Josie (name)

Josie is a diminutive of the female given name Josephine.

People

 * Josie Aiello, American singer-songwriter
 * Josie Arlington (1864–1914), American brothel madam
 * Josie Aslakson (born 1995), American wheelchair basketball player
 * Josie Bassett (1874–1964), American rancher associated with outlaws
 * Josie Bissett (born 1970), American actress
 * Josie Carroll (born 1957), Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer
 * Josie d'Arby (born 1972), Welsh television presenter
 * Josie Davis (born 1973), American actress and producer
 * Josie DeCarlo (1923–2012), inspiration and namesake of the fictional Josie of Josie and the Pussycats (see below)
 * Josephine Earp (1861–1944), American actress and dancer called Josie by her common law husband, Western legend Wyatt Earp
 * Josie Gibson (born 1985), British media personality and winner of Big Brother 2010
 * Josie Ho (born 1974), Hong Kong singer and actress; daughter of Macau gambling magnate Stanley Ho
 * Josie Lawrence (born 1959), British comedian and actress
 * Josie Leavitt, American politician
 * Josie Long (born 1982), British comedian
 * Josie Loren (born 1987), American actress
 * Josie MacAvin (1919–2005), Irish set designer
 * Josie Maran (born 1978), American model and actress
 * Josie Rourke (born 1976), British theatre and film director
 * A ring name of professional wrestler Josette Bynum (born 1977)

Fictional characters

 * Josie, lead singer and guitarist of the comic book band Josie and the Pussycats
 * Josie McFarlane, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
 * Josie Moraine, from Ruta Sepetys book Out of the Easy
 * Josie Packard, in the television series Twin Peaks
 * Josie Pye in Anne of Green Gables
 * Josie Russell (Home and Away), in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
 * Josie, heroine of the 1967 Western film The Ballad of Josie, played by Doris Day
 * Josie Jump, a character in the children's show Balamory.