Joss is a given name and surname.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name or nickname
- Joss Ackland (1928âÂÂ2023), British actor
- Joss Ambler (1900âÂÂ1959), Australian-born British film and television actor
- Joss Christensen (born 1991), American freestyle skier and 2014 Olympic gold medalist
- Joss Fritz ( 1470â 1525), insurgent in Germany
- Joss Labadie (born 1990), English footballer
- Joss McKinley (born 1981) English photographic artist
- Joss Naylor (born 1936), English fell runner
- Joss Sackler, Canadian fashion designer
- Joss Whedon (born 1964), American screenwriter, film and television director and producer, television series creator, comic book author and composer
- George (Duala king) or Joss, a late 18th-century king of the Duala people of Cameroon
Stage name or pen name
- Joss., taxonomic author abbreviation of Marcel Josserand (1900âÂÂ1992), a French mycologist
- Joss Stirling, a pen name of British novelist Julia Golding (born 1969)
- Joss Stone (born 1987), stage name of British female soul singer, songwriter and actress Joscelyn Eve Stoker
- Lewis Joss, one half of the magic double act Jay & Joss
Surname
- Addie Joss (1880âÂÂ1911), American Major League Baseball pitcher
- Chris Joss, French musician and record producer
- Johnny Joss (1902âÂÂ1955), American college football player
- Jonathan Joss (1965âÂÂ2025), American actor
- Morag Joss (born 1955), English-born Scottish writer
- Robert L. Joss (born 1941), American businessman, banker, professor and former university administrator
- Scott Joss (born 1962), American country musician
Fictional characters
See also