Pre-20th century •
Joshua Allen, 5th Viscount Allen (1728–1816), Irish nobleman •
Joshua Barnes (1654–1712), English scholar •
Joshua Bates (financier) (1788–1864), American international financier •
Joshua Boaz ben Simon Baruch (died 1557), Talmudist in Spain and later Italy •
Joshua Boyle, Irish Member of Parliament in 1641 and 1661 •
Joshua Harrison Bruce (1833–1891), American farmer and politician •
Joshua dei Cantori, Italian converted Jew who attacked the Talmud in 1559 •
Joshua Caslari (fl. 1540–1558), French Jewish liturgical poet •
Joshua Chamberlain (1828–1914), American brevet major general and professor, awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the
Battle of Gettysburg •
Joshua Clayton (1744–1798), American
Continental Army officer,
Governor of Delaware and
U.S. Senator •
Joshua Cooper (died 1757) (c. 1696–1757), Irish landowner and Member of Parliament •
Joshua Cooper (1732–1800), Irish landowner and Member of Parliament •
Joshua Edward Cooper (c. 1761–1837), Irish landowner and Member of Parliament •
Joshua Gwillen Doan (1811–1839), farmer and tanner who participated in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 •
Joshua Evans (Quaker minister) (1731–1798), American Quaker minister, journalist, and abolitionist •
Joshua Evans Jr. (1777–1849), American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania •
Joshua Falk (1555–1614), Polish
Halakhist and
Talmudist •
Joshua Fisher (merchant) (1707–1783), American nautical mapmaker •
Joshua Beal Ferris (1804–1886), American politician and US House Representative •
Joshua Fry (1699–1754), early American mapmaker •
Joshua Gilpin (1765–1841), American paper manufacturer •
Joshua B. Howell, (1806–1864) American (Union) Civil War officer •
Joshua Hughes (1807–1889), Welsh Anglican bishop •
Joshua Johnson (painter) (1763–1824), American painter •
Joshua Lewinsohn (1833–?), Lithuanian Jewish teacher and writer •
Joshua A. Lowell (1801–1874), American politician •
Joshua Leist (2005), British Graphic Designer •
Joshua Millner (1849–1931), Irish Olympic shooter • Joshua Abraham Norton (1818–1880), "
Emperor Norton", English-born American immigrant who proclaimed himself Emperor of the United States •
Joshua T. Owen (1822–1887), American (Union) Civil War brigadier general •
Joshua C. Pierce (1830–1904), American businessman and politician •
Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792), English painter, particularly of portraits •
Joshua W. Sill (1831–1862), American (Union) Civil War brigadier general •
Joshua Slocum (1844–1909), Canadian-American seaman, first man to sail solo around the world •
Joshua Zeitlin (1742–1822), rabbinical scholar and philanthropist born in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Belarus) •
Joshua Heschel Zoref (1633–1700), ascetic and an important figure in the Lithuanian Sabbatean movement
20th and 21st centuries •
Josh Allen (disambiguation), multiple people •
Joshua Ang (born 1989), Singaporean film actor •
Joshua (Italian singer) (born Joshua Bale, 1995), Italian singer and rapper. •
Josh Barnett (born 1977), American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler •
Joshua Bartholomew (born 1984), Canadian singer-songwriter, musician and producer •
Joshua Bassett (born 2000), American actor and singer •
Josh Beckett (born 1980), American former Major League Baseball pitcher •
Joshua Bell (born 1967), American violinist and conductor •
Joshua Bloch (born 1961), American software engineer and author •
Zerkaa (born Joshua Bradley, 1992), British YouTuber, part of The Sidemen •
Joshua Ilika Brenner (born 1976), Mexican swimmer •
Joshua Brillante (born 1993), Australian footballer •
Josh Brolin (born 1968), American actor •
Joshua Burnham (born 2004), American football player •
Joshua Cardwell (1910–1982), politician in Northern Ireland •
Joshua Cephus (born 2001), American football player •
Joshua Chelanga (born 1973), Kenyan long-distance runner •
Joshua Christie (born 2001), Jamaican chess player •
Joshua Clottey (born 1977), Ghanaian professional boxer and former IBF welterweight champion •
Joshua Clover (1962–2025), American writer, poet, and university professor •
Josh Conerly Jr. (born 2003), American football player •
Josh Cooper (cryptographer) (1901–1981), British cryptographer •
Josh Cooper (defensive end) (born 1980), American football player, formerly in the National Football League •
Josh Culbreath (1932–2021), American hurdler •
Josh Dallas (born 1978), American actor •
Joshua Dariye (born 1957), Nigerian politician •
Joshua Dela Cruz (born 1989), American actor and host in ''
Blue's Clues & You!'' •
Joshua Dionisio (born 1994), Filipino actor •
Joshua Dobbs (born 1995), American football player •
Josh Donaldson (born 1985), American Major League Baseball player •
Joshua Donovan (born 1999), American football player •
Joshua Dufek (born 2004), Austrian-Swiss racing driver •
Josh Duggar (born 1988), American reality TV participant and political activist •
Josh Duhamel (born 1972), American actor and former model •
Josh Dun (born 1988), American drummer, member of the band Twenty One Pilots •
Joshua Dürksen (born 2003), Paraguayan racing driver •
Joshua Eagle (born 1973), Australian tennis coach and former player •
Joshua Ezeudu (born 1999), American football player •
Joshua Farmer, American football player •
Joshua Fishman (1926–2015), American linguist •
Joshua (footballer, born 2007), full name Caio Joshua Lana de Andrade, Brazilian footballer •
Joshua Fox (born 1994), Fijian basketball player •
Joshua Frazier (born 1995), American football player •
Josh Gad (born 1981), American actor, voice actor, comedian, and singer •
Joshua Garcia (born 1997), Filipino actor and model •
Josh Gibson (1911–1947), American Negro league baseball catcher •
Josh Gordon (born 1991), American football player, formerly in the National Football League •
Joshua Gray (born 2000), American football player •
Joshua Green (disambiguation), multiple people •
Josh Groban (born 1981), American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer •
Josh Guyer (born 1994), Australian professional baseball player •
Josh Hader (born 1994), American Major League Baseball player •
Josh Hamilton (born 1981), American former Major League Baseball player •
Joshua Harrison (born 1995), Australian racing cyclist •
Josh Hartnett (born 1978), American actor and movie producer •
Joshua Hedberg (born 2007), American diver •
Joshua Holsey (born 1994), American football player •
Josh Homme (born 1973), American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor •
Joshua (American singer) (born Joshua Hong, 1995), American singer, member of K-pop group Seventeen •
Josh Howard (born 1980), American basketball player, formerly in the National Basketball Association •
Josh Hutcherson (born 1992), American actor •
Joshua Jackson (born 1978), Canadian-American actor •
Josh Jasper (born 1987), American football player •
Josh Jobe (born 1998), American football player •
Joshua Jones (disambiguation), multiple people •
Joshua Caleb Johnson, American actor •
Joshua Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people •
Joshua Josephs (born 2003), American football player •
Joshua Kaindoh (born 1998), American football player •
Joshua Kalu (born 1995), American football player •
Joshua Karnes (born 2004), American gymnast •
Joshua Karty (born 2002), American football player •
Joshua Kelley (born 1997), American football player •
Joshua Kennedy (born 1982), Australian former soccer player •
Joshua Kimmich (born 1995), German footballer •
Josh Kronfeld (born 1971), New Zealand former rugby union flanker •
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer (born 2003), American baseball player •
Joshua Leakey (born 1988), British soldier, recipient of the
Victoria Cross •
Joshua Lett (born 2004), Grenadian footballer •
Joshua Liendo (born 2002), Canadian swimmer •
Joshua Livestro (born 1970), Dutch columnist and political writer •
Josh Mahoney (born 1977), Australian rules footballer •
Josh McDaniels (born 1976), American National Football League offensive coordinator and former head coach •
Joshua Meggers (born 1980), American politician •
Joshua Miles (disambiguation), multiple people •
Josh Morris (disambiguation), multiple people •
Josh Morrissey (born 1995), Canadian ice hockey defenceman •
Josh Mostel (born 1946), American actor •
Joshua Neustein (born 1940), Polish-born American visual artist •
Joshua Onujiogu (born 1998), American football player •
Joshua Owusu (born 1948), Ghanaian retired triple jumper and long jumper •
Joshua Palacios (born 1995), American professional baseball player •
Josh Peck (born 1986), American actor •
Josh Pence (born 1982), American actor •
Joshua Perper (1932–2021), Romanian-born American forensic pathologist and toxicologist •
Joshua Pryor (born 1999), American football player •
Joshua Radin (born 1974), American singer-songwriter •
Josh Radnor (born 1974), American actor, director, producer and screenwriter •
Joshua Rush (born 2001), American actor •
Josh Satin (born 1984), American former Major League Baseball player •
Joshua (record producer) (born Jon Schumann, 1971), Danish music producer. •
Josh Server (born 1979), American actor and comedian • •
Joshua Simon (disambiguation), multiple people •
Joshua Smith (disambiguation), multiple people •
Joshua Suherman (born 1992), Indonesian entertainer •
Joshua Caleb Sutter (born 1981), American neo-Nazi •
Joshua Tasche (born 1995), German bobsledder •
Josh Thomas (comedian) (born 1987), Australian comedian, actor and writer •
Josh Tordjman (born 1985), Canadian hockey goaltender •
Joshua Uche (born 1998), American football player •
Josh Vaughan (born 1986), American football player •
Joshua Vaughan (born 2006), English actor •
Josh Wagenaar (born 1985), Canadian former soccer player •
Joshua Ward-Hibbert (born 1994), British basketball player and former tennis player •
Joshua Wheeler (born 1975), American Delta Force Operator, first American service member killed in action while fighting ISIS •
Josh Whitesell (born 1982), American former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball player •
Joshua Wong (born 1996), Hong Kong activist and politician •
Josh Widdicombe (born 1983), English stand-up comedian and presenter •
Josh Wilcox (born 1974), American former National Football League player • Joshua Wilkerson (1992–2010), American
murdered student •
Joshua Williams (musician) (born 1974), American drummer •
Joshua Youngblood (born 2001), American football player •
Josh Zeid (born 1987), American baseball pitcher, formerly in Major League Baseball ==Fictional characters==