This is a list of people named Joseph.
People
Biblical figures
Joseph (Genesis), son of Jacob in the Hebrew Bible book of Genesis Saint Joseph, husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus Joseph of Arimathea, secret disciple of Jesus Joseph Barsabbas, one of two candidates to replace Judas Iscariot's position among the Twelve Apostles Joseph ben Caiaphas, the Jewish high priest related to the crucifixion of Jesus. Only written as 'Caiaphas' in the New Testament.
Royalty Austria Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II of Austria Franz Joseph I of Austria Archduke Joseph August of Austria Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria Portugal Joseph I of Portugal, King of Portugal Joseph, Prince of Brazil Joseph, General Inquisitor (1720–1801) – a natural son of King John V of Portugal, one of the Children of Palhavã. Spain/Italy/France Joseph Bonaparte, King of Spain, King of Naples and Spain Bavaria Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, King of Bavaria Other Joseph (Khazar), king of the Khazars during the 950s and 960s Chief Joseph (1840–1904), Nez Perce tribal leader
A Joseph "Jo" Abbott (1840–1908), U.S. congressman from Texas John Joseph Abercrombie (1798–1877), career U.S. Army officer Joseph Ackabee (1895–1973), Ojibwe veteran of World War I. Joseph Albrier, French painter Joseph "Doc" Alexander, American NFL football player and coach Joe Alwyn, British actor Joseph Arthur Ankrah (1915–1992), 2nd president of Ghana from 1966 to 1969 Joseph Anoa'i, Samoan-American wrestler Joseph Armone (1917–1992), American mobster
B Joseph von Baader (1763–1835), German engineer and rail transport pioneer Joseph Ayo Babalola, Nigerian religious figure Joseph F. Baca (born 1936), chief justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court Joseph Baldi (1941–2009), American serial killer Joseph D. "Joe" Ball (1896–1938), American murderer and suspected serial killer Joseph Barbera, American cartoonist Joseph Barboza (1932–1976), American hitman Joseph Beam (1954–1988), African-American gay rights activist and writer Joseph Belmont (1947–2022), Seychellois politician Joseph Bertolozzi (born 1959), American composer Joseph Beuys, German artist Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden (born 1942), 46th president of the United States (2021–2025); 47th vice president of the United States (2009–2017); U.S. senator from Delaware (1973–2009) Joseph "Beau" Robinette Biden (1969–2015), American lawyer, soldier and politician, son of Joe Biden Joseph Bitangcol, Filipino actor Joseph Tetsuro Bizinger, known online as The Anime Man, Japanese Australian YouTuber, voice actor, songwriter, and podcaster Joseph Emerson Brown, Georgian-born American Lawyer, governor, and secessionist Joseph Brodsky, Russian and American poet and essayist Joe Burrow, American football player Joey Buttafuoco (born 1956), American man who had an affair with 17 year-old Amy Fisher Jos Buttler, English cricketer
C Joseph Antony Cafazzo, Canadian engineer, educator and researcher Joseph Caillaux (1863–1944), French politician and Minister of France Joseph Campbell, American writer and professor Joseph Campisi, American mobster Joseph Carraro (born 1944), former New Mexico state senator Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914), British statesman, diplomats, and businessman Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar, Indian politician, former actor and singer, also 90th chief minister of Tamil Nadu Joseph Charlton (born 1997), American football player Joseph Cherorot, Kenyan MP Joe Choynski, American boxer Joseph Christopher (1955–1993), American serial killer Joseph Civello, American mobster Joe Clancy, American football player Joseph W. Coker (1930–2019), American politician Harry Connick, Jr. (Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr.), American singer, actor and pianist Joseph Connors, American art historian Joseph Conrad, Polish-British writer Joseph Cook (1860–1947), 6th prime minister of Australia Joseph Cotten, American actor Joseph Force Crater (fl. 1889–1930), New York judge who disappeared
D Joseph Danks (born 1962), American spree/serial killer Joseph James DeAngelo (born 1945), American serial killer and rapist and former cop Joseph Delaney (1945–2022), English author Joseph Dempsie, British actor Joseph Dennie, American writer Joseph Daye, Australian footballer Joe Dickerson, American soccer referee Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player Joe Dolan, Irish showband singer Joseph Dudley (1647–1720), British military commander and colonial administrator Joseph Edward Duncan (1963–2021), American serial killer, rapist, and kidnapper
E Joseph Eisele (1834–1868), German serial killer
Joseph W. Esherick, American historian of China Joseph Estrada (born 1937), 13th president of the Philippines Joe Exotic (born 1963), American media personality convicted of animal abuse and conspiring murder for hire
F Joseph Fenton, informer killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army Joseph Peter Moraes Fernando, also known as Premnath Moraes (1923–1998), Sri Lankan Tamil actor, film director and screenwriter Joseph Filardi (born 2007), American football and lacrosse player Joseph Fitzgerald (disambiguation), multiple people Joseph Flores (born 1999), American singer and songwriter known as TEMPOREX Joseph Peter de Fonseka (1897–1948), Sri Lankan essayist and editor Joseph Fourier (1768–1830), French mathematician and physicist Joseph Paul Franklin (1950–2013), American serial killer and neo-Nazi Joe Frazier, American boxer
G Joseph Galletta, American politician Joseph M.L. Gardner (1970–2008), American murderer Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and broadcaster Joseph Garrett (born 1990), known online as stampylonghead, British YouTube personality Joseph Jean Auguste Gay (1865–1938), French anarchist and acrobat Joseph Gelfer, British researcher in religion and masculinities Joseph Glidden (1813–1906), inventor of barbed wire Joseph Isaac Gnanamuttu (died 1944), Sri Lankan Tamil politician Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945), German politician and propaganda minister of Nazi Germany Joseph Goldwasser (1919–1971), Polish-born American businessman Joe Gomez (footballer), English footballer Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor Joseph Görres (1776–1848), German writer, philosopher, and theologian Joseph A. Greene, state senator in South Carolina
H Joseph Hagan, American politician Joseph Hagerty, American gymnast Joseph Hahn, American musician Joe Hawley, American singer, songwriter, and musician Joe Hart, English football player Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer Joseph Hedley, English quilter and murder victim Joseph Heller, American author Joseph Hemphill (1770–1842), U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania Joseph Turner Henderson, known as Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson (1920–1980), Scottish pianist, composer and broadcaster Joseph Hillström (1879–1915), Swedish-American labour activist and songwriter Joseph Chan Ho-lim, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, and a former member of the Central and Western District Council (Peak Constituency) in Hong Kong Joseph Stephen Holt (1947–2014), American posthumously linked murderer and possible serial killer Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist Joe Horlen, American baseball player Joseph Howland (1834–1886), American general, politician, and philanthropist
I Joseph Iannuzzi (1931–2015), American mobster and FBI informant, Mafia.
J Joe Jacobi, American canoer Joe Jacobson, Welsh soccer player Joe Jonas, lead vocals, the Jonas Brothers Joseph Coulon de Jumonville (1718–1754), French Canadian military officer Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Virginian-born Confederate general, formerly quartermaster general of the United States Army, railway commissioners, and politicians
K Joseph Kabila (born 1971), 4th president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabui (1954–2008), first president of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville Joseph Kaiser, Canadian opera singer Jusuf Kalla (born 1942), 10th vice president of Indonesia (2004–2009); 12th vice president of Indonesia (2014–2019) Joseph Kallinger (1935–1996), American serial killer and rapist Joe Kaminer, South African rugby player Joe Katchik, American football player Joe Keeble, American football player Joe Kehoskie (born 1973), American baseball executive Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888–1969), American businessman, financier and politician Joseph P. Kennedy II (born 1952), oldest son of Senator and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and former congressman from Massachusetts Joe Kennedy III (born 1980), son of Joseph P. Kennedy II and former congressman from Massachusetts Joe Kennedy (Georgia politician) (1930–1997), American politician from Georgia Joseph Abu Khalil (1925–2019), Lebanese politician and journalist Joseph Kibweteere (born 1932, disappeared 2000), Ugandan cult leader Joseph Thomas Knott Jr. (born 1926), American politician Joseph Thomas Knott III (born 1951), American lawyer Joseph Kondro (1959–2012), American murderer and possible serial killer Joseph Koo, Hong Kong composer and arranger Joey Kramer, Aerosmith drummer
L Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736–1813) Italian-French mathematician, physicist and astronomer Joe Lamas, American football player Joe Lieberman (1942–2024), U.S. senator from Connecticut Joseph Loake, British racing driver Joseph Louis Barrow, American boxer and heavyweight champion better known as "Joe Louis" Joseph Lyons (1879–1939), 10th prime minister of Australia
M Joseph B. MacInnis (born 1937), Canadian physician, underwater diver and author Joseph Macmanus (born 1953), American diplomat Joseph Magaletti (1950–2015), American murderer and suspected serial killer Joe Magidsohn, Russian, American football player Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821), Franco-Piedmontese diplomat and philosopher Joseph Makilap, Kenyan MP Joseph Di Mambro (1924–1994), French cult leader Joseph Manjack (born 2002), American football player Joseph L. Mankiewicz, American film director, producer and screenwriter Joseph Marcello, Italian-American mobster Joseph Marco, Filipino actor Joseph Marwa (boxer), Tanzanian boxer Joseph Massino (1943–2023), former boss of Bonanno crime family Joe Mauer, American baseball player Joseph May, British-born Canadian-American actor Joseph Mawle, British actor Joseph Mazzello, American actor Joseph Carlisle McAlhany (1915–2005), American politician Joseph McCarthy (1908–1957), U.S. senator from Wisconsin Joe McElderry, British singer and winner of The X Factor Joe McGlone (1896–1963), American football player Joseph Mengele (1911–1979), Nazi scientist Joseph Henry Mensah (1928–2018), Ghanaian economist and politician Joseph Mercado, Filipino statistician Joseph Carey Merrick, the "Elephant Man" Joseph F. Merrill, American Latter-day Saint apostle Joseph Robert Miller (born 1955), American serial killer Joe Minucci (born 1981), American football player Joe Montana, American Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joseph P. Moran (1895–1934), American surgeon and gangster Joseph S. Murphy (1933–1998), American political scientist and university administrator
N Joseph P. Nadeau (born 1936), justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court Joe Namath (born 1943), American Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Joseph Nafisa (1978–2004), Indian actress and VJ Joseph Naso (born 1934), American serial killer Joseph L. Nellis, Washington attorney involved in various government investigations into organized crime in America Joseph Nevels, also known as JSPH, singer/songwriter Joseph Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833), first person to create a permanent photograph Joseph Noteboom (born 1995), American football player Joseph Nye (1937–2025), American political scientist
O Joseph Odom (born 1992), American professional baseball catcher Joseph Bennet Odunton (1920–2004), Ghanaian civil servant
Joseph Oliver (disambiguation), multiple people