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 ...

. When borne by Upper German-speaking people, it is often a nickname for Josef or other names related to Joseph. Those bearing this name include: * Joseph

Sepp Blatter Joseph "Sepp" Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participating in FIFA activities since 2015 as a result of ...

(born 1936), Swiss football administrator, former president of

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founde ...

* Josef Bradl (1918-1982), Austria ski jumper and coach * Sepp Daxenberger (1962–2010), Bavarian politician *

Sepp De Roover Sepp De Roover (; born 12 November 1984) is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a right back and current head coach of FC Wezel Sport. Career Club career De Roover played as a defender and was born in Geel. He made his debut in professio ...

(born 1984), Belgian footballer * Josef Sepp Dietrich (1892–1966), World War II Oberst-Gruppenführer of the Waffen-SS *

Sepp Ferstl Josef Ferstl Sr., known as Sepp Ferstl, (born 6 April 1954) is a retired German World Cup alpine ski racer who won the Hahnenkamm, the world's most prestigious downhill race, in consecutive years He made his World Cup debut at the race in 19 ...

(born 1954), German alpine skier * Sepp Heckelmiller (born 1943), German former alpine skier * Josef Sepp Herberger (1897–1977), German football player and manager *

Josef Hirtreiter Josef Hirtreiter (1 February 1909 – 27 November 1978) was an SS functionary of Nazi Germany and a Holocaust perpetrator who worked at Treblinka extermination camp during the Operation Reinhard phase of the Holocaust in Poland. Hirtreiter was a ...

(1909-1978), German SS sergeant and Holocaust war criminal * Sepp Hochreiter (born 1967), German computer scientist * Sepp Holzer (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 (1913–1964), Italian terrorist * Sepp Kuss (born 1994), American cyclist *

Sepp Kusstatscher Sepp Kusstatscher (born 17 March 1947 in Villanders) is an Italian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for North-East with the Federation of the Greens, part of the European Greens and sat on the European Parliament's Committee ...

(born 1947), Italian politician *

Sepp Lichtenegger Sepp Lichtenegger (born 13 November 1937) is an Austrian ski jumper. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiq ...

(born 1937), Austrian ski jumper * Josef Sepp Maier (born 1944), German football goalkeeper * Josef Oberhauser (1915–1979), German Nazi SS officer * Josef Sepp Piontek (born 1940), German former football player and manager * Josef Sepp Puschnig (born 1946), Austrian ice hockey player * Sepp Reif (born 1937), German ice hockey player * Sepp Schönmetzler (born 1944), German figure skater, coach and journalist * Sepp Straffner (1875–1952), Austrian federal railway official and politician * Josef Uhlmann (1902–1968), German fencer, participated at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

* Sepp van den Berg (born 2001), Dutch footballer *

Sepp Walcher Josef "Sepp" Walcher (December 8, 1954 – January 22, 1984) was an Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer. He specialized in the downhill event and won the gold medal at the World Championships in 1978 at Garmisch, West Germany. Biography Born ...

(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. W ...

(1921–1997), German ski jumper *

Sepp Weiß Sepp Weiss (born 13 March 1952) is a German footballer who played for Bayern Munich and was part of their European Cup victory in 1975. Weiss made 37 appearances in the Bundesliga for Bayern Munich before moving to Würzburger FV and SpVgg Bayreu ...

(born 1952), German former footballer * Josef Wurmheller (1917–1944), German Luftwaffe ace * Josef

Sepp Zeilbauer Josef "Sepp" Zeilbauer (born 24 September 1952, in Mürzzuschlag) is a retired decathlete from Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the E ...

(born 1952), Austrian retired decathlete

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