Joseph
- Gender
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Male
- Meaning
- God will multiply
- Origin
- Hebrew
Famous People Named Joseph
- Chief Joseph was the leader of a Native American tribe who led his followers in one of the most dramatic retreats in the history of America.
- Franz Joseph Liszt was the famous composer and pianist.
- George Joseph Stigler is one of the most influential economists of the 20th century.
- Joseph Addison was an 18th century English poet, writer and politician.
- Joseph B. Soloveitchik was a major American Orthodox rabbi and modern Jewish philosopher.
- Joseph Conrad was an acclaimed Polish author, who wrote in English.
- Joseph E. Stiglitz has quite a slew of accomplishments to boast.
- Joseph Goebbels was a leader and propagandist during Nazi Germany.
- Joseph Haydn was one of the most prominent composers of the classical period.
- Joseph Heller was a renowned American novelist and playwright.
- Joseph Joffre was a French General during the World War I.
- Joseph Lister was the pioneer of antiseptic surgery.
- Joseph McCarthy was a U.S. Senator notorious for his anti-communist activities which led to the coining of the term ‘McCarthyism’.
- Joseph Stalin was a communist revolutionary, who played a key role in the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- Joseph Story was an American lawyer, writer and jurist who served in the early 19th century on the Supreme Court of the United States.
