title: Banjo (disambiguation)
text: # Banjo (disambiguation)
  
  A banjo is a stringed instrument common in folk and popular music.
  
  Banjo may also refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  ### Nickname
  
  * Terence Bannon (born 1967), Northern Ireland mountaineer and adventurer
  * Bill Cornett (1890–c. 1959), American traditional folk singer, banjo player and politician
  * Banjo Matthews (1932–1996), NASCAR driver, car owner and builder
  * Barney McKenna (1939–2012), Irish musician and a founding member of The Dubliners, nicknamed "Banjo Barney"
  * Banjo Paterson (1864–1941), Australian poet, journalist and author
  * Ikey Robinson or Banjo Ikey (1904–1990), American banjoist and vocalist
  
  ### Surname
  
  * Ashley Banjo (born 1988), English street dancer, choreographer and actor
  * Chris Banjo (born 1990), American National Football League player
  * Jordan Banjo (born 1992), a British street dancer
  * Kay Banjo (born 1992), American soccer player
  * Tunji Banjo (fl. 1977–1982), Nigerian-Irish former footballer
  * Victor Banjo (1930–1967), Nigerian Army colonel
  
  ### Stage name
  
  * Banjō Ginga, Japanese actor and voice actor Takashi Tanaka (born 1948)
  
  ## Arts and entertainment
  
  ### Films
  
  * Banjo (1947 film), an American film directed by Richard Fleischer
  * Banjo (2016 film), an Indian film
  * the title character of Banjo the Woodpile Cat, a 1979 animated short
  
  ### Music
  
  * "Banjo" (song), by Rascal Flatts from the album Changed
  * "The Banjo" (song), a 2014 single by Norwegian formation 3LOGY
  * The Banjo (Gottschalk), an 1853 piano composition by Louis Moreau Gottschalk
  * Banjo, of the Overflow, an 1892 poem by Australian poet Francis Kenna
  
  ### Television
  
  * "Banjo (Space Ghost Coast to Coast)", an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  
  ### Fictional characters
  
  * Haran Banjo, the main character in the 1978's Japanese anime series Daitarn 3
  * Banjo, one of two protagonists in the Banjo-Kazooie video game series
  * Mister Banjo, a recurring enemy of the Marvel Family
  * Banjo Possum, a minor character in the Tiny Toon Adventures animated television series
  * Dr. Banjo, a character from the Futurama episode "A Clockwork Origin"
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Banjo (chocolate bar), a popular British chocolate bar during the 1970s
  * Egg banjo, a type of fried egg sandwich
  * Banjo (samba), a musical instrument
  * Banjo (application), a surveillance app
  * Banjo (signal), an obsolete railroad signalling device
  * Banjo (wood lathe), a fixture on a wood-turning lathe
  * Banjo enclosure, an archaeological feature
  * Banjo Island, Bermuda
  * Banjo Awards, presented by the National Book Council of Australia from 1974 to 1997 for both fiction and non-fiction
  * Banjo ray, another name for the fiddler ray (Trygonorrhina)
  * Battle of Banjo, a First World War battle in Africa
  * Japanese gunboat Banjō, a warship of the early Imperial Japanese Navy
  * A slang term for the Australian $10 note because one side has a picture of Banjo Paterson
  * A dinosaur specimen of the genus Australovenator
  * A typeface from French foundry Deberny & Peignot
  