Chaim Yosef Gottlieb of Stropkov, (1794[1] - March 11, 1867[1]) (Hebrew: חיים יוסף גאטליב), known as the Stropkover Rov, was a student of Rabbi Moshe Schreiber and author of Tiv Gittin ve-Kiddushin, published by his sons in Ungvar in 1868[2].
Upon completing his studies in 1823, he was appointed Dayan and teacher in the town of his birth, Tertzal[2], Hungary, were he studied with his brother-in-law Rabbi Mordechai Ciment, and wrote extensively about Jewish law and Kabbalah. He became the Chief Rabbi and head of the Bet Din of Stropkov[2] in 1847 at the recommendation of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. Chaim Yosef died on Monday, 4 Adar I, 5627 / 11 March 1867[1] and is buried in the Tisinec cemetery.
There is a School in Jerusalem named after him Called Yeshivas Rabbenu Chaim Yosef. They publish a book which lists all the descendants of Reb Chaim Yosef called Sefer Hayachas.