Jozef

Jozef (Creole, Dutch, Breton, and Slovak) or Józef (Polish) 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 from 1965 to 1966 Józef Marian Chełmoński (1849–1914), Polish painter Jozef Chovanec (born 1960), Slovak footballer Jozef De Beenhouwer (born 1948), Belgian pianist, music teacher and musicologist 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 from 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