What is "bonzo"

Bonzo may mean:

• Self-immolation, a ritualistic suicide practice, often used to refer to suicide by fire
• Bonzo the dog, a fictional character that was created by British commercial artist George E. Studdy
• John "Bonzo" Bonham, the drummer for Led Zeppelin
• A chimpanzee - the title character in the 1951 comedy film Bedtime for Bonzo, also starring Ronald Reagan
  • A nickname for Ronald Reagan, based on the film above and mentioned in a number of songs:
    • Five Minutes by the band Bonzo Goes to Washington, which refers to a microphone test speech made by Reagan
    • " My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)" by The Ramones
    • Bad Time for Bonzo by The Damned
• The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, sometimes referred to as The Bonzos
• Bonzo Madrid, a character in the Ender series
• Uncle Bonzo, a menacing figure from Puccini's Madama Butterfly
• Bonzo (Piedmont), a former municipality in Piedmont, Italy

Bonzo is a frazione (and a parish) of the municipality of Groscavallo, in Piedmont, northern Italy.