Royalty •
Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (1927–2005), Princess of Belgium, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg •
Josephine of Leuchtenberg (1807–1876), Queen of Sweden •
Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763–1814), Empress of France, Queen Consort of Italy, first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte •
Princess Joséphine of Lorraine (1753–1797), Princess of Carignano •
Josephine of Rosenborg (1942–2013), Countess, member of Denmark's Royal Family •
Princess Josephine of Baden (1813–1900), Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen •
Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872–1958), wife of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern •
Princess Josephine of Denmark (born 2011), Danish princess
Other •
Josephine Abady (1949–2002), American stage director, film director, and producer •
Josephine Abercrombie (1926–2022), American horsewoman, businesswoman, boxing promoter, and philanthropist •
Josephine Adreon (1844–1911), American landscape painter •
Josephine Baker (1906–1975), American dancer, jazz and pop singer •
Josephine Bakhita (1869–1947), ex-slave from Sudan, Catholic nun and saint • •
Josephine Bell (1897–1987), English author •
Josephine Thorndike Berry (1871–1945), American educator, home economist •
Josephine Bracken (1876–1902), Filipina wife of
José Rizal •
Josephine Brandell (1887–1977), Austrian-Jewish actress •
Josephine Brunsvik (1779–1821), Hungarian countess, most likely Beethoven's
Immortal Beloved •
Jo Budd (born 1961), British textile artist •
Josephine Bulmer (born 1996), Australian canoeist •
Josephine Bunch, British physicist •
Josephine Butler (1828–1906), British feminist and reformer •
Joséphine Calamatta (1817–1893), French painter •
Josephine Cashman, Aboriginal Australian lawyer and entrepreneur • Joséphine Cavallini, known as
Fifi Turin (1913–1944), French war resistor killed by Gestapo •
Josephine Chaplin (1949–2023), American actress •
Josephine Cochrane (1839–1913), American inventor •
Joséphine Colomb (1833–1892), French children's writer, lyricist, translator •
Josephine Cox (1938–2020), English author •
Josephine Dias (born 1948), Indian
Eucharistic minister and actress •
Josephine Dillon (1884–1971), American actress and drama teacher •
Joséphine de La Baume (born 1984), French actress •
Josephine Dunn (1906–1983), American actress •
Josephine Earp (1861–1944), American common-law wife of
Wyatt Earp •
Josephine Ann Endicott (born 1950), Australian dancer •
Jo Fletcher (academic), New Zealand professor of education •
Josephine Clay Ford (1923–2005), granddaughter of Henry Ford •
Josephine Forsman (born 1981), Swedish drummer and member of
Sahara Hotnights •
Josephine Foster, American folk singer • •
Josephine Garcia, American politician •
Josephine Clara Goldmark (1877 – December 15, 1950), American reformer •
Josephine Sophia White Griffing (1814–1872), American activist •
Josephine Healion (born 1995), Irish para-cyclist •
Josephine Henry (1846–1928), American women's rights leader, suffragist, social reformer and writer •
Josephine Herrick (1897–1972), American photographer, humanitarian, entrepreneur and teacher •
Josephine R. Hilgard (1906–1989), American developmental psychologist •
Josephine Ho (born 1951), Taiwanese academic and feminist •
Josephine Hoey (1822–1896), Anglo-American stage actress •
Josephine Højbjerg (born 2003), Danish actress •
Josephine Hopper (1883–1968), American painter and model •
Josephine Humphreys (born 1945), American novelist •
Josephine Hutchinson (1903–1998), American actress •
Josephine Irwin (1890–1984), American suffragist •
Josephine Jacobsen (1908–2003), American-Canadian poet •
Joséphine Jobert (born 1985), French actress and singer •
Josephine Kane, British academic and historian of architecture •
Joséphine Nyssens Keelhoff (1833–1917), Belgian activist, social reformer, editor •
Josephine Gates Kelly (1888–1976), Native American activist and politician •
Josephine Kermode (1852–1937), Manx poet and playwright •
Josephine Lacson-Noel, (born 1967), Filipino politician •
Josephine Lang (1815–1880), German composer •
Josephine Langford (born 1997), Australian actress •
Josephine Lemoyan, Tanzanian sociologist and politician •
Joséphine Léno, Guinean educator, trade unionist and politician •
Josephine Lips (born 1976), Australian former representative rower •
Josephine Louise Le Monnier Newcomb (1816–1901), American philanthropist •
Josephine Shaw Lowell (1843–1905), American reform leader and philanthropist •
Josephine Lucchese (1893–1974), American opera singer •
Josephine MacLeod (1858–1949), American devotee of
Swami Vivekananda •
Josephine Mandamin (1942–2019),
Anishinaabe grandmother, elder and founding member of
water protectors •
Josephine McGill (1877–1919), American composer and music historian •
Josephine Meckseper, German artist •
Josephine Medina (1970–2021), Filipino table tennis player •
Josephine Meeker (1857–1882), American teacher and physician •
Josephine Melville (1961–2022), British actress, director and writer •
Josephine Miles (1911–1985), American poet and academic •
Josephine Mitchell (born 1965), Australian actress •
Josephine Moon, Australian author •
Josephine R. Nichols (1838–1897), American lecturer and
temperance reformer •
Josephine Obermann (born 1983), German curler •
Joséphine Pagnier (born 2002), French ski jumper •
Josephine Amelia Perkins (born c. 1818), British horse thief and prisoner •
Josephine Preston Peabody (1874–1922), American poet •
Josephine Roberto (born 1977), Filipina songwriter, actress and music producer •
Josephine Robinson Roe (1858–1946), American mathematician and university professor •
Josephine Ryan (1884–1977), Irish nationalist •
Josephine Siao (born 1947), Hong Kong actress •
Josephine E. Sizer (1862–1937), American temperance reformer •
Josephine Skriver (born 1993), Danish model •
Josephine Sparre (1829–1892), Swedish noble •
Josephine Spencer (1861–1928), American writer, journalist and political activist •
Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin (1842–1924), American publisher, journalist, civil rights leader, suffragist, and editor •
Josephine Staton (born 1961), American judge •
Joséphine Teakarotu (born 1969), French Polynesian politician •
Josephine Tewson (1931–2022), British actress •
Josephine Tey (1896–1952), Scottish author •
Josephine Waconda (1935–2013), American nurse and administrator •
Josephine Ward (1864–1932), British writer •
Josephine Wiggs (born 1965), British musician •
Josephine "Jo" Williams (born 1948), British businesswoman •
Josephine Wratten (born 1992), British rower •
Josephine McDonald Yarbrough (1879–1961), American writer and clubwoman •
Josephine Silone Yates (1852 or 1859–1912), American chemist ==Fictional characters==