Josef Strauss (1827–1870) was the second child of Johann Strauss, Sr. He was an Austrian composer who excelled in other fields too.
He received training as an engineer, and worked for the city of Vienna as an engineer and designer. He designed a horse-drawn revolving brush street-sweeping vehicle and published two textbooks on mathematical subjects. Strauss had talents as an artist, painter, poet, dramatist, singer, composer and inventor.