Sepp (given name)

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Sepp is a given name. When borne by Upper German-speaking people, it is often a nickname for Josef or other names related to Joseph.

Those bearing this name include:

Joseph Sepp Blatter (born 1936), Swiss football administrator, former president of FIFA
Josef Bradl (1918-1982), Austria ski jumper and coach
Sepp Daxenberger (1962–2010), Bavarian politician
Sepp De Roover (born 1984), Belgian footballer
Josef Sepp Dietrich (1892–1966), World War II Oberst-Gruppenführer of the Waffen-SS
Sepp Ferstl (born 1954), German alpine skier
Josef "Sepp" Gangl, German major and Austrian resistance member who famously fought and died at the Battle of Castle Itter in the final days of World War II.
Sepp Heckelmiller (born 1943), German former alpine skier
Josef Sepp Herberger (1897–1977), German football player and manager
Josef Hirtreiter (1909-1978), German SS sergeant and Holocaust war criminal
Sepp Hochreiter (born 1967), German computer scientist
Sepp Holzer (born 1942), Austrian permaculturalist and consultant for natural agriculture
Josef Hügi (1930-1995), Swiss footballer
Sepp Kerschbaumer (1913–1964), Italian terrorist
Sepp Kuss (born 1994), American cyclist
Sepp Kusstatscher (born 1947), Italian politician
Sepp Lenz (1935–2023), West German luger
Sepp Lichtenegger (born 1937), Austrian ski jumper
Josef Sepp Maier (born 1944), German football goalkeeper
Josef Oberhauser (1915–1979), German Nazi SS officer
Josef Sepp Piontek (born 1940), German former football player and manager
Josef Sepp Puschnig (born 1946), Austrian ice hockey player
Sepp Reif (1937–2023), German ice hockey player
Sepp Schönmetzler (born 1944), German figure skater, coach and journalist
Sepp Straffner (1875–1952), Austrian federal railway official and politician
Josef Uhlmann (1902–1968), German fencer, participated at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sepp van den Berg (born 2001), Dutch footballer
Sepp Walcher (1954–1984), Austrian alpine skier
Sepp Weiler (1921–1997), German ski jumper
Sepp Weiß (born 1952), German former footballer
Sepp Wildgruber (born 1959), German alpine skier
Josef Wurmheller (1917–1944), German Luftwaffe ace
Josef Sepp Zeilbauer (born 1952), Austrian retired decathlete

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