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''О́сип'') is a Russian male given name, a variant of the name

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 ...

. Notable people with the name include: * Osip Abdulov (1900–1953), Soviet actor * Osip Aptekman, Russian revolutionary *

Ossip Bernstein Ossip Samoilovich Bernstein (20 September 1882 – 30 November 1962) was a French chess player and businessman. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the title Grandmaster (chess), International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Biography Born ...

(1882–1962), Ukrainian-French chess player * Osip Bilchansky (1858–1879), Russian terrorist hanged for using a gun to resist arrest *

Osip Bodyansky Osip Maksimovich Bodyansky (; ; 31 October 1808 – 6 September 1877) was a Russian Slavist of Ukrainian Cossack descent who studied and taught at the Imperial Moscow University. Bodyansky's close friends included Nikolai Gogol, Sergey Aksakov, Mi ...

(1808–1877), Russian Imperial Slavist of Ukrainian Cossack descent *

Osip Braz Osip Emmanuilovich Braz (; For further validation on Braz's birthdate and extended family, see – 6 November 1936) was a Russian-Jewish painter during the Modernist period, best known for his portraits. Biography He began his art education i ...

(1873–1936), Russian-Jewish realist painter *

Osip Brik Osip Maksimovich Brik (; – 22 February 1945) was a Russian avant garde writer and literary critic, who was one of the most important members of the Russian formalist school, though he also identified himself as one of the Futurists. Life ...

, Russian writer and literary critic, a futurist * Osip Dymov (writer), pseudonym for Yosif (Osip) Isidorovich Perelman (1878-1959), Russian writer *

Osip Gelfond Osip Isaakovich Gelfond () (1868–1942) was a Russian people, Russian physician and Marxist philosopher. Osip studied at the University of Paris, gaining a medical degree in 1896. He married Musia Gershevna in 1899, who had also recently graduated ...

(1868–1942), Russian physician and Marxist philosopher * Osip Komissarov, hatter's apprentice famous for thwarting the assassination of

Alexander II of Russia Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Grand Du ...

Osip Kozodavlev Osip Petrovich Kozodavlev () ( – ) was a Russian statesman, politician and Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is re ...

(1754–1819), Russian statesman, politician and Minister of the Interior *

Osip Mikhailovich Lerner Osip Mikhailovich Lerner (13 January 1847 – 23 January 1907), also known as Y. Y. (Yosef Yehuda) Lerner, was a 19th-century Russian Jewish intellectual, writer, and critic. Originally a ''maskil''—a propagator of the ''Has ...

(1847–1907), also known as Y. Y. (Yosef Yehuda) Lerner, a 19th-century Russian Jewish intellectual, writer and critic *

Osip Mandelstam Osip Emilyevich Mandelstam (, ; – 27 December 1938) was a Russian and Soviet poet. He was one of the foremost members of the Acmeist school. Osip Mandelstam was arrested during the repressions of the 1930s and sent into internal exile wi ...

, Russian poet * Osip Minor (1861–1932), Russian revolutionary and member of the Socialist-Revolutionary Party *

Osip Notovich Osip Notovich was a Russian author, journalist, and publisher. He was born into a Jewish family in the city of Taganrog, studied at the Chekhov Gymnasium, Taganrog Boys' Gymnasium, and graduated from the law faculty of the Saint Petersburg Univers ...

, Russian author, journalist and publisher *

Osip Petrov Osip Afanasievich Petrov (, ) was a Russian operatic bass-baritone of great range and renown, whose career centred on St Petersburg. Biography Osip Petrov was born in Yelisavetgrad (now Kropyvnytskyi) in Ukraine, then part of Russia. He starte ...

(1806–1878), Russian operatic bass-baritone *

Osip Piatnitsky Osip Aaronovitch Piatnitsky (; ; born Iosif Oriolovich Tarshis; – 29 July 1938) was a Russian revolutionary and Soviet politician. Piatnitsky is best remembered as head of the International Department of the Communist International during the ...

(1882–1938), Russian revolutionary *

Osip Senkovsky Osip Ivanovich Senkovsky (; – ), born Józef-Julian Sękowski, was a Polish-Russian orientalist, journalist and entertainer. Life Senkovsky was born on his mother's estate in Antagotony, located some 30 miles away from Vilna (Vilnius in moder ...

, Polish-Russian journalist *

Osip Sorokhtei Osip-Roman Iyosafatovych Sorokhtei (Ukrainian: Осип-Роман Йосафатович Сорохтей; 28 February 1890, near Baranyvtsy, Sambir Raion – 28 November 1941, in Ivano-Frankivsk) was a Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, caricatu ...

(1890–1941), Ukrainian painter, graphic artist, caricaturist and art teacher *

Osip Startsev Osip Dmitrievich Startsev (Осип Дмитриевич Старцев) was a Russian architect who mastered both Naryshkin Baroque, Muscovite Baroque and Ukrainian Baroque idioms during the early part of Peter the Great's reign. His father Dmit ...

, Russian architect *

Osip Ivanovich Somov Osip Ivanovich Somov (; 13 June 1815, Moscow Governorate – 8 May 1876, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical p ...

(1815–1876), Russian mathematician *

Osip Yermansky Osip Arkadyevich Yermansky (Russian: О́сип Арка́дьевич Ерма́нский; 28 July 1867 – 1941), born Yosif Arkadyevich Kogan (Russian: Иосиф Аркадьевич Коган), and known by the pseudonyms M. Borisov, A. ...

(1867–1941), Russian economist

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