Banjo (disambiguation)

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A banjo is a stringed instrument common in folk and popular music. It may also refer to:

Places

• Banjo Island, Bermuda

Persons

Nickname

• Bill Cornett (1890-c. 1959), American traditional folk singer and banjo player and State Representative in Kentucky
• Banjo Matthews (1932-1996), NASCAR driver, car owner and builder
• Banjo Paterson (1864-1941), Australian poet, journalist and author

Surname

• Ashley Banjo (born 1988), English street dancer, choreographer and actor
• Chris Banjo (born 1990), American National Football League player
• Tunji Banjo, Nigerian-Irish former footballer

Arts and entertainment

• The Banjo (Gottschalk), an 1853 piano composition by Louis Moreau Gottschalk
• Banjo (1947 film), an American film directed by Richard Fleischer
• Banjo (2016 film), an Indian film
• "Banjo" (song), a song by Rascal Flatts from the album Changed
• "The Banjo" (song), a 2014 single by Norwegian formation 3LOGY
• Banjo, a protagonist in the Banjo-Kazooie video game series

Other uses

• Banjo (chocolate bar), a popular British chocolate bar during the 1970s
• Banjo (samba), a musical instrument
• Banjo (signal), an obsolete railroad signalling device
• Banjo (wood lathe), a fixture on a wood-turning lathe
• "Banjo", a slang term for the Australian $10 note, because one side has a picture of Banjo Paterson on it
• Battle of Banjo, a First World War battle in Africa
• Japanese gunboat Banjō, a warship of the early Imperial Japanese Navy
• "Banjo", a dinosaur specimen of the genus Australovenator
• Banjo (mobile application), a free app
• Egg Banjo ... Royal Marines egg sandwich ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_sandwich

See also

• Banjos banjos or banjofish, a species of fish