# Jost

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**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](/source/Jost_Amman) (1539–1591), Swiss artist
- [Jost Bürgi](/source/Jost_B%C3%BCrgi) (1552–1632), Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments, and mathematician
- [Jost Metzler](/source/Jost_Metzler) (1909–1975), German submarine commander during World War II
- [Jost Vacano](/source/Jost_Vacano) (born 1934), German cinematographer
- [Jost Capito](/source/Jost_Capito) (born 1958), German motorsport manager

## Surname

- [Alfred Jost](/source/Alfred_Jost) (1916–1991), French endocrinologist
- [Christian Jost](/source/Christian_Jost_(composer)) (born 1963), German composer
- [Christian Jost](/source/Christian_Jost_(geographer)), French geographer
- [Colin Jost](/source/Colin_Jost) (born 1982), American writer and comedian
- [Heinz Jost](/source/Heinz_Jost) (1904–1964), Nazi S.S. war criminal
- [Henry L. Jost](/source/Henry_L._Jost) (1873–1950), American politician
- [Isaak Markus Jost](/source/Isaak_Markus_Jost) (1793–1860) Jewish historical writer
- [Jeffrey Jost](/source/Jeffrey_Jost), American bobsledder
- [John Jost](/source/John_Jost) (born 1968), American social psychologist
- [Jon Jost](/source/Jon_Jost) (born 1943), American independent filmmaker
- [Jürgen Jost](/source/J%C3%BCrgen_Jost), German mathematician
- [Matthieu Jost (figure skater)](/source/Matthieu_Jost_(figure_skater)) (born 1981), French ice dancer
- [Mike Jost](/source/Mike_Jost) (born 1979), American musician
- [Peter Jost](/source/Peter_Jost) (1921–2016), German-British mechanical engineer, founder of tribology
- [Reinhold Jost](/source/Reinhold_Jost_(politician)) (born 1966), German politician
- [Res Jost](/source/Res_Jost) (1918–1990), Swiss physicist
- [Tyson Jost](/source/Tyson_Jost) (born 1998), Canadian hockey player

## See also

- [Jost Van Dyke](/source/Jost_Van_Dyke), an island in the British Virgin Islands
- [Joest](/source/Joest), a surname

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