Joseph Wolff

Joseph Wolff (1795 – 2 May 1862) was a Messianic Jewish missionary born in Weilersbach, near Bamberg, Germany, named Wolff after his paternal grandfather. He travelled widely, and was known as "the missionary to the world". He published several journals of his expeditions, including Travels and Adventures of Joseph Wolff (2 vols, London, 1860).

For the 19th-century New York politician, see Joseph C. Wolff. For the US Representative from Missouri, see J. Scott Wolff. For the Luxembourg philatelist, see Joseph Wolff (philatelist).

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