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Joss (name)

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Joss is a given name and surname.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name or nickname

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  • Joss Ackland (1928-2023), British actor
  • Joss Ambler (1900–1959), Australian-born British film and television actor
  • Joss Christensen (born 1991), American freestyle skier and 2014 Olympic gold medalist
  • Joss Fritz (c. 1470-c. 1525), insurgent in Germany
  • Joss Labadie (born 1990), English footballer
  • Joss McKinley (born 1981) English photographic artist
  • Joss Naylor (born 1936), English fell runner
  • Joss Whedon (born 1964), American screenwriter, film and television director and producer, television series creator, comic book author and composer
  • George (Duala king) or Joss, a late 18th-century king of the Duala people of Cameroon

Stage name or pen name

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  • Joss Stirling, a pen name of British novelist Julia Golding (born 1969)
  • Joss Stone (born 1987), stage name of British female soul singer, songwriter and actress Joscelyn Eve Stoker
  • Lewis Joss, one half of the magic double act Jay & Joss

Surname

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  • Addie Joss (1880–1911), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Chris Joss, French musician and record producer
  • Jonathan Joss (born 1965), American actor
  • Johnny Joss (1902–1955), American college football player
  • Morag Joss (born 1955), English-born Scottish writer
  • Robert L. Joss (born 1941), American businessman, banker, professor and former university administrator
  • Scott Joss (born 1962), American country musician

Fictional characters

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