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and Slovak version of masculine given name

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 ...

. A selection of people with that name follows. For a comprehensive list see and .. * Józef Beck (1894–1944), Polish foreign minister in the 1930s * Józef Bem (1794–1850), Polish general, Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary *

Józef Bilczewski Józef Bilczewski (26 April 1860 – 20 March 1923) was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Archbishop of Lviv from 1900 until his death. He served as a theological and dogmatics professor in the Lviv college after himself having ...

(1860–1923), Polish Catholic archbishop and saint * Józef Brandt (1841–1915), Polish painter * Jozef M.L.T. Cals (1914–1971), Dutch Prime Minister *

Józef Marian Chełmoński 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 ...

(1849–1914), Polish painter *

Jozef Chovanec Jozef Chovanec (born 7 March 1960) is a Czech former professional football player and manager. Playing career As a player, Chovanec spent almost his whole career at Sparta Prague. In 1988, he moved to the Netherlands, to play briefly for PSV Ei ...

(born 1960), Slovak footballer * Jozef De Kesel (born 1947), Belgian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Jozef De Veuster Father Damien or Saint Damien of Molokai, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, SS.CC. or Saint Damien De Veuster ( nl, Pater Damiaan or '; 3 January 1840 – 15 April 1889), born Jozef De Veuster, was a Roman Catholic (term), Ro ...

(1840–1889), Belgian missionary better known as Father Damien *

Józef Elsner Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner (sometimes ''Józef Ksawery Elsner''; baptismal name, ''Joseph Anton Franz Elsner''; 1 June 176918 April 1854) was a composer, music teacher, and music theoretician, active mainly in Warsaw. He was one of the firs ...

(1769–1854), Silesian composer, music teacher, and music theoretician *

Jozef Gabčík Jozef Gabčík (; 8 April 1912 – 18 June 1942) was a Slovak soldier in the Czechoslovak Army involved in the Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of acting ''Reichsprotektor'' (Imperial-Protector) of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, ...

(1912–1942), Slovak soldier in the Czechoslovak army involved in Operation Anthropoid * Jozef A.A. Geeraerts (1930–2015), Belgian writer * Józef Grudzień (born 1939), Polish boxer and Olympic champion *

Józef Kazimierz Hofmann Josef Casimir Hofmann (originally Józef Kazimierz Hofmann; January 20, 1876February 16, 1957) was a Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor. Biography Josef Hofmann was born in Podgórze (a district of Kraków), in ...

(1876–1957), Polish American pianist, composer, and inventor *

Jozef Israëls Jozef Israëls (27 January 1824 – 12 August 1911) was a Dutch painter. He was a leading member of the group of landscape painters referred to as the Hague School and, during his lifetime, "the most respected Dutch artist of the second half of ...

(1824–1911), Dutch painter *

Józef Klotz Józef Klotz (2 January 1900 – 1941) was a Polish footballer who played centre-half. He scored the first-ever goal for the Poland national football team. He was killed by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941. Biography Klotz was born in Kra ...

(1900–1941), Polish footballer *

Jozef Lenárt Jozef Lenárt (3 April 1923 – 11 February 2004) was a Slovak politician who was the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1963 to 1968. Life and career Born in Liptovská Porúbka, Slovakia, he graduated from a chemistry high school and worke ...

(1923–2004), Slovak Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1963–68 * Józef Lustgarten (1899–1973), Polish footballer * Jozef Moravčík (born 1945), Slovak diplomat and politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia in 1994 * Jozef Teodor Mousson (1887–1946), Slovak Impressionist painter * Jozef Murgaš (1864–1929), Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter, and priest * Jozef Peeters (1895–1960), Belgian painter * Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935), Polish head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces * Józef Pińkowski (1929–2000), Polish Communist politician, Prime Minister from 1980 to 1981 * Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813), Polish political and military leader * Jozef Pribilinec (born 1960), Slovak racewalker *

Józef Rotblat Sir Joseph Rotblat (4 November 1908 – 31 August 2005) was a Polish and British physicist. During World War II he worked on Tube Alloys and the Manhattan Project, but left the Los Alamos Laboratory on grounds of conscience after it became cl ...

(1908–2005), Polish physicist *

Józef Szajba Józef Szajba (14 January 1910 – 1945) was a Polish sailor. He competed in the mixed 6 metres at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Szajba was murdered by Nazis Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism ...

(1910–1945), Polish sailor *

Józef Szmidt Józef Szmidt (born 28 March 1935 as Josef Schmidt) is a former Polish athlete. He was born in Miechowitz, Beuthen, Province of Upper Silesia, Germany. With a jump of 17.03m in 1960, Szmidt was the first triple jumper to reach 17 metres. Bio ...

(born 1935), Polish retired triple jumper, world record holder and twice Olympic champion *

Jozef Stümpel Jozef Stümpel (born 20 July 1972) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, and Florida Panthers between 1992 and 2008. Internationally Stümpel played ...

(born 1972), Slovak former National Hockey League player * Jozef Tiso (1887–1947), Slovak priest and puppet head of state of Slovakia from 1939 to 1945 executed for war crimes * Jozef Tomko (1924–2022), Slovak Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Jozef Van Roey (1874–1961), Belgian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church *

Jozef Vengloš Jozef Vengloš (18 February 1936 – 26 January 2021) was a Slovak professional football player and manager. He held a doctorate in Physical Education and also specialised in Psychology. He was selected by FIFA on various occasions to lecture ...

(born 1936), Slovak football coach *

Józef Andrzej Załuski Józef Andrzej Załuski (12 January 17029 January 1774) was a Polish Catholic priest, Bishop of Kiev, a sponsor of learning and culture, and a renowned bibliophile. A member of the Polish nobility (''szlachta''), bearing the hereditary Junosza ...

(1702–1774), Polish Bishop of Kiev and bibliophile

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