List of Famous people named Jose

José Gustavo Sand, nicknamed Pepe, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays for Argentinian club Lanús as a striker.

José Antonio Páez Herrera was a Venezuelan leader who fought against the Spanish Crown for Simón Bolívar during the Venezuelan War of Independence. He later led Venezuela's independence from Gran Colombia.

José María Alfredo Aznar López is a Spanish politician who was the Prime Minister of Spain from 1996 to 2004. He led the People's Party (PP), the dominant centre-right political party in the country at the time.

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was the Prime Minister of Spain being elected for two terms, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections. On 2 April 2011 he announced he would not stand for re-election in the 2011 general election and left office on 21 December 2011.

José Antonio Ortega Lara is a former Spanish prison officer who was kidnapped by the terrorist organization ETA for 532 days between 1996 and 1997. He was a member of the People's Party between 1987 and 2008. He currently lives in Burgos. On January 16, 2014 he presented, as a member of the Provisional Executive Committee, a new political party called Vox along with other former members of the People's Party.

José Gervasio Artigas Arnal is a national hero of Uruguay, sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan nationhood".

José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda was a Filipino nationalist and polymath during the tail end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is tagged as the national hero of the Filipino people. An ophthalmologist by profession, Rizal became a writer and a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement, which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain.

José Pedro Varela y Berro was an Uruguayan sociologist, journalist, politician, and educator. He was born in Montevideo. Uruguay adopted free, compulsory, and secular education in 1876, thanks to his efforts. It was because of Varela that Uruguay established the 1877 Law of Common Education, which continues to influence Uruguay.

José Bono Martínez is a Spanish politician. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he was the President of the Congress of Deputies during the 9th Legislature. Before that, he was the Minister of Defence of Spain from 18 April 2004 in the Government chaired by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. He left his ministerial post on 7 April 2006 and was replaced by former Minister of Interior, José Antonio Alonso. Bono had previously served as President of the Autonomous Community of Castile-La Mancha from 6 June 1983 to 17 April 2004.

José Silverio Olaya Balandra was a Peruvian hero in the Peruvian War of Independence.