Famous People with Name Josip

Josip Mišic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Mišic: is a Croatian footballer currently under contract for Romanian side FC Universitatea Craiova.

Josip Pivaric            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Pivaric: is a Croatian football midfielder. He currently plays for NK Lokomotiva. Pivaric was promoted to the first team during the spring of 2008 and is on loan at NK Lokomotiva from July 2008.

Josip Šikic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Šikic: is a former Croatian footballer. A product of Dinamo Zagreb academy, Šikic played for the Blues from 1953 to 1962, appearing in 153 Yugoslav First League matches and scoring 3 goals. In 1963 he moved to Austrian side Wacker Innsbruck and in his first season helped the club win the West division of the Austrian Regional League, which saw them promoted to the Austrian top division.

Josip Šimic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Šimic: is a Croatian football striker, currently a free agent. He made his international debut against Poland in the 4-1 win at Vinkovci on 22 April 1998. He has made seven appearances for the Croatia national football team, scoring one goal, in a friendly against Mexico on 16 June 1999.

Josip Šimunic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Šimunic: is a Croatian Australian football central defender. He plays for TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the Croatian national team. He received early football training at the Australian Institute of Sport. The defender broke into the Melbourne Knights first team as a teenager in the 1995–96 season and ended it with a championship medal and 1996 NSL Youth Player of the Year award. Šimunic scored his first goals the following term, three in 14 outings, before moving to Europe to join Hamburger SV in 1998. He played all three of Croatia's matches in Korea and Japan. He also played in the Euro 2004, the 2006 World Cup and UEFA Euro 2008, performing well in the latter tournament.

Gejza Josipovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Gejza Josipovic: was a Croatian unionist politician, who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs twice: between 1906–1910 and after a short period between 1910–1913. His father was Emerik Josipovic, who also served in this position. Gejza graduated in the Budapest University's Faculty of Law. He participated in the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1887 he became member of the Parliament of Croatia. After the Treaty of Trianon he lived in Hungary.

Ivo Josipovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Ivo Josipovic: is a Croatian politician, the third and current President of Croatia, having taken office in 2010. Josipovic entered politics as a member of the League of Communists of Croatia (SKH), and played a key role in the democratic transformation of this party as the author of the first statute of the SDP that replaced the SKH-SKJ. He left politics in 1994, but returned in 2003 as an independent Member of Parliament. In addition to politics, Josipovic has also worked as a university professor, legal expert, musician and composer. Josipovic entered the 2009–2010 presidential election as the official candidate of the SDP, which he had rejoined in 2008. In the first round he topped eleven rivals with 32.4% of the vote, and entered the second round with the independent candidate Milan Bandic who had secured 14.8%. He went from being almost unknown to the general public in Croatia to winning 60.26% in the final election. He campaigned for Nova Pravednost (New Justice), calling for a new social and legal framework to address the deep social injustices, corruption and organised crime. This includes the protection of individual rights and the promotion of such fundamental values as equality, human rights, LGBT rights, justice, diligence, social empathy and creativity.