Josef is a variant of the masculine given name Joseph, notably used in Germany, Austria and Czech republic. People so named include:
Josef Abrhám (born 1939), Czech film and stage actor
Josef Ludwig von Armansperg (1787-1853), Bavarian government minister, Regent and Prime Minister of Greece
Josef Bühler (1904-1948), German Nazi government official executed for crimes against humanity
Josef Dobrovský (1753-1829), Czech philologist and historian
Josef Dietrich (1892-1966), German World War II Waffen-SS general and war criminal
Josef Doležal (1920-1999), Czechoslovak race walker
Josef Ertl (1925-2000), German politician
Josef Frank (architect) (1885–1967), Austrian-born architect, artist, and designer
Josef Fritzl (born 1935), Austrian sex offender
Josef Gočár (1880-1945), Czech architect
Josef Hladký (born 1962), Czech-German retired medley swimmer
Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956), Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods
Josef Hügi (1930-1995), Swiss footballer
Josef Imbach (disambiguation)
Josef Ježek, Czech politician
Josef Jungmann (1773-1847), Czech poet and linguist
Josef Košťálek (1909-1971), Czech footballer
Josef Lontscharitsch (born 1970), Austrian former road cyclist
Josef Mengele (1911-1979), German World War II SS officer, physician and war criminal
Josef Muller (disambiguation)
Josef Václav Myslbek (1848-1922), Czech sculptor
Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781), Czech composer
Josef Newgarden (born 1990), American IndyCar Series Driver
Josef Odložil (1938-1993), Czech middle-distance runner
Josef Schmid (disambiguation)
Josef Schneider (disambiguation)
Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969), Austrian-American film director born Jonas Sternberg
Josef Strauss (1827-1870), Austrian composer, brother of Johann Strauss II
Josef Suk (composer) (1874-1935), Czech composer and violinist
Josef Suk (violinist) (1929-2011), his grandson, Czech violinist and conductor
Josef Wüst (1925-2003), Austrian journalist, editor-in-chief and publisher
Josef Sepp Zeilbauer (born 1952), Austrian former decathlete
