Jost Explained

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 (1539–1591), Swiss
Jost Bürgi (1552–1632), Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments, and mathematician
Jost Metzler (1909–1975), German submarine commander during World War II
Jost Vacano (born 1934), German cinematographer
Jost Capito (born 1958), German Motorsport manager and current CEO and team principal of Williams Racing Formula One team

Alfred Jost (1916–1991), French endocrinologist
Christian Jost (born 1963), German composer
Christian Jost, French geographer
Colin Jost (born 1982), American writer and comedian
Heinz Jost (1904–1964), Nazi S.S. war criminal
Henry L. Jost (1873–1950), U.S. politician
Isaak Markus Jost (1793–1860) Jewish historical writer
Jeffrey Jost, American bobsledder
John Jost (born 1968), American social psychologist
Jon Jost (born 1943), American independent filmmaker
Jürgen Jost, German mathematician
Matthieu Jost (figure skater) (born 1981), French ice dancer
Mike Jost (born 1979), American musician
Paul Jost American modern jazz musician
Peter Jost (1921–2016), German-British mechanical engineer of Jewish descent, founder of tribology
Res Jost (1918–1990), Swiss theoretical physicist
Tyson Jost (born 1998), Canadian hockey player