Joss is a given name and surname.

Notable people with the name include:

Joss (name)

Given name or nickname

Joss Ackland (born 1928), 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

Joss (name)

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

Joss (name)

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