Joachim (/ˈdʒoʊəkɪm/; "he whom Yahweh has set up", Hebrew: יְהוֹיָקִים Yəhôyāqîm, Greek Ἰωακείμ Iōākeím) was, according to some apocryphal writings, the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The story of Joachim and Anne first appears in the apocryphal Gospel of James. Joachim and Anne are not mentioned in the Bible. His feast day is 26 July.

Joachim Baldauf (* 20 July 1965 in Weiler, Germany) is a German photographer and publisher. He currently lives in Berlin.

Joachim Werneburg (born July 15, 1953 in Erfurt, Germany) is a German writer who publishes lyric -epic texts and short prose.

Joachim Ichane (born 27 June 1986 in Niort) is a French football defender who is currently playing for Le Puy.

Bendix Joachim Ebbell (1869 – 1937) was a Norwegian author.

Joachim Menant (16 April 1820 – 30 August 1899) was a French magistrate and orientalist.

Joachim Pissarro (born 1959) is an art historian, theoretician, curator, educator, and director of the Hunter College Galleries and Bershad Professor of Art History at Hunter College of the City University of New York. Since 2002, Pissarro has served as the Editorial Director of Wildenstein Publications. His latest book, authored with art critic David Carrier, is called Wild Art. Pissarro was curator at the Museum of Modern Art ’s Department of Painting and Sculpture from 2003 to 2007.

Joachim Erwin (2 September 1949 – 20 May 2008) was a German politician and the Mayor of Düsseldorf from 1999 until his death in 2008. He was born in Stadtroda, Thuringia, Germany.