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 artist
  • 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

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 S.S. war criminal
  • Henry L. Jost (1873–1950), American 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, founder of tribology
  • Reinhold Jost (born 1966), German politician
  • Res Jost (1918–1990), Swiss physicist
  • Tyson Jost (born 1998), Canadian hockey player

See also

  • Jost Van Dyke, an island in the British Virgin Islands
  • Joest, a surname

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