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Josiah is a given name derived from the Hebrew ''Yoshi-yahu'' (, "supported of Yahu (YHWH)".〔 entry "Josiah" 〕 The Latin form Josias was used in some early English translations of the Bible. ==People with this name== * Josiah (641–609 BC), a King of Judah who instituted major reforms * Josiah Bailey (1873-1946), U.S. senator from North Carolina * Josiah Bartlett (1729–1795), American physician and statesman and a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence * Josiah Begole (1815–1896), U.S. Representative and 19th Governor of Michigan * Josiah Child (1630-1699), English merchant, economist proponent of mercantilism, and governor of the East India Company * Josiah Mushore Chinamano (died 1984), Zimbabwean politician * Josiah Conder (architect) (1852–1920), British architect, first teacher of Japanese architects to build western-style buildings in Japan * Josiah Conder (editor and author) (1789–1859), British author and editor * Josiah Forster (1782–1870), English Quaker, teacher, anti-slavery advocate and philanthropist * Josiah Francis (1890–1964), Australian politician and Minister for the Army * Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903), American theoretical physicist, chemist, and mathematician * Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883), Confederate general and chief of ordnance during the American Civil War, later president of the University of Alabama * Josiah Harlan (1799–1871), a prince of Ghor and American adventurer in Afghanistan and Punjab * Josiah Harmar (1753-1813), United States Army officer in the American Revolution and the Northwest Indian War, and the senior army officer from 1784 to 1791 * Josiah Henson (1789–1883), American author, abolitionist, minister and ex-slave widely believed to be the inspiration of Uncle Tom * Josiah K. Lilly, Sr. (1861–1948), pharmaceutical industrialist, President of Eli Lilly and Company, and philanthropist * Josiah Martin (1737-1786), last colonial governor of the Province of North Carolina * Josiah Ng, Malaysian professional track cyclist * Josiah Parker (1751–1810), member of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia in the first six Congresses * Josiah Quincy (disambiguation), various members of the same American family * Josiah Royce (1855-1916), American objective idealist philosopher * Josiah Doc Scurlock (1849-1929), American cowboy and gunfighter * Josiah Spode (1733–1797), English potter and founder of the Spode pottery works * Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp (1880-1941), British civil servant, industrialist, economist, statistician, writer, banker and director of the Bank of England * Josiah Symon (1846–1934), Scottish-Australian lawyer and politician * Josiah Taft (1709-1756), farmer, soldier and legislator in colonial Massachusetts * Josiah Tattnall (1794-1871), officer in the United States Navy and the Confederate Navy * Josiah Thomas (1863–1933), Cornish Australian miner and politician * Josiah Tongogara (1938-1979), a commander of the ZANLA guerrilla army in Rhodesia expected to become the first President of Zimbabwe before his death * Josiah Warren (1798–1874), individualist anarchist, inventor, musician, and author, widely regarded as the first American anarchist * one of a family of British potters and entrepreneurs: * * Josiah Wedgwood (1730–1795), English potter, founder of the Wedgwood company, and abolitionist * * Josiah Wedgwood II (1769–1843), son of the first Josiah Wedgwood * * Josiah Wedgwood III (1795–1880), son of the second Josiah Wedgwood * * Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood (1872–1943), a.k.a. Josiah Wedgwood IV, great grandson of the second Josiah Wedgwood and great nephew of the third * * Josiah Wedgwood V (1899–1968), son of the fourth Josiah Wedgwood * Josiah Whitney (1819–1896), American geologist, professor of geology at Harvard, and chief of the California Geological Survey * Josiah Winslow (1628-1680), Pilgrim leader and governor of Plymouth Colony 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Josiah (given name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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