Jozef

Jozef (Creole, Dutch, Breton, and Slovak) or Józef (Polish) are variants of the masculine given name Joseph in several European languages. A selection of people with that name follows. For a comprehensive list, see and .

• Józef Beck (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 from 1965 to 1966
• Józef Marian Chełmoński (1849–1914), Polish painter
• Jozef Chovanec (born 1960), Slovak footballer
• Jozef De Beenhouwer (born 1948), Belgian pianist, music teacher and musicologist
• 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 (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 (1939–2017), Polish boxer and Olympic champion
• Józef Kazimierz Hofmann (1876–1957), Polish American pianist, composer, and inventor
• Jozef Israëls (1824–1911), Dutch painter
• Józef Klotz (1900–1941), Polish footballer
• Jozef Lenárt (1923–2004), Slovak Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia from 1963–68
• Józef Lubański (1914–1946), Polish theoretical physicist
• Józef Lustgarten (1899–1973), Polish footballer
• Jozef MarkuÅ¡ (1944–2025), Slovak politician
• Jozef Moravčík (born 1945), Slovak diplomat and politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia (1994)
• Jozef Teodor Mousson (1887–1946), Slovak Impressionist painter
• Jozef MurgaÅ¡ (1864–1929), Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter, and priest
• Jozef Peeters (1895–1960), Belgian painter
• Józef Piłsudski (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 (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 VengloÅ¡ (1936–2021), Slovak football coach
• Józef Andrzej Załuski (1702–1774), Polish Bishop of Kiev and bibliophile

See also

• Joseph
• Josef
• József

References