Iosif is the Romanian variant of the biblical name Joseph and may refer to:

People

Iosif Amusin Iosif Davidovich Amusin (; French: ''Joseph Amoussine'', November 29, 1910, Vitebsk – June 12, 1984, Leningrad) was a Soviet Union, Soviet historian, oriental studies, orientalist, hebraist and papyrologyst, and a specialist in the history of ...

, Soviet historian *

Iosif Anisim Iosif Anisim is a Romanian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won a complete set of medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships: a gold (C-4 500 m: 2001), a silver (C-4 1000 m: 1999 1999 wa ...

, Romanian sprint canoer * Iosif Ardeleanu, Romanian communist activist and bureaucrat * Iosif Blaga, Romanian literary theorist and politician * Iosif Bobulescu, Romanian bishop * Iosif Capotă, Romanian anti-communist resistance fighter *Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, aka

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Dzhugashvili; 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin, his death in 1953. He held power as General Secret ...

* Iosif Iacobici, Romanian general *

Iosif Iser Iosif Iser (21 May 1881 – 25 April 1958; born and died in Bucharest) was a Romanian painter and graphic artist. Born to a History of the Jews in Romania, Jewish family, he was initially inspired by Expressionism, creating drawings with thick, ...

, Romanian painter and graphic artist * Iosif Mendelssohn, Romanian chess master * Iosif Pogrebyssky, Ukrainian chess master *

Iosif Rotariu Iosif Rotariu (born 27 September 1962) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He debuted in Divizia A with Politehnica Timișoara in 1981. He won the league championship with Steaua București in 1987, 1988, ...

, Romanian footballer *

Iosif Shklovsky Iosif Samuilovich Shklovsky (sometimes transliterated ''Josif, Josif, Shklovskii, Shklovskij''; ; 1 July 1916 – 3 March 1985) was a Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist. He is remembered for his work in theoretical astrophysics and other topi ...

, Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist *

Iosif Vitebskiy Iosif Davidovich Vitebskiy (; 9 January 1938 – 7 December 2024) was a Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion épée fencer, and later a U.S. fencing coach. Early life Vitebskiy was born in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, an ...

, Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion fencer and fencing coach *

Iosif Vigu Iosif Vigu (born 15 May 1946) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a left back. He was also a manager. Club career Vigu was born on 15 May 1946 in Șimian, Bihor, Romania, starting to play football at the junior squads of Crișul Ora ...

, Romanian footballer and manager *

Iosif Vulcan Iosif Vulcan (March 31, 1841 – September 8, 1907) was an ethnic Romanian Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian magazine editor, poet, playwright, novelist and cultural figure. He founded the literary magazine ''Familia (literary magazine), Famil ...

, Austro-Hungarian Romanian magazine editor and cultural figure *

Dan Iosif Iosif Dan (commonly known as Dan Iosif, 14 October 1950 – 5 December 2007) was a Romanian politician who was a leading figure in the 1989 Romanian Revolution, leading protests in Bucharest in the final days of Nicolae Ceauşescu's 25-year rule. ...

, Romanian politician *

Ștefan Octavian Iosif Ștefan Octavian Iosif (; 11 October 1875 – 22 June 1913) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian poet and translator. Life Born in Brașov, Transylvania (part of Austria-Hungary at the time), he studied in his native town and in Sibiu befor ...

, Romanian poet

Places

*Iosif, a village in Liebling Commune, Timiș County, Romania {{Disambiguation, given name Romanian-language surnames Romanian masculine given names Masculine given names Russian masculine given names