Famous People with Name Joe

Joe Barbee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joe Barbee: was a college and professional American football defensive tackle. He played college football at Kent State, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Oakland Raiders in 1960.

Joe Paopao            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joe Paopao: is a long-time coach in the Canadian Football League, who last served as a head coach in the CFL for the Ottawa Renegades from 2001-2005. (He was named head coach on December 18, 2001 and fired on November 7, 2005).

Joe Dan Washington, Jr            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joe Dan Washington, Jr: was a professional American football player for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. The defensive lineman was a third-round draft pick in the 1981 NFL Draft by the Saints out of Auburn University. He went on to play 189 games during his 13-year career with New Orleans, recording 52½ sacks. His impressive career earned him an induction into the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame.

Joe Henry Engle            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joe Henry Engle: is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He was married to the late Mary Catherine Lawrence of Mission Hills, Kansas and has two grown children and one stepchild. He is currently married to Jeanie Carter Engle of Houston, Texas. En

Joe Gold            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joe Gold: was the founder of Gold's Gym and World Gym. He has been credited with being the father of the recent bodybuilding and fitness craze sweeping the US.Joe Gold began his interest in bodybuilding at the age of 12, when he saw his sister-in-law's design for strengthening her arms. She had attached a filled bucket to each end of a broom handle and was using them as lifts. Joe and his brother, Robert Gold, got the idea for building their own equipment from scrap obtained from Roberts scrap yard.

Mendelson Joe            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mendelson Joe: a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist and painter.In 1975 Joe adopted his current name, and began performing as a solo artist, frequently collaborating with musicians such as Ben Mink, Gwen Swick and Colin Linden. He also began to make a name for himself as a contemporary artist, pursuing painting as well as music.Joe has also been an outspoken political activist, often using his art to express political themes. His most famous painting depicted Prime Minister Brian Mulroney with his face superimposed on a pair of human buttocks. He published a book of his portraits, Joe's Toronto, in 2005.