Yossi

Yossi is a Hebrew given name, typically a short and affectionate nickname for Yosef (equivalent to English Joseph). It may refer to:

## People

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* Abba Yossi – mythology figure
* Country Yossi – American singer and radio personality
* Yossi Abu – Israeli executive officer
* Yossi Abukasis – Israeli football player
* Yossi Aharon – musician and Greek bouzouki player
* Yossi Alpher – Israeli political activist
* Yossi Banai – Israeli actor, singer and playwright
* Yossi Beilin – Israeli politician (former minister in the Israeli government)
* Jose ben Halafta (aka Rabbi Yossi) – Jewish tanna
* Yossi Ben Hanan – Israeli general
* Yossi Benayoun (born 1980) – Israeli football player
* Yossi Cedar – Israeli filmmaker
* Yossi Dagan – Israeli activist
* Yossi Dahan – Israeli scholar and activist
* Yossi Dashti (born 1952), Israeli-American author, researcher and business facilitator
* Yossi Ghinsberg – Israeli adventurer, author, entrepreneur, humanitarian, and motivational speaker
* Yossi Green – Jewish American composer
* Yossi Harel – Israeli military person
* Yossi Katz – Israeli politician
* Yossi Katz (geographer), Israeli professor in political geography
* Yossi Klafter \- Israeli chemical physics professor, the eighth President of Tel Aviv University
* Yossi Klein Halevi – Israeli journalist and writer
* Yossi Maiman – Israeli businessman
* Yossi Melman – Israeli journalist and writer
* Yossi Mizrahi – Israeli former football player and coach
* Yosef Paritzky, commonly referred to as Yossi Paritzky – Israeli politician and attorney
* Yossi Peled – Israeli politician and general
* Yossi Sarid – Israeli politician (former minister in the Israeli government)
* Yossi Shain – Israeli scholar and politician
* Yossi Shekel – Israeli football player
* Yossi Shivhon – Israeli football player
* Yossi Vardi – Israeli entrepreneur

## Cinema and television

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* Yossi & Jagger, a 2002 Israeli television film
* Yossi, the 2012 film sequel to Yossi & Jagger

## Literature

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* Joseph Blumenthal (character) – character in The Hope by Herman Wouk

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