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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 Józef Beck (; 4 October 1894 – 5 June 1944) was a Poles, Polish statesman who served the Second Republic of Poland as a diplomat and military officer. A close associate of Józef Piłsudski, Beck is most famous for being Polish foreign minist ...

(1894–1944), Polish foreign minister in the 1930s *

Józef Bem Józef Zachariasz Bem ( hu, Bem József, tr, Murat Pasha; March 14, 1794 – December 10, 1850) was a Polish engineer and general, an Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European patriot ...

(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 Józef Brandt (1841 in Szczebrzeszyn – 1915 in Radom) was a Polish painter, a representative of the Munich School, best known for his paintings of battles. Life Brandt studied in Warsaw in the school of J.N. Leszczynski and at the Noblemen's ...

(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 Jozef De Kesel (born 17 June 1947) is a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 2016 and Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels since 2015. He served as Bishop of Bruges from 2010 to 2015. Early life De Kesel was bor ...

(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 Józef Grudzień (1 April 1939 – 17 June 2017) was a Polish boxer. Grudzień was born 1 April 1939 in Piasek Wielki, Poland, which is near Busko-Zdrój. He won two medals at the Olympic Games: gold in the Lightweight division at Tok ...

(born 1939), Polish boxer and Olympic champion * Józef Kazimierz Hofmann (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 Józef Lustgarten (1 November 1889, Krakow - 22 September 1973, Kraków) was a Polish Jewish footballer. Born in Cracow, he was Jewish. He represented Cracovia. He also represented Poland in international matches. He was the first manager of t ...

(1899–1973), Polish footballer *

Jozef Moravčík Jozef Moravčík (born 19 March 1945) is a Slovak diplomat and political figure. He served as the prime minister of Slovakia from 16 March 1994 to 13 December 1994, and later as the Mayor of Bratislava The Mayor of Bratislava ( sk, Primátor Br ...

(born 1945), Slovak diplomat and politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia in 1994 *

Jozef Teodor Mousson Jozef Teodor Mousson (; 15 December 1887 – 6 November 1946) was a Slovak Impressionist painter. Born in a Hungarian village called Hőgyész to a family of a French origin, he moved to Michalovce, Slovakia in 1911, where he stayed for anothe ...

(1887–1946), Slovak Impressionist painter *

Jozef Murgaš Jozef Murgaš (English Joseph Murgas) (17 February 1864 – 11 May 1929) was a Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter and Roman Catholic priest. He contributed to wireless telegraphy and helped in the development of mobile communicati ...

(1864–1929), Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter, and priest *

Jozef Peeters Jozef Peeters (1895–1960) was a Belgian painter, engraver and graphic artist. In 1913, Jozef Peeters attended for a short time the Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts, but was mainly interested by his own experiments. In 1914 he started paintin ...

(1895–1960), Belgian painter *

Józef Piłsudski ), Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (now Lithuania) , death_date = , death_place = Warsaw, Poland , constituency = , party = None (formerly PPS) , spouse = , children = Wan ...

(1867–1935), Polish head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces *

Józef Pińkowski Józef Pińkowski (; 17 April 1929 – 8 November 2000) was a Polish Communist politician who served as 51st Prime Minister of Poland from 1980 to 1981. By profession Pińkowski was an economist. In 1971 he became a member of the central commit ...

(1929–2000), Polish Communist politician, Prime Minister from 1980 to 1981 *

Józef Poniatowski Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski (; 7 May 1763 – 19 October 1813) was a Polish general, minister of war and army chief, who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. A nephew of king Stanislaus Augustus of Poland (), ...

(1763–1813), Polish political and military leader *

Jozef Pribilinec Jozef Pribilinec (; born 6 July 1960) is a Slovak track and field athlete who mainly competed in racewalking. He was born in Kopernica. Pribilinec competed for the former Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea wh ...

(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 (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 Jozef Gašpar Tiso (; hu, Tiszó József; 13 October 1887 – 18 April 1947) was a Slovak politician and Roman Catholic priest who served as president of the Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany during World War II, from 1939 to 194 ...

(1887–1947), Slovak priest and puppet head of state of Slovakia from 1939 to 1945 executed for war crimes *

Jozef Tomko Jozef Tomko (11 March 1924 – 8 August 2022) was a Slovak prelate of the Catholic Church who held positions in the Roman Curia from 1962 until he retired in 2007. He was prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 1985 ...

(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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