Josie is a diminutive of the female given name Josephine.

People

• Josie Aiello, American singer-songwriter
• Josie Arlington (1864–1914), American brothel madam
• Josie Bassett (1874–1964), American rancher associated with outlaws
• Josie Bissett (born 1970), American actress
• Josie Carroll (born 1957), Canadian Thoroughbred horse trainer
• Josie d'Arby (born 1972), Welsh television presenter
• Josie Davis (born 1973), American actress and producer
• Josie DeCarlo (1923–2012), inspiration and namesake of the fictional Josie of Josie and the Pussycats (see below)
• Josephine Earp (1861–1944), American actress and dancer called Josie by her common law husband, Western legend Wyatt Earp
• Josie Gibson (born 1985), British media personality and winner of Big Brother 2010
• Josie Ho (born 1974), Hong Kong singer and actress; daughter of Macau gambling magnate Stanley Ho
• Josie Lawrence (born 1959), British comedian and actress
• Josie Leavitt, American politician
• Josie Long (born 1982), British comedian
• Josie Loren (born 1987), American actress
• Josie MacAvin (1919–2005), Irish set designer
• Josie Maran (born 1978), American model and actress
• Josie Rourke (born 1976), British theatre and film director
• A ring name of professional wrestler Josette Bynum (born 1977)

Fictional characters

• Josie, lead singer and guitarist of the comic book band Josie and the Pussycats
• Josie McFarlane, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
• Josie Moraine, from Ruta Sepetys book Out of the Easy
• Josie Packard, in the television series Twin Peaks
• Josie Pye in Anne of Green Gables
• Josie Russell (Home and Away), in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Josie, heroine of the 1967 Western film The Ballad of Josie, played by Doris Day
• Josie Jump, a character in the children's show Balamory.