List of Famous people named Josef

Josef Kainar was a Czech poet, lyrics writer, dramatic author and translator, but also a musician, illustrator, artist and journalist. He was a member of artistic group Skupina 42 and literary group Ohnice.

Josef Felix Pompeckj was a German paleontologist and geologist.

Josef Koukl was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Litoměřice, Czech Republic.

Josef Casimir Hofmann was a Polish American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor.

Josef Müller, also known as "Ochsensepp", was a German politician. He was a member of the resistance during World War II and afterwards one of the founders of the Christian Social Union (CSU). He was a devout Catholic and a leading figure in the Catholic resistance to Hitler.

Josef Mattauch was a nuclear physicist and chemist. He was known for the development of the Mattauch-Herzog double-focusing mass spectrometer, for his work on the investigation of isotopic abundances using mass spectrometry, and the determination of atomic weights. Much of his career was spent at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry.

Josef Polig is an Italian former Alpine skier.