Josif

Josif is a masculine given name, a cognate of Joseph. It may refer to:Josif Chirila, Romanian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2004 Josif Dorfman, Ukrainian-French chess Grandmaster, coach, and chess writer Josif Marinković (1851–1931), Serbian composer of the nineteenth century Josif Pančić (1814–1888), Serbian botanist Josif Rajačić (1785–1861), metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, Serbian patriarch, administrator of Serbian Vojvodina, baron Josif Runjanin (1821–1878), Croatian composer of Serbian ethnicity, composed the melody of the Croatian national anthem Josif Shtokalo (1897–1987), Ukrainian mathematician