List of Famous people named Joseph

Joseph Draper Sayers was the 22nd Governor of Texas from 1899 to 1903. He also served in the Texas Senate, United States House of Representatives, and was the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Texas.

Joseph Barth was a Maltese-born Austrian ophthalmologist.

Giuseppe Marello was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Acqui from 1889 until his death and was also the founder of the Oblates of Saint Joseph. Marello served as an aide to the Bishop of Asti prior to his episcopal appointment after Pope Leo XIII named him to head the Acqui diocese; the pope had known Marello while a cardinal when the pair participated in the First Vatican Council more than a decade before. He became a proponent for the poor and destitute and never stopped to render his assistance to those who needed it the most; this was something he undertook even in his childhood. Bishop Marello issued several pastoral letters that dealt with a range of issues such as catechism and organized one big pastoral visitation to visit all parishes in his diocese.

Joseph Jakob Ritter Plenk or Plenck was a physician and polymath in the Holy Roman Empire. He is now known as a pioneer dermatologist.

Joseph Autran was a French poet.

Josef Georg Kornhäusel was an Austrian architect of the first half of the 19th century. He primarily employed the contemporary style of Neoclassical architecture, moving to the Biedermeier style in his later oevre.

Joseph Urban was an Austrian-American architect, illustrator, and scenic designer.

Joseph Holt was an American lawyer, soldier, and politician. As a leading member of the Buchanan administration, he succeeded in convincing Buchanan to oppose the secession of the South. He returned to Kentucky and successfully battled the secessionist element thereby helping to keep Kentucky in the Union. President Abraham Lincoln appointed him the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army. He served as Lincoln's chief arbiter and enforcer of military law, and supporter of emancipation. His most famous roles came in the Lincoln assassination trials.