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

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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 Jost Bürgi (also ''Joost, Jobst''; Latinized surname ''Burgius'' or ''Byrgius''; 28 February 1552 – 31 January 1632), active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, mathematician, and writer. Life Bürgi w ...

(1552–1632), Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments, and mathematician *

Jost Metzler Jost Metzler (26 February 1909 – 29 September 1975) was a German submarine commander during World War II. He commanded the U-boats and , and was recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany. Career Metzler joined the ''Kr ...

(1909–1975), German submarine commander during World War II * Jost Vacano (born 1934), German cinematographer * Jost Capito (born 1958), German motorsport manager

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Alfred Jost Alfred Jost (1916–1991) was a French endocrinologist, and an early researcher in the field of fetal endocrinology. He is known for his discovery of the Müllerian inhibitor, now called anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) or Müllerian inhibitin ...

(1916–1991), French endocrinologist * Christian Jost (born 1963), German composer * Christian Jost, French geographer *

Colin Jost Colin Kelly Jost (; born June 29, 1982) is an American comedian, writer, and actor. Jost has been a staff writer for the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' since 2005, and co-anchor of '' Weekend Update'' since 2014. He also serv ...

(born 1982), American writer and comedian *

Heinz Jost Heinz Jost (9 July 1904 – 12 November 1964) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He was involved in espionage matters as the ''Sicherheitsdienst'' (Security Service) or (SD) section chief of office VI (foreign intelligence) of the ...

(1904–1964), Nazi S.S. war criminal *

Henry L. Jost Henry Lee Jost (December 6, 1873 – July 13, 1950) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri from 1912–1916 and a U.S Representative from March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925. Biograph ...

(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 Jon Stephen Jost (born 16 May 1943) is an American independent filmmaker from Chicago. Born in Chicago to a military family, Jost grew up in Georgia, Kansas, Japan, Italy, Germany and Virginia. He began making films in January 1963 after being e ...

(born 1943), American independent filmmaker * Jürgen Jost, German mathematician *

Matthieu Jost (figure skater) Matthieu Jost (born 8 January 1981) is a French former competitive ice dancer. With Pernelle Carron, he is the 2007 Skate Canada International bronze medallist, 2007 Winter Universiade bronze medallist, and 2008 Karl Schäfer Memorial champion. T ...

(born 1981), French ice dancer *

Mike Jost Helmet is an American alternative metal band from New York City formed in 1989 by vocalist and lead guitarist Page Hamilton. Helmet has had numerous lineup changes with Hamilton as the only constant member. Since 2010, the band has consisted o ...

(born 1979), American musician *

Peter Jost (Hans) Peter Israel Jost, Companion of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (25 January 1921 – 7 June 2016) was a British mechanical engineer. He was the founder of the discipline of tribology, the science and engineering of interacting surface ...

(1921–2016), German-British mechanical engineer, founder of tribology *

Res Jost Res Jost (10 January 1918 – 3 October 1990) was a Swiss theoretical physicist, who worked mainly in constructive quantum field theory. Biography Res Jost was born on January 10, 1918, in Bern. He is the son of the physics teacher Wilhelm ...

(1918–1990), Swiss physicist *

Tyson Jost Tyson Jost (born March 14, 1998) is a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey Forward (ice hockey), forward, currently playing for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Born in St. Albert, Alberta to a single mothe ...

(born 1998), Canadian hockey player

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