Joss (name)

Joss is a given name and surname.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name or nickname

 * Joss Ackland (1928-2023), British actor
 * Joss Ambler (1900–1959), Australian-born British film and television actor
 * Joss Christensen (born 1991), American freestyle skier and 2014 Olympic gold medalist
 * Joss Fritz (c. 1470-c. 1525), insurgent in Germany
 * Joss Labadie (born 1990), English footballer
 * Joss McKinley (born 1981) English photographic artist
 * Joss Naylor (born 1936), English fell runner
 * Joss Whedon (born 1964), American screenwriter, film and television director and producer, television series creator, comic book author and composer
 * George (Duala king) or Joss, a late 18th-century king of the Duala people of Cameroon

Stage name or pen name

 * Joss Stirling, a pen name of British novelist Julia Golding (born 1969)
 * Joss Stone (born 1987), stage name of British female soul singer, songwriter and actress Joscelyn Eve Stoker
 * Lewis Joss, one half of the magic double act Jay & Joss

Surname

 * Addie Joss (1880–1911), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Chris Joss, French musician and record producer
 * Jonathan Joss (born 1965), American actor
 * Johnny Joss (1902–1955), American college football player
 * Morag Joss (born 1955), English-born Scottish writer
 * Robert L. Joss (born 1941), American businessman, banker, professor and former university administrator
 * Scott Joss (born 1962), American country musician

Fictional characters

 * Joss Carter, from the American television series Person of Interest
 * Joss Kendrick, American Girl character
 * Joss Merlyn, from the novel Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier
 * Joss Moody, from the novel Trumpet by Jackie Kay
 * Joss Peroni, from the Australian television series Blue Heelers
 * Joss Possible, from the animated American television series Kim Possible
 * Palmer Joss, played by Matthew McConaughey in Contact (1997 American film)