List of Famous people named Jose

José Canseco Capas Jr. is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder and designated hitter. During his time with the Oakland A's, he established himself as one of the premier power hitters in the game. He won the Rookie of the Year (1986), and Most Valuable Player award (1988), and was a six-time All-Star. Canseco is a two-time World Series winner with the Oakland A's (1989) and the New York Yankees (2000).

José Luis Martínez-Almeida Navasqüés is a Spanish state lawyer and politician. A member of the People's Party (PP), he has been a member of the Madrid City Council since 2015 and serves as Mayor of Madrid since 2019.

José Reinaldo de Lima is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a striker. He is popularly known as Reinaldo or Rei. Widely regarded as one of the greatest strikers in the history of Brazilian football, Reinaldo played most of his career for Atlético Mineiro, and still holds the record of highest goal average per game in the Brazilian league, with 1.55 goals per match in the 1977 Brazilian Championship, at a time when Atlético Mineiro was regarded to have one of the best teams in the world.

José Manuel ("Chema") Martínez Fernández is a Spanish long-distance runner. He is married to Spanish field hockey player Nuria Moreno.

José Eduardo dos Santos is an Angolan politician who served as President of Angola from 1979 to 2017. As President, José Eduardo dos Santos was also the commander in chief of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) and President of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), the party that has ruled Angola since it gained independence in 1975. He was the second-longest-serving president in Africa, surpassed only by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea, who took power less than two months before dos Santos.

José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón, known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor and theatre and film director. He was the first Puerto Rican-born actor and the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award. He is well known today for his performance as the defense attorney in The Caine Mutiny.

José Manuel Calderón Borrallo is a Spanish basketball executive and a former professional basketball player. With the Spain national team, he won a FIBA World Cup title in 2006, two Olympic silver medals in 2008 and 2012, as well as a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also won a EuroBasket title in 2011, two silver medals in 2003 and 2007 as well as a bronze in 2013. Calderón earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 2007. He also held the record for most assists in the history of the Toronto Raptors, until Kyle Lowry surpassed him in January of 2020.

Jose Angel Baez is an American attorney and author. He was the lead attorney for Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murder in July 2011 after a trial that attracted national and international attention. Baez authored a book with Peter Golenbock about the case, Presumed Guilty, which became a New York Times Best Seller.

José Leandro Andrade was an Uruguayan footballer who played at wing-half. He was nicknamed "The Black Marvel". During his prime he was regarded as one of the finest footballers in the world, contributing to the Uruguay national football team's domination of international football during the 1920s, winning two consecutive Olympic Gold Medals and then the first FIFA World Cup.

José Millán-Astray y Terreros was a Spanish soldier, the founder and first commander of the Spanish Legion, and a major early figure of Francoist Dictatorship.