Iosif

Iosif is a variant of the Biblical name Joseph found among the Romanians, Russians, Belarusians, Ukrainians, Georgians, and Armenians.

Notable people with the name include:

• Iosif Adamovich (1897–1937), Belarusian Soviet politician
• Iosif Amusin, Soviet historian
• Iosif Andriasov (1933–2000), Russian composer of Armenian descent
• Iosif Anisim, Romanian sprint canoer
• Iosif Ardeleanu, Romanian communist activist and bureaucrat
• Iosif Baratov (1872–1937), Georgian politician and lawyer
• Iosif Blaga, Romanian literary theorist and politician
• Iosif Bleikhman (1868–1921), Russian anarcho-communist
• Iosif Bobulescu, Romanian bishop
• Iosif Capotă, Romanian anti-communist resistance fighter
• Iosif Dubrovinsky (1877–1913), Russian revolutionary
• Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili, aka Joseph Stalin (1878–1953), Soviet dictator of the USSR
• Iosif Iacobici, Romanian general
• Iosif Iser, Romanian painter and graphic artist
• Iosif Kheifits (1905–1995), Soviet film director
• Iosif Kobzon (1937–2018)Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets, Russian singer of Ukrainian Jewish descent
• Iosif Kryvelev (1906-1991), Soviet scholar of religion
• Iosif Mendelssohn, Romanian chess master
• Iosif Abgarovich Orbeli (1887–1961)Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets, Armenian medieval historian
• Iosif Pogrebyssky, Ukrainian chess master
• Iosif Rotariu, Romanian footballer
• Iosif Shklovsky, Soviet astronomer and astrophysicist
• Iosif Staneŭski (born 1969), Belarusian Roman Catholic Archbishop
• Iosif Szakács (1934–2026), Romanian footballer
• Iosif Vigu, Romanian footballer and manager
• Iosif Vitebskiy, Soviet Ukrainian Olympic medalist and world champion fencer and fencing coach
• Iosif Vulcan, Austro-Hungarian Romanian magazine editor and cultural figure
• Dan Iosif, Romanian politician
• Ștefan Octavian Iosif, Romanian poet