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"Supported of Yahu (YHWH)" |
Josiah (/dʒoʊˈzaɪə/) is a given name derived from the Hebrew Yoshi-yahu (Hebrew: יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ, Yošiyyáhu, Yôšiyyāhû, "supported of Yahu (YHWH)".
The Latin form Josias was used in some early English translations of the Bible.
Josiah (641–609 BC), a King of Judah who instituted major reforms
Josiah Bailey (1873-1946), U.S. senator from North Carolina
Josiah Bartlett (1729–1795), American physician and statesman and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence
Josiah Begole (1815–1896), U.S. Representative and 19th Governor of Michigan
Josiah Child (1630-1699), English merchant, economist proponent of mercantilism, and governor of the East India Company
Josiah Mushore Chinamano (died 1984), Zimbabwean politician
Josiah Conder (architect) (1852–1920), British architect, first teacher of Japanese architects to build western-style buildings in Japan
Josiah Conder (editor and author) (1789–1859), British author and editor
Josiah Forster (1782–1870), English Quaker, teacher, anti-slavery advocate and philanthropist
Josiah Francis (1890–1964), Australian politician and Minister for the Army
Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), American theoretical physicist, chemist, and mathematician
Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883), Confederate general and chief of ordnance during the American Civil War, later president of the University of Alabama
Josiah Harlan (1799–1871), a prince of Ghor and American adventurer in Afghanistan and Punjab
Josiah Harmar (1753-1813), United States Army officer in the American Revolution and the Northwest Indian War, and the senior army officer from 1784 to 1791
Josiah Henson (1789–1883), American author, abolitionist, minister and ex-slave widely believed to be the inspiration of Uncle Tom
Josiah K. Lilly, Sr. (1861–1948), pharmaceutical industrialist, President of Eli Lilly and Company, and philanthropist
Josiah Martin (1737-1786), last colonial governor of the Province of North Carolina
Josiah Ng, Malaysian professional track cyclist
Josiah Parker (1751–1810), member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia in the first six Congresses
Josiah Quincy (disambiguation), various members of the same American family
Josiah Royce (1855-1916), American objective idealist philosopher
Josiah Doc Scurlock (1849-1929), American cowboy and gunfighter
Josiah Spode (1733–1797), English potter and founder of the Spode pottery works
Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp (1880-1941), British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician, writer, banker and director of the Bank of England
Josiah Symon (1846–1934), Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician
Josiah Taft (1709-1756), farmer, soldier and legislator in colonial Massachusetts
Josiah Tattnall (1794-1871), officer in the United States Navy and the Confederate Navy
Josiah Thomas (1863–1933), Cornish Australian miner and politician
Josiah Tongogara (1938-1979), a commander of the ZANLA guerrilla army in Rhodesia expected to become the first President of Zimbabwe before his death
Josiah Warren (1798–1874), individualist anarchist, inventor, musician, and author, widely regarded as the first American anarchist
one of a family of British potters and entrepreneurs:
Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, and abolitionist
Josiah Wedgwood II (1769–1843), son of the first Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood III (1795–1880), son of the second Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872–1943), a.k.a. Josiah Wedgwood IV, great grandson of the second Josiah Wedgwood and great nephew of the third
Josiah Wedgwood V (1899–1968), son of the fourth Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Whitney (1819–1896), American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard, and chief of the California Geological Survey
Josiah Winslow (1628-1680), Pilgrim leader and governor of Plymouth Colony
Josiah Bartlet, President of the United States in the television series The West Wing
Josiah Power, DC Comics superhero
Josiah X, in the Marvel Comics Universe
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