Mononyms •
Jose( Jose Kurian ), Indian actor in
Malayalam films •
José of Braganza (Portuguese: Bragança), Portuguese
noble of the
House of Braganza,
Archbishop of
Braga, illegitimate son of
King Peter II and Francisca Clara da Silva •
Jose the Galilean (Hebrew: יוסי הגלילי, (Yose HaGelili)), 1st–2nd century Jewish
rabbi, member of the
Tannaim involved in compiling the
Mishna •
Prince José, Portuguese
noble of the
House of Braganza (Portuguese: Bragança), son of
Queen Maria I and
King Peter III,
heir apparent with many
titles including Prince of Brazil and Duke of Braganza, died of
smallpox at age 27 before ascending to the throne •
Joseph I of Portugal (José Francisco António Inácio Norberto Agostinho), also known as José I of Portugal
First names A •
José Abad Santos, Filipino lawyer and
jurist, 5th
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines •
José Abal, Spanish
Paralympics athlete and medallist •
José Manuel Abascal Gómez, Spanish
runner and Olympics medallist •
José Javier Abella Fanjul, Mexican international
football player •
Jose ben Abin (Hebrew: יוסי בר אבין), significant 4th century CE Jewish
Talmudist •
José Aboulker, French Algerian
neurosurgeon, leader of French Algeria's
anti-Nazi resistance during
World War II, later a French politician •
José Antonio Abreu Anselmi, Venezuelan
orchestra conductor, pianist, economist, professor of economics and
law at
Universidad Simón Bolívar, activist, and politician •
José María de Achá Valiente, Bolivian
general, 17th
President of Bolivia after leading a
coup against dictator
José María Linares •
José de Acosta, member of the
Society of Jesus (S.J.), Spanish Catholic
missionary, theologian and
naturalist •
José Adem (1921–1991), Mexican mathematician •
José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, also known to the public as José Afonso, Zeca Afonso and Zeca, influential Portuguese folk and political musician, known especially for the role of his music in the resistance against the dictatorial regime of
Oliveira Salazar •
José Álamo Delgado (1903-1940), Spanish footballer •
José Bernardo Alcedo, Peruvian Romantic composer, wrote the
National Anthem of Peru •
José Aldo da Silva Oliveira Jnr., Brazilian
mixed martial artist •
José Martiniano de Alencar, Brazilian politician, lawyer, orator, novelist and
dramatist •
José Alencar Gomes da Silva, Brazilian businessman and politician, 23rd
Vice-President of Brazil •
Joseph of Anchieta, Spanish
Jesuit missionary to the Portuguese
colony of Brazil and Catholic saint •
José Martiniano Pereira de Alencar, Brazilian politician, journalist and onetime
Catholic priest, father of
José de Alencar •
José de Jesús Alfaro, Nicaraguan politician,
Head of State of Nicaragua •
José Maria Alkmin, Brazilian politician, 15th
Vice President of Brazil •
José Allende, Peruvian politician, 14th
Prime Minister of Peru •
José Alperovich, Argentine politician, governor of
Tucumán Province •
Jose Carlos Altuve, Venezuelan-born American
baseball player •
José Álvarez de las Asturias de Bohórquez y Goyeneche, Spanish
noble and
equestrian, Marqués de los Trujillos, Olympics competitor •
José Álvarez de Pereira y Cubero, Spanish
Neoclassical sculptor •
José Álvarez de Toledo Osorio y Gonzaga, Spanish
noble and politician, Duke of Alba, 11th Marquis of Villafranca,
Grandee of Spain, 15th
Duke of Medina Sidonia, sponsor of
Francisco Goya, commissioner of works by
Joseph Haydn •
José Ciriaco Alvarez, also known as José Sixto Alvarez, Argentine journalist and
Modernist writer, wrote under the pen name "Rob" Fray Mocho •
Jose Lino Alvarez, American professional
baseball player •
José Álvarez, United States Virgin Islands-born
sports shooter and Olympics competitor •
José Manuel Álvarez. Argentine politician,
Governor of Córdoba •
José Ricardo Álvarez, Venezuelan-born American professional
baseball player •
Miguel Álvarez Pozo, Cuban
basketball player and Olympics competitor •
José René Álvarez Ramírez, known as Joe Alvarez, Cuban-born American
baseball player and manager •
José María Álvarez de Sotomayor, Spanish playwright and poet •
José Alves da Costa, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Corumbá •
José Augusto Alves Roçadas, military officer and colonial administrator, led troops at the
Battle of Mufilo in
Portuguese Angola to suppress the
Ovambo people's revolt, appointed as governor of the
District of Hula in Portuguese Angola, then
Governor of Macau, and returned as
Governor General of Angola, commanded troops in Southern
Angola against the
German army's
WWI campaign in Angola, later participated in the
28 May 1926 coup d'état which ended the
Portuguese First Republic •
José Ramón Andrés Puerta, Spanish-American chef •
José Ruiz Arenas, Bolivian
Catholic bishop,
Assistant bishop of
Bogotá, then Bishop and later
Archbishop of
Villavicencio, entered the
Roman Curia and served in the
Pontifical Commission for Latin America, the
Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation and the
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples •
José María Arguedas Altamirano, Peruvian novelist, poet, and
anthropologist •
José Arpa y Perea, Spanish-born painter, worked in Spain, Mexico, and Texas, known for
realist landscapes •
José Enrique Arrarás, Puerto Rican lawyer,
university lecturer and politician, former member of the
Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico •
José Miguel Arroyo Delgado, known as
Joselito, Spanish
matador •
José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan
national hero •
José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde, Peruvian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of the
Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas •
José Millán Astray, Spanish
general and founder of the
Spanish Foreign Legion •
José de Avillez Burnay Ereira, award-winning Portuguese chef and restaurateur •
José María Alfredo Aznar López, Spanish
reformist and politician, active member of the
Falangist Syndicalist Student Front in his youth, President of the
People's Party, served as
Prime Minister under
King Juan Carlos I B •
José Delicado Baeza, Spanish
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Tui-Vigo,
Archbishop of
Valladolid •
José Ballivián, Bolivian
general during the
Peruvian-Bolivian War and 11th
President of Bolivia •
José Manuel Emiliano Balmaceda Fernández, 11th
President of Chile •
José Antonio Balseiro, Argentine
physicist, specialised in
nuclear fusion and
nuclear physics •
José Balta y Montero, Peruvian soldier and politician,
Prime Minister of Peru,
President of Peru •
José Celso Barbosa, Puerto Rican physician,
sociologist and politician •
José Juan Barea Mora, known as "J. J.", Puerto Rican-born American professional international
basketball player •
José Barrionuevo, Spanish politician •
José de Barros Lima, Brazilian military, responsible for starting the
Pernambucan revolution •
José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez, Uruguayan politician, creator of the
welfare state, 2nd and 5th
President of the Senate and Prime Minister of Uruguay, 19th and 21st
President of Uruguay •
José Miguel Battle Sr., Cuban mobster •
José Antonio Bautista Santos, Dominican-born American
baseball player •
José Joaquín (Arias) Bautista, Dominican-born American
baseball player •
Jose Baxter, UK professional
football player •
José Leitão de Barros, Portuguese film director and playwright •
José Manuel Durão Barroso, Portuguese lawyer and professor of law, 115th
Prime Minister of Portugal, 11th
President of the European Commission •
José Moreira Bastos Neto, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Três Lagoas •
José Díaz de Bedoya, Paraguayan politician, member of the
Paraguayan Triumvirate •
José Fernando Bello Amigo Serans, Spanish professional
football player •
José Alfonso Belloso y Sánchez, Salvadoran
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop then
Archbishop of
San Salvador •
José Luis Benavidez Jr., American professional
boxer •
José María Benegas Haddad, nicknamed as
Txiki, Venezuelan-born Spanish politician •
José Benlliure y Gil, Spanish painter and sculptor •
José Bergamín Gutiérrez, Spanish writer, essayist, poet, and playwright •
José Miguel Bermúdez Ríos, Spanish professional
football player •
José León Bernal, Spanish
football player •
José Orlando Berríos, Puerto Rican-born American professional
baseball player •
José Avelino Bettencourt, Portuguese-Canadian
Catholic bishop, diplomat and
chaplain to the Pope, former Head of Protocol of the
Secretariat of State of the Holy See, now
Apostolic Nuncio to
Georgia and
Armenia •
José González Blázquez, member of the
Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy and Spanish
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Ciudad Rodrigo, then Bishop of
Plascencia •
José María Bocanegra, Mexican lawyer and politician,
Interim President of Mexico •
Joseph Bonaparte, French
King •
José Borregales (born 1998), American football player •
José Antonio Bottiroli, Argentine composer, pianist and poet •
Joseph (José) Bové, French farmer, politician and
syndicalist •
José Antonio Bowen, American
jazz musician and president of
Goucher College •
José Luis Brown, retired Argentine
football player and coach •
José Brocá y Codina (Catalan: Antoni Josep Mateu Brocà i Codina), Spanish guitarist and Romantic composer •
José María Bueno y Monreal, Spanish
Catholic bishop and
cardinal, first Bishop of
Jaca, then Bishop of
Vitoria,
Coadjutor bishop of
Seville and finally
Archbishop of Seville, made Cardinal by
Pope John XXIII •
Jose Apolonio Burgos y García, Filipino
Catholic priest and activist executed by the Spanish authorities •
José Bustamante y Rivero, Peruvian lawyer,
jurist, writer, politician, and diplomat,
President of Peru, President of the
International Court of Justice in
The Hague C •
José María Cabral y Luna, Dominican
general and politician,
Supreme Chief of the Dominican Republic, then
President, abolished capital punishment and
banishment •
José María Calatrava y Peinado, Spanish statesman, served as
Prime Minister under
Consort Queen Maria Christina, Regent of Spain •
José Manuel Calderón Borrallo, Spanish professional
basketball player •
José de Jesus Calderón Frias, Panamanian
football player •
José Luis Calderón, Argentine
football player •
José Luis Calderón Cabrera, Mexican architect and professor, specialist in
restoration of churches and monuments •
José Manuel Calderón, known as
El Maestro de Bachata, first Dominican Republic musician to record
bachata •
José Campeche y Jordán, recognised Puerto Rican
Rococo painter •
José Canalejas y Méndez, Spanish
literary scholar and politician, served as
Prime Minister under
King Alfonso XIII •
José María Cano, Spanish visual artist, pianist, musician, composer, and record producer •
José María Ortega Cano, known as
Joselito, Spanish
matador •
José Canseco Capas Jr., known as José Canesco, Cuban-American
baseball player •
Jose Pablo Cantillo, American stage, television and film actor •
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera, Cuban
chess player and
world chess champion, considered to be one of the
best players of all time •
José Carabaño, Venezuelan music executive and graphic designer, known as
Junior •
José Carbó, Argentine-born Australian
baritone •
José María Cárdenas López, Mexican international
football player •
José Cardoso Pires, Portuguese author of
short stories,
novels,
plays, and
political satire •
José María Caro Rodríguez, Chilean
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Apostolic Vicar of
Tarapac, Bishop then
Archbishop of
La Serena, then Archbishop of
Santiago de Chile, made a Cardinal by
Pope Pius XII in 1946, a strong opponent of
Freemasonry he wrote frequently on the subject including
The Mystery of Freemasonry Unveiled. •
José Maria Carreño Blanco, Venezuelan politician and military officer, Interim
President,
Vice President •
José Miguel Carrera Verdugo, Chilean general, considered one of the founders of independent Chile, leader under the
junta government,
Supreme Director of Chile •
José Carreras, Catalan
tenor •
José de Carvajal y Lancáster, Spanish
jurist and statesman, served as
First Secretary of State under
King Ferdinand IV, founded Madrid's
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando •
José Arturo Castellanos Contreras, former Salvadoran army colonel and diplomat, El Salvador's
World War II Consul General to Geneva, recognised as having saved up to 40,000 Jews and Central Europeans from
Nazi persecution •
José de Jesús Castillo Rentería, Mexican
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Tuxtepec •
José Luis Castillo, Mexican
boxer •
Jose Ceballos, American Government Affairs Director for the
National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) •
José Marti Ceda Marte, Dominican-born American
baseball player •
José Dimas Cedeño Delgado, Panamanian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Veraguas, then
Archbishop of
Panamá •
Juan C. Centeno, Puerto Rican-born American
baseball player • José Domingo Cervantes Padilla, Mexican professional
football player •
José Francisco Cevallos Enríquez, Ecuadorian professional
football player •
José Xavier de Cerveira e Sousa, Portuguese professor at the
University of Coimbra and
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Funchal, Bishop of
Beja, then Bishop of
Viseu •
Jose Chameleone, stage name for Ugandan
Afrobeat singer Joseph Mayanja •
José Antonio Chang Escobedo, Peruvian politician, 144th
Prime Minister of Peru •
José Francisco Chaves, military leader, politician, lawyer and
rancher from the
New Mexico Territory •
José Ignacio Cienfuegos Arteaga, Chilean
friar of the
Dominican Order (O.P.), politician, diplomat and
Catholic bishop, advocate for the independence of Chile, twice
President of the Senate of Chile, twice Ambassador to the
Holy See, Bishop of Concepción (now known as the
Archdiocese of Concepción) •
Josep Climent i Avinent, also known as José Climent, Spanish
Catholic bishop, theology professor at the
University of Valencia, Bishop of Barcelona (now known as the
Archdiocese of Barcelona •
José Eusebio Colombres. Argentine statesman and
Catholic bishop-elect, accredited with the foundation of the
sugarcane industry in
Tucumán Province, Bishop-Elect of
Salta but died before being consecrated •
Juan José Revueltas Colomer, Spanish-American composer •
José Gutiérrez de la Concha, Spanish
noble under the titles 1st Marquis of Havana, 1st Viscount of Cuba and
Grandee of Spain, military general, politician and statesman, served as
Prime Minister under
Queen Isabella II •
José Corazón de Jesús also known under the pen name
Huseng Batute, Filipino poet •
José Luis Corcuera, former Spaniard politician •
José Corniell, Dominican
professional baseball pitcher in the
Texas Rangers organization •
José Andrés Corral Arredondo, Mexican
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Parral •
José Alves Correia da Silva, Portuguese
Catholic bishop, Bishop of Leiria (now known as the
Diocese of Leiria-Fátima) •
José Correia da Serra, Portuguese
abbé, philosopher, diplomat, politician and
naturalist, the plant genus
Correa is named in his honour •
José Justo Corro, Mexican lawyer, politician, and 10th
President of the
Centralist Republic of Mexico •
José Corticchiato, French publisher, the Parisienne bookshop and publishing house José Corti was named after him. •
José Guillermo Cortines, Dominican actor, musician, writer and television host •
José María Justo Cos y Macho, Spanish Catholic
bishop and
cardinal, also served in
Cuba, Bishop of Mondoñedo (now known as the
Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol), Archbishop of
Santiago de Cuba, Bishop of Madrid-Alcala (now known as the
Archdiocese of Madrid) with the personal title of "Archbishop",
Archbishop of
Valladolid, made Cardinal by
Pope Pius X in 1911 •
José da Costa Campos, Portuguese-Goan military officer and colonial administrator, field marshal of the
Portuguese army in
Portuguese India •
José Miguel Cotto, Puerto Rican
boxer •
José Bezerra Coutinho, Brazilian
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
Sobral, then Bishop of
Estância •
Francisco José Cox Huneeus,
priest of the
Institute of Schönstatt Fathers, Chilean
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Chillán, then
Archbishop of
La Serena, resigned due to never-proven allegations of
sexual abuse •
José Cubero Sánchez, Spanish
bullfighter who was killed in the
bullring at
Colmenar Viejo in 1985 •
Jose Antonio de Cuervo, Mexican on whose land granted by
King Ferdinand VI of Spain the first
blue agave was planted for the production of
tequila •
Jose Maria Guadalupe Cuervo y Montana, son of Jose Antonio de Cuervo, first to produce
tequila in Mexico •
José Cura, Argentine
tenor •
Jose Vicente de la Quadra Lugo, known as Vicente Cuadra, Nicaraguan landowner and politician, 4th
President of Nicaragua •
Josse van Clichtove, known in Latin as
Judocus Clichtoveus Neoportuensis, Belgian theologian,
Humanist, teacher and author, profuse antagonist of
Martin Luther, librarian and tutor at the
Sorbonne D •
José van Dam (Joseph, Baron Van Damme), Belgian
bass-baritone •
José Damen, Dutch swimmer, Olympics competitor •
José da Silva Varela, known as
Ze, São Toméan
football player •
José Antonio Dávila Morales, post-modern Puerto Rican poet •
José Segundo Decoud, Paraguayan politician and judge •
José Luis DeJesús, American
baseball player •
José Delbo, Argentine
comics artist •
José Manuel Rodriguez Delgado, Spanish-born professor of
physiology at
Yale University •
José Dias Coelho, Portuguese painter and sculptor, opposed to the dictatorship of
Oliveira Salazar, assassinated by the security agency
International and State Defense Police •
José Diaz, sergeant in the Toa Alta Militia, defended Puerto Rico from British invasion in 1797 •
José Diaz, Argentine
football player and Olympics competitor •
José Diaz, Spanish
rugby union player •
Jose Diaz-Balart, Cuban-American journalist and
television anchorman •
José Diaz Ramos, Spanish trade unionist and politician •
José Antonio Díaz, Cuban
fencer and Olympics competitor •
Jose Antonio Diaz, known as
Coco,
Joey or
Karate, Cuban-born American comedian, actor and
podcast host •
José Daniel Díaz Robertti, Venezuelan
freestyle wrestler •
José Eduvigis Díaz Vera, Paraguayan general, leading figure in the
Paraguayan War, hero of the
Battle of Curupayty •
José Enrique Díaz Barrera, Spanish
football manager •
José Félix Díaz, American politician, former member of the
Florida House of Representatives •
José Guadalupe A. Díaz Rivera, Spanish
football manager and former player •
José Ignacio Díaz Velázquez, Spanish
racewalker and Olympics competitor •
José Luis Díaz, Argentine professional
football player •
José Manuel Díaz Fernández, Spanish
football player and manager •
José Manuel Díaz Gallego, Spanish international
road cyclist •
José María Díaz, Spanish journalist,
Romantic style playwright •
José Narciso Díaz, Cuban
fencer and Olympics competitor •
José Pedro Díaz, Uruguayan intellectual, author and poet, listed among the writers known as the
Generación del 45 •
Jose Rafael Diaz, nicknamed as "
Jumbo", Dominican-American professional
baseball player •
José Gabriel Diaz Cueva, Ecuadorian
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
Guayaquil, Auxiliary Bishop of
Cuenca, then Bishop of
Azogues •
José Ramón Díaz Hernández, Puerto Rican politician and senator •
José van Dijck, pseudonym for Johanna Francisca Theodora Maria "José" van Dijck, Dutch author and professor of
comparative media studies,
University of Amsterdam •
José Maximino Eusebio Domínguez y Rodríguez, Cuban
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
San Cristóbal de la Habana, then Bishop of
Matanzas •
José Doreste, Spanish
sailboat racer •
José Doth de Oliveira, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Iguatu •
Jose Philip D'Souza, Indian politician
E •
José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese writer •
José Echegaray, Spanish statesman,
dramatist and
Nobel Prize in Literature •
Juan José Eguiara y Eguren, Mexican of
Basque descent, Catholic scholar and
bishop, Bishop of
Chilapa, member of the faculty and later rector of the
University of Mexico, author of the incomplete
Bibliotheca mexicana, the country's first comprehensive
bibliography of ideas •
José Mariano Elízaga, Mexican Romantic composer,
music theorist, pianist, organist and
music teacher •
José Eugenio Ellauri y Obes, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 9th
President of Uruguay •
José Longinos Ellauri Fernández, Uruguayan politician, father of
José Eugenio Ellauri y Obes •
Jose Marcelo Ejercito Sr., commonly known as Joseph "Erap" Estrada, 13th
president of the Philippines •
José de Escandón, Spanish
noble titled 1st Count of Sierra Gorda, soldier to the rank of
colonel in
New Spain where he was engaged in various military actions, led the
colonization of
Nuevo Santander, became known as the "father of the lower
Rio Grande Valley" •
José Gonzalo Escobar,
Mexican Army general and leader of the failed
Escobar Rebellion •
José Luis Escobar Alas, Salvadoran
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop then Bishop of
San Vicente,
Archbishop of
San Salvador •
José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Spanish
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Auxiliary Bishop of
Madrid, then
Ordinary of the
Military Archbishopric of Spain, one of six bishops who redacted the
Catholic Catechism, made Cardinal by
Pope Benedict XVI •
José Félix Estigarribia Insaurralde, Paraguayan
agronomist, diplomat, army officer at the rank of
Marshal and
Commander-in-Chief of the armed services, decorated
war hero, 34th
President of Paraguay, self-appointed dictator
F •
José Fabio, Paraguayan
basketball player •
José Freire Falcão, Brazilian
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Archbishop of
Brasilia, made a Cardinal by
Pope John Paul II in 1988 •
José Carlos Frita Falcão, Portuguese
matador •
José Luis Falcón, Spanish
athlete and Olympics competitor •
José Feliciano (José Monserrate Feliciano García), Puerto Rican guitarist,
singer and songwriter •
José Carlos Fernández González, Bolivian professional
football player •
José Carlos Fernández Piedra, nicknamed as
Zlatan, Peruvian professional
football player •
José Delfín Fernández Gómez, Cuban-born American professional
baseball player •
José Luis Fernández, Venezuelan
baseball player •
José dos Santos Ferreira, Macanese poet and writer •
José Ferrer Esteve de Fujadas, Spanish guitarist and composer •
José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón, Puerto Rican actor, film and
stage director, winner of the
Academy Award •
José Silvestre Ferreira Bossa, Portuguese
noble and military officer to the rank of
general, served twice as
Governor of Angola, as
Governor of Macau, and as
Governor of Mozambique, was
Plenipotentiary Minister to China •
José María Figueres Olsen, Costa Rican businessman and politician, 42nd
President of Costa Rica with special interests in
climate change,
Sustainable development and technology •
José Manuel Figueroa, Jr., Mexican-born American
singer, songwriter, and actor •
Chico Flores, born José Manuel Flores Moreno, Spanish professional
football player •
Joey Florez, born José Florez Betancourt, American scholar and cultural critic •
José Joaquín Flórez Hernández, Colombian
Catholic bishop,
Archbishop of
Ibagué •
José Miguel da Rocha Fonte, Portuguese-born international professional
football player •
Giuseppe "José" Foralosso, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Marabá •
José Gil Fortoul, Venezuelan writer, historian, politician and a member of
Venezuelan Positivism, supporter of
Juan Vicente Gómez's dictatorship,
President of Venezuela •
José Gaspar Rodríguez de Francia y Velasco, Paraguayan lawyer and politician,
first dictator after the
independence of Paraguay, commonly known as
El Supremo, a reference to his official title "Supreme and Perpetual Dictator of Paraguay" •
José Franco (disambiguation), several people •
José Frèches, French
historical novelist •
José Freire de Oliveira Neto, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Mossoró •
José de Freitas Ribeiro, Portuguese naval officer, served as acting
Governor-General of Mozambique, member of the
Constitutional Junta that
ruled Portugal for one day in 1915, served as
Governor-General of Portuguese India G •
José Gabriel (1896–1957), Spanish-born Argentine writer and essayist •
José de Jesús García Ayala, Mexican
Catholic bishop, first appointed as
Auxiliary Bishop and then as Bishop of
Campeche •
José García Hernández (1915–2000), Spanish politician •
José Mariano Garibi y Rivera, Mexican
Catholic bishop and
cardinal, first appointed as
Auxiliary bishop of the
Archdiocese of Guadalajara, then as
Coadjutor bishop of the same
See, and finally as
Archbishop of Guadalajara, made Cardinal by
Pope John XXIII in 1958, first Mexican so appointed •
José Manuel Gallegos, American
Catholic priest and politician,
Territory of New Mexico delegate to the
US Congress •
José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins, Peruvian
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
Lima, then Bishop of
Tacna y Moquegua •
José Luis García-López, Spanish
comic book artist •
Mario José García Rodriguez, Spanish
water polo player and Olympics competitor •
José Gaspar, Spanish
pirate, known as the last of the
Buccaneers •
José Martín Antonio Gautier Benítez, Puerto Rican
Romantic poet •
José Aurelio Gay, Spanish
football player and manager •
Juan José Gerardi Conedera, Guatemalan
Catholic bishop and
human rights defender especially
Mayan rights, Bishop of
Verapaz, Bishop of
Quiché, then Auxiliary Bishop of
Santiago de Guatemala, assassinated by members of the Salvadoran military •
José Gil, born in
Portuguese Mozambique, Portuguese philosopher and author •
José Giovanni, French-Swiss writer and film director •
José Giral y Pereira, Spanish politician, served as
Prime Minister during the
Second Spanish Republic •
José Goldemberg, Brazilian
physicist, university professor, scientific leader and Research scientist, leading expert on
energy and environmental issues •
José Roilo Gólez, Filipino politician •
José Gomes Ferreira, Portuguese poet and
fiction writer, activist against the dictatorship of
Oliveira Salazar •
José Gómez Ortega, known as
Joselito, famous Spanish
matador •
José Horacio Gómez, Mexican-born US
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary Bishop of
Denver,
Archbishop of
San Antonio, then Archbishop of
Los Angeles •
José Miguel Gómez Rodríguez, Colombian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Líbano–Honda, then Bishop of
Facatativá •
José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, appointed as an officer and the Under-Secretary of the
Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, then
Auxiliary Bishop of
Brasília •
José González, Swedish-born Argentine
singer and songwriter •
José González, Mexican professional
sport shooter and Olympics competitor •
José González, Puerto Rican professional
sport shooter and Olympics competitor •
José González, Chilean professional
basketball player and Olympics competitor •
José González, Spanish
sport shooter and Olympics competitor •
José González, Spanish swimmer and Olympics competitor •
José Luis González, Mexican composer •
Jose "Pepe" Gonzalez, Spanish
comic book artist •
José Rafael González, Dominican-American professional
baseball player •
Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr.,
senior United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida •
José Antonio González, Spanish
racewalker and Olympics competitor •
José Antonio Estrada González, Cuban
baseball player and Olympics medallist •
Jose B. Gonzalez, Salvadoran
Latino poet and
educator •
José Emilio González, also known as Josemilio González, Puerto Rican writer,
literary critic, editor,
university lecturer and politician, winner of the
American Book Award •
José Francisco González, known as
Paton, Venezuelan professional
football player •
José Froilán González, Argentine award-winning
racing driver •
José Huertas González, known as "The Prophet" and later as "Invader I", Puerto Rican professional
wrestler •
José Luis González, Puerto Rican essayist, novelist, Short story writer, university professor, and journalist •
Jose Luis Gonzalez, also known as J.L. Goez and Joe L. Gonzalez,
designer, painter,
muralist, sculptor,
restorer,
ceramicist,
importer, and
arts administrator •
José Maldonado González, last president of the
Spanish Republican government in Exile •
José Ignacio González Catalán, Chilean professional
football player •
José Ramón González, Puerto Rican economist and businessman •
José Antonio González Caviedes, Spanish politician •
José Luis González China, Mexican
football manager and former player •
José Luis González Dávila, known as
La Calaca, Mexican professional
football player and two-time Olympics competitor •
José Manuel González Santamaría, Spanish
Paralympic athlete and medallist •
José González Díez, Spanish Catholic
friar of the
Dominican Order (O.P.) and
bishop, Bishop of
Palemcia, Bishop of Pamplona (now known as the
Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela,
Archbishop of
Santiago de Compostela, and Archbishop of
Burgos •
José González Ganoza, Peruvian international
football player •
José González García, Mexican
chess grandmaster •
José Manuel González Hernández, nicknamed
El Meme, Salvadoran professional
football player •
José del Carmen González Joly, Panamanian professional
football player •
José González-Lander, Venezuelan-born civil engineer, responsible for the planning, design and construction of the
Caracas Metro •
José Manuel González López, known professionally as
José, Spanish
football player and coach •
José Eleuterio González-Mendoza, Mexican physician and philanthropist, founder of two major hospitals •
José González Morfin, Mexican politician and lawyer •
José González Ortiz, Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of
Luquillo •
José M. González-Páramo, Spanish economist and
bank executive,
economic adviser to several major public and private institutions including the
Banco de España, the
European Commission, the
International Monetary Fund and the
World Bank Group •
José Norberto Francisco González Rubio, O.F.M., religious name was José María de Jesús,
Franciscan friar and
Catholic priest, prominent in the early history of California •
José Antonio González de Salas, Spanish
humanist and writer •
José Luis González Sánchez, Spanish award-winning
runner •
José Joel González Sandoval, Mexican professional
football player •
José Emilio González Velázquez, Puerto Rican politician and Senator •
Antonio José González Zumárraga, Ecuadorian
Catholic bishop and
cardinal, member of the
Society of Jesus (S.J.),
Auxiliary bishop of
Quito, Bishop of
Machala,
Coadjutor bishop and then
Archbishop of Quito, made a Cardinal by
Pope John Paul II in 2001 •
José del Carmen Soberanis González, Mexican politician •
José Gottardi Cristelli, Italian-born Uruguayan
Catholic bishop, member of the
Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.),
Auxiliary bishop of
Mercedes,
Archbishop of
Montevideo •
José Greci, Italian actress •
José Greco, American flamenco dancer and choreographer •
José de Grimaldo y Gutiérrez de Solórzano, Spanish
noble titled 1st Marquess of Grimaldo and statesman, served three times as
Secretary of the Universal Bureau under
King Philip V •
José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Bom Jesus da Lapa •
José María Guerrero de Arcos y Molina, Nicaraguan-born politician,
Acting Head of State of Honduras, then
Head of State of Nicaragua •
José Patricio Guggiari Corniglione, Paraguayan politician, 32nd
President of Paraguay •
José María Guido, 33rd
President of Argentina •
José Ángel Gurría, Mexican economist and diplomat, Secretary General of the
OECD H •
Jose ben Halafta (Yose ben Halafta. Hebrew: רבי יוסי בן חלפתא), leading 2nd century CE scholar of
halakha and
aggadah, mentioned frequently in the
Mishnah •
José-Maria de Heredia, Cuban-born French poet •
José Hernandez, Argentine journalist, poet, and politician, best known as author of the epic poem
Martín Fierro •
José Gregorio Hernández, Venezuelan physician, noted for treating the poor without charge, since his death has gained popular recognition in Latin America and Spain as a source of
miraculous healing and is invoked by the name "José Gregoriano", given the title "Venerable" by
Pope Francis, now being considered for
beatification •
José M. Hernández, American
astronaut •
José María Hernández González, Mexican
Catholic bishop, Bishop of Chilapa (now known as the
Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa), then Bishop of Netzahualcóyotl (now known as the
Diocese of Valle de Chalco) •
José Joaquín de Herrera, Mexican politician,
general in the
Mexican Army during the
Mexican–American War, three times
President of Mexico •
José Hoebee, Dutch pop singer •
José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa, also known as also known as José Maria de Sousa Horta e Costa (de) Almeida e Vasconcelos, Portuguese soldier, politician and diplomat, twice
Governor of Macau, and
Governor of Portuguese India I •
José María Iglesias Inzáurraga, Mexican lawyer, professor, journalist and politician, President of the
Supreme Court,
Interim President of Mexico •
José Miguel Infante y Rojas, Chilean statesman and politician, leader under the
junta government •
José Miguel Insulza, Chilean politician, 9th Secretary General of the
Organization of American States •
José Ingenieros, born as Giuseppe Ingegnieri, Argentine physician, pharmacist,
positivist philosopher and essayist •
José Iturbi, Spanish conductor,
harpsichordist and pianist •
José Heriberto Izquierdo Mena, Colombian-born international
football player •
José María Izuzquiza Herranz, Spanish-born Peruvian
Catholic bishop, member of the
Society of Jesus (S.J.), Bishop of the
Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén in Peru J •
José James, American musician, composer and bandleader •
José Jardim, Curaçaoan politician •
José de Jesús, nicknamed
Cagüitas, Puerto Rican professional
boxer •
José de Jesús, Puerto Rican
long-distance runner •
Jose de Jesus, often referred to as Ping de Jesus, Filipino politician •
José Luis de Jesús Miranda, Puerto Rican-born American
evangelist who claimed to be
Jesus Christ and the
Antichrist •
José Jiménez Fernández, known as
Joselito, Spanish child star singer and songwriter, entrepreneur in adulthood, jailed for
gun and drug trafficking •
José Alfredo Jiménez-Sandoval, Mexican singer and songwriter of
rancheras •
José Mariano Jiménez Wald, Peruvian lawyer,
jurist and politician, twice
Prime Minister of Peru •
José María Jover Zamora, Spanish historian, university professor, influential in the development of Spanish
historiography •
José Esteve Juan, also known as Giuseppe Esteve Stefano, Spanish
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Vieste, then Bishop of Orihuela (now known as the
Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante)
L •
José de La Mar, Peruvian military leader to the rank of
Brigadier and politician, 3rd
President of Peru •
José María Cirarda Lachiondo, Spanish
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary Bishop of
Seville, Bishop of
Santander, Bishop of
Córdoba, and
Archbishop of
Pamplona y Tudela •
José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, Spanish-born Panamanian
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
friar of the
Order of Augustinian Recollects (O.A.R.),
Auxiliary bishop of
Panama, Bishop of
Chitré, then Bishop of
David, made a Cardinal by
Pope Francis in 2015, the first Panamanian to be so appointed •
José María García Lahiguera, Spanish
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary Bishop of
Madrid, Bishop of
Huelva,
Archbishop of
Valencia,
beatified by
Pope Benedict XVI in 2011 •
José María Larrauri Lafuente, Spanish Catholic bishop, first as
Auxiliary Bishop of Pamplona (now known as the
Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela, then as Bishop of
Vitoria •
José María Queipo de Llano y Ruiz de Saravia, known in Spain as
Conde de Toreno, Spanish
noble under the title 7th Count of Toreno and statesman, served as
Prime Minister under
Queen Isabella II •
José Paciano Laurel y García, Philippine judge and politician, first and only president of the brief
Second Philippine Republic •
José Lebrún Moratinos, Venezuelan
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Auxiliary bishop of
Maracaibo, Bishop of
Maracay, Bishop of Valencia en Venezuela (now known as the
Archdiocese of Valencia in Venezuela), then
Archbishop of
Caracas, made a Cardinal by
Pope John Paul II in 1983 •
José da Avé-Maria Leite da Costa e Silva, Portuguese
friar of the
Trinitarian Order and
Catholic bishop, became rector of
Coimbra's Trinitarian college, then appointed as inquirer (inquisitor) for the
Portuguese Inquisition, appointed as Bishop of
Angra in the
Azores •
José García de León y Pizarro, Spanish statesman, served as
First Secretary of State under
King Ferdinand VI • José Leonilson Bezerra Dias, Brazilian painter, designer and sculptor, represented in major international collections •
José Lewgoy, Brazilian-born American television, film, and theatre actor •
José Lezama Lima, Cuban writer and poet, considered one of the most influential figures in
Latin American literature •
José Gregorio Liendo Vera, Chilean political activist •
José de Lima, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Itumbiara, then Bishop of
Sete Lagoas •
José Yves Limantour y Márquez, Mexican
financier and
Secretary of Finance •
José Limón, Mexican
modern dancer and choreographer •
José María Linares Lizarazu, 16th
President of Bolivia then self-declared
"Dictator for Life" until overthrown and exiled for life •
José Linhares, Brazilian lawyer, 14th
President of Brazil •
José Jorge Loayza, Peruvian lawyer,
jurist and politician, three times
Prime Minister of Peru •
José Cortés López, Spanish magistrate •
José López Domínguez, Spanish military to the rank of
colonel and politician, served as
Prime Minister under
King Alfonso XIII •
José Ivo Lorscheiter, Brazilian
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
Porto Alegre, then Bishop of Santa Maria (now known as the
Archdiocese of Santa Maria, being a proponent of
Liberation theology led him into debate with
Pope John Paul II and
Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith •
José Guadalupe Padilla Lozano, Mexican
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Veracruz M •
José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Mexican
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Mexicali, then
Archbishop of
Hermosillo •
José Malcampo y Monge, Spanish
noble under the title 3rd Marquis of San Rafael,
admiral and politician, served as
Prime Minister under
King Amadeo I •
José de Jesús Madera Uribe, American member of the
Missionaries of the Holy Spirit (M.Sp.S.) and
Catholic bishop,
Coadjutor bishop then Bishop of
Fresno, then
Auxiliary bishop to the
Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA •
José Vital Branco Malhoa, known generally as José Malhoa, Portuguese painter •
José Manuel da Câmara de Atalaia, Portuguese statesman,
Catholic bishop and
cardinal, before episcopacy appointed to a number of positions by
King John V including judge of the Supreme Court of the
Inquisition of Lisbon, and Deputy for the Board of the Three States, then by the king's direction to
Pope Benedict XIV made Cardinal in 1750, elected as
Patriarch of Lisbon in 1754 under the title Dom José I •
José Mari Manzanares, professional name of José María Dols Abellán, Spanish bullfighter •
José Mari Manzanares, professional name of José María Dols Samper, Spanish bullfighter (son of above) •
José Carlos Mariátegui, Peruvian intellectual, journalist,
political philosopher, and
activist •
José Marin, Spanish
Baroque harpist, guitarist and composer •
José Romão Martenetz, Ukrainian-born
monk of the
Order of Saint Basil the Great (O.S.B.M.) and Brazilian
Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop,
Assistant bishop of
Rio de Janeiro,
Apostolic Exarch (Archbishop) of Brazil, first Eparch (Bishop) of the newly created
Eparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba •
José Julián Martí Pérez, Cuban poet, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, publisher and
national hero, recognised as an important revolutionary philosopher,
political theorist and contributor to
Latin American literature •
José Martí y Monsó, Spanish painter, art professor, researcher and
museum official, recognised as an expert on
Castilian art •
José Luis Martí Soler, retired Spanish professional
football player and manager •
José María Martín de Herrera y de la Iglesia, Spanish-born
Catholic bishop and
cardinal who also served in
Cuba,
Archbishop of
Santiago de Cuba, then Archbishop of
Santiago de Compostela, made Cardinal by
Pope Leo XIII in 1897 •
José Isaac Martínez Ahumada (José Martínez "Limeño"), Spanish
bullfighter •
José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate y Garcés de Marcilla, Chilean
Catholic bishop, Bishop of Huamanga (now known as the
Archdiocese of Ayacucho), Bishop of
Santiago de Chile, then Vice President of the 1810
Junta of Chile •
José João da Conceição Gonçalves Mattoso, Portuguese
Mediaevalist historian and professor •
José Clemente Maurer, German-born Bolivian
Catholic bishop and
cardinal, member of the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer or Redemptorists (C.Ss.R.), Assistant Bishop of La Paz (now known as the
Archdiocese of La Paz), then
Archbishop of
Sucre, made Cardinal by
Pope Paul VI in 1967, the first Bolivian to be so appointed •
José Agustín Mauri, Argentine-born Italian professional
football player •
Juan José Medina, President of the
Provisional Junta of Paraguay •
José Carlos Melo, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, first as
AuxiliaryBishop of
São Salvador da Bahia, then as
Archbishop of
Maceió •
José Mendes, Portuguese
sprinter, Olympics competitor •
José Fernando Ferreira Mendes, often referred to as José F.F. Mendes, Portuguese
physicist (
statistical physics) and professor of physics, best known for his work in the field of
network theory •
José João Pimenta Costa Mendes, Portuguese
cyclist and international competitor •
José Francisco Miguel António de Mendonça or Mendoça, Portuguese
Catholic bishop and
cardinal, rector of the
University of Coimbra, nominated by
King Peter III as
Patriarch of Lisbon in 1786 with the name Dom José II, made Cardinal by
Pope Pius XI in 1788 •
José Miller, also known as Dr Josie Miller, leader of Cuba's Jewish community and their spokesman with the
Cuban Government under
Fidel Castro's presidency •
José Adolfo Mojica Morales, Salvadoran
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Sonsonate •
José Rafael Molina Ureña, Dominican politician and diplomat, served briefly as Provisional
President after the
Dominican Civil War, then terms as
Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Ambassador to France •
José Luis Mollaghan, Argentine
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
Buenos Aires, Bishop of
San Miguel, then
Archbishop of
Rosario, assigned by
Pope Francis to the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to work on the handling of clerical
pedophilia •
José Gregorio Monagas, Venezuelan
general and politician,
President of Venezuela, brother of
José Tadeo Monagas •
José Ruperto Monagas,
President of Venezuela, son of
José Tadeo Monagas •
José Tadeo Monagas Burgos, hero of the
Venezuelan War of Independence, twice
President of Venezuela •
José María Moncada Tapia, Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician, 19th
President of Nicaragua •
José Pablo Moncayo García, Mexican pianist, percussionist,
music teacher, composer and conductor •
José Moñino y Redondo, Spanish
noble titled 1st Count of Floridablanca,
jurist,
reformist, statesman, served as
First Secretary of State under Kings
Charles III and
Charles IV, usually referred to in modern Spain as
Conde de Floridablanca, the plant genus
Monnina was named after him •
José Pedro Montero De Candia, Paraguayan
paediatrician, university professor and politician, 27th
President of Paraguay •
José María Montes, Argentine Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary Archbishop of
La Plata, Bishop of
Chascomús •
José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón, Mexican
Catholic priest and
rebel leader in the
Mexican War of Independence, defrocked and executed for treason •
José Vianna da Motta (sometimes spelt Viana da Mota), Portuguese pianist,
teacher and composer, last pupil of
Franz Liszt, the
Vianna da Motta International Music Competition was founded in 1957 in his honour •
José Mourinho, Portuguese professional
football coach and former football player •
José David Moya Rojas, Colombian professional
football player •
José Mujica, Venezuelan professional
baseball player •
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (1935-2025): Uruguayan politician, former
guerrilla with the
Tupamaros, 40th
President of Uruguay •
José Celestino Bruno Mutis y Bosio, Spanish
Catholic priest,
medical practitioner,
botanist, mathematician and
artist N •
José Luis Narom, also known as José Luis Morán, German-born Spanish composer •
José Alves dos Santos Neto, Brazilian professional
basketball coach •
José Pires de Almeida Neto, Brazilian
jazz guitarist •
José Sebastião de Almeida Neto, Portuguese
Catholic bishop and
cardinal who also served in Africa, joined the
Franciscan friars (O.F.M. Disc.) after ordination taking the religious name Joseph of the Sacred Heart, nominated by
King Luís I first as Bishop of Angola e Congo (now known as the
Archdiocese of Luanda), then as
Patriarch of Lisbon using the name Dom José III, made a Cardinal by
Pope Leo XIII in 1884 •
Bernard Joseph Nolker, known in Brazil as Bernardo José Nolker, American-born Brazilian
Catholic bishop, member of the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (C.Ss.R), Bishop of
Paranaguá •
José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian
Catholic priest and
Classical composer •
José Neves (born 1974), Portuguese billionaire businessman, founder of Farfetch •
José Núñez, Nicaraguan politician, several times
Head of State of Nicaragua O •
Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón, Mexican
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Ciudad Victoria, then Bishop of San Luis (now known as the
Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí •
Juan José Omella i Omella, Spanish
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Auxiliary Bishop of
Zaragoza, Bishop of
Barbastro-Monzón,
Apostolic Administrator of
Huesca and of
Jaca, Bishop of
Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño, and
Archbishop of
Barcelona, made Cardinal by
Pope Francis •
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican
early modern artist especially known as a
genre painter,
muralist and
lithographer •
José Francisco Orozco y Jiménez, Mexican
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Chiapas, then
Archbishop of
Guadalajara •
José María Ortega Cano, Spanish
matador •
José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher •
Jose Ortiz, Puerto Rican-born American jockey •
José Ortiz Bernal, Spanish
football player •
José Alfredo Ortiz Dalliot, Puerto Rican attorney and politician •
José Ortiz-Echagüe, Spanish entrepreneur,
industrial and
military engineer, pilot and photographer, founder of
Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA and honorary lifetime President of
SEAT (Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo) •
José Daniel Ortiz Flores, Dominican-born American
baseball player •
José Luis Ortiz Irizarry, Puerto Rican-born American
baseball player •
José Luis Ortiz Moreno, Spanish
astronomer, former vice-president of the
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía •
José Ortiz Moya, Spanish
comics artist •
José Rafael "Piculín" Ortiz Rijos, Puerto Rican-born international
basketball player •
José Tomás Ovalle y Bezanilla, Chilean politician, served twice as provisional
President of Chile P •
José Padilla, also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah, American convicted of
aiding terrorists •
José Bastos Padilha Neto, Brazilian film director,
producer and screenwriter •
José Antonio Páez Herrera, leading military figure in
Simón Bolívar rebellion against the Spanish Crown in the
Venezuelan War of Independence and then in the independence of Venezuela from Bolivar's
Gran Colombia, 1st
Head of State after declaring independence from Gran Colombia in 1830, and again in 1839–1843, later exiled then appointed as president on his return in 1851 •
José Palmeira Lessa, Brazilian
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Bishop of
Propriá,
Coadjutor Archbishop then
Archbishop of
Aracajú •
José Manuel Inocencio Pando Solares, politician, leading figure in civil war,
explorer, later 30th
President of Bolivia •
José Pardo y Barreda, Peruvian politician, 51st
Prime Minister of Peru, twice
President of Peru •
José Parlá, American painter, sculptor and photographer •
José Serofia Palma, Filipino
Catholic bishop,
Archbishop of
Palo, Archbishop of
Cebu, president of the
Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines •
José Paronella, Spanish immigrant to Australia, founder of Paronella Park •
Juan José Esteban Paso, Argentine professor, lawyer and Revolutionary leader,
member of the
Primera Junta and
Junta Grande, member of the
First and
Second, Triumvirates, representative to the
Congress of Tucumán •
José Manuel Pasquel, Peruvian soldier to the rank of second lieutenant and
Catholic bishop,
Archbishop of
Lima •
José Patiño y Rosales, Spanish statesman, served as
1st Secretary of State under
King Philip V •
José Paulino de Almeida e Albuquerque, Brazilian military and politician •
José Ignacio Pavón, Mexican lawyer,
jurist and politician, unconstitutional substitute
President of Mexico •
José María Paz, Argentine military figure notable in the Argentine War of Independence and the Argentine Civil War •
José Luís Peixoto, Portuguese novelist, poet and playwright •
José Néstor Pékerman Krim, Argentine
football coach and manager •
José Rafael Peralta, Dominican-born American politician, representing District 13 in the
New York State Senate •
José Francisco Peraza Polo, Venezuelan-born American professional
baseball player •
José Pedro Pérez-Llorca, Spanish lawyer, politician and contributor to the
1978 Spanish Constitution •
José Luis Perales, Spanish singer and songwriter •
José de Almeida Batista Pereira, Brazilian
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
Niteroi, Bishop of
Sete Lagaos, then Bishop of
Guaxupé •
José de Aquino Pereira, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Dourados, Bishop of
Presidente Prudente, then Bishop of
São José do Rio Preto •
José Joaquín Pérez Mascayano, Chilean politician, served as the
President of Chile •
José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, Colombian
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Auxiliary bishop of
Pasto, Bishop of
Montería, Bishop of
Garzón, then
Archbishop of
Manizales, made a Cardinal by
Pope Francis in 2015 •
José Laureano Pineda Ugarte, Nicaraguan politician, twice
Head of State of Nicaragua •
José Piñera, Chilean economist, architect of Chile's private Pension system •
José María Pino Suárez, Mexican statesman,
jurist, poet, journalist and revolutionary, 7th
Vice President of Mexico, assassinated in 1913 as an outcome of the period of civil unrest called
Ten Tragic Days •
José Manuel Pirela, Venezuelan-American professional
baseball player •
José Maria Pires, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Araçuaí, then
Archbishop of
Paraíba •
José Pizarro, Spanish-born UK chef, restaurateur and author of
cookbooks •
José da Cruz Policarpo, Portuguese
Catholic bishop,
cardinal and writer, before episcopacy director of the Penafirme seminary, rector of the Olivais seminary, dean of the Theological Faculty of the
Portuguese Catholic University and two terms as the university's rector, then
Auxiliary bishop of Lisbon,
Coadjutor Archbishop of Lisbon, and
Patriarch of Lisbon in 1998 named as Dom José IV, made Cardinal by
Pope John Paul II in 2001 •
Jose Casiano Portilla, Mexican-born American
football player •
José Guillermo Abel López Portillo y Pacheco, Mexican lawyer and politician, 51st
President of Mexico •
José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar, Mexican political
printmaker and
engraver •
José Maria da Ponte e Horta, Portuguese
noble, colonial administrator and soldier, formerly
Governor of Angola,
Governor of Macau and
Governor of Mozambique •
José María Pérez de Urdininea, third
President of Bolivia and the first to be born in that country •
Jose Porunnedom, Indian-born Syro-Malabar
Catholic bishop, Eparch (Bishop) of
Mananthavady •
José Posada y Herrera, Spanish
jurist and politician, served as
Prime Minister under
King Alfonso XII •
José Ángel Pozo la Rosa, Spanish professional
football player •
José Pedro Pozzi, Italian born, member of
Salesians of Don Bosco,
Bishop of
Alto Valle del Río Negro •
José Antônio Rezende de Almeida Prado, known as Almeida Prado, Brazilian composer and pianist •
Jose Prakash, Indian singer and film actor •
José Prieto, Mexican
cyclist and Olympics competitor •
José Joaquín Prieto Vial, Chilean military figure and politician, twice
President of Chile •
José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, Spanish lawyer,
noble, politician, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquis of Estella, founder of the
Falange Española •
José Manuel Puig Casauranc, Mexican
medical practitioner, politician, diplomat and journalist
Q •
José Humberto Quintero Parra, Venezuelan
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Coadjutor Archbishop then
Archbishop of
Mérida, made Cardinal by
Pope John XXIII in 1961, the first Venezuelan so appointed •
José Quiroga, Chilean-born
cardiologist now based in America, co-founder and medical director of the
Program for Torture Victims, vice-president of the
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims R •
José Ramirez, Spanish
luthier and founder of
Ramirez Guitars •
José Ramírez III, Spanish
luthier and practitioner in
Ramirez Guitars •
José Carlos Ramírez, American professional
boxer, Olympics competitor •
José Enrique Ramírez, Dominican-born American
baseball player •
José Luis Ramírez, retired Mexican
boxer, two-time
World Lightweight Champion •
José Luis Ramírez, Mexican
NASCAR driver •
José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese politician, founder and former member of
Fretilin, 2nd President of the Independent Republic of East Timor,
Nobel Peace Prize winner •
José Maria Raygada y Gallo, Peruvian politician, twice
Prime Minister of Peru •
José Manuel Reina Páez, usually known as Pepe, Spanish international
football player •
José Antonio Reyes, Spanish professional
football player •
José Bernabé Reyes, Dominican-American
baseball player •
José Afonso Ribeiro, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, member of the
Third Order of Saint Francis, Bishop of
Borba •
José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva, nicknamed
Zé Cláudio, Brazilian
conservationist and environmentalist, shot and killed in an anti-logging campaign •
José Maria Espírito Santo Silva Ricciardi, Portuguese banker and economist •
José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma, Peruvian
noble with the titles 6th
Marquès de Montealegre de Aulestia and 5th
Marquès de Casa-Dávila, historian, writer and politician, 84th
Prime Minister of Peru •
José Mariano de la Cruz de la Riva-Agüero y Sánchez Boquete, Peruvian
noble with the title
Marqués de Montealegre de Aulestia, soldier, politician, and historian, 1st
President of Peru, 2nd President of
North Peru •
José Carlos Fulgencio Pedro Regalado de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswarem, Belgian-born Peruvian politician and diplomat •
Jose Rivera, American politician, member of the
New York State Assembly •
José Rivera, Puerto Rican
volleyball player •
José Rivera, playwright, first Puerto Rican screenwriter to be nominated for an
Academy Award •
José Antonio Rivera, Puerto Rican-born American professional
boxer •
José Eustasio Rivera Salas, Colombian lawyer, poet and author primarily known for his national epic
The Vortex •
José Manuel Rivera Galván, Mexican professional
football player •
José Rivera Díaz, Puerto Rican businessman and former politician, mayor of Trujillo Alto (1977–1980) •
José Luis Rivera Guerra, Puerto Rican politician •
Jose de Rivera, American abstract sculptor, represented in major collections •
José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda, Filipino
nationalist, author and
polymath,
ophthalmologist by profession, advocate for independence during the
Philippine Revolution and executed for his involvement, now regarded as a
national hero •
José Ramón Rodil y Campillo, Spanish
noble with the titles 1st Marquis of Rodil and 3rd Viscount of Trobo, military
general and statesman, served as
Prime Minister under
Prince Baldomero Espartero,
Regent for
Queen Isabella II •
José Enrique Rodó, Uruguayan essayist •
José Antonio Rodríguez Muñoz, Spanish
flamenco guitarist, composer and music professor •
José Rodrigues de Souza, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, member of the
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (C.Ss.R.), Bishop of
Juazeiro •
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of Spain •
José Manuel Rodriguez Delgado, Spanish-born American
psychologist and university professor, noted for research into mind control through
electrical brain stimulation •
José Rodrigues Miguéis, Portuguese translator and writer, self-exiled in the United States, became translator and editor for
Reader's Digest •
José Antonio Rodríguez Vega, Spanish serial killer and rapist •
José Casimiro Rondeau Pereyra,
general and politician in Argentina and Uruguay in the early 19th century,
Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata,
Governor and Captain General of Uruguay •
José Rosales (footballer) (born 1993), Guatemalan footballer •
José Alberto Rozo Gutiérrez, Colombian
Catholic bishop,
Apostolic Vicar of the
Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Gaitán S •
José Sabogal, Peruvian early modern painter and
muralist, recognised as a leader in revival of
indigenist style •
José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra, Mexican
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Tula, then Bishop of
Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas •
José Hipólito Salas y Toro, Chilean Catholic theologian and
bishop, Bishop of Concepción (now known as the
Concepción, offered a
cardinalate by
Pope Pius IX which he refused •
José Mariano Salas, Mexican
general, twice
Interim President of Mexico,
Co-Regent of Mexico under the
Second Mexican Empire •
José Salas, American baseball player •
José Salazar López, Mexican
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Coadjutor bishop, Bishop of
Zamora, then
Archbishop of
Guadalajara •
José Antonio Salcedo y Ramírez, known as
Pepillo, Spanish-born to parents from Santo Domingo, led the
civil war for restoration of the Dominican Republic, became 1st
head of state after the Spanish withdrawal, later opposed and assassinated by Nationalists allegedly for his support for Spain •
José Andres Salvatierra López, Costa Rican international
football player •
José Enrique Sánchez, known professionally as José Enrique, retired Spanish
football player •
Jose Tomas Sanchez, Filipino
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Auxiliary bishop of
Cáceres,
Coadjutor bishop then Bishop of
Lucena, Archbishop of
Nueva Segovia, appointment to the
Roman Curia, first to the
Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples then simultaneously to the
Congregation for the Clergy and the
Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, made Cardinal Deacon by
Pope John Paul II in 1991 and elevated to Cardinal Priest by the same pope in 2002 •
José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Spanish journalist, lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister under
King Alfonso XIII •
José Hernán Sánchez Porras, Venezuelan
Catholic bishop, Bishop of the
Military Ordinariate of Venezuela •
José María Sánchez-Verdú, Spanish award-winning composer •
José León Sandoval, Nicaraguan politician,
Head of State of Nicaragua •
José Francisco de San Martín y Matorras, Argentine
general,
El Libertador of Argentina, Chile and Peru, member of the
Third Triumvirate of Argentina, 1st
President of Peru •
José Sanjurjo y Sacanell, Spanish Army
general, granted title of 1st Marquis of the Rif (
marqués del Rif) by King
King Alfonso XIII, nicknamed as
El León del Rif •
José Manuel Santana Silvestre, Dominican economist and diplomat, specialist in
technology and development •
José Adeón Santos León, Chilean jockey, member of the
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame •
José Joaquim dos Santos, Portuguese
Baroque composer especially of
sacred vocal music •
José Hermano Baptista Saraiva, Portuguese professor, historian,
jurist, politician and diplomat, writer and television presenter of travel programs •
José de Sousa Saramago, Portuguese author, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in literature •
José Manuel Eufrasio Quiroga Sarmiento y Funes, Argentine
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
San Juan de Cuyo •
José Sarney, 20th
Vice President of Brazil, 31st
President of Brazil, then
President of the Brazilian Senate •
José Trinidad Sepúlveda Ruiz-Velasco, Mexican
Catholic bishop,
Archbishop of
Tuxtla, Bishop of
San Juan de los Lagos •
José Luis Serna Alzate, Colombian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Florencia, then first Bishop of the newly created Diocese of
Líbano–Honda •
José Serrano Simeón, Spanish composer of
zarzuelas •
José Serrato, Uruguayan politician, 24th
President of Uruguay •
José da Silva, Portuguese
sports shooter and Olympics competitor •
José António Silva, known professionally as José da Silva, Portuguese
sprint canoer and Olympics competitor •
José Asunción Silva, Colombian poet, listed among founders of
Spanish–American Modernism •
José Graziano da Silva, American-born Brazilian
agronomist and writer •
José Gabriel de Silva-Bazán y Waldstein, Spanish noble titled 10th Marquess of Santa Cruz, diplomat, art director, statesman and court official, Ambassador to London, first Director of the
Prado Museum, served briefly as
First Secretary of State under
King Ferdinand VI,
Mayordomo mayor (
High Steward) to the court of
King Ferdinand VII •
José Benedito Simão, Brazilian
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
São Paulo, then Bishop of
Assis •
José Sisto,
Commissioner of Guam •
José Sócrates Carvalho Pinto de Sousa, commonly known as José Sócrates, Portuguese politician, 117th
Prime Minister of Portugal •
José Song Sui-Wan (traditional Chinese: 宋瑞雲; simplified Chinese: 宋瑞云), Chinese-born Brazilian member of the
Salesians of Don Bosco (S.D.B.) and
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
São Gabriel da Cachoeira •
José Manuel Soria, Spanish academic and politician •
José Rómulo Sosa Ortiz, known professionally as
José José, Mexican singer and actor •
Rubin Statham, often referred to as JoséNew Zealand professional
tennis player
T •
José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, Peruvian noble titled 4th Marquis of Torre Tagle, soldier and politician, 3th President of Peru •
José Luis Tejada Sorzano, 40th President of Bolivia during the Chaco War •
José Théodore, French Canadian ice hockey goaltender •
José Tomás Pérez Sellés, Spanish classical guitarist and teacher •
José de León Toral, assassin of the Mexican President Álvaro Obregón •
José Torres (disambiguation), several people •
José Félix Trespalacios, Mexican politician and soldier, active in the militia in Chihuahua, 1st Governor of Coahuila y Texas in the United Mexican States •
José Manuel Nunes Salvador Tribolet, Portuguese electrical engineer, professor of information systems at the Technical University of Lisbon, known for his work on speech coding
U •
José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, Panamanian
friar of the
Order of Saint Augustine (O.S.A.) and
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop then
Archbishop of
Panamá, opponent to capital punishment •
José Miguel Ureña Rodriguez, Dominican professional
basketball player •
José Félix Evaristo de Uriburu y Álvarez de Arenales, Argentine diplomat and politician, 8th
Vice President of Argentina, 1st de facto
President of Argentina •
José María Urquinaona y Bidot (or Vidot), Spanish
Catholic bishop, Bishop of Barcelona (now known as the
Archdiocese of Barcelona •
José María Usandizaga, Spanish
Basque composer
V •
José Bordas Valdez, Dominican politician, 2nd Provisional
President appointed by the
Congress of the Dominican Republic •
José Valentín, Puerto Rican
baseball player •
José Gregorio Valera, Venezuelan revolutionary and politician,
President of Venezuela •
José Sótero Valero Ruz, Venezuelan
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Guanare •
José Cecilio Díaz Del Valle, nicknamed
el sabio (The Wise), Guatemalan-born Mexican philosopher, politician, lawyer, and journalist, author of the
Act of Independence of Central America •
José Desiderio Valverde Pérez, Spanish soldier to the rank of
general, served with distinction in the Spanish colonies including appointment as 4th and last
Captain General of Santo Domingo during the
Spanish occupation, after Spanish withdrawal appointed as governor-general of the
Philippine islands •
José Rafael Valverde, Dominican-born American
baseball player •
Jose Antonio Vargas, Filipino American journalist and
Pulitzer Prize winner •
José Dorángel Vargas Gomez, Venezuelan serial killer and cannibal •
José María Vargas Ponce, Venezuelan
medical practitioner, revolutionary and politician,
President of Venezuela •
José Vasconcelos Calderón, Mexican writer, philosopher and politician •
José Leite de Vasconcelos, Portuguese
ethnographer and
philologist •
José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Brazilian writer •
José Antonio Vélez Jiménez, known as
Ñoño (Ninth), Spanish professional
football player •
José Augusto Ferreira Veiga, Viscount of Arneiro, born in
Portuguese Macau, Portuguese composer •
José Miguel de Velasco Franco, vice-president then four times
President of Bolivia •
José María Tranquilino Francisco de Jesús Velasco Gómez Obregón, generally known as José María Velasco, Mexican painter •
José Nieto Velázquez, Spanish
court official,
chamberlain to
Queen Elisabeth of Spain, keeper of the royal
tapestries, possible figure in paintings
Portrait of a Man and
Las Meninas by his brother
Diego Velázquez •
José Velázquez Jiménez, known to the public as José Velez, Spanish singer •
José Raúl Vera López, Mexican
friar of the
Dominican Order and
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Ciudad Altamirano,
Coadjutor bishop of
San Cristóbal de Las Casas, then Bishop of
Saltillo •
José María Verdugo, born in
New Spain, soldier from the
Presidio of San Diego, granted extensive land in present-day California •
José Carlos Amaral Vieira, Brazilian composer, pianist, and
musicologist •
José Luis de Vilallonga, Spanish
noble titled Marquis of Castellbell, author and actor •
José Vizcaíno, American
baseball player
W •
José Wilker, Brazilian actor
X •
José Carlos Caetano Xavier, Portuguese
marine biologist and
Antarctic explorer, co-founder of the
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) •
José Nuno Rodrigues Xavier, Portuguese-born UK professional
football player •
José Ximénez, also known as José Jiménez or Jusepe Ximénez, Spanish
Baroque composer and organist
Y •
José Antonio Yorba, also known as Don José Antonio Yorba I, Spanish soldier and early
settler of
Spanish California •
José Yulo Yulo, Filipino lawyer,
jurist and politician,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines •
José Francisco Yunes Zorrilla, Filipino politician, Senator of the
LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress Z •
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish politician, served for two terms as
Prime Minister under
King Juan Carlos I •
José Santos Zelaya López, Nicaraguan politician, 11th
President of Nicaragua •
Jose Zepeda, American professional
boxer •
José Zorrilla y Moral, Spanish Catholic
Romantic poet and
dramatist •
José Antonio Laureano de Zubiría y Escalante, Mexican
Catholic bishop, Bishop of Durango (now known as the
Archdiocese of Durango), supporter of the
Centralist Republic of Mexico and critic of the United States' control of the northern part of his diocese •
José Zúñiga, Honduran-born American screen and television actor •
José Zúñiga, Mexican
Neo-figurative painter, represented internationally in private and public collections •
José de Züñiga, Mexican-born soldier to the ran of
lieutenant colonel,
settler in California and
Arizona,
Commandant of the
Presidio of San Diego, member of the
Third Order of
Franciscans Middle name •
Agostinho José Sartori, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Palmas–Francisco Beltrão •
Airton José dos Santos, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Mogi das Cruzes and then Archbishop of
Campinas •
Aloysio José Leal Penna, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, first as Bishop of
Paulo Afonso, then as Archbishop of
Botucatu •
Ángel José Macín, Argentine
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Reconquista •
António José de Almeida, 6th
President of Portugal •
António José de Ávila, 1st Duke of Ávila and Bolama, Portuguese politician •
Antonio José Cavanilles, Spanish
taxonomist and
botanist •
Antonio José de Irisarri Alonso, Guatemalan statesman, journalist, and politician, served as Interim
Supreme Director of Chile, considered as one of the fathers of Chilean journalism •
Antonio José Martínez Palacios, known as Antonio José, Spanish composer •
António José Severim de Noronha, 1st Duke of Terceira, Portuguese military officer to the rank of
colonel and statesman •
António José da Silva, Portuguese
dramatist •
Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá, Venezuelan
noble with the title
Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, leader in gaining independence for
Peru and
Bolivia, 2nd
President of Bolivia •
Camilo José Cela, Spanish novelist and
Nobel Prize in Literature •
Daniel José Santomé Lemus, known as Dalas Review, Spanish YouTuber •
Epaminondas José de Araújo, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Palmeira dos Índios •
Francisco José de Caldas, known as
el sabio (The Wise), Colombian lawyer, army officer to the rank of
lieutenant colonel,
military engineer, self-taught
naturalist, mathematician,
geographer and inventor, executed during the
Spanish American Reconquista for favouring
submission to Spain by taking an oath •
Francisco José Debali, Hungarian-born Uruguayan composer and author of the Uruguayan national anthem •
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish painter •
Francisco José Urrutia Olano, Colombian diplomat and international
jurist •
Guillermo José Garlatti, Italian-born Argentine
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
La Plata, Bishop of
San Rafael, then
Archbishop of
Bahía Blanca •
Héctor José Cámpora, Argentine dentist and politician, 38th
President of Argentina •
Joaquín José de Melgarejo y Saurín, Spanish
noble titled 1st Duke of San Fernando de Quiroga, soldier to the rank of
brigadier general and statesman, fought in the
Peninsular War served as
First Secretary of State under
King Ferdinand VI, donated
Velázquez's
Christ Crucified to Madrid's
Prado Museum •
Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo, Venezuelan
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Valle de la Pascua, then Bishop of
Acarigua–Araure •
Juan José Campanella, Argentine film producer and director •
Juan Cayetano José María Gómez de Portugal y Solís, Mexican seminary professor and
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Michoacán (later renamed as the Archdiocese of Michoacán then as the
Archdiocese of Morelia •
Juan José Estrada, Mexican professional
boxer •
José Dolores Estrada Morales, Nicaraguan politician, Acting
President of Nicaragua •
Juan José Estrada Morales, Nicaraguan member of armed services to the rank of
general, revolutionary and politician,
Provisional President of Nicaragua •
Juan José Flores y Aramburu, Venezuelan military
general, later opposed to Spain's rule, a member of
Simón Bolívar's
Patriot army,
Supreme Chief of
Ecuador after Spain's expulsion, 1st President of the new
Republic of Ecuador •
Juan José de Amézaga Landaroso, Uruguayan lawyer, university professor and politician, 28th
President of Uruguay •
Juan José Martí, Spanish novelist •
Juan José Padilla, Spanish
matador, after wearing an
eyepatch following injuries nicknamed
El Pirata (The Pirate) •
Juan José Torres, Spanish
athlete and Olympics competitor •
Juan José Torres González, popularly known as "J.J." (
Jota-Jota), Bolivian military leader to the rank of
commander-in-chief and politician, 61st
President of Bolivia •
Juan José Viamonte González, Argentine soldier and
head of state, 12th and 15th Governor of
Buenos Aires Province •
Justo José de Urquiza y García, Argentine
general and politician,
Governor of Entre Ríos Province,
Provisional Director of the
Argentine Confederation,
President of the Argentine Confederation •
Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano, Nicaraguan
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Auxiliary bishop of
Managua, Bishop of
Matagalpa, then
Archbishop of Managua, made a Cardinal by
Pope Francis in 2014 •
Lijo Jose Pellissery, Indian award-winning film director •
Luciano José Cabral Duarte, Brazilian
Catholic bishop, founder of the
Federal University of Sergipe,
Auxiliary bishop then
Archbishop of
Aracajú •
Luis José de Orbegoso y Moncada-Galindo, de Burutarán y Morales, Peruvian
noble titled 5th Count de Olmos, soldier to the rank of
brigadier general and politician, 5th
President of Peru, 1st President of
North Peru •
Luis José Sartorius y Tapia, Spanish
noble titled 1st Count of San Luis, journalist, politician and statesman, served as
Prime Minister under
Queen Isabella II •
Mariano José de Larra, Spanish
Romantic writer and journalist •
Marie José of Belgium, wife of the last monarch
Umberto II of Italy, Queen-consort for 20 days and jokingly nicknamed "the May Queen" •
Miguel José de Azanza Alegría, Spanish
noble titled Duke of Santa Fe, politician and diplomat and
viceroy of New Spain •
Marie-José Nat, French actress •
Marie-José Pérec, French
athlete and triple Olympic champion •
Marie-Josée Croze, Canadian Actor •
Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre, French Canadian documentary filmmaker •
Manuel José Macário do Nascimento Clemente, Portuguese
Catholic bishop and
cardinal,
Auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, Bishop of
Porto, and
Patriarch of Lisbon under the name Dom Manuel III, made a Cardinal by
Pope Francis in 2015 •
Miguel José Asurmendi Aramendía, Spanish
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Tarazona, then Bishop of
Vitoria •
Moacyr José Vitti, Brazilian
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
Curitiba, then Bishop of
Piracicaba •
Miguel José Yacamán, Mexican
physicist, major contributor to the development of
nanotechnology •
Pedro José Calderón, Peruvian lawyer, diplomat and politician, 8th
Prime Minister of Peru •
Pedro José Domingo de Guerra, Bolivian statesman,
jurist and diplomat, 24th
President of Bolivia •
Pedro José de Fonte y Hernández Miravete, Spanish-born Mexican
Catholic bishop,
Archbishop of
Mexico, crowned the first Emperor of Mexico,
Agustín de Iturbide, and the Empress
Ana María de Huarte y Muñiz •
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese statesman •
Pedro José Rada y Gamio, Peruvian politician, Mayor of
Lima, 74th
Prime Minister of Peru •
Ramón José de Arce y Rebollar, Spanish
Catholic bishop,
Archbishop of
Burgos,
Grand Inquisitor of the
Spanish Inquisition, Archbishop of
Zaragoza,
Patriarch of the West Indies, was understood as being pro-French when Spain was
invaded by the First French Empire and exiled to Paris when Spain gained independence during the
Peninsular War •
Remídio José Bohn, Brazilian
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
Porto Alegre, then Bishop of
Cachoeira do Sul •
Ricardo José Weberberger, Austrian-born Brazilian
Benedictine monk (O.S.B.) and
Catholic bishop, Bishop of
Barreiras •
Urbano José Allgayer, Brazilian
Catholic bishop,
Auxiliary bishop of
Porto Alegre, then Bishop of Passo Fundo (now known as the
Archdiocese of Passo Fundo Surname •
Daniel José (born 1988), Brazilian politician •
Edward José (1865–1930), Belgian film director and actor •
Francisco Sionil José (1924–2022), Filipino novelist •
Jorge V. José, Mexican physicist •
Mohan Jose, Indian actor in Malayalam films •
Nicholas Jose, British-born Australian novelist •
Richard Jose (1862–1941), British-born American singer ==See also==