Famous People with Name Joseph

Joseph “Nathan” Lane            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph “Nathan” Lane: Lane was born Joseph Lane in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Irish American Catholic parents. He was named after his uncle, a Jesuit priest. His father, Daniel, was a truck driver and an aspiring tenor who died from alcoholism when Lane was eleven; his mother, Nora, was a manic-depressive housewife and secretary who died in 2000. He has two brothers, Robert and Daniel. Lane attended Roman Catholic schools in Jersey City, including Jesuit-run St. Peter's Preparatory High School where he was selected Best Actor in 1974.

Joseph Wiseman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Wiseman: is a Canadian actor who portrayed the title character, Doctor Julius No in the first James Bond film, Dr. No. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Joseph Paul DiMaggio            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Paul DiMaggio: nicknamed Joltin' Joe and The Yankee Clipper, was a baseball player who played his entire Major League career (1936–1951) for the New York Yankees. He was the brother of Vince DiMaggio and Dom DiMaggio. He was born in Martinez, California, and moved to San Francisco at one year old. The family name was often spoken in the media as "di-MAH-gee-oh" (short A as in apple, IPA [d?'mæd?i.o?]) but was more properly pronounced "di-MA-zhee-oh" (IPA [di'm??i.o?]).

Joseph Vincent Paterno            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Vincent Paterno: nicknamed JoePa, is the head coach of Pennsylvania State University's college football team, a position he has held since 1966. Paterno, along with Chris Ault and Bobby Bowden, is one of three active coaches who have also been inducted in to the College Football Hall of Fame. While Paterno has won the most football games against teams which are currently in NCAA Division I-FBS (formerly Division I-A) Bobby Bowden holds the official record for this feat as his 33 wins while at Howard (not Division I-FBS) are counted as Division I-FBS wins by the NCAA. Joe Paterno also has more bowl game wins and more FBS undefeated seasons than any other coach in college football history.

Joseph Clifford Montana, Jr.,            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph Clifford Montana, Jr.,: Born to Joseph and Theresa Montana, Joe Montana expressed an early interest in sports, and it was Montana Sr. who first taught him the game of football. Montana started to play youth football when he was just eight years old, aided in part by his father. Montana Sr. listed his son as a nine-year-old so that Montana could meet the league's minimum age requirement.

Hermann Joseph            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Hermann Joseph: Nobel Prize-winning American geneticist and educator, best known for his work on the physiological and genetic effects of radiation (X-ray mutagenesis) as well as his outspoken political beliefs.

Jackie Joseph            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Jackie Joseph: is an American character actress, voice artist, and writer known for portraying the film characters of: Audrey Fulquard in the original The Little Shop of Horrors, Sheila Futterman in both Gremlins films, and the voice of Melody in the animated television

Garth McArthur Fitzgerald Joseph            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Garth McArthur Fitzgerald Joseph: is a Dominican professional basketball player who previously played in the NBA.At 7 ft, 2 in and 315 pounds, his physique is often compared to that of Shaquille O'Neal, especially when he was a young and raw-skilled center at The College of St. Rose. However, Joseph's skills never materialized and he only appeared in a total of four National Basketball Association games, two with the Denver Nuggets and two with the Toronto Raptors during the 2000-01 NBA season.

Curtis Shayne Joseph            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Curtis Shayne Joseph: Joseph was born to unmarried teenage parents.[3] Five days after his birth, his mother, Wendy Munro, gave him up for adoption to Jeanne Joseph, a nurse who had befriended her during her hospital stay, and her husband Harold Joseph. Jeanne and her husband

Bradley Joseph            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bradley Joseph: an American composer, arranger, and producer of contemporary instrumental music. His compositions include works for orchestra, quartet, and solo piano, while his musical style ranges from "quietly pensive mood music to a rich orchestration of classical depth and breadth".[1]Active since 1983, Joseph has performed in front of more than a half million people around the world.[2] He played various instruments in rock bands throughout the Midwest until 1989 when Greek composer Yanni hired him for his core band after hearing a tape of his original compositions. He was a featured concert keyboardist with Yanni through six major tours, most recently in 2003 for the 60-city Ethnicity tour. He appears in the 1994 multi-platinum album and concert film, Yanni Live at the Acropolis. Joseph also spent four years as musical director and lead keyboardist for Sheena Easton, including a 1995 performance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.