Franz Joseph founded in 1872 the Franz Joseph University (Hungarian: Ferenc József Tudományegyetem, Romanian: Universitatea Francisc Iosif) in the city of Cluj-Napoca (at that time a part of Austria-Hungary under the name of Kolozsvár). Source: Internet
Soviet astronomer Iosif Shklovsky wrote the pioneering book in the field, Universe, Life, Intelligence (1962), which was expanded upon by American astronomer Carl Sagan as the best-selling book Intelligent Life in the Universe (1966). citation The WOW! Source: Internet
The first was given in 1892 by the Russian Opera Society, conducted by Iosif Pribik. Source: Internet
The Russian transliteration of his name Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили is in turn transliterated to English as "Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili". Source: Internet