Rapoport Yosif (also Josef Rapoport) (25 September 1894, Riga — after 1957) — jurist, attorney.

Yosif Rapoport was born into the family of a merchant. His faather’s name was Yudel; his mother’s name — Bella (née Zelikina). From 1905 studied at the Riga Alexander Gymnasium, graduating in 1913. In 1913–1917 studied at the Demidov Law Lyceum in Yaroslavl. In 1911–1918 worked as a private tutor in Moscow and Riga. In 1918–1919 served as a clerk in the Moscow Municipal Food Committee.

In 1920 Yosif Rapoport returned to Latvia. In 1922 began studying law at the University of Latvia, graduating in 1923. In 1919–1924 worked as a teacher at the Riga Municipal Jewish Secondary School. In 1923–1925 worked in the timber industry. In 1925 was elected to the Riga City Council from the Jewish Bloc list. From 20 May 1925 assistant to sworn advocate L. Vilenkin in Riga; from 7 August 1928 assistant to sworn advocate V. Simanovich in Riga. From 8 June 1932 sworn advocate in Riga.

During the Soviet occupation, in January 1941 Yosif Rapoport was admitted to the Bar Association. In summer evacuated to Russia. Served as head of the legal advisory office in Orekhovo, Yaroslavl Region. In early 1943 lectured at legal courses in Yaroslavl. In 1943–1945 also worked as legal adviser at industrial enterprises in Moscow. From March 1945 to 1948 practised as an advocate in Moscow; in March 1948 was expelled from the Bar but soon reinstated. From July 1948 advocate at the 7th Riga Legal Consultation Office; from August at the 1st Riga Legal Consultation Office. In 1949 expelled from the Bar Association and moved into academic work. Later he relocated to Moscow, obtained the degree of Candidate of Legal Sciences. Retired in 1957. Further fate unknown.

Awards: Medal of the USSR “For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945.”