List of Famous people named Jose

José Zorrilla y Moral was a Spanish poet and dramatist, who became National Laureate.

José Antonio Griñán Martínez is a Spanish politician. He is the chairman of the centre-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), and from 23 April 2009 until 7 September 2013 he held the position of President of the Regional Government of Andalusia. He was sentenced to 6 years of prison due to prevarication and embezzlement of public funds in the granting of aid to companies in crisis for 10 years worth 680 million euros.

José Ángel 'Cuco' Ziganda Lakunza is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a centre forward, and the manager of Real Oviedo.

José Narro Robles is a Mexican researcher, academic, and politician. He is a former director of the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and was elected its 23rd Rector on November 20, 2007. After two 4-year periods leading UNAM, in February 2016, he was appointed by Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to replace Mercedes Juan as head of the Mexican Secretariat of Health.

José Gómez Ortega, commonly known as Joselito, was a Spanish matador in the early twentieth century.

José Padilla Sánchez, popularly known as Maestro Padilla was a famous Spanish composer and pianist. He was best known for the songs La Violetera and El Relicario, popularized by cuplé singer Raquel Meller, and the pasodoble Valencia

José Luis Martí Soler is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who played as a central midfielder.

José Manuel Fidalgo Soares is a Portuguese model and actor.

José Félix Tezanos Tortajada is a Spanish sociologist, politician, and professor. He serves as President of the Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) since 2018.

Admiral José Prudencio Padilla López was a Colombian military leader who fought in the Spanish American wars of independence. He is best known for his victory in the Battle of Lake Maracaibo on 24 July 1823, in which a royalist Spanish fleet was defeated.