# Juozas

Juozas is a Lithuanian masculine given name, a shortened version of Juozapas, which in turn is the equivalent of English Joseph.

## List of people named Juozas

* Juozas Adomaitis-Šernas (1859–1922), Lithuanian scientific writer and book smuggler during the Lithuanian press ban
* Juozas Ambrazevičius (1903–1974), Lithuanian literary historian, better known for his political career and nationalistic views
* Juozas Bagdonas (1911–2005), Lithuanian painter
* Juozas Balčikonis (1885–1969), Lithuanian linguist and teacher, who helped standardize the Lithuanian language
* Juozas Barzda-Bradauskas (1896–1953), Lithuanian Army brigadier genera
* Juozas Bernatonis (born 1953), Lithuanian jurist and politician
* Juozas Bernotas (born 1989), Lithuanian windsurfer
* Juozas Budraitis (born 1940), Soviet and Lithuanian actor
* Juozas Dringelis (born 1935), Lithuanian politician
* Juozas Gabrys (1880–1951), Lithuanian politician and diplomat
* Juozas Girnius (1915–1994), Lithuanian philosopher, existentialist
* Juozas Glinskis (born 1933), Lithuanian playwright
* Juozas Grušas (1901–1986), Lithuanian writer, editor, dramatist and playwright
* Juozas Gruodis (1884–1948), Lithuanian composer, educator and professor
* Juozas Imbrasas (born 1941), former mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania
* Juozas Jagelavičius (1939–2000), Lithuanian rower
* Juozas Jankus (1912–1999), Lithuanian painter
* Juozas Jurgėla (1911–1961), Lithuanian basketball player
* Juozas Kalinauskas (born 1935), Lithuanian sculptor and medalist
* Juozas Kamarauskas (1874–1946), Lithuanian painter
* Juozas Kaminskas (1898–1957), Lithuanian painter
* Juozas Karvelis (born 1934), Lithuanian politician
* Juozas Kazickas (born 1918), Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist
* Juozas Kralikauskas (1910–2007), Lithuanian novelist and short story author
* Juozas Lebednykas (born 1947), Lithuanian artist and sculptor
* Juozas Lukša (1921–1951), one of the most prominent post-World War II resistance leaders in Lithuania
* Juozas Maniušis (1910–1987), communist politician in Lithuanian
* Juozas Miltinis (1907–1994), Lithuanian theatre director, founder of the Panevėžys Drama Theatre
* Juozas Naujalis (1869–1934), Lithuanian composer, organist and choir conductor
* Juozas Olekas (born 1955), Lithuanian surgeon and politician, Minister of National Defence
* Juozas Paukštelis (1899–1981), Lithuanian author and translator
* Juozas Petkevičius (born 1948), Lithuanian basketball coach
* Juozas Rimas (born 1942), Lithuanian oboist and professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
* Juozapas Skvireckas (1873–1959), Lithuanian former Archbishop of Kaunas
* Juozas Tūbelis (1882–1939), Lithuanian politician, Prime Minister, and member and chairman of the Lithuanian Nationalists Union
* Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas (1869–1933), Lithuanian writer, priest, social activist, literary historian, and founder of the Party of National Progress
* Juozas Tunaitis (1928–2012), Roman Catholic titular bishop
* Juozas Ūdras (1925–1991), Soviet Olympic fencer
* Juozas Urbšys (1896–1991), Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania, and a translator
* Juozas Vilpišauskas (born 1899), Lithuanian cyclist and Olympic competitor
* Juozas Vinča (1905–1990), Lithuanian boxer
* Juozas Zikaras (1881–1944), Lithuanian sculptor and artist, created the design for pre-war Lithuanian litas coins
* Juozas Žukas (born Joseph Zukas; 1915–1981), Lithuanian-American basketball and tennis player of the 1930s