José

For the Hebrew or Aramaic name, see Jose. For the English name, see Joseph (name).

José

Gender	Male
Other names
Related names	Joseph

José is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, they are pronounced differently in each language: [xoˈse] in Spanish and [ʒoˈze] in Portuguese.

One of the common Spanish diminutives of the name is "Pepe", which probably derives from the Italian "Beppe", short for Giuseppe (Joseph in Italian) or may be based on an abbreviation of "Papa Putativo" (Pé Pé) recalling the role of St Joseph in this predominantly Catholic country. In some Latin American countries, the diminutives "Cheché" and "Chepe" are used.

In Portuguese, the most widely used diminutive form of the name is "Zé", and less used forms include "Zeca", "Zezé", "Zuca", and "Juca". The name is also commonly used as part of a composed given name, such as José Manuel, José Maria, or António José.

People

• José, Prince of Brazil
• José Acasuso, Argentinian tennis player
• José Ádem (1921–1991), Mexican mathematician
• José Alarcón, Venezuelan road cyclist
• José de Anchieta, Canarian Jesuit missionary to Brazil
• José Manuel Albentosa, Spanish long-distance runner
• José Alberto, Dominican salsa singer
• José Millán Astray, Spanish General and founder of the Spanish Foreign Legion
• José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, former Prime Minister of Portugal
• José Bautista, Dominican-born major league baseball outfielder
• José Benavidez, Undefeated Mexican-American boxer and is considered the best prospect in boxing
• José Bové, French syndicalist
• José Calderón, basketball player
• José Luis Calva, Mexican suspected serial killer
• José Canalejas, Spanish politician
• José Canseco, Cuban baseball player
• José Carreras, Catalan tenor
• José Corti, French publisher
• José Cuervo, Mexican tequila producer
• José van Dam, Belgian operatic singer
• José Doreste, Spanish sailboat racer
• José Echenique, Venezuelan basketball player
• Juan José Estrada (boxer), Mexican boxer and former WBA World Champion
• José Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer
• José Félix, Jr., Undefeated Mexican boxer
• José dos Santos Ferreira, Macanese poet and writer
• José Fiolo, Brazilian breaststroke swimmer
• José Galisteo, Spanish singer
• José García, Venezuelan boxer
• José Aurelio Gay, Spanish football player and manager
• José Giovanni, French-Swiss writer and film director
• José González, Swedish-Argentine singer
• José Gómez, known as Joselito, famous Spanish matador
• José Gómez, Mexican long-distance runner
• José Guzman, Venezuelan boxer
• José Ibañez, Cuban judoka
• José Jiménez, known as Joselito, child star from Spain
• José José, Mexican singer
• José Gregorio Liendo Vera, Chilean political activist
• José Loiola, Brazilian beach volleyball player
• José María Alfredo Aznar López, Prime Minister of Spain, 1996-2004
• José-Maria de Heredia, Cuban-born French poet
• José Martí, Cuban poet and national hero
• José Medel, Mexican boxer
• José Medina (weightlifter), Venezuelan weightlifter
• José Angel Molina, Puerto Rican boxer
• José Moreira, Brazilian swimmer
• José Mourinho, Portuguese football coach/manager
• José Angel Napoles, Mexican-Cuban boxer
• José Obdulio Gaviria, Colombian lawyer, advisor to President Alvaro Uribe
• José Ortega, Spanish boxer
• José Emilio Perea, Undefeated Mexican boxer
• José Pérez (Venezuelan boxer), Venezuelan boxer
• José Piñera, Chilean economist, architect of Chile's private pension system
• José Pinzón, Mexican boxer
• José Quiñaliza, Ecuadorian triple jumper
• José Quirino, Mexican boxer and former WBO Champion
• José Manuel Reina, Spanish footballer
• José Rizal, Philippine national hero
• José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Spanish right wing party the Falange
• José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer
• José Reyes, American baseball player
• José Rivera, Puerto Rican volleyball player
• José Rizal, Philippine national hero
• José Robles (b. 1964), Colombian cyclist
• José Alfredo Rodríguez, Undefeated Mexican boxer
• José Javier Román, Undefeated Mexican-American boxer
• Jose "King" Roman, Puerto Rican former boxer
• José Luis Rondo, naturalized Equatoguinean football defender
• José Salazar, Venezuelan triple jumper
• José Saramago, Portuguese Nobel Prize laureate for literature
• José Alejandro Semprún, Venezuelan long-distance runner
• José Sisto, Commissioner of Guam
• José Théodore, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• José Valladares, Honduran striker
• José Valentín, Puerto Rican baseball player
• José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Brazilian writer
• José Vizcaíno, American baseball player
• José Viejo, Spanish road cyclist
• José Villanueva, Philippine boxer
• José Wilker, Brazilian actor
• José Luis Zertuche, Mexican Olympic boxer and former IBA Champion
• José Sócrates, Portugal's prime minister (until 2011)
• José Diefenbach Valdez,Dutch actor

Juca

• Juca de Oliveira

José Diefenbach Valdez

Zé

• José Carlos de Almeida, Zé Carlos (born 1968), Brazilian footballer
• José Carlos Santos da Silva, Zé Carlos (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
• Zé Castro (born 1983), Portuguese footballer
• José Eduardo de Araújo, Zé Eduardo (born 1991) Brazilian footballer
• Zé Marco de Melo (born 1971), Brazilian beach volleyball player
• José Maria Rodrigues Alves, Zé Maria (born 1949), Brazilian international footballer
• José Marcelo Ferreira, Zé Maria (born 1973), Brazilian international footballer
• José Roberto da Silva Júnior, Zé Roberto (born 1974), Brazilian international footballer
• José Gomes-Santana, Zé Roberto (born 1978) Brazilian footballer
• José Roberto de Oliveira, Zé Roberto (born 1980), Brazilian footballer

See also

• José Antonio
• José Carlos
• José María
• San José (disambiguation)
• São José (disambiguation)