Famous People with Name Josip

Josip Palada            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Palada: was a Croatian tennis player. He played for the Yugoslavia's team at the International Lawn Tennis Challenge, and later the Davis Cup, from 1933 to 1956. His greatest success was reaching semifinals of the French Open in 1938 where he lost against America

Josip Nikolai Peruzovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Nikolai Peruzovic: better known by his ring name of Nikolai Volkoff, is a professional wrestler who is best known for his performances for the World Wrestling Federation. Although the Volkoff character is portrayed as Russian, Peruzovic actually originated from Croatia and

Josip Lipokatic            Origin/Culture/Country: Slovenia

Josip Lipokatic: is a Yugoslav sprint canoer who competed in the early 1950s. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, he finished 13th in the K-1 10000 m event while being eliminated in heats of the K-1 1000 m event. He was born in Maribor.

Josip Zidarn            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Zidarn: is a Yugoslav canoer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1936 he finished tenth in the K-1 10000 m event.

Josip Lukacevic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Josip Lukacevic: is a Bosnian professional footballer playing as a defender for NK Osijek.

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.