Jost is both a German given name and a surname and a Jewish (Ashkenazi) surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Jost Amman Jost Amman (June 13, 1539 – March 17, 1591) was a Old Swiss Confederacy, Swiss-German artist, celebrated chiefly for his woodcuts, done mainly for book illustrations. Early life Amman was born in Zürich, the son of a professor of Cl ...

(1539–1591), Swiss * Jost Bürgi (1552–1632), Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments, and mathematician * Jost Metzler (1909–1975), German submarine commander during World War II * Jost Vacano (born 1934), German cinematographer * Jost Capito (born 1958), German motorsport manager

Surname

* Alfred Jost (1916–1991), French endocrinologist * Christian Jost (born 1963), German composer * Christian Jost, French geographer * Colin Jost (born 1982), American writer and comedian * Heinz Jost (1904–1964), Nazi S.S. war criminal * Henry L. Jost (1873–1950), American politician * Isaak Markus Jost (1793–1860) Jewish historical writer * Jeffrey Jost, American bobsledder * John Jost (born 1968), American social psychologist * Jon Jost (born 1943), American independent filmmaker * Jürgen Jost, German mathematician * Matthieu Jost (figure skater) (born 1981), French ice dancer * Mike Jost (born 1979), American musician * Peter Jost (1921–2016), German-British mechanical engineer, founder of tribology * Res Jost (1918–1990), Swiss physicist * Tyson Jost (born 1998), Canadian hockey player

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