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 m ...
, notably used in
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
,
Austria
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,
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
and the
Czech Republic
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, and also in
Scandinavia
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. People so named include:
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Josef Abrhám
Josef Abrhám (14 December 1939 – 16 May 2022) was a Czech film and theatre actor.
Biography
He originally began studying acting at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and later moved to Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts i ...
(born 1939), Czech film and stage actor
* Josef Albers (1888–1976), German Artist
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Josef Ludwig von Armansperg
Josef Ludwig, Graf von Armansperg ( el, Κόμης Ιωσήφ Λουδοβίκος Άρμανσπεργκ; 28 February 1787 – 3 April 1853) served as the Interior and Finance Minister (1826–1828) and Foreign and Finance Minister (1828–1831) u ...
(1787–1853), Bavarian government minister, Regent and Prime Minister of Greece
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Josef Bühler
Josef Bühler (16 February 1904 – 22 August 1948) was a state secretary and deputy governor to the Nazi Germany-controlled General Government in Kraków during World War II.
Background
Bühler was born in Bad Waldsee into a Catholic family ...
(1904–1948), German Nazi government official executed for crimes against humanity
* Josef Dobrovský (1753–1829), Czech philologist and historian
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Josef Dietrich
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was A ...
(1892–1966), German World War II Waffen-SS general and war criminal
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Josef Doležal
Josef Doležal (; 12 December 1920 in Příbram – 28 January 1999 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre walk.Josef Duchoslav (born 1967), Czech ice hockey player
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Josef Ertl
Josef Ertl (7 March 1925 – 16 November 2000) was a German politician who served as the minister of agriculture in different cabinets of Germany and was a member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP).
Early life and education
Ertl's family were ...
(1925–2000), German politician
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Josef Frank (architect)
Josef Frank (15 July 1885 – 8 January 1967) was an Austrian-born architect, artist, and designer who adopted Swedish citizenship in the latter half of his life. Together with Oskar Strnad, he created the Vienna School of Architecture, and i ...
(1885–1967), Austrian-born architect, artist, and designer
* Josef Fritzl (born 1935), Austrian sex offender
* Josef Gočár (1880–1945), Czech architect
* Josef Hladký (born 1962), Czech-German retired medley swimmer
* Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956), Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods
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Josef Hügi
Josef Hügi (23 January 1930 – 16 April 1995) was a Swiss international footballer who played as a striker during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s.
Career
Hügi was born in the town of Riehen on 23 January 1930 and played football fr ...
Josef Klaus
Josef Klaus (15 August 1910 – 25 July 2001) was an Austrian politician of the conservative People's Party (ÖVP). He served as State Governor (''Landeshauptmann'') of Salzburg from 1949 to 1961, as Minister of Finance from 1961 to 1963 and a ...
(1910–2001), Austrian politician
* Josef Košťálek (1909–1971), Czech footballer
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Josef Kramer
Josef Kramer (10 November 1906 – 13 December 1945) was Hauptsturmführer and the Commandant of Auschwitz-Birkenau (from 8 May 1944 to 25 November 1944) and of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp (from December 1944 to its liberation on 15 A ...
(1906–1945), German commandant of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp executed for war crimes
* Josef Krips (1902–1974), Austrian orchestral conductor
* Josef Lontscharitsch (born 1970), Austrian former road cyclist
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Josef Martínez
Josef Alexander Martínez Mencia (born 19 May 1993) is a Venezuelan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Atlanta United and the Venezuela national team.
Josef Martínez began his career with Caracas. ...
(born 1993), Venezuelan footballer
* Josef Albert Meisinger (1899–1947), also known as the "Butcher of Warsaw", German Nazi SS and Gestapo officer executed for war crimes
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Josef Mysliveček
Josef Mysliveček (9 March 1737 – 4 February 1781) was a Czech composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music. Mysliveček provided his younger friend Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with significant com ...
(1737–1781), Czech composer
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Josef Newgarden
Josef Nicolai Newgarden (born December 22, 1990) is an American race car driver who competes in the IndyCar Series full-time for Team Penske. He is the 2017 and 2019 IndyCar Series Champion and 2011 Indy Lights champion.
Career
Karting
Newga ...
(born 1990), American IndyCar Series driver
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Josef Oberhauser
Josef Oberhauser (21 January 1915 – 22 November 1979) was a low-ranking German SS commander during the Nazi era. He participated in Action T4 and Operation Reinhard. Oberhauser was the only person to be successfully convicted of crimes committ ...
(1915–1979), German Nazi SS concentration camp commandant and Holocaust perpetrator
* Josef Odložil (1938–1993), Czech middle-distance runner
* Josef Samael or Josef (wrestler), ring names of professional wrestler
The Sheik II
Joseph Cabibbo (born May 21, 1974) is an American professional wrestler currently wrestling under the ring names Josef and Josef Samael on the independent circuit and in Major League Wrestling (MLW) as a member of Contra Unit with Jacob Fatu, Si ...
Josef von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg (; born Jonas Sternberg; May 29, 1894 – December 22, 1969) was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major ...
(1894–1969), Austrian-American film director born Jonas Sternberg
* Josef Strauss (1827–1870), Austrian composer, brother of Johann Strauss II
* Josef Suk (composer) (1874–1935), Czech composer and violinist
* Josef Suk (violinist) (1929–2011), his grandson, Czech violinist and conductor
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Josef Wüst
Josef Wüst (March 11, 1925 – February 19, 2003) was an Austrian journalist, editor-in-chief and publisher.
Early life and education
Josef Wüst was born in Velika Greda, Podunavlje Oblast, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, the thir ...
(1925–2003), Austrian journalist, editor-in-chief and publisher
* Josef Sepp Zeilbauer (born 1952), Austrian former decathlete
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 m ...