Jozef

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Jozef (Creole, Dutch, Breton, and Slovak)[1] or Józef (Polish)[2] are variants of the masculine given name Joseph in several European languages. A selection of people with that name follows. For a comprehensive list, see All pages with titles beginning with Jozef and All pages with titles beginning with Józef.

* Józef Beck (1894–1944), Polish foreign minister in the 1930s
* Józef Bem (1794–1850), Polish general, Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary
* Józef Bilczewski (1860–1923), Polish Catholic archbishop and saint
* Józef Brandt (1841–1915), Polish painter
* Józef Ćwierczakiewicz (1822–1869), Polish journalist
* Jozef M.L.T. Cals (1914–1971), prime minister of the Netherlands
* Józef Marian Chełmoński (1849–1914), Polish painter
* Jozef Chovanec (born 1960), footballer
* Jozef De Kesel (born 1947), Belgian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
* Jozef De Veuster (1840–1889), Belgian missionary better known as Father Damien
* Jozef Dobrotka (born 1952), Slovak handball player
* Józef Elsner (1769–1854), Silesian composer, music teacher, and music theoretician
* Józef Fortuna (born 1952), Polish politician
* Jozef Gabčík (1912–1942), Slovak soldier in the Czechoslovak army involved in Operation Anthropoid
* Jozef A.A. Geeraerts (1930–2015), Belgian writer
* Józef Grudzień (1939–2017), Polish boxer and Olympic champion
* Józef Kazimierz Hofmann (1876–1957), Polish American pianist, composer, and inventor
* Jozef Israëls (1824–1911), Dutch painter
* Józef Klotz (1900–1941), Polish footballer
* Jozef Lenárt (1923–2004), Slovak Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia 1963–68
* Józef Lubański (1914–1946), Polish theoretical physicist
* Józef Lustgarten (1899–1973), Polish footballer
* Jozef Markuš (1944–2025), Slovak politician
* Jozef Moravčík (born 1945), Slovak diplomat and politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia (1994)
* Jozef Teodor Mousson (1887–1946), Slovak Impressionist painter
* Jozef Murgaš (1864–1929), Slovak inventor, architect, botanist, painter, and priest
* Jozef Peeters (1895–1960), Belgian painter
* Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935), Polish head of state and commander-in-chief of the armed forces
* Józef Pińkowski (1929–2000), Polish Communist politician, Prime Minister from 1980 to 1981
* Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813), Polish political and military leader
* Jozef Pribilinec (born 1960), Slovak racewalker
* Jozef Ráž (born 1954), Slovak musician
* Jozef Ráž (born 1979), Slovak politician
* Józef Rotblat (1908–2005), Polish physicist
* Józef Roszyński (born 1962), Polish clergyman and bishop
* Józef Szajba (1910–1945), Polish sailor
* Józef Szmidt (born 1935), Polish retired triple jumper, world record holder and twice Olympic champion
* Jozef Stümpel (born 1972), Slovak former National Hockey League player
* Jozef Tiso (1887–1947), Slovak priest and puppet head of state of Slovakia from 1939 to 1945 executed for war crimes
* Jozef Tomko (1924–2022), Slovak Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
* Jozef Tuchyňa (1941–2019), Slovak general and politician
* Jozef Van Roey (1874–1961), Belgian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
* Jozef Vengloš (1936–2021), Slovak football coach
* Józef Andrzej Załuski (1702–1774), Polish Bishop of Kiev and bibliophile

## See also

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* Joseph
* Josef
* József

## References

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1. ^ "Meaning, origin, and history of the name Jozef". Behind The Name. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
2. ^ "Meaning, origin, and history of the name Józef". Behind The Name. Retrieved 22 March 2025.

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