Jost

Jost is both a German given name and a surname and a Jewish (Ashkenazi) surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Jost Amman (1539–1591), Swiss
 * Jost Bürgi (1552–1632), Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments, and mathematician
 * Jost Metzler (1909–1975), German submarine commander during World War II
 * Jost Vacano (born 1934), German cinematographer
 * Jost Capito (born 1958), German Motorsport manager and current CEO and team principal of Williams Racing Formula One team

Surname

 * Alfred Jost (1916–1991), French endocrinologist
 * Christian Jost (born 1963), German composer
 * Christian Jost, French geographer
 * Colin Jost (born 1982), American writer and comedian
 * Heinz Jost (1904–1964), Nazi war criminal
 * Henry L. Jost (1873–1950), U.S. politician
 * Isaak Markus Jost (1793–1860) Jewish historical writer
 * Jeffrey Jost, American bobsledder
 * John Jost (born 1968), American social psychologist
 * Jon Jost (born 1943), American independent filmmaker
 * Jürgen Jost, German mathematician
 * Matthieu Jost (figure skater) (born 1981), French ice dancer
 * Mike Jost (born 1979), American musician
 * Peter Jost (1921–2016), German-British mechanical engineer of Jewish descent, founder of tribology
 * Res Jost (1918–1990), Swiss theoretical physicist
 * Tyson Jost (born 1998), Canadian hockey player