Leading Figures in History

Discover the people who shaped our world — from rulers and scientists to artists and activists.

62247 persons found

Josef Hyrtl

Austrian anatomist (1810–1894)

Josef Josephi

b. 1852

Austrian singer and actor

Josef Kramer

b. 1906

German SS officer (1906–1945)

Josef Locke

Irish singer (1917–1999)

Josef Manger

b. 1913

German weightlifter (1913–1991)

Josef Masopust

Czech footballer and manager (1931–2015)

Josef Müller (entomologist)

b. 1880

Josef Munzinger

b. 1791

Swiss politician

Josef Němec

Czechoslovak boxer (1933–2013)

Josef Peters (racing driver)

German racing driver (1914–2001)

Josef Priller

German World War II flying ace and wing commander (1915–1961)

Josef Ressel

b. 1793

Austrian inventor and forester

Josef Schächter

b. 1901

Austrian rabbi (1901–1994)

Josef Škvorecký

b. 1924

Czech-Canadian writer and publisher (1924–2012)

Josef Stoer

b. 1934

German mathematician (born 1934)

Josef Suk (composer)

Czech composer and violinist (1874–1935)

Josef Šural

Czech footballer (1990–2019)

Josef Tal

b. 1910

Israeli composer (1910–2008)

Josef Terboven

German Nazi politician (1898–1945)

Josef Traxel

b. 1916

German opera singer

Josef Vašíček

b. 1980

Czech ice hockey player (1980–2011)

Josef von Sternberg

b. 1894

Austrian-American film director (1894–1969)

Josefa Idem

b. 1964

German-born Italian canoeist and politician

Josemaría Escrivá

Spanish Catholic priest and saint (1902–1975)