Józef
Art
- Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), Polish painter
- Józef Gosławski (1908-1963), Polish sculptor
Clergy
- Józef Glemp (1929-2013), Polish cardinal
- Józef Kowalski (1911-1942), Polish priest
- Józef Milik (1922-2006), Polish priest and biblical scholar
- Józef Tischner (1931-2000), Polish priest
- Józef Andrzej Załuski (1702-1774), Polish priest and Bishop of Kyiv
- Józef Życiński (1948-2011), Polish archbishop
Literature
- Józef Maksymilian Ossoliński (1748-1826), Polish novelist and poet
- Józef Wybicki (1747-1822), Polish poet
Military
- Józef Bem (1794-1850), Polish general and engineer
- Józef Grzesiak (1900-1975), Polish resistance member and scoutmaster
- Józef Haller (1873-1960), Polish general
- Józef Piotrowski (1840-1923), Polish participant in the January Uprising
- Józef Poniatowski (1763-1813), Polish general
- Józef Sowiński (1777-1831), Polish general
- Józef Zając (1891-1963), Polish general and pilot
Politics
- Józef Piotr Klim (born 1960), Polish politician
- Józef Kajetan Ossoliński (1758-1834), Polish castellan
- Józef Kanty Ossoliński (1707-1780), Polish magnate
- Józef Piłsudski (1867-1935), Polish chief of state
Science
- Józef Gosławski (1865-1904), Polish architect
- Józef Płoszko (1867-1931), Polish architect
- Józef Przytycki (born 1953), Polish mathematician
- Józef Rostafiński (1850-1928), Polish botanist
- Józef Zawadzki (1886-1951), Polish physical chemist
Sport
- Józef Gąsienica-Sobczak (born 1934), Polish skier
- Józef Grzesiak (1941-2020), Polish boxer
- Józef Młynarczyk (born 1953), Polish footballer and coach
- Józef Stefański (1908-1997), Polish cyclist
- Józef Szmidt (1935-2024), Polish triple jumper
- Józef Zapędzki (1929-2022), Polish sport shooter
Television and film
- Józef Kostecki (1922-1980), Polish actor
Other fields
- Józef Zawadzki (1781-1838), Polish publisher