List of Famous people named Josef

Josef "Josl" Rieder was an Austrian alpine skier. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, but was disqualified in the downhill event and failed to finishing the slalom. He lit the Olympic Flame at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. At the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1958, he won three medals with a gold in slalom and silvers in the giant slalom and combination events.

Josef Pröll is an Austrian former politician who was the chairman of the Austrian People's Party from 2008 until 2011. He was Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance.

Josef Mánes was a Czech painter.

Josef Lhévinne was a Russian pianist and piano teacher. Lhévinne wrote a short book in 1924 that is considered a classic: Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing. Asked how to say his name, he told The Literary Digest it was lay-VEEN.

Josef Panáček is a former Czechoslovak sport shooter and Olympic Champion. He won Gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Josef Dvořák is a Czech actor. He started his career in Kadaň from where Pavel Fiala took him to Kladivadlo in Ústí nad Labem. He was an external actor in theatre Semafor in 1972-1990. In 1990 he established his own theatre company Divadelní společnost Josefa Dvořáka. He is famous for his many movie roles of Vodník.

Josef Kemr was a Czech actor. He starred in the 1969/1970 film Witchhammer under director Otakar Vávra.