hall-of-Famers 2014 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1971 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Joe Negroni
(m) 1940-1978
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1993 The Teenagers
Joe Gibbs
(m) 1940-
Hall-of-Famers 1996 (football)
Joe Butler
(m) 1941-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2000 The Lovin' Spoonful
Joe Caldwell
(m) 1941-
Olympic Medalists 1964 basketball (gold)
B. J. Thomas
(middle name Joe) (m) 1942-2021
Notable Musicians
Joe Biden
(m) 1942-
American Presidents 2021-2025
Fred Ward
(middle name Joe) (m) 1942-2022
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Pesci
(m) 1943-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1991 GoodFellas (actor)
Joe Namath
(m) 1943-
Hall-of-Famers 1985 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Joe Morgan
(m) 1943-2020
Hall-of-Famers 1990 (baseball)
Most Valuable Players 1975; 1976 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Joe Frazier
(m) 1944-2011
Notable Athletes (boxing)
Joe Cocker
(m) 1944-2014
Notable Musicians
Joe Spano
(m) 1946-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Greene
(m) 1946-
Hall-of-Famers 1987 (football)
Notable Athletes (football)
Joe Morton
(m) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Mantegna
(m) 1947-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Walsh
(m) 1947-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1998 The Eagles
Joe Dallesandro
(m) 1948-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Theismann
(m) 1949-
Most Valuable Players 1983 football
Notable Athletes (football)
Joe Gillis
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1950 Sunset Boulevard
Joe Perry
(m) 1950-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2001 Aerosmith
Joe Hisaishi
(m) 1950-
Notable Musicians
Joe DeLamielleure
(m) 1951-
Hall-of-Famers 2003 (football)
Joe Piscopo
(m) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (comedian/actor)
Joe Pantoliano
(m) 1951-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Strummer
(m) 1952-2002
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2003 The Clash
Joe Klecko
(m) 1953-
Hall-of-Famers 2023 (football)
Joe Bryant
(m) 1954-
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Joe Bottom
(m) 1955-
Olympic Medalists 1976 swimming - 100 m butterfly (silver)
Joe Montana
(m) 1956-
Hall-of-Famers 2000 (football)
Most Valuable Players 1989; 1990 football
Notable Athletes (football)
Joe Satriani
(m) 1956-
Notable Musicians
Larry Bird
(middle name Joe) (m) 1956-
Hall-of-Famers 1998 (basketball)
Most Valuable Players 1984; 1985; 1986 basketball
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Olympic Medalists 1992 basketball (gold)
Joe Mullen
(m) 1957-
Hall-of-Famers 2000 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
"Little" Joe Cartwright
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1959 Bonanza
Joe Elliott
(m) 1959-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2019 Def Leppard
Joe Lando
(m) 1961-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Kleine
(m) 1962-
Olympic Medalists 1984 basketball (gold)
Joe Dumars
(m) 1963-
Hall-of-Famers 2006 (basketball)
Notable Athletes (basketball)
Joe Schmidt
(m) 1965-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Joe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1966 Hey Joe
Joe Nieuwendyk
(m) 1966-
Hall-of-Famers 2011 (ice hockey)
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Billie Joe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1967 Ode to Billie Joe
Joe Greene
(m) 1967-
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 long jump (bronze)
Joe DeLoach
(m) 1967-
Olympic Medalists 1988 200 m (gold)
Joe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1968 Joe 90 Theme
Joe Walker
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1968 Dad's Army
Joe Sakic
(m) 1969-
Hall-of-Famers 2012 (ice hockey)
Most Valuable Players 2001 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Mary Joe Fernández
(f) 1971-
Notable Athletes (tennis)
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 tennis (bronze/gold)
Billie Joe Armstrong
(m) 1972-
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2015 Green Day
Joe Hudepohl
(m) 1973-
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay (bronze/gold)
Joe Manganiello
(m) 1976-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Hahn
(m) 1977-
Notable Musicians
Joe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1979 Joe's Garage
Joe Thornton
(m) 1979-
Most Valuable Players 2006 ice hockey
Notable Athletes (ice hockey)
Joe Anderson
(m) 1982-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Mauer
(m) 1983-
Most Valuable Players 2009 baseball
Notable Athletes (baseball)
Joe Dinicol
(m) 1983-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1984 Holy Joe from Scabsville
Joe Gilgun
(m) 1984-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Thomas
(m) 1984-
Hall-of-Famers 2023 (football)
Joe Kaplan
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1986 Our House
Joe Camel
(m)
Other Fictional Characters 1987 corporate mascot
Joe Ledley
(m) 1987-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Joe Hart
(m) 1987-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Joe Dempsie
(m) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Ingles
(m) 1987-
Olympic Medalists 2020 basketball (bronze)
Joe Moody
(m) 1988-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
John Joe Nevin
(m) 1989-
Olympic Medalists 2012 boxing (silver)
Joe Kovacs
(m) 1989-
Olympic Medalists 2016; 2020 shot put (silver)
Joe Jonas
(m) 1989-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Joe Fontana
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1990 Law & Order
Joe Allen
(m) 1990-
Notable Athletes (soccer)
Joe Marler
(m) 1990-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Joe Alwyn
(m) 1991-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Launchbury
(m) 1991-
Notable Athletes (rugby)
Joe Sugg
(m) 1991-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (youtuber)
Joe "Djo" Keery
(m) 1992-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Joe Adler
(m) 1993-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe Mangus
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1994 Party of Five
Joe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 1995 Joe the Georgian
Joe Dominguez
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1996 Nash Bridges
Joe Ryan
(m) 1996-
Olympic Medalists 2020 baseball (silver)
Joe Celano
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 1999 Family Law
Joe Noland
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2000 The District
Joe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2002 Waitin' on Joe
Joe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2003 Joe's Head
Joe Locke
(m) 2003-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Joe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2004 Hello Joe
Joe DuBois
(m)
Fictional Characters from Television 2005 Medium
Joe Longo
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 2010 Melissa & Joey
John Joe
(m)
Fictional Characters from Song Titles 2012 It's O.K. John Joe
Joe Ransom
(m)
Fictional Characters from Movies 2013 Joe