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Josef Priller Josef "Pips" Priller (27 July 1915 - 20 May 1961) was a Luftwaffe World War II fighter ace. He has become famous because of the publicity regarding his Fw 190A-8's single strafing pass attack on the Normandy Beaches on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), accompanied by his wingman Heinz Wodarczyk.
Josef Ressel Josef Ludvík František Ressel (in Czech) or Joseph Ludwig Franz Ressel (in German) or Josip Ressel (in Slovenian and Croatian) (June 29, 1793- October 9, 1857) was a Bohemian forest warden and the inventor of the ship's propeller.
Josef Richard VilĂ­mek (1835 - 1911) Josef Richard VilĂ­mek (April 1 1835 in Vamberk - December 27 1911 in Prague) was a Czech publisher. He established a well known publishing house and was father of publisher Josef Richard VilĂ­mek (1860 - 1938).
Josef Ritler Josef Ritler (* 1939 in Naters, canton of Valais), also called by short forms „Sepp Ritler“ or „Seppi Ritler“, is a legendary Swiss journalist, who photographed and wrote 40 years for the newspaper Blick (yellow press, very equivalent to the German Bild-Zeitung). Today, he works as a video-journalist at Central Switzerland television station Tele Tell.
Josef Rosensaft Josef Rosensaft (1911 - 1975 was a Holocaust survivor who led the community of Jewish displaced persons (Sh'erit ha-Pletah through the establishment of a Central Committee of Liberated Jews that first served the interests of the refugees in Bergen-Belsen DP camp and then DP camps throughout the entire British sector.
Josef Seger Josef Seger (born Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger) (21 March, 1716 in RepĂ­n, Czech Republic - April 22, 1782 in Prague) was a Bohemian-German composer and one of the most important representatives of the Czech school.
Josef Schwammberger Josef Schwammberger (born February 14 1912 in Brixen-Bressanone, South Tyrol; died December 3 2004 in Hohenasperg prison hospital in Ludwigsburg). Schwammberger was a member of the Schutzstaffel (military protection unit) during the Nazi era.
Josef Stejskal Josef 'PepÄŤa' Stejskal is a legendary figure of Brno sub culture during the 1970s in Czechoslovakia. Labelled as a 'poet, artist, surrealist and protagonist', he was well known within the Brno 'counter culture' which opposed the communist regime at the time.
Josef Stenbäck Josef Daniel Stenbäck (May 2 1854, Alavus — April 27 1929, Helsinki) was a Finnish church architect and engineer who worked in the Imperial Russia and independent Finland. He designed 35 churches for Finland and Finnish Karelia ceded to Soviet Union in 1944.
Josef Svatopluk Machar Josef Svatopluk Machar (yô'zĕf svä'tôplʊk mä'khär) (1854–1942) was a Czech poet and essayist. A a leader of the realist movement in Czech poetry and a master of colloquial Czech, Machar was active in anti-Austrian political circles in Vienna.
Josef Tošovský Josef Tošovský (IPA: ) (born September 28 1950 in Náchod, then Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) is a Czech economist and was governor of Czech National Bank from 1993 to 2000. From 2 January 1998 to July 17 he was the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic in a caretaker govermnent.
Josef von Sternberg Josef von Sternberg (29 May 1894 – 22 December 1969) was an Austrian-American film director. He is one of the earliest examples of auteur filmmakers, and performed many other duties on his films besides directing, including cinematographer, writer, and editor.
Josef Wagner (Gauleiter) Josef Wagner (born 12 January 1899 in Algringen, Diedenhofen County, Alsace-Lorraine, nowadays Algrange near Thionville, France; died 22 April or 2 May 1945 in Berlin) was from 1928 the Nazi Gauleiter of the Gau of Westphalia-South, and as of January 1935 also of the Gau of Silesia.
Josef Witt Kammersänger Joseph Witt was a tenor who was a regular performer at the Wiener Staatsoper before WW II. He made several widely circulated recordings of Strauss operas with Karl Böhm and Clemens Krauss, in which he sang secondary parts in operas like Ariadne and Arabella.
Josefa de Ă“bidos Josefa de Ă“bidos (Seville, 1630-1684) was a Spanish-born, Portuguese painter from the seventeenth century. Her birth name was Josefa de Ayala Figueira, but she signed her work as, "Josefa em Ă“bidos" or, "Josefa de Ayalla".
Josefa Dimuri Ratu Josefa Nalumuialevu Dimuri is a Fijian chief and politician, who served as a Senator from 2001 to 2006, when he was elected to the House of Representatives. Following the election, he was appointed Minister of State for Agriculture, Alternative Livelihood, and Outer Island Development.
Josefa Iloilo Ratu Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, CF, MBE, (born December 29, 1920) has been the President of Fiji since 2000. He has the traditional title of Tui Vuda, the paramount chief of the Vuda district in Ba Province on Fiji's northwest coast.
Josefa Salas Mateo Josefa Salas Mateo (July 14, 1860 - February 27, 1973) was a Spanish supercentenarian, and the oldest recognised living person in the world between January 11, 1970 and her death at age 112. She was once recognized as the Spanish longevity recordholder by Guinness World Records, although her record was broken in the 1990's.
Josefa Vosanibola Josefa Bole Vosanibola is a Fijian politician, who has served as Minister for Home Affairs since 16 December 2004, when he was appointed by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase to succeed Joketani Cokanasiga. Prior to his appointment as Home Affairs Minister, he had served as Minister for Information, and before that as Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation, following his election to represent the Tailevu North Ovalau Open Constituency, as a candidate of the United Fiji Party (SDL), in the parliamentary election of 2001.
Josefin Lillhage Josefin Lillhage (born March 15, 1980 in Gothenburg) is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montréal. She represented her country three times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000 and 2004.
Josefina Fierro de Bright Josefina Fierro de Bright born, in 1920 as Josefina Fierro, was a Mexican American leader who helped organize resistance against discrimination in the American Southwest during the Great Depression. She was the daughter of migrants who had fled revolution in Mexico to settle in California.
Josefina Passadori Josefina Passadori, argentine writer who published several textbooks as well as poetry (under the nom de plume Fröken Thelma), politician, and a well known educator, born in Mezzanino, Pavia, Italy, on April 5, 1900, and died in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Decembre 13th, 1987. On 1922 she graduated from Escuela Normal de Profesoras “Mary O’Graham” of La Plata, college at which she taught during almost forty years, mostly Spanish, Italian, History, Geography and Literature.
Josefina Vázquez Mota Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota (born January 20, 1961 in Mexico City) is a Mexican economist and politician who was recently appointed as secretary of education of Mexico by president Felipe Calderon. Previously, she served for five years as Secretary of Social Development under Vicente Fox's administration, which she left to become campaign coordinator of Calderon's bid for the presidency.
Josefine Mutzenbacher Josefine Mutzenbacher is a famous fictional Austrian courtesan in an erotic fictional autobiography novel which was published in Vienna in 1906. The author is anonymous, but it is generally believed that it was Felix Salten, also known for having written Bambi, A Life in the Woods.
Josefov (Prague) Josefov (also Jewish quarter; Josephstadt in German) is a town quarter and smallest cadastral area of Prague, today Czech Republic, formerly the Jewish ghetto of the town. The quarter is often represented by the flag of Prague's Jewish community, a yellow Magen David (Star of David) on a red field.
Josefsplatz The Josefsplatz is a city-centre public square in the city of Vienna, Austria. The Josefsplatz is centred on a full-sized statue and monument of Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor mounted on a horse (1795-1806, by sculptor Franz Anton Zauner).
Joseki A joseki (定石), literally meaning "set stones", as in "set pattern" (jo means "fixed" or "set", and seki means stones), is a sequences of moves in game of Go which results in a fair outcome for both black and white sides.
Josel of Rosheim Josel of Rosheim (alternatively: Joselmann, Joselin, Yoselmann, , Joseph ben Gershon mi-Rosheim or Joseph ben Gershon Loanz; c. 1480—March, 1554) was the great advocate ("shtadlan", or the Court Jew) of the German and Polish Jews during the reigns of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Charles V.
Josele Garza Josele Garza (born March 15, 1962 in Mexico City, Mexico) started seven Indianapolis 500 races. Garza was the 1981 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after rolling off sixth and finishing 23rd at the tender age of 19.
Josemaría Escrivá Saint Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer (Thursday, January 9, 1902 – Thursday, June 26, 1975) (also known as Jose María or Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albas, born José María Mariano Escriba Albas) was a Spanish Catholic priest and [of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei], popularly, Opus Dei. He was [[canonization|canonized in a controversial process available for purchase hereSylvia Poggioli: Controversy over the canonization of Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, National Public Radio (NPR), October 6, 2002; mirrored by rickross.
Joseon Dynasty The Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) (also Chosun, Choson, ChosĹŹn), sometimes known as the Yi Dynasty, was a dynasty founded by General Yi Seonggye in what is modern day Korea, and lasted for five centuries as one of the world's longest running monarchies. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo Dynasty at what is today the city of Kaesong.
Joseon naval campaigns of 1592 The naval campaigns conducted by Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin during Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598) against the Japanese forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. These campaigns made Yi a legendary figure in Korean History on par, if not surpassing the great general Eulji Mundeok.
Joseon White Porcelain Joseon white porcelain and Korean pottery in general were subjected to numerous transformations during the turbulent five hundred year period of the Joseon Dynasty. The history of Joseon ceramics is generally divided into three major periods; the early, the middle, and the late period.
Josep Carles LaĂ­nez Josep Carles LaĂ­nez (1970) is a writer living between Valencia City (Valencia) and Encamp (Principality of Andorra). Graduate of the University of Valencia in Catalan and Spanish Philology and Audio-visual Communication, his main interest is in European minority languages.
Josep Fusté Josep María Fusté Blanch (born Liñola, Lleida, April 15, 1941), was a Spanish/Catalan footballer and captain of CF Barcelona during the 1960s and early 1970s. In 1964, together with Luis Suárez, Amancio Amaro, José Ángel Iribar and his CF Barcelona team mate, Jesus María Pereda, he also helped Spain win the European Championship.
Josep Guia Josep Guia i MarĂ­n (Valencia, 1947) is a Valencian writer, Mathematics professor of University of Valencia and political activist within PSAN party. He was arrested and fined several times before and after Franco's death because of his ideas and acts supporting the independence of the Catalan Countries.
Josep Lluís Nuñez Josep Lluís Núñez Clemente (born on September 7, 1921 at Barakaldo) was president of FC Barcelona between 1978 and 2000. Núñez also owns the Núñez i Navarro construction company (Navarro being his wife).
Josep PicĂł Josep PicĂł LladĂł (born April 12, 1964 in Sabadell, Catalonia) is a former water polo player from Spain, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal near his home town, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
Josep Pla Josep Pla i Casadevall (March 8, 1897, Palafrugell, Girona - April 23, 1981, Llofriu, Girona) was a journalist and a popular author. As a journalist he worked in France, Italy, England, Germany and Russia, from where he wrote political and cultural chronicles in Catalan.
Josep Puig i Cadafalch Josep Puig i Cadafalch (October 15, 1867 - Barcelona, December 21, 1956) was a Modernist Catalan architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona. He was the architect of "la Casa Marti" (also known as "Els Quatre Gats") which became a place of ideas, projects and social gatherings for such well-known Catalans as Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas.
Josep Sánchez Josep ("Pep") Sánchez Galobardes (born June 8, 1976 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a former field hockey midfielder from Spain, who represented the Men's National Team at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000.
Josep-LluĂ­s Carod-Rovira Josep-LluĂ­s Carod-Rovira (born May 17, 1952) is a Catalan politician, since 1996 leader of the party ERC or Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (Republican Left of Catalonia), a political party founded by Francesc MaciĂ  i LlussĂ . ERC campaigns on a platform of independence for Catalan Countries.
Joseph Yosef is a given name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yosef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄. In Arabic, including in the Qur'an, the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf.
Joseph (Hebrew Bible) Joseph or Yosef (Hebrew: יוֹסֵף, Standard Yosef Tiberian ; "He (The Lord) increases/may add") is a major figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament). He was Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first.
Joseph and His Brothers Joseph and His Brothers (Joseph und seine Brüder) is a four-part novel by Thomas Mann, published over the course of 16 years. Mann retells the familiar stories of Genesis, from Jacob to Joseph (chapters 27–50).
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was the second musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. (The first was "The Likes of Us", a show which was written in 1965 but which did not receive its first stage performance until 2005).
Joseph A. A. Burnquist Joseph Alfred Arner Burnquist (July 21, 1879–January 12, 1961) was an American politician. Born in 1879 in Dayton, Iowa, he served in the Minnesota State Legislature from 1909–1911, was elected the 20th Lt.
Joseph A. Citro Joseph A. Citro, occasionally referred as the "Bard of the Bizarre" (a name first given to him by the Boston Globe) or "the Ghost-Master General", is a Vermont author and folklorist who has extensively researched and documented the folklore, hauntings, ghost stories, paranormal activity and occult happenings of Vermont and the rest of New England.
Joseph A. Conry Joseph Aloysius Conry, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Brookline, Mass., September 12, 1868; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Boston; president of the Boston Common Council in 1896 and 1897; chairman of the board of aldermen in 1898; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of his profession in Boston, Mass.
Joseph A. Gavagan Joseph Andrew Gavagan (August 20, 1892 - October 18, 1968) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he attended the public and parochial schools and graduated from the law department of Fordham University in 1920.
Joseph A. Hemann Joseph Anton Hemann (1816-1897) was a German-American educator, newspaper publisher, and banker. He was born in Germany in the town of Ă–sede near OsnabrĂĽck and studied at the Gymnasium Carolinum in OsnabrĂĽck, one of the most celebrated colleges of Germany.
Joseph A. Mower Joseph Anthony Mower (1827-1870) was a Union general during the American Civil War. He was a competent officer and well respected by his troops and fellow officers to whom he was known as "Fighting Joe".
Joseph A. Scranton Joseph Augustine Scranton (July 26 1838 – October 12 1908) was a Republican politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1883, 1885 to 1887, 1889 to 1891, and 1893 to 1897.
Joseph Abbott (Texas politician) Joseph (Jo) Abbott (January 15, 1840-February 11, 1908) was a member of the Confederate Army and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. He was born near Decatur, Alabama in 1840, where he attended the public schools.
Joseph Acton Joseph Acton was a champion professional wrestler in England and America. Acton is one of a handful of wrestlers credited with introducing "catch-as-catch-can" wrestling (also known today as free-style), with its roots in old Lancashire wrestling, to the United States.
Joseph Addison Joseph Addison (May 1, 1672 – June 17, 1719) was an English politician and writer. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine.
Joseph Addison Alexander Joseph Addison Alexander (24 April 1809 - 28 January 1860) was an American biblical scholar, the third son of Archibald Alexander, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1826, having devoted himself especially to the study of Hebrew and other languages, and from 1830 to 1833 was adjunct professor of ancient languages and literature there.
Joseph Agassi Joseph Agassi, born in Jerusalem on May 7, 1927, is an Israeli academic with contributions in logic, scientific method, and philosophy. He studied under Karl Popper and taught at the London School of Economics.
Joseph Achron Joseph Achron (May 13 1886 – April 29 1943) was a Lithuanian born composer and violinist. His preoccupation with Jewish elements and his desire to develop a 'Jewish' harmonic and contrapuntal idiom, underscored and informed much of his work.
Joseph Aiuppa Joseph John Aiuppa (December 1, 1907 - February 2, 1997), also known as "Ha Ha," "Doves," "Mourning Doves," "O'Brien," or "Joey Doves," was a member of the Chicago Mafia organization known as the Chicago Outfit. He spent his early years serving as a gunman for Al Capone, and in 1971 he became a mob boss for part of the city after the death of Paul "The Waiter" Ricca.
Joseph Alexander Ames Joseph Alexander Ames (1816–1872), was an American artist born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. Known mainly for portraiture, Ames painted in Boston for a number of years, although he traveled in Italy at one point, where he painted Pope Pius IX.
Joseph Allard Joseph Allard was a professor of Saxophone and Clarinet at Juilliard School of Music, and after retiring from Juilliard, later at New England Conservatory. He was the only professor of this discipline at Juilliard in over a hundred years, and was the first saxophonist with the NBC staff orchestra in New York City.
Joseph Almosnino Joseph Almosnino (1642–1689) was the son of Isaac and grandson of Moses ben Baruch Almosnino. He was rabbi at Belgrade, and author of numerous responsa, collected by his son Isaac under the title Edut bi-Yehosef (Testimonies in Joseph) and published at Constantinople, 1711-33.
Joseph Amato Joseph Amato (d. March 28, 1927) was a Milwaukee organized crime figure, succeeding Peter Guardalabene as head of the Milwaukee family in 1924, and ruled over the city's underworld until his death from natural causes on March 28, 1927.
Joseph Amedokpo Joseph Amedokpo is a Togolese painter whose reputation and work are respected and becoming more and more so across the world. Amedokpo was born in Vogan, Togo (West Africa) in 1946, and moved to Lagos, Nigeria at the age of eight where he received his education and art training, receiving a scholarship to the Yaba Trade Center where he studied fine art from 1966-1968.
Joseph Archer Crowe Sir Joseph Archer Crowe (London October 25, 1825 – September 6, 1896), was an English consular official and art critic, whose volumes of the History of Painting in Italy, co-written with the Italian critic Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle (1820–1897) stand at the beginning of disciplined modern art history writing in English, based on chronologies of individual artists' development and the connoisseurship of identifying artist's indidual manners or "hands".
Joseph Arthur Joseph Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is a contemporary singer-songwriter from Akron, Ohio, known for his melodic compositions combined with swirling choruses. He was discovered by Peter Gabriel in the mid-'90s, and signed to Gabriel's Real World label.
Joseph Ashton (politician) Joseph William Ashton (born October 9, 1933), usually known as Joe Ashton, is a British Labour Party politician who was known for his northern-accented defence of the rights of Labour members of Parliament against the demands of the left-wing of the party to subject them to mandatory reselection.
Joseph Attard Kingswell Joseph Attard Kingswell (1925 - ?) was a Maltese trade unionist and diplomat; he served as General Secretary to the General Workers Union, the largest Trade Union in Malta; as well, he was the Ambassador for Malta in Belgium and the Ambassador Extraordinary in Norway.
Joseph Auslander Joseph Auslander (11 October, 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 22 June, 1965, Coral Gables, Florida) was a United States poet, anthologist, translator of poems, and novelist. Auslander was first to hold the post of Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, occupying it between 1937 and 1941.
Joseph Azzolina Joseph Azzolina (born January 26, 1926 in Newark, New Jersey) is a Republican who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992-2006 where he represented the 13th legislative district. He also served in the Assembly from 1986-1988 and from 1966-1972.
Joseph Édouard Cauchon Joseph Édouard Cauchon, PC (December 31, 1816 – February 23, 1885) was a prominent Quebec politician in the middle years of the nineteenth-century. Although he held a variety of portfolios at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, he never achieved his goal of becoming the Premier of Quebec.
Joseph ben Gorion Joseph ben Gorion (in Hebrew, Yosef ben Gorion) was a medieval Jewish historian best known as the author of the Sefer Yosippon, a history of the Jews from the time of the Creation to the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE, with historical accounts of Babylonia, Greece, Rome, and other countries. In the current text the author professes to be the old Greek historian Flavius Josephus, giving to the name "Joseph" the Greek ending "on" ("Josephon," "Joseppon," or "Josippon".
Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez Joseph ben Hayyim Jabez (also "Yaavetz") (15th century-16th century) was a Spanish-Jewish theologian. He lived for a time in Portugal, where he associated with Joseph Hayyun, who inspired him with that taste for mysticism which he subsequently displayed in his writings.
Joseph ben Isaac Bekhor Shor Joseph ben Isaac Bekhor Shor of Orleans (12th century) (Hebrew: יוֹסֵף בֶּן־יִצחָק בְּכוֹר־שׁוֹר) was a French tosafist, exegete, and poet who flourished in the 2nd half of the 12th century.
Joseph ben Meir Teomim Joseph ben Meir Teomim (1727-1793) (Hebrew: יוסף בן מאיר תאומים) was a Galician rabbi born at Lemberg. While still young he succeeded his father in the position of preacher and rabbinical instructor in the yeshibah of Lemberg.
Joseph B. Mitchell Joseph Brady Mitchell (September 25, 1915-February 17, 1993) was an American military historian. He is the author of Decisive Battles of the American Revolution, Decisive Battles of the Civil War, Discipline and Bayonets: The Armies and Leaders in the War of the American Revolution, Twenty Decisive Battles of the World, Military Leaders of the Civil War, and The Badge of Gallantry: Recollections of Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Winners.
Joseph B. Wirthlin Joseph Bitner Wirthlin (born June 11, 1917 in Salt Lake City, Utah) was sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on October 4 1986, and ordained an apostle on October 9 1986, following the death of church President Spencer W. Kimball.
Joseph Babiński Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (born November 17, 1857, Paris; died October 29, 1932, Paris) was a Polish neurologist. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal tract damage.
Joseph Badeaux Joseph Badeaux, (25 September 1777 – 12 September 1835), was the son of Jean-Baptiste Badeaux and, in 1792, he began articling to become a notary. His clerkship was with his brother Antoine-Isidore, who, like their father, was of the notarial profession.
Joseph Bancroft Reade Joseph Bancroft Reade (1801 - 1870) was an English pioneer of photography. A cleric and a Fellow of the Royal Society since 1838, Reade became interested in photography in 1839 after the announcements by Daguerre and soon after by Talbot.
Joseph Banks Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, PRS (February 13 1743 – June 19 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist and science patron. He took part in Cook's first great voyage (1768–1771), and around 80 species bear Banks' name.
Joseph Bara Joseph Bara (1780 – December 7, 1793) was a young French republican soldier at the time of the Revolution who was hailed as a hero by the leaders of the movement. Bara voluntarily enrolled in the revolutionary troops fighting the royalist insurrection in the Vendée.
Joseph Barbera Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera (March 24 1911 – December 18 2006) was an American animator, cartoon artist, storyboard artist, director, producer, and co-founder, together with William Hanna, of Hanna-Barbera. The studio produced well-known cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and Scooby-Doo, as well as the musical film Charlotte's Web.
Joseph Bard Joseph Bard (also known as Diamant JĂłzsef, 1882-1975) was an expatriate Hungarian writer, known for a novel Shipwreck in Europe (1928) and short stories written in English, and as a literary editor. He settled in the United Kingdom, where he was later known as Joseph Bard.
Joseph Barnby Sir Joseph Barnby (1838–1896), English musical composer and conductor, son of Thomas Barnby, an organist, was born at York on the 12 August 1838. He was a chorister at York Minster from the age of seven, was educated at the Royal Academy of Music under Cipriani Potter and Charles Lucas, and was appointed in 1862 organist of St.
Joseph Barondess Joseph Barondess (1867–1928) was a labor leader and political figure in New York City's Lower East Side Jewish community in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century. Known as the "King of the Cloakmakers", whose union he led, he carried himself like an actor, a career he had tried but failed at before he became a garment worker and union leader.
Joseph Barss Joseph Barss (21 February 1776 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia – August 3, 1824 near Kentville, Nova Scotia) was a sea captain of the schooner Liverpool Packet, and was one of the most successful privateers on the North American Atlantic coast leading into the War of 1812.
Joseph Bayma Joseph Bayma (born November, 1816 in Piedmont, Italy; died February 7, 1892 at Santa Clara, California) was a mathematician, philosopher, and scientist. He is known for work relating to stereochemistry and math,
Joseph Bazalgette Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (28 March 1819 – 15 March 1891) was one of the great Victorian civil engineers. As the chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation of a sewer network for central London, which helped relieve the city from cholera epidemics, while beginning the clean-up of the River Thames, which had reached a nadir with "The Great Stink" of 1858.
Joseph Belmont Joseph Belmont is a politician in Seychelles and has been vice-president since 16 April 2004. He took office after president France-Albert René stepped down and the previous vice-president, James Michel, replaced René as president.
Joseph Benjamin Robinson Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, 1st Baronet, South African mine-owner, was born at Cradock, Cape Colony, in 1845. At the age of sixteen he started business as a general trader, wool-buyer and stock-breeder, but on the discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1867 he hastened to the Vaal river district, where, by purchasing the stones from the natives and afterwards by buying diamond-bearing land, notably at Kimberley, he soon acquired a considerable fortune.
Joseph Berger Joseph Berger is an American theoretical sociologist and a Professor Emeritus. After earning his doctoral degree in sociology at Harvard University in the 1950s, he established a theoretical and experimental research program at Stanford University.
Joseph Beuys Joseph Beuys (May 12, 1921 – January 23, 1986) was an influential German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. He is most famous for his ritualistic public performances and his energetic championing of the healing potential of art and the power of a universal human creativity.
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (born December 23, 1689 in Thionville; died October 28, 1755 in Roissy-en-Brie) was a French baroque composer of instrumental music, cantatas, opera ballets, and vocal music. Boismortier was purely a composer and one of the first to have no patrons: he made his living simply by writing new works of music.
Joseph Boehm Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, Bart. (July 6, 1834 – December 12, 1890) was a sculptor, best known for the head of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner, born in Vienna, but educated in England.
Joseph Bonanno Giuseppe "Joseph/Joe" Bonanno (January 18, 1905 – May 12, 2002) was a Sicilian-born American Mafioso who became the boss of one of the infamous five families crime families of New York City. He was nicknamed Joe Bananas, a name he hated due to the implication that he was crazy.
Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Joseph Bonaparte Gulf is a large body of water off the coast of the Northern Territory, Australia, at . It is named after Joseph Bonaparte, brother of Napoleon and King of Naples (1806-1808) and then Spain (1808-1813).
Joseph Bowie Joseph Bowie (born September 17 1953 in St Louis, Missouri) is an American bandleader, trombonist, and founder of the seminal jazz fusion band, Defunkt. The group has been blending jazz with funk and punk music for more than three consecutive decades.
Joseph Boyden Joseph Boyden (born 1966) is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. His debut novel, Three Day Road, won the Amazon/Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2006, and was a nominee for the 2005 Governor General's Awards.

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