List of Famous people named Joseph

Joseph Mortimer Granville was an English physician, author and inventor known for having first patented the electomechanical vibrator for relief of male muscle aches.

Joseph Morgan is a British actor and director. He is best known for his role as Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson on The CW's The Vampire Diaries and its spin-off The Originals, in which he is the lead.

Claude-Joseph Vernet was a French painter. His son, Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, was also a painter.

Joseph Michael Staten is an American writer best known for his work at video game studio Bungie.

Joseph Patrick O'Brien is an Irish horse racing trainer and former flat racing jockey. He is the son of trainer Aidan O'Brien. In 2012 he rode Camelot to win the 2,000 Guineas, the 2012 Epsom Derby and the Irish Derby.

Joseph Harmatz was a Lithuanian-born Jew who fought as a partisan fighter during World War II. After the war, he joined Nakam and plotted acts of revenge that were aimed at killing Nazis to avenge Jewish deaths during the Holocaust. After emigrating to Israel, he headed World ORT, a Jewish non-profit organization that promotes education and training in communities around the world.

Joseph Veleno is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Malmö Redhawks in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) on loan from the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted 30th overall by the Red Wings in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft.

Joseph Force Crater was a New York State Supreme Court Justice who went missing amid a political scandal. He was last seen leaving a restaurant on West 45th Street in Manhattan and entered popular culture as one of the most mysterious missing persons cases of the twentieth century. Despite massive publicity, the case was never solved and was officially closed forty years after he disappeared. Crater's disappearance fueled public disquiet about New York City corruption and was a factor in the downfall of the Tammany Hall political machine.

Joseph Harry Rantz was an American rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Joseph Leonard Votel is a retired four-star general in the United States Army who was commander of United States Central Command from March 2016 to March 2019. Before that, he served as commander of the United States Special Operations Command.