Josef Märkl (16 January 1928 – 14 October 2010) was a German violinist, composer and music educator.
He studied privately with Hedi Gigler, Roman Schimmer and Heinz Stanske as well as with Wilhelm Stross at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.
From 1962 to 1968 he was engaged as study director and concertmaster with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, whose principal conductors were Jean Martinon and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.
From 1964 he played chamber music as successor of Oscar C. Yatco the 2nd violin in the famous Stross Quartet.
Märkl was a lecturer for violin, viola and string quartet playing at the Rheinische Musikschule [de] for over 25 years (from 1962 on at the Conservatory of the City of Cologne).