Sepp is a

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. When borne by

Upper German Upper German ( ) 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 German time, East F ...

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

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 ...

. Those bearing this name include: * Joseph

Sepp Blatter Joseph Sepp Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former association football, football administrator who served as the list of Presidents of FIFA, eighth president of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participatin ...

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

FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by its acronym FIFA ( ), is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded on 21 May 1904 to o ...

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 (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 is currently managing Young Reds Antwerp. Career Club career De Roover played as a defender and was born in Geel. He made his debut in pr ...

(born 1984), Belgian footballer * Josef

Sepp Dietrich Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician, general and war criminal in the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) during the Nazi era. Despite having no formal staff officer training, Dietrich was, along with Paul Hausser, t ...

(1892–1966), World War II Oberst-Gruppenführer of the

Waffen-SS The (; ) was the military branch, combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts, volunteers and conscr ...

* Sepp Ferstl (born 1954), German alpine skier * Josef "Sepp" Gangl, German major and Austrian resistance member who famously fought and died at the Battle of Castle Itter in the final days of World War II. * Sepp Heckelmiller (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 Germany 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 201 ...

(born 1967), German computer scientist *

Sepp Holzer 260px, A rainwater harvesting landscape designed by Holzer in Tamera, Portugal Josef "Sepp" Holzer (born July 24, 1942, in Ramingstein, State of Salzburg, Austria) is a farmer, an author, and an international consultant for natural agricultur ...

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

Josef Hügi Josef Hügi (23 January 1930 – 16 April 1995) was a Swiss Switzerland national football team, international football (soccer), footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. Career ...

(1930-1995), Swiss footballer * Sepp Kerschbaumer (1913–1964), Italian terrorist *

Sepp Kuss Sepp Kuss (born September 13, 1994) is an American professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He won the 2023 Vuelta a España, becoming the first American to win a Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour since Chris Horner in 2013 Vuelta a Espa ...

(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 Committ ...

(born 1947), Italian politician *

Sepp Lenz 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 ...

(1935–2023), West German luger *

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 (), were a winter multi-sport ...

(born 1937), Austrian ski jumper * Josef

Sepp Maier Josef Dieter "Sepp" Maier (; born 28 February 1944) is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Bayern Munich and the West Germany national team. Regarded as one of football's greatest goalkeepers, he was nickn ...

(born 1944), German football goalkeeper *

Josef Oberhauser Josef Kaspar Oberhauser (20 September 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 crim ...

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

Sepp Piontek Josef Emanuel Hubertus "Sepp" Piontek (born 5 March 1940) is a German former football player and manager. Playing career Born in Wrocław during World War II, Piontek started his playing career with VfL Germania Leer. Between 1963 and 1972, the ...

(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 (5 September 1937 – 2 March 2023) was 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. Reif died in Pulheim Pulheim (; Ripuarian: ...

(1937–2023), 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 skatin ...

(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 ...

(1875–1952), Austrian federal railway official and politician * Josef Uhlmann (1902–1968), German fencer, participated at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

Sepp van den Berg 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 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. Weile ...

(1921–1997), German ski jumper * Sepp Weiß (born 1952), German former footballer * Sepp Wildgruber (born 1959), German alpine skier *

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 (born 1952), Austrian retired decathlete

See also