Jemmy (disambiguation)
Jemmy usually refers to a Crowbar (tool) or jimmy, a metal bar with a curved end
It is also a diminutive of Jimmy and often refers to people including:-
- Jemmy Botting or James Botting (1783 - 1837) hangman at Newgate Prison in London, England from 1817-1819
- Jemmy Button (c. 1815–1864), a native Fuegian
- Jemmy Dean (1816 - 1881) an English professional cricketer
- Jemmy Hirst (1738 – 1829) an English eccentric.
- Jemmy Moore (1839 – 1890) an Australian cricketer
- Jemmy Shaw a pioneer of early dog shows, a promoter of dog fighting and rat-baiting
- Jemmy (slave leader) - leader of the Stono Rebellion a slave rebellion in 1739
- Jemmy Wood (1756 – 1836) "The Gloucester Miser"
It may also refer to :-
- Jemmy Jones Island an island in British Columbia
- Jemmy Joneson’s Whurry a traditional Geordie folk song c1815
- Jemmy Twitcher a character in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera supposedly based on John Wilkes
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