Famous People with Name Josef

Josef Allen Hynek            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Josef Allen Hynek: was a United States astronomer, professor, and ufologist.[1] He is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research: Hynek acted as scientific adviser to UFO studies undertaken by the U.S. Air Forceunder three consecutive names: Project Sign (1947-1949), Project Grudge (1949-1952), and Project Blue Book (1952 to 1969); for decades afterwards, he conducted his own independent UFO research, and is widely considered the father of the concept of scientific analysis of both reports and, especially, trace evidence purportedly left by UFOs.

Josef Albers            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Josef Albers: was a German-born American artist, mathematician and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education programs of the 20th century.With the closure of the Bauhaus under Nazi pressure in 1933, Albers emigrated to the United States and joined the faculty of Black Mountain College, North Carolina, where he ran the painting program until 1949. At Black Mountain his students included Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Ray Johnson and Susan Weil. Weil remarked that as a teacher, Albers was "his own academy" and said that Albers claimed that "when you’re in school, you’re not an artist, you’re a student", though he was very supportive of expressing one's self and his or her own style when one became an artist and began his or her journey.[2] In 1950 Albers left Black Mountain to head the Department of Design at Yale University in New Haven

Josef Bednarski            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Josef Bednarski: is a Polish former professional wrestler and bodybuilder. He is known by the ring name Ivan Putski and was given the nickname "The Polish Hammer". Putski is a former WWF World Tag Team Champion with Tito Santana. Ivan was known to have an ongoing feud wit

Josef E. "Joe" Weider            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Josef E. "Joe" Weider: is the Canadian co-founder of the International Federation of BodyBuilders (IFBB) along with brother Ben Weider and creator of the Mr. Olympia, the Ms. Olympia, and the now-defunct Masters Olympia bodybuilding contests. He is the publisher of several body

Rafael Joseffy            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

Rafael Joseffy: was a Hungarian pianist and composer.His youth was spent in Miskolcz, and there, at the age of 8, he began his study of the piano. He studied in Budapest with Friedrich Brauer, the teacher of Stephen Heller. In 1866 he went to Leipzig, where his teachers were Ignaz Moscheles and Ernst Ferdinand Wenzel. In 1868 he became a pupil of Carl Tausig in Berlin, remaining with him for two years. Later he spent two summers with Franz Liszt in Weimar.

Helena Marianne Josefsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Helena Marianne Josefsson: a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer in the band Sandy Mouche and has been singing in Per Gessle's projects since 2003. In February 2007 she released her first solo album, Dynamo.Her parents, Per Olof and Margareta, divorced when she was seven years old, and she and her sisters Charlotta and Sofia moved with their mother to a village called Björnstorp (outside of Lund, Skåne County, southern Sweden) when she was ten. Helena has four sisters (Charlotta, Sofia, Hanna and Carolina). She is left-handed and can play keyboards, tambourine and harmonica. Helena married Martin Nilsson (a.k.a. Martinique Josefsson),

Enar "Âseleexpressen" Josefsson            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Enar "Âseleexpressen" Josefsson: is a former Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the early 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.