He worked for the Austrian government as a forester in the more southern parts of the monarchy, including in Motovun, Istria (modern-day Croatia).
Josef Mengele | Josef Albers | Franz Josef Land | Josef Schwarz | Josef Terboven | Josef Locke | Josef Koudelka | Josef Čapek | Franz Josef Strauss | Josef Hofmann | Josef Wiesehöfer | Josef Szeiler | Josef Frings | Josef Fares | Franz Josef Strauß | Josef von Sternberg | Josef Tal | Josef Meinrad | Josef Dietrich | Josef Zisyadis | Josef W. Wegner | Josef Vojta | Josef Svoboda | Josef Schulz | Josef Ressel | Josef Priller | Josef Pieprzyk | Josef Pasternack | Josef Nesvadba | Josef Myrow |
Among notable persons associated with the district are inventor Josef Ressel, composers Zdeněk Fibich and Vítězslav Novák, writers Karel Václav Rais and Jaroslav Vrchlický, painters Antonín Slavíček, Antonin Chittussi and Adolf Kosárek.