Famous People with Name Josif

Josif Dorfman            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Josif Dorfman: is a Ukrainian-French chess Grandmaster, coach, and chess writer. Dorfman played in several USSR championships. In 1975, he took 13th in Yerevan (43rd URS-ch; Tigran Petrosian won). In 1976, he tied for 5-7th in Moscow (44th URS-ch; Anatoly Karpov won).

Josif (Josef, Iossif, Iosif) Davidovich Dorfman            Origin/Culture/Country: Ukrainian

Josif (Josef, Iossif, Iosif) Davidovich Dorfman: is a Ukrainian-French chess Grandmaster, coach, and chess writer.Dorfman played in several USSR championships. In 1975, he took 13th in Yerevan (43rd URS-ch; Tigran Petrosian won). In 1976, he tied for 5-7th in Moscow (44th URS-ch; Anatoly Karpov won). One of his most emphatic victories occurred in qualification for this championship, at the 1976 First League tournament, where he finished 1½ points clear of the field (+6, =11). In 1977, he was joint USSR Champion with Boris Gulko (both +4, =11, ahead of Petrosian, Polugaevsky and Tal).

Josif Pancic            Origin/Culture/Country: Slavic

Josif Pancic: was a Serbian botanist of Croatian origin. He was a famous lecturer at the Great School in Belgrade.He was acquainted with the Serbian linguist Vuk Stefanovic Karadžic in Vienna who wrote him a letter of recommendation in to the Serbian authorities in order to fulfill his wish to settle in the then Principality of Serbia. Once there he changed his first name to the Eastern Orthodox equivalent Josif and converted to the Eastern Orthodox faith.Pancic worked as a physician in rural Serbia and documented its flora during his frequent visits of the principality. He fell in love with Kopaonik which he visited 16 times between 1851 and 1886.

Josif Chirla            Origin/Culture/Country: Romanian

Josif Chirla: is a Romanian sprint canoer who has competed since 2004.

Bohuslav Josífek            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Bohuslav Josífek: was a Czechoslovak soldier and skier. Josífek was a member of the national Olympic military patrol team in 1924 which placed fourth.

Aleksandra Josifoska            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Aleksandra Josifoska: is a Macedonian tennis player. She is the winner of three events organized by the International Tennis Federation, one in singles and two in doubles. Josifoska took part in the 2007 Eddie Herr International, organized by the IMG and the NBTA, and lost in