Jos is a given name and nickname (often of Joseph, Jozef, Josephus, etc.) which may refer to:
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Jos van Aert (born 1962), Dutch cyclist
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Jos Bax (1946–2020), Dutch footballer
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Jos Baxendell (born 1972), English rugby union player
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Jos Beijnen
Jacob Hendrik "Jos" Beijnen (born 5 June 1956) is a Dutch pharmacist. He is the hospital pharmacist of the Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoekziekenhuis and previously held the same position at the Slotervaartziekenhuis. He has been ...
(born 1956), Dutch pharmacist
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Jos Brink
Jos Brink (19 June 1942 – 17 August 2007) was a Dutch actor, radio and musical performer, film producer, television and radio personality, columnist and author. Brink was also a pastor engaged to the oecumenical congregation De Duif in Ams ...
(1942–2007), Dutch actor
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Jos Broeckx
Josse "Jos" Broekx (born 14 December 1951) is a Belgium, Belgian canoe sprinter who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. He won two medals in the K-2 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver in 19 ...
(born 1951), Belgian sprint canoer
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Jos Burley (born 1943), New Zealand female cricketer
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Jos Buttler
Joseph Charles Buttler (born 8 September 1990) is an English cricketer who captains the England cricket team in limited overs cricket, and plays for the England Test team. In domestic cricket he represents Lancashire, having previously played ...
(born 1990), English cricketer
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Jos Chabert
Jozef P. A. "Jos" Chabert (16 March 1933 – 9 April 2014) was a Belgian politician born in Etterbeek. He lived the majority of his live in Meise, Belgium. Chabert died on 9 April 2014 in Brussels.
Political career
Chabert was 24 years Ministe ...
(1933–2014), Belgian politician
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Jos Charles
Jos Charles (born November 14, 1988) is a trans American poet, writer, translator, and editor. In 2017 her book ''feeld'' was a winner in the prestigious National Poetry Series. She is the founding editor of THEM, the first trans literary journal i ...
(born 1988), American poet
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Jos Chathukulam, Indian academic
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Jos Daerden (born 1954), Belgian footballer
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Jos De Haes (1920–1974), Belgian writer
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Jos De Mey (1928–2007), Flemish-Belgian painter
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Jos de Putter
Jos de Putter (Terneuzen, 1959) is a Dutch film director, film critic and screenwriter who primarily makes Dutch documentary films. He studied political science and literature at the University of Leiden, and was a member of the editorial staff ...
(born 1959), Dutch film director
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Jos Deschoenmaecker
Jozef "Jos" De Schoenmaecker (born 2 October 1947, in Mechelen) is a former Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
Major results
;1967
:Tour de Namur
;1968
:Tour de Namur
;1970
:Omloop der Zennevalei
;1971
:Omloop Hageland-Zuiderkempen
:Onze- ...
(born 1947), Belgian cyclist
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Jos Devlies, Belgian physician
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Jos van Eck
Jos van Eck (born 2 May 1963) is a Dutch former football manager and player. He is team manager of Jong Sparta, the under-21 team of Sparta Rotterdam.
Playing career
Van Eck played for De Graafschap, FC Zwolle, FC Den Bosch, Sparta Rotterdam, ...
(born 1963), Dutch former footballer, manager and coach
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Jos van Emden (born 1985), Dutch cyclist
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Jos Engelen (born 1950), Dutch physicist
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Jos Frissen (1892–1982), Dutch painter
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Jos Geysels
Josephus "Jos" Elisabeth A. M. Geysels (born 20 September 1952 in Turnhout) is a former Belgian (Flemish) politician, and former Representative in the Belgian Chamber for the ecologist party Agalev for which he was party chairman. He resigned ...
(born 1952), Belgian politician
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Jos Gielen (1898-1981), Dutch politician and literary historian
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Jos Haex (born 1959), Belgian cyclist
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Jos Hermens
Josephus ("Jos") Maria Melchior Hermens (born 8 January 1950 in Nijmegen, Gelderland) is a former Dutch long-distance runner. Subsequently, he also became well-known for his later career as a sports manager as the founder and CEO of Global ...
(born 1950), Dutch long-distance runner
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Jos van Herpen
Jos van Herpen (born 28 April 1962) is a Dutch former football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football ...
(born 1962), Dutch footballer
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Jos Heyligen (born 1947), Belgian footballer
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Jos Hinsen
Jos Hinsen (14 April 1931 in Rijkevorsel, Belgium – 15 March 2009 in Turnhout, Belgium) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer.
Major results
;1955
:Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bic ...
(1931-2009), Dutch cyclist
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Jos Hoevenaers (1932–1995), Belgian cyclist
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Jos Hooiveld (born 1983), Dutch footballer
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Jos Huysmans
Jos Huysmans (18 December 1941 – 10 October 2012) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
Major results
; 1963
: 1st, Rummen
; 1964
: 1st, Bruxelles-Liège
: 1st, Stage 5a, Four Days of Dunkirk
: 1st, Stage 4a, Tour of Belgium
: 1st ...
(1941-2012), Belgian cyclist
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Jos Jacobs
Jos Jacobs (born 28 January 1953 in Vosselaar) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer.
Major results
;1973
:Petegem-aan-de-Leie
;1974
:Heist-op-den-Berg
:Omloop der Grensstreek
:Grote 1-Mei Prijs
:Noorderwijk
;1975
:Omloop van Mid ...
(born 1953), Belgian cyclist
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Jos Jullien
Joseph Victor Jullien, known as Jos Jullien (January 1877 in Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche
Ardèche (; oc, Ardecha; frp, Ardecha) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It is named after the river Ardè ...
(1877-1956), French painter.
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Jos van Kemenade
Josephus Antonius van Kemenade (6 March 1937 – 19 February 2020) was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and sociologist. He was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 5 April 2002.
Life and career
Van Kemenade was born ...
(1937-2020), Dutch politician
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Jos Lammertink
Jos Lammertink (born March 28, 1958 in Wierden, Overijssel) is a retired road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form o ...
(born 1958), Dutch cyclist
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Jos van der Lans (born 1954), Dutch psychologist
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Jos Lansink (born 1961), Dutch equestrian
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Jos LeDuc
Michel Pigeon (August 31, 1944 – May 1, 1999) was a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name, Jos LeDuc.
Wrestling with a lumberjack gimmick, he debuted in Stampede Wrestling with his kayfabe brother, Paul LeDuc. The pair ...
(real name Michel Pigeon, 1944–1999), Canadian professional wrestler
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Jozef Lieckens
Jozef Lieckens (born 26 March 1959) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in the Tour de France four times between 1985 and 1989 and in the 1984 Vuelta a España.
Major results
;1980
:7th Overall Ruban Granitier Breton
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(born 1959), Belgian cyclist
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Jos Luhukay
Jos Luhukay (born 13 June 1963) is a Dutch football manager and former player, who was most recently head coach of VVV-Venlo.
Playing career
He began his career at the age of 15 at his hometown club FC VVV and he made his league debut in Januar ...
(born 1963), Dutch football coach
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Jos Lussenburg (1889–1975), Dutch painter
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Jos van Nieuwstadt (born 1979), Dutch footballer
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Jos Pronk
Jos Pronk (born 13 January 1983 in Warmenhuizen, North Holland) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist.
He grew up in a family of cyclists: Mattheus Pronk was his father, Matthé Pronk is his brother and Bas Giling is his cousin.
Majo ...
(born 1983), Dutch cyclist
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Jos Punt
Jozef Marianus "Jos" Punt (born 10 January 1946) was the Roman Catholic bishop of Haarlem-Amsterdam in the Netherlands from 2001 to 2020.
Early life
Joseph Marianus Punt was born on 10 January 1946 in Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands. In hi ...
(born 1946), Dutch Roman Catholic bishop
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Jos Randles (1865–1925), English footballer
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Jos van Rey
Jozef Franciscus Bernard "Jos" van Rey (; born 15 April 1945) is a Dutch businessman and politician from Roermond. He has been a member of the municipal council of Roermond for the Liberal People's Party Roermond since 2014 and a member of the S ...
(born 1945), Dutch politician
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Jos Romersa (born 1915), Luxembourgian gymnast
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Jos Sances
John Joseph "Jos" Sances (born August 18, 1952) is an American artist, activist, writer, and community organizer, known for his printmaking, and tile murals/public art . He is the founder and director of Alliance Graphics. Sances is based in Berk ...
(born 1952), American artist
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Jos Seckel
Joseph Abraham Seckel (23 December 1881 – 3 March 1945) was a Dutch artist. His work was exhibited in the art competitions at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics. His work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''Onze Kunst van Heden'' (Ou ...
(1881–1945), Dutch artist
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Jos Schipper (born 1951), Dutch cyclist
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Jos Schurgers (born 1947), Dutch motorcycle racer
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Jos Stam
Jos Stam (born 28 December 1965 in The Hague, Netherlands) is a researcher in the field of computer graphics, focusing on the simulation of natural physical phenomena for 3D-computer animation. He achieved technical breakthroughs with the simulati ...
(born 1965), Dutch computer scientist
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Jos Stelling
Jos Stelling (born 16 July 1945) is a Dutch film director and screenwriter.
Career
He made his debut as a film director in 1974 with ''Mariken van Nieumegen'', which was selected for the official Cannes competition in 1975.
In 1981 he founded t ...
(born 1945), Dutch film director
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Jos Vaessen Jos Vaessen (born 21 March 1944) was president of the football team KRC Genk from 2001 until 2006 and founder of the company Vasco (heating), Vasco.
References
1944 births
Living people
K.R.C. Genk managers
People from Dilsen-Stokkem
Belgian ...
(born 1944), Belgian football team president and businessperson
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Jos Van Immerseel
Jos Van Immerseel (born 9 November 1945) is a Belgian harpsichordist, pianist and conductor.
Van Immerseel studied organ, piano and harpsichord at the Antwerp Conservatory under Flor Peeters, Eugène Traey and harpsichordist and musicologist ...
(born 1945), Belgian harpsichordist
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(born 1953), Dutch businessperson
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Jos van Veldhoven
Josephus Maria Martinus van Veldhoven (born 1952 in Den Bosch) is a Dutch choral conductor. He studied musicology at the Rijksuniversiteit of Utrecht, and choral and orchestral conducting at the Royal Conservatory, the Hague. He was artistic di ...
(born 1952), Dutch choral conductor
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Jos Vandeloo
Josephus Albertus "Jos" Vandeloo (5 September 1925 – 5 October 2015) was a Belgian writer and poet.
Biography
He grew up in a mining family from Zonhoven and graduated as a chemist for the mining industry.
After the war he started working in ...
(1925-2015), Belgian writer and poet
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Jos Verhulst
Jos is a city in the north central region of Nigeria. The city has a population of about 900,000 residents based on the 2006 census. Popularly called "J-Town", it is the administrative capital and largest city of Plateau State.
During British ...
(born 1949), Belgian chemist
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Jos Verstappen
Johannes Franciscus Verstappen (; born 4 March 1972) is a former (Formula One) racing driver. Verstappen was the German Formula Three champion and Masters of Formula Three winner in 1993.
In Formula 1, Verstappen raced for seven different te ...
(born 1972), Dutch racing driver
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Jos van der Vleuten
Jos van der Vleuten (7 February 1943 – 5 December 2011) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer from 1965 to 1973.
Van der Vleuten was not a team leader, but usually rode his races helping his team mates, mainly Jan Janssen. The major res ...
(1943-2011), Dutch cyclist
See also
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Jos Louis, a snack cake
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