Josefa (given name)
Josefa is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Infanta Francisca Josefa of Portugal, last of eight children of King Peter II of Portugal and his second wife Marie Sophie of Neuburg
- Infanta Josefa Fernanda of Spain, daughter of Infante Francisco de Paula and his first wife, Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies
- Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Princess of Naples and Sicily
- Josefa Acevedo de Gomez, Colombian novelist
- Josefa Bayeu, wife of Francisco Goya
- Josefa Berens-Totenohl, German writer
- Josefa Celsa Señaris, Venezuelan herpetologist
- Josefa de Godoy di Bassano, 2nd Viscountess of Rocafuerte, Spanish-Italian aristocrat
- Josefa de Óbidos, Spanish-Portuguese painter
- Josefa de Tudó, 1st Countess of Castillo Fiel, mistress of Manuel de Godoy
- Josefa Dimuri, Fijian politician
- Josefa Francisco, Philippine academic and women's rights activist
- Josefa Vicenta Giambastiani de Peláez, Argentine geologist
- Josefa González Blanco Ortiz Mena, Mexican ecologist and politician
- Josefa Humpalová–Zeman, Czech-American journalist, newspaper founder and feminist
- Josefa Idem, West German-Italian sprint canoeist
- Josefa Iloilo, President of Fiji
- Josefa Joaquina Sánchez, Venezuelan heroin
- Josefa Köster, West German sprint canoeist
- Josefa Llanes Escoda, National Executive of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines
- Josefa Martín Luengo, Spanish educator
- Josefa Jara Martinez, Philippine social worker, suffragist and civic leader
- Josefa Moe, American entertainer
- Josefa Ordonez, Mexican actress and courtesan
- Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, supporter of the Mexican War of Independence
- Josefa Rika, Fijian cricketer
- Josefa Sacko, Angolan agronomist, economist and diplomat
- Josefa Salas, Chilean field hockey player
- Josefa Vosanibola, Fijian politician
- Josefa Zaratt, Puerto Rican black female physician
- María Josefa García Granados, Guatemalan writer
- María Josefa Lastiri, First Lady of the Federal Republic of Central America
- María Josefa Pimentel, Duchess of Osuna, Spanish aristocrat
- María Luisa Josefa, Mexican Roman Catholic nun