Josip () is a male given name found among

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and

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, a cognate of

Joseph Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

. In

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, the name Josip was the second most common masculine given name in the decades up to 1959, and has stayed among the top ten most common ones throughout 2011. Notable people named Josip include: *

Ruđer Josip Bošković Roger Joseph Boscovich ( hr, Ruđer Josip Bošković; ; it, Ruggiero Giuseppe Boscovich; la, Rogerius (Iosephus) Boscovicius; sr, Руђер Јосип Бошковић; 18 May 1711 – 13 February 1787) was a physicist, astronomer, ...

, Croatian physicist *

Josip Bozanić Josip Bozanić (; born 20 March 1949) is a Croatian Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the eighth Archbishop of Zagreb, having previously served as Bishop of Krk from 1989 to 1997. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2003. He is a member o ...

, Croatian cardinal *

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (; sh-Cyrl, Тито, links=no, ), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and statesman, serving in various positions from 1943 until his deat ...

, Yugoslav president * Josip Frank, Croatian politician *

Josip Globevnik Josip Globevnik is a Slovenian mathematician, born December 6, 1945 in Ljubljana, Slovenia (then Yugoslavia). Globevnik graduated in 1968 and obtained his PhD in 1972 at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology (FNT) of University of Ljub ...

, Slovenian mathematician *

Josip Golubar Josip Golubar (born 4 March 1985) is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for NK Podravina. Career Early career Golubar played at youth level with hometown club Varteks (later renamed Varaždin). He spent much of his early senior c ...

, Croatian footballer *

Josip Hatze Joseph Hatze (1879–1959) was one of the first and most prominent Croats, Croatian composers in the Mediterranean style in the first half of last century. Hatze was born in Split (city), Split (then Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Croatia) to a fa ...

, Croatian composer *

Josip Jelačić Count Josip Jelačić von Bužim (16 October 180120 May 1859; also spelled ''Jellachich'', ''Jellačić'' or ''Jellasics''; hr, Josip grof Jelačić Bužimski; hu, Jelasics József) was a Croatian lieutenant field marshal in the Imperial-Roy ...

, Croatian ban *

Josip Katalinski Josip Katalinski (12 May 1948 – 9 June 2011) was a Bosnian professional Manager (association football), football manager and Football player, player. Club career Katalinski's career began in a small club Igman based in Ilidža, a suburb of Sar ...

, Bosnian footballer *

Josip Kozarac Josip Kozarac (18 March 1858 – 21 August 1906) was a Croatian writer. Josip Kozarac was born in Vinkovci, Croatia. He studied forestry management in Vienna and later served as forestry official in Vinkovci. He wrote stories, plays and novels. ...

, Croatian writer * Josip Manolić, Croatian politician * Josip Marohnić, Croatian emigrant activist *

Josip Plemelj Josip Plemelj (December 11, 1873 – May 22, 1967) was a Slovene mathematician, whose main contributions were to the theory of analytic functions and the application of integral equations to potential theory. He was the first chancellor of t ...

, Slovenian mathematician * Josip Račić, Croatian painter * Josip Skoblar, Croatian former player and football manager * Josip Skoko, Australian soccer player * Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Croatian bishop and politician * Josip Šimunić, Croatian footballer * Josip Štolcer-Slavenski, Croatian composer * Josip Vranković, Croatian basketball coach

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Slovene masculine given names Croatian masculine given names {{Given name

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