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 ( 1470– 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 Reimer, Canadian physician Joss Sackler, Canadian fashion designer 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., taxonomic author abbreviation of Marcel Josserand (1900–1992), a French mycologist 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 Johnny Joss (1902–1955), American college football player Jonathan Joss (1965–2025), American actor 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, a character in the 1985 science fiction novel Contact
See also
Joss (disambiguation) Jos (given name)