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