Jozef ( Creole, Dutch, Breton, and Slovak) or Józef ( Polish) are variants of the masculine given name

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 ...

in several European languages. A selection of people with that name follows. For a comprehensive list, see and . *

Józef Beck Józef Beck (; 4 October 1894 – 5 June 1944) was a Polish statesman who served the Second Republic of Poland as a diplomat and military officer. A close associate of Józef Piłsudski, Beck is most famous for being Polish foreign minister in ...

(1894–1944), Polish foreign minister in the 1930s * Józef Bem (1794–1850), Polish general, Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary * Józef Bilczewski (1860–1923), Polish Catholic archbishop and saint * Józef Brandt (1841–1915), Polish painter * Józef Ćwierczakiewicz (1822–1869), Polish journalist * Jozef M.L.T. Cals (1914–1971), prime minister of the Netherlands * Józef Marian Chełmoński (1849–1914), Polish painter * Jozef Chovanec (born 1960), footballer * Jozef De Kesel (born 1947), Belgian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Jozef De Veuster (1840–1889), Belgian missionary better known as Father Damien * Jozef Dobrotka (born 1952), Slovak handball player *

Józef Elsner Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner (sometimes ''Józef Ksawery Elsner''; baptismal name, ''Joseph Anton Franz Elsner''; 1 June 176918 April 1854) was a Polish composer, music teacher, and music theoretician, active mainly in Warsaw. He was one of ...

(1769–1854), Silesian composer, music teacher, and music theoretician * Józef Fortuna (born 1952), Polish politician * Jozef Gabčík (1912–1942), Slovak soldier in the Czechoslovak army involved in Operation Anthropoid * Jozef A.A. Geeraerts (1930–2015), Belgian writer *

Józef Grudzień Józef Grudzień (1 April 1939 – 17 June 2017) was a Polish boxer. Grudzień was born 1 April 1939 in Piasek Wielki, Poland, which is near Busko-Zdrój. He won two medals at the Olympic Games: gold in the Lightweight Lightweight is ...

(1939–2017), Polish boxer and Olympic champion *

Józef Kazimierz Hofmann Josef Casimir Hofmann (originally Józef Kazimierz Hofmann; January 20, 1876February 16, 1957) was a Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor. Biography Josef Hofmann was born in Podgórze (a district of Kraków), in A ...

(1876–1957), Polish American pianist, composer, and inventor *

Jozef Israëls Jozef Israëls (; 27 January 1824 – 12 August 1911) was a Dutch Painting, painter. He was a leading member of the group of landscape painters referred to as the Hague School and was, during his lifetime, "the most respected Dutch artist of th ...

(1824–1911), Dutch painter *

Józef Klotz Józef Klotz (2 January 1900 – 1941) was a Jewish Polish footballer who played as a forward. He scored the first ever goal for the Poland national team. He was killed by the Nazis in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1941. Biography Klotz was born in Kra ...

(1900–1941), Polish footballer *

Jozef Lenárt Jozef Lenárt (3 April 1923 – 11 February 2004) was a Slovak politician who was the prime minister of Czechoslovakia from 1963 to 1968. Life and career Born in Liptovská Porúbka, Slovakia, he graduated from a chemistry high school and worke ...

(1923–2004), Slovak Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1963–68 *

Józef Lubański Józef Kazimierz Lubański (1914 – 8 December 1946) was a Polish theoretical physicist. He developed the Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector in relativistic quantum mechanics. Life and works Lubanski obtained the degree of magister philosophi ...

(1914–1946), Polish theoretical physicist *

Józef Lustgarten Józef Lustgarten (1 November 1889 – 22 September 1973) was a Polish Jewish footballer. BIography Born in Kraków, he was Jewish. He represented Cracovia. He also represented Poland in international matches. He was the first manager of the ...

(1899–1973), Polish footballer *

Jozef Markuš Jozef Markuš (13 March 1944 – 3 March 2025) was a Slovak politician. He was the deputy chair of the transitory Slovak government designated after the Velvet Revolution to organize the first democratic election in the Czech and Slovak Federa ...

(1944–2025), Slovak politician *

Jozef Moravčík Jozef Moravčík (born 19 March 1945) is a Slovak diplomat and political figure. He served as the prime minister of Slovakia The prime minister of Slovakia, officially the chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic (Slovak language, S ...

(born 1945), Slovak diplomat and politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia (1994) *

Jozef Teodor Mousson Jozef Teodor Mousson (; 15 December 1887 – 6 November 1946) was a Slovak Impressionist painter. Born in a Hungarian village called Hőgyész to a family of a French origin, he moved to Michalovce, Slovakia in 1911, where he stayed for anoth ...

(1887–1946), Slovak Impressionist painter * Jozef Murgaš (1864–1929), Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter, and priest * Jozef Peeters (1895–1960), Belgian painter *

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...

(1867–1935), Polish head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces * Józef Pińkowski (1929–2000), Polish Communist politician, Prime Minister from 1980 to 1981 * Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813), Polish political and military leader * Jozef Pribilinec (born 1960), Slovak racewalker * Jozef Ráž (born 1954), Slovak musician * Jozef Ráž (born 1979), Slovak politician * Józef Rotblat (1908–2005), Polish physicist * Józef Roszyński (born 1962), Polish clergyman and bishop * Józef Szajba (1910–1945), Polish sailor * Józef Szmidt (born 1935), Polish retired triple jumper, world record holder and twice Olympic champion * Jozef Stümpel (born 1972), Slovak former National Hockey League player *

Jozef Tiso Jozef Gašpar Tiso (, ; 13 October 1887 – 18 April 1947) was a Slovaks, Slovak politician and Catholic priest who served as president of the Slovak Republic (1939–1945), First Slovak Republic, a client state of Nazi Germany during World War ...

(1887–1947), Slovak priest and puppet head of state of Slovakia from 1939 to 1945 executed for war crimes * Jozef Tomko (1924–2022), Slovak Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Jozef Tuchyňa (1941–2019), Slovak general and politician * Jozef Van Roey (1874–1961), Belgian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church * Jozef Vengloš (1936–2021), Slovak football coach * Józef Andrzej Załuski (1702–1774), Polish Bishop of Kiev and bibliophile

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