Sepp is a

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. When borne by

Upper German Upper German (german: Oberdeutsch ) is a family of High German dialects spoken primarily in the southern German-speaking area (). History In the Old High German time, only Alemannic and Bairisch are grouped as Upper German. In the Middle High ...

-speaking people, it is often a nickname for Josef or other names related to

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 ...

. Those bearing this name include: * Joseph Sepp Blatter (born 1936), Swiss football administrator, former president of FIFA *

Josef Bradl Josef "Sepp" / "Bubi" Bradl (8 January 1918 – 3 March 1982) was an Austrian ski jumper who competed during the 1930s and 1950s. He was born in Wasserburg am Inn, Bavaria. Career on 15 March 1936, he became the first man in history to stan ...

(1918-1982), Austria ski jumper and coach *

Sepp Daxenberger Sepp Daxenberger (10 April 1962 – 18 August 2010) was a German Green Party politician. Biography Daxenberger was born in Waging am See in Bavaria. He became a blacksmith and later he owned and worked at a farm close to Waging. In 1990 he was ...

(1962–2010), Bavarian politician * Sepp De Roover (born 1984), Belgian footballer * Josef

Sepp 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), World War II Oberst-Gruppenführer of the

Waffen-SS The (, "Armed SS") was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscripts from both occup ...

* Sepp Ferstl (born 1954), German alpine skier *

Sepp Heckelmiller Sepp Heckelmiller (born 5 November 1943 in Bad Hindelang) is a German former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌 ...

(born 1943), German former alpine skier * Josef

Sepp Herberger Josef "Sepp" Herberger (28 March 1897 – 28 April 1977) was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West German national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, a match later dubbed '' The Mir ...

(1897–1977), German football player and manager * Josef Hirtreiter (1909-1978), German SS sergeant and Holocaust war criminal *

Sepp Hochreiter Josef "Sepp" Hochreiter (born 14 February 1967) is a German computer scientist. Since 2018 he has led the Institute for Machine Learning at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz after having led the Institute of Bioinformatics from 2006 to 2018 ...

(born 1967), German computer scientist *

Sepp Holzer Sepp may refer to: * Sepp (given name) *Sepp (surname) *Science & Environmental Policy Project * Sepp (publisher) *Substantially equal periodic payments, US tax-law provision *Single Edge Processor Package * State Enterprise for Pesticide Producti ...

(born 1942), Austrian permaculturalist and consultant for natural agriculture *

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 ...

(1930-1995), Swiss footballer *

Sepp Kerschbaumer Sepp Kerschbaumer (9 November 1913 – 7 December 1964) was a leading member of the South Tyrolean Liberation Committee ''(Befreiungsausschuss Südtirol (BAS))'', which campaigned for the break-away of South Tyrol from Italy. In 1961, the BAS ...

(1913–1964), Italian terrorist *

Sepp Kuss Sepp Kuss (born September 13, 1994) is an American professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Kuss started out in mountain bike racing as a junior and as a student at the University of Colorado won two races at the Colle ...

(born 1994), American cyclist * Sepp Kusstatscher (born 1947), Italian politician * Sepp Lichtenegger (born 1937), Austrian ski jumper * Josef

Sepp Maier Sepp may refer to: *Sepp (given name) *Sepp (surname) *Science & Environmental Policy Project * Sepp (publisher) *Substantially equal periodic payments, US tax-law provision *Single Edge Processor Package *State Enterprise for Pesticide Production ...

(born 1944), German football goalkeeper *

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 commi ...

(1915–1979), German Nazi SS officer * Josef

Sepp Piontek Josef Emanuel Hubertus "Sepp" Piontek (born 5 March 1940) is a German former Association football, footballer and manager. Playing career Born in Breslau, now Wrocław. Piontek started his playing career with VfL Germania Leer. Between 1963 and ...

(born 1940), German former football player and manager * Josef

Sepp Puschnig Josef "Sepp" Puschnig (born 12 September 1946 in Klagenfurt, Austria) is a retired ice hockey player. He participated at three Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1999. Career Puschnig ...

(born 1946), Austrian ice hockey player *

Sepp Reif Sepp Reif (born 5 September 1937) is a German ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournaments at the 1960 Winter Olympics, the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olym ...

(born 1937), German ice hockey player *

Sepp Schönmetzler Sepp Schönmetzler (born 24 September 1944 in Etzdorf, Saxony) is a German figure skater, coach, and journalist. He is the 1962 and 1965 German national champion and placed 12th at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He produces the German figure skat ...

(born 1944), German figure skater, coach and journalist *

Sepp Straffner Sepp Straffner (31 January 1875 Bad Goisern - 29 October 1952) was an Austrian federal railway official and politician in the Greater German People's Party. He was a pupil at Hallstatt near Salzkammergut, then a student in the Forestry Service at G ...

(1875–1952), Austrian federal railway official and politician *

Josef Uhlmann Josef "Sepp" Uhlmann (21 October 1902 – 20 July 1968) was a German fencer. He competed in the team épée The ( or , ), sometimes spelled epee in English, is the largest and heaviest of the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. ...

(1902–1968), German fencer, participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics *

Sepp van den Berg Sepp van den Berg (born 20 December 2001) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as centre-back for Bundesliga club Schalke 04, on loan from Liverpool. Club career PEC Zwolle After successfully progressing through the PEC Zwolle youth ...

(born 2001), Dutch footballer * Sepp Walcher (1954–1984), Austrian alpine skier *

Sepp Weiler Sepp Weiler (22 January 1921, Oberstdorf, Bavaria – 24 May 1997) was a West German ski jumper who competed from 1952 to 1956. Career He finished tied for eighth in the individual large hill event at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Weil ...

(1921–1997), German ski jumper * Sepp Weiß (born 1952), German former footballer *

Josef Wurmheller Josef "Sepp" Wurmheller (4 May 1917 – 22 June 1944) was a German Luftwaffe pilot during World War II, a fighter ace credited with 102 enemy aircraft shot down in over 300 combat missions. He claimed the majority of his aerial victories over ...

(1917–1944), German Luftwaffe ace * Josef

Sepp Zeilbauer Josef "Sepp" Zeilbauer (born 24 September 1952, in Mürzzuschlag) is a retired decathlon, decathlete from Austria. His personal best in the event was 8310 points, achieved on 16 May 1976 at a competition in Götzis. Achievements External linkssp ...

(born 1952), Austrian retired decathlete

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