Josua or Jozua is a male given name and a variation of the Hebrew name
Yeshua
Yeshua or Y'shua (; with vowel pointing he, יֵשׁוּעַ, Yēšūaʿ, labels=no) was a common alternative form of the name Yehoshua ( he, יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Yəhōšūaʿ, Joshua, labels=no) in later books of the Hebrew Bible and among Jew ...
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Notable people with this name include:
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Josua Bühler (1895–1983), Swiss philatelist
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Josua de Grave (1643–1712), Dutch draughtsman and painter
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Josua Harrsch (1669–1719), German missionary
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Josua Hoffalt (born 1984), French ballet dancer
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Josua Järvinen (1871–1948), Finnish politician
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Josua Koroibulu
Josua "Josh" Koroibulu is a Fijian professional rugby league footballer who has played for the Milton-Ulladulla Bulldogs, the Guyra Super Spuds and the Armidale Rams RLFC (of Group 19 Rugby League, in Armidale, New South Wales). In 2008 he was ...
(born 1982), Fijian rugby league footballer
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Josua Heschel Kuttner (–1878), Jewish Orthodox scholar and rabbi
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Josua Lindahl (1844–1912), Swedish-American geologist and paleontologist
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Josua Maaler (1529–1599), Swiss pastor and lexicographer
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Josua Mateinaniu (), Fijian missionary
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Josua Mejías (born 1997), Venezuelan footballer
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Johann Josua Mosengel (1663–1731), German pipe organ builder
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Jozua Naudé (disambiguation), several people
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Josua Swanepoel (born 1983), South African cricketer
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Josua Tuisova (born 1994), Fijian rugby union player
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Josua Vakurunabili (born 1992), Fijian rugby union player
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Josua Vici (born 1994), Fijian rugby union player
See also
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Joshua (name)
Joshua is a given name derived from the Hebrew ( Modern: ''Yəhōšūaʿ'', Tiberian: ''Yŏhōšūaʿ''), prominently belonging to Joshua, an early Hebrew leader of the Exodus period who has a major role in several books of the Bible. The name w ...
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