All articles starting with J

Józef Wybicki

Józef Wybicki (1747–1822) was a Polish lawyer, writer, and political activist, author of the words of Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, the Polish national anthem, which he wrote in Italy in 1797.

Józef Wysocki

Józef Wysocki (1809–1873) was a Polish general who commanded the Polish Legion in Hungary during the Revolution of 1848 and took part in the 1830 and 1863 risings.

Jozef Zapedzki

Jozef Zapedzki (Józef Zapędzki, 1929-2022), Polish rapid-fire pistol shooter and army officer; two-time Olympic champion (Mexico 1968, Munich 1972), first Polish shooting gold medalist.

Józef Zawadzki

Józef Zawadzki (Juozapas Zavãdskis, 1781–1838) was a Polish printer, publisher, and bookseller who founded Vilnius's leading publishing house and served as typographer of Vilnius University.

Jozi FM, 105.8 FM Soweto community radio station, licensee Soweto Media Resource Centre, formed 1999-2000 from Soweto Community Radio and Buwa Radio merger, South Africa's most-listened community station, under investigation over R34.8-million lottery grants.

József Alvinczi

József Alvinczi (1735–1810) was a Hungarian field marshal of the Habsburg army who led the failed Austrian attempts to relieve Napoleon's siege of Mantua in 1796–1797.

József Antall

József Tihamér Antall was a Hungarian historian and politician, the first freely elected prime minister of Hungary after communism, serving from 1990 until his death in office in 1993.

József Attila Prize

The József Attila Prize (József Attila-díj) is a Hungarian state literary award founded in 1950, honoring outstanding poetry, prose, translation, and literary history each year.

Oct 10, 2026

József Baló

József Baló (1895–1979) was a Hungarian physician, pathologist, and oncologist who described Baló's disease, a rare demyelinating brain disease, in 1928, directed pathology institutes at Szeged and Budapest, and co-discovered pancreatic elastase.

Jozsef Bozsik

József Bozsik (Cucu), Hungarian footballer, right half of the Golden Team; 101 caps, 1952 Olympic gold, 1954 World Cup final, entire career at Budapest Honvéd.

Oct 20, 2026

Jozsef Csermak

Jozsef Csermak (1932–2001) was a Hungarian hammer thrower who won the 1952 Helsinki Olympic gold with a world record 60.34 m, the first athlete to throw beyond 60 meters.

Sep 21, 2026

Jozsef Csicsvari

Jozsef Csicsvari is an Austrian-based systems neuroscientist, professor at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria since 2011, known for research on hippocampal spatial memory.

József Eötvös

József Eötvös (Eötvös József, 1813–1871) was a Hungarian novelist and statesman who wrote The Village Notary, served twice as education minister, and passed Hungary's 1868 Nationalities Act.

Jozsef Gelei

Jozsef Gelei is a Hungarian former footballer and coach, the goalkeeper of Hungary's Olympic champion team at the 1964 Tokyo Games and a 1966 World Cup starter.

József Gvadányi

József Gvadányi was a Hungarian baroque satirical poet and Habsburg cavalry general who fought in the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War before becoming a prolific author in his sixties.

József Hajnóczy

József Hajnóczy (1750–1795) was a Hungarian lawyer, jurist, and writer, a leader of the Hungarian Jacobin movement and the first to expound liberal principles in Hungarian political thought.

József Katona

József Katona was a Hungarian dramatist and lawyer from Kecskemét who wrote Bánk bán, the tragedy regarded as the founding work of Hungarian national drama.

Jozsef Kovacs

József Kovács (Bütyök, 1926–1987), Hungarian long-distance runner, 10,000 m silver at Melbourne 1956; beat Vladimir Kuts (1953) and was first to beat Emil Zátopek over 10,000 m (1954). Distinct from the 1949-born footballer of the same name.

Oct 10, 2026

József Marek

József Marek (1868–1952) was a Hungarian veterinary pathologist and professor at the Royal Hungarian Veterinary College whose 1907 paper on poultry polyneuritis gave its name to Marek's disease.

Oct 20, 2026

Jozsef Rady

Jozsef Rady (Rády József, born Katzenbach, 1884–1957), Hungarian sabre fencer and army officer; Olympic sabre team gold 1928 and silver 1924, pioneer of Hungarian épée, 1930 European sabre team champion.

József Rippl-Rónai

József Rippl-Rónai (1861–1927) was a Hungarian painter and member of the French post-impressionist group Les Nabis, known for his reduced-palette Paris interiors and brightly colored "corn" paintings.

Jozsef Szabo

József Szabó (Szabó József), Hungarian breaststroke swimmer born 1969 in Budapest; 1988 Seoul Olympic gold in the 200 m breaststroke (2:13.52), 1986 world champion, pioneer of wave-action breaststroke, ISHOF inductee 2012.

Jozsef Vertesy

Jozsef Vertesy (Vrábel József, 1901–1983), Hungarian water polo player: Olympic gold 1932, silver 1928, four-time European champion, 70 caps; later coached Ferenc Csik and the Hungarian and Romanian national teams.

Jozsef Zakarias

József Zakariás (Zaki), 1924–1971, Hungarian footballer, left half-back of the Golden Team; 1952 Olympic champion, 1954 World Cup silver medalist, 35 caps, later Guinea national coach.

Jozy Altidore

Jozy Altidore (Josmer Volmy Altidore, born 1989) is an American soccer forward; 42 USMNT goals in 115 caps, 2017 MLS Cup MVP with Toronto FC, and record 31-goal season at AZ Alkmaar.

JP Cooper

JP Cooper (John Paul Cooper, b. 1983, Middleton, Greater Manchester), English soul-pop singer-songwriter; breakthrough via Jonas Blue's Perfect Strangers and 2016 double-platinum September Song; albums Raised Under Grey Skies (2017) and Just A Few Folk (2026).

JP Duminy

JP Duminy (Jean-Paul Duminy, born 1984, Cape Town), South African left-handed batting allrounder and off-spinner; 46 Tests, 199 ODIs, 81 T20Is 2004-2019; only South African with a Cricket World Cup hat-trick (2015); later Proteas white-ball batting coach.