List of Famous people named Joseph

Name Joseph is among the most common names in USA, France, England, Canada. Shortened forms: Joe, Joey. Similar names: Joe, Joey, Josef, Jozef, Jozsef, Josif, Josepha, Josefa, Josyf. Here are some famous Josephs:

Joseph Johnson

First Name Joseph
Last Name Johnson
Born on December 19, 1785
Died on February 27, 1877 (aged 91)

Joseph Ellis Johnson was a farmer, businessman and politician who served as United States Representative and became the 32nd Governor of Virginia from 1852 to 1856, the first Virginia governor to be popularly elected as well as the only Virginia governor from west of the Appalachian mountains. During the American Civil War, he sympathized with the Confederacy, but returned to what had become West Virginia for his final years.

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Joseph Effner

First Name Joseph
Last Name Effner
Born on January 1, 1687
Died on January 1, 1745 (aged 58)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Joseph Effner was a German architect and decorator.

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Joseph Légaré

First Name Joseph
Last Name Légaré
Born on March 10, 1795
Died on June 21, 1855 (aged 60)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Joseph Légaré was a painter and glazier, artist, seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada.

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Joseph Adam von Arco

First Name Joseph
Last Name Arco
Born on January 27, 1733
Died on June 3, 1802 (aged 69)
Born in Austria, Salzburg
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Joseph Philippe François Deleuze

First Name Joseph
Last Name Deleuze
Born on April 12, 1753
Died on October 31, 1835 (aged 82)

Joseph-Philippe-François Deleuze was an 18th–19th-century French naturalist.

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Joseph Kloska

First Name Joseph
Last Name Kloska
Born on January 1, 1983 (age 43)

Joseph Anthony Kloska is an English actor. He began his career in radio, moving on to work in television, theatre, and film.

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Joseph Moretti

First Name Joseph
Last Name Moretti
Born on January 1, 1800
Died on May 1, 1793
Born in Italy, Lombardy

Joseph Moretti was a German architect of Italian birth of the late baroque era. Born in Milan, he primarily worked in the cities of Aachen, Liège, and Maastricht. His first important design was the design for the library at the Rolduc in the rococo style. He also designed the west chapel of the Aachen Cathedral.

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Joseph Sims Rose

First Name Joseph
Last Name Rose
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Joseph Viérin

First Name Joseph
Last Name Viérin
Born on May 10, 1872
Died on February 23, 1949 (aged 76)
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Joseph Pholien

First Name Joseph
Last Name Pholien
Born on December 28, 1884
Died on January 4, 1968 (aged 83)
Born in Belgium, Wallonia

Joseph Clovis Louis Marie Emmanuel Pholien was a Belgian Catholic politician and member of the PSC-CVP. He was born in Liège, and volunteered to serve with the Belgian army during World War I, being commissioned as a first lieutenant. He was the minister of Justice under Paul-Henri Spaak from May 1938 to February 1939 and was the prime minister of Belgium from 16 August 1950 to 15 January 1952. In 1966, he became a minister of State.

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