Josefa (given name)

Josefa is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Infanta Francisca Josefa of Portugal (1699–1736), last of eight children of King Peter II of Portugal and his second wife Marie Sophie of Neuburg
• Infanta Josefa Fernanda of Spain (1827–1910), daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula and his first wife, Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies
• Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain (1744–1801), Princess of Naples and Sicily
• Josefa Acevedo de Gomez (1803–1861), Colombian novelist
• Josefa Bayeu (18th century), wife of Francisco Goya
• Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891–1969), German writer
• Josefa Celsa Señaris (born 1965), Venezuelan herpetologist
• Josefa de Godoy di Bassano, 2nd Viscountess of Rocafuerte (1834-1882), Spanish-Italian aristocrat
• Josefa de Óbidos (1630–1684), Spanish-Portuguese painter
• Josefa de Tudó, 1st Countess of Castillo Fiel (1779–1869), mistress of Manuel de Godoy
• Josefa Dimuri (21st century), Fijian politician
• Josefa Francisco (1954–2015), Philippine academic and women's rights activist
• Josefa Vicenta Giambastiani de Peláez (1891–1974), Argentine geologist
• Josefa González Blanco Ortiz Mena (born 1965), Mexican ecologist and politician
• Josefa Humpalová–Zeman (1870–1906), Czech-American journalist, newspaper founder and feminist
• Josefa Idem (born 1964), West German-Italian sprint canoeist
• Josefa Iloilo (1920–2011), President of Fiji
• Josefa Joaquina Sánchez (1765–1813), Venezuelan heroin
• Josefa Köster (1918–2011), West German sprint canoeist
• Josefa Llanes Escoda (circa 1898-1945), National Executive of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines
• Josefa Martín Luengo (1944–2009), Spanish educator
• Josefa Jara Martinez (1894–1987), Philippine social worker, suffragist and civic leader
• Josefa Moe (1933–2006), American entertainer
• Josefa Ordonez (1728-fl. 1792), Mexican actress and courtesan
• Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez (1768-1829), supporter of the Mexican War of Independence
• Josefa Rika (born 1987), Fijian cricketer
• Josefa Sacko, Angolan agronomist, economist and diplomat
• Josefa Salas (born 1995), Chilean field hockey player
• Josefa Vosanibola (21st century), Fijian politician
• Josefa Zaratt (1871–1962), Puerto Rican black female physician
• María Josefa García Granados (1796-1848), Guatemalan writer
• María Josefa Lastiri (1792-1846), First Lady of the Federal Republic of Central America
• María Josefa Pimentel, Duchess of Osuna (1752-1834), Spanish aristocrat
• María Luisa Josefa (1866–1937), Mexican Roman Catholic nun

See also

• 649 Josefa, a minor planet
• Josepha