Top Celebrity Names Starting With Joseph

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   Joseph Gordon-Levitt

   1981 - 2011 Male
   

   Actor

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   Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt is an American actor whose career as both a child and adult has included television series and theatrical films. He is known for his roles in the 2009 indie film (500) Days of Summer (for which he earned a Golden Globe nomination), a supporting role in the 2010 science fiction film Inception, and for starring in the 2011 drama 50/50 (for which he earned his second Golden Globe nomination).… read more

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   Joseph Stalin

   1878 - 1953 Male
   

   Dictator of the Soviet Union

   
   

   Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution in Russia in 1917 and later held the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee from 1922 until his death in 1953.… read more

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   Joseph Bruce

   Age 40 Male
   

   Rapper, Producer, Wrestler

   
   

   Joseph Frank "Joe" Bruce is an American rapper, record producer, professional wrestler and actor. Bruce is well known as Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse (ICP). He is the co-founder of the record label Psychopathic Records, with fellow ICP rapper Joseph Utsler (a.k. a Shaggy 2 Dope) and their former manager, Alex Abbiss.… read more

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   Joseph Chamberlain

   1836 - 1914 Male
   

   Businessman, Politician, and Statesman.

   
   

   Joseph Chamberlain was an influential British politician and statesman. Unlike most major politicians of the time, he was a self-made businessman and had not attended Oxford or Cambridge University. Born in London, Chamberlain made his career in Birmingham, first as a manufacturer of screws and then as a notable Mayor of the city. During his early adulthood he was a radical Liberal Party member and a campaigner for educational reform.… read more

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   Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.

   1888 - 1969 Male
   

   Businessman, Political Figure, and Father of John F. Kennedy

   
   

   Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Sr. was a prominent American businessman, investor, and government official. Kennedy, an Irish American, was the father of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, United States Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy, naval officer Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. , Special Olympics co-founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and former U.S.… read more

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   Joseph Smith

   1805 - 1844 Male
   

   President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

   
   

   Joseph Smith, Jr. was an American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, which gave rise to Mormonism. Smith is regarded by his followers as a prophet. Smith was born in Sharon, Vermont, the fourth child of Joseph Smith, Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith. By 1817, Smith's family had moved to the "burned-over district" of western New York, an area repeatedly swept by religious revivals during the Second Great Awakening.… read more

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   Joseph Stiglitz

   Age 69 Male
   

   Economics

   
   

   Joseph Eugene Stiglitz, ForMemRS, FBA, is an American economist and a professor at Columbia University. He is a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2001) and the John Bates Clark Medal (1979). He is also the former Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank.… read more

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   Joseph Estrada

   Age 75 Male
   

   Politician, Actor, President

   
   

   Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency. Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in an acting career spanning 33 years.… read more

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   Joseph Utsler

   Age 37 Male
   

   Rapper, Producer, Disk Jockey

   
   

   Joseph William "Joey" Utsler is an American rapper, record producer, DJ, professional wrestler and actor. Utsler is well known as Shaggy 2 Dope of the hip hop group Insane Clown Posse. He is the co-founder of the record label Psychopathic Records, with fellow Insane Clown Posse rapper Joseph Bruce and their former manager, Alex Abbiss.… read more

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    Joseph Cao

    Age 45 Male
    

    Vietnamese-american Activist and Politician

    
    

    'Anh "Joseph" Quang Cao is the former U.S. Representative for, serving from 2009 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. In April 2011, Cao announced he would be a candidate for Attorney General of Louisiana in 2011, however in September 2011 he pulled out of the race. He was the first Vietnamese American to serve in Congress, and the first Republican to serve in his district since 1891.… read more

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    Joseph McCarthy

    1908 - 1959 Male
    

    Wisconsin Politician

    
    

    Joseph Raymond "Joe" McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion.… read more

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    Joseph Goebbels

    1897 - 1945 Male
    

    Nazi Politician and Propaganda Minister

    
    

    Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels was a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. As one of Adolf Hitler's closest associates and most devout followers, he was known for his zealous oratory and anti-Semitism. He had a hand in the Kristallnacht attack on the German Jews, which many historians consider to be the beginning of the Final Solution, leading to the Holocaust. Goebbels earned a Ph.D.… read more

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    Joseph Priestley

    1733 - 1804 Male
    

    Scientist

    
    

    Joseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works. He is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, although Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Antoine Lavoisier also have a claim to the discovery.… read more

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    Joseph Arthur

    Age 40 Male
    

    Singer, Songwriter, Musician

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    Joseph Arthur is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. Combining poetic lyrics with a layered sonic palette, Arthur has built his reputation over the years through critically acclaimed releases and constant touring; his unique solo live performances incorporate the use of a number of distortion and loop pedals, and his shows are recorded live at the soundboard and made available to concertgoers immediately following the show on recordable media.… read more

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    Joseph Bruno

    Age 83 Male
    

    Lieutenant Governor, Businessman, Politician

    
    

    Joseph L. Bruno is an American businessman, and Republican politician. He was the Temporary President of the New York State Senate and its majority leader. Most recently he also served as Lieutenant Governor of New York (Acting). On June 23, 2008, Bruno announced that he would not seek reelection to the State Senate in 2008.… read more

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    Joseph Berrios

    Age 60 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Joseph "Joe" Berrios is the Assessor of Cook County, Illinois. Berrios is a lobbyist to Illinois state government who became the first Hispanic American to serve in the Illinois General Assembly, and the first and only Hispanic American to lead the Democratic Party of Cook County. Berrios "shines as a vivid example of the clout-infested politics for which Illinois is famous" according to a 2010 Chicago Magazine profile.… read more

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    Joseph Johnson

    1738 - 1809 Male
    

    Publisher

    
    

    Joseph Johnson was an influential 18th-century London bookseller and publisher. His publications covered a wide variety of genres and a broad spectrum of opinions on important issues. Johnson is best known for publishing the works of radical thinkers such as Mary Wollstonecraft, William Godwin, and Joel Barlow, as well as religious dissenters such as Joseph Priestley, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, and Gilbert Wakefield.… read more

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    Joseph Glimco

    1909 - 1991 Male
    

    Teamster, Golfer

    
    

    Joseph Paul Glimco was an Italian American labor leader and well-known organized crime figure based in Chicago, Illinois. He was considered "Chicago's top labor racketeer" in the 1950s. One high-ranking Chicago Teamsters leader noted in 1954, "He is the mob. When he opens his mouth, it's the syndicate talking. " Glimco was active in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) and a close associate of Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa.… read more

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    Joseph Facal

    Age 51 Male
    

    Politician

    
    

    Joseph Facal is a politician, academic, and journalist in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2003 and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry.… read more

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    Joseph J. Marbach

    Age 77 Male
    

    
    
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    Joseph Franklin Rutherford

    1869 - 1942 Male
    

    Politician, Lawyer, Witness

    
    

    Joseph Franklin Rutherford, also known as "Judge" Rutherford, was the second president of the incorporated Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, and played a primary role in the organization and doctrinal development of Jehovah's Witnesses, which emerged from the Bible Student movement established by Charles Taze Russell. Rutherford began a career in law, working as a court stenographer, trial lawyer and prosecutor.… read more

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    Joseph Widney

    1841 - 1938 Male
    

    Amercian Scientist

    
    

    Joseph Pomeroy Widney, M.D. D.D. LL. D was a polymathic pioneer American physician, clergyman, entrepreneur-philanthropist, proto-environmentalist, prohibitionist, racial theorist, and prolific author. He was the second President of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and the founding dean of the USC School of Medicine.… read more

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    Joseph Merrick

    1862 - 1890 Male
    

    Sideshow Performer

    
    

    Joseph Carey Merrick, sometimes incorrectly referred to as John Merrick, was an English man with severe deformities who was exhibited as a human curiosity named the Elephant Man. He became well known in London society after he went to live at the London Hospital. Merrick was born in Leicester and began to develop abnormally during the first few years of his life.… read more

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    Joseph Campbell

    1904 - 1987 Male
    

    Writer, Scientist, Social Scientist

    
    

    Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience. His philosophy is often summarized by his phrase: "Follow your bliss."… read more

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    Joseph Beuys

    1921 - 1986 Male
    

    Visual Art

    
    

    Joseph Beuys was a German performance artist, sculptor, installation artist, graphic artist, art theorist and pedagogue of art. His extensive work is grounded in concepts of humanism, social philosophy and anthroposophy; it culminates in his "extended definition of art" and the idea of social sculpture as a gesamtkunstwerk, for which he claimed a creative, participatory role in shaping society and politics.… read more