Josip () is a male given name largely found among

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and

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, a cognate of

Joseph Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "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 modern-day Nordic count ...

. In

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, the name Josip was the second most common masculine given name in the decades up to 1959, and has stayed among the top ten most common ones throughout 2011. Notable people named Josip include: * Ruđer Josip Bošković, Ragusan physicist *

Josip Bozanić Josip Bozanić (; born 20 March 1949) is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who was the Archbishop of Zagreb from 1997 to 2023. He was previously Bishop of Krk from 1989 to 1997. He was made a cardinal in 2003. Bozanić is the Grand Prio ...

, Croatian cardinal *

Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz ( sh-Cyrl, Јосип Броз, ; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito ( ; , ), was a Yugoslavia, Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 unti ...

, Yugoslav president *

Josip Frank Josip Frank (; 16 April 1844 – 17 December 1911) was a Croatian lawyer and politician, a noted representative of the Party of Rights in the Croatian Parliament, and a vocal advocate of Croatian national independence in Austria-Hungary. Early ...

, Croatian politician *

Josip Globevnik Josip Globevnik (born December 6, 1945, in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian mathematician. Globevnik graduated in 1968 and obtained his PhD in 1972 at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology (FNT) of University of Ljubljana. He ...

, Slovenian mathematician * Josip Golubar, Croatian footballer * Josip Hatze, Croatian composer *

Josip Jelačić Count Josip Jelačić von Bužim (16 October 180120 May 1859; also spelled ''Jellachich'', ''Jellačić'' or ''Jellasics''; ; ) was a Croatian lieutenant field marshal in the Imperial Austrian Army and politician. He was the Ban of Croatia betw ...

, Croatian ban *

Josip Katalinski Josip Katalinski (12 May 1948 – 9 June 2011) was a Bosnian professional football manager and player. Club career Katalinski's career began in a small club Igman based in Ilidža, a suburb of Sarajevo. In 1964, when he was 15 years old, he was ...

, Bosnian footballer *

Josip Kozarac Josip Kozarac (18 March 1858 – 21 August 1906) was a Croatian writer. Josip Kozarac was born in Vinkovci, Austrian Empire. He studied forestry management in Vienna and later served as forestry official in Vinkovci. He wrote stories, plays and ...

, Croatian writer *

Josip Manolić Josip "Joža" Manolić (; 22 March 1920 – 15 April 2024) was a Croatian politician and Communism, communist revolutionary during World War II in Yugoslavia. He served as a high-ranking official of the SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav State Security Ad ...

, Croatian politician * Josip Marohnić, Croatian emigrant activist *

Josip Plemelj Josip Plemelj (December 11, 1873 – May 22, 1967) was a Slovenes, Slovene mathematician, whose main contributions were to the theory of analytic functions and the application of integral equations to potential theory. He was the first chancel ...

, Slovenian mathematician * Josip Projić, Serbian footballer * Josip Račić, Croatian painter * Josip Skoblar, Croatian former player and football manager *

Josip Skoko Josip Skoko (born 10 December 1975) is an Australian former professional soccer player who played as a central midfielder for North Geelong Warriors, Hajduk Split, Genk, Gençlerbirliği, Wigan Athletic, Stoke City and Melbourne Heart. Skok ...

, Australian soccer player *

Josip Juraj Strossmayer Josip Juraj Strossmayer, also Štrosmajer (; ; 4 February 1815 – 8 April 1905) was a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church, politician and benefactor (law), benefactor. Between 1849 and his death, he served as the Bishop of Đakovo, Bishop ...

, Croatian bishop and politician *

Josip Šimunić Josip "Joe" Šimunić (; born 18 February 1978) is a retired footballer and current president of NK Rudeš. Born in Australia to Bosnian Croat parents, Šimunić started his career at Melbourne Knights then moved to Germany where he spent ...

, Croatian footballer *

Josip Štolcer-Slavenski Josip Štolcer-Slavenski (Serbian Cyrillic: Јосип Штолцер-Славенски; 11 May 1896 – 30 November 1955 ) was a Croatia, Croatian composer and professor at the Music Academy in Belgrade. British musicologist Jim Samson descr ...

, Croatian composer *

Josip Vranković Josip-Jerko "Joke" Vranković (born October 26, 1968) is a Croatian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, co ...

, Croatian basketball coach

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