Joyce
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The name Joyce is used for females and rarely used by males. It derived from the Old French
Masculine name Josse which derived from the Latin
name Iudocus the Latinized
form of the Breton name Judoc meaning "lord". The name became rare after the 14th century but later revived as a female name which derived from the Middle English
joise meaning "rejoice". http://www.behindthename.com/name/joyce
Old French
Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories that span roughly the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from the 9th century to the 14th century...
Masculine name Josse which derived from the Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
name Iudocus the Latinized
Latinisation (literature)
Latinisation is the practice of rendering a non-Latin name in a Latin style. It is commonly met with for historical personal names, with toponyms, or for the standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences. It goes further than Romanisation, which is the writing of a word in the Latin alphabet...
form of the Breton name Judoc meaning "lord". The name became rare after the 14th century but later revived as a female name which derived from the Middle English
Middle English
Middle English is the stage in the history of the English language during the High and Late Middle Ages, or roughly during the four centuries between the late 11th and the late 15th century....
joise meaning "rejoice". http://www.behindthename.com/name/joyce
Name's origin: Saint Joyce (Judoc)
- Saint Joyce (600 – 668) – Breton prince and hermit, the son of a Juthael, king of Brittany. After his death, his body was claimed to be incorruptIncorruptibilityIncorruptibility is a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox belief that supernatural intervention allows some human bodies to avoid the normal process of decomposition after death as a sign of their holiness...
, his beardBeardA beard is the collection of hair that grows on the chin, cheeks and neck of human beings. Usually, only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. However, women with hirsutism may develop a beard...
and hairHairHair is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Found exclusively in mammals, hair is one of the defining characteristics of the mammalian class....
were trimmed from time to time by his followers (as was claimed for Saint Cuthbert). In 902902Year 902 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* August 1 – Taormina, the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily, is captured by the Aghlabid army....
, while the new minster at WinchesterNew Minster, WinchesterThe New Minster, Winchester was a royal Benedictine abbey founded in 901 in Winchester in the English county of Hampshire.Alfred the Great had intended to build the monastery, but only got around to buying the land. His son, Edward the Elder, finished the project according to Alfred's wishes, with...
was being built, there arrived some refugees from Saint-JosseSaint-JosseSaint-Josse, or Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Saint-Josse is located 4 miles west of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D144 road...
who brought with them the relics of their founder. Saint Grimbald enshrined them in the new church. Consequently feasts of Josse were prominently kept at WinchesterWinchesterWinchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
; His popularity in England may be deduced from the frequent Christian name Joyce (for both men and women) and from the use of his name in oaths by the Wife of Bath in Chancer's Canterbury Tales ("by God and by Seint Joce"). Through the discovery of a rival set of relics at Saint-Josse in 977 the cult of Josse also spread from Northern France to Flanders (where he is sometimes called Joost), Germany, Alsace, Switzerland, and Austria, where he is represented on the mausoleum of Maximilian in InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
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Academia
- Joyce LadnerJoyce LadnerJoyce Ann Ladner is a former United States civil rights activist, author, civil servant and sociologist who was born in Waynesboro, Mississippi on October 12, 1943 and who grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She was raised with four brothers and four sisters. Ladner began school at the age of...
(1943– ), American sociologist and author - Joyce LambertJoyce lambertJoyce Lambert , was an English botanist and stratigrapher. She showed that the Norfolk Broads are artificial when it had been thought that they were natural.-Early life:...
(1917–2005), botanist and stratigrapher - Joyce MarcusJoyce MarcusJoyce Marcus is a well-known American archaeologist, who has published extensively in the field of Latin American archaeological research. Her particular focus has been on the pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Mesoamerica, where much of her fieldwork has been concentrated on the Maya...
, American archaeologist - Joyce K. ReynoldsJoyce K. ReynoldsJoyce K. Reynolds is a computer scientist.Reynolds holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Southern California, United States. She has been active in the development of the protocols underlying the Internet...
, computer science professor - Joyce Ann Tyldesely, British archaeologist, academic, and freelance writer
- Joyce Winifred VickeryJoyce Winifred VickeryJoyce Winifred Vickery was an Australian botanist who specialised in taxonomy and became well known in Australian for forensic botany....
(1908–1979), Australian botanist
Art
- Joyce BallantyneJoyce BallantyneJoyce Ballantyne was a painter of pin-up art. She is best known as the designer of the Coppertone girl, whose swimming costume is being pulled down by a dog.-Early life and career:...
(1918–2006), American painter of pin-ups - Joyce WielandJoyce WielandJoyce Wieland, OC was a Canadian experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist.-Life:Joyce Wieland was an experimental filmmaker and artist, whose work challenged and bridged boundaries among avant garde film factions of her time...
(1931–1998), Canadian experimental filmmaker and mixed media artist
Business
- Joyce ChenJoyce ChenJoyce Chen was a Chinese chef, restaurateur, and entrepreneur. Born in Beijing, China, Chen and husband Thomas left Shanghai in 1949 as the communists were taking over the country. Chen ultimately settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Chen opened her first restaurant, "Joyce Chen Restaurant", in 1958...
(1917–1994), chef and restaurateur - Joyce HallJoyce HallJoyce Clyde Hall , an American businessman, was the founder of Hallmark Cards.- Biography :Born in David City, Nebraska, the son of Frank Dudley Houston and George Nelson Hall, a minister, Hall worked odd jobs, mostly involving sales, from age 8 on to supplement the meager income of his father...
(1891–1982), American businessman and founder of Hallmark Cards - Joyce NicholsonJoyce NicholsonJoyce Nicholson was an Australian author, business woman and a significant contributor to an Australian political organisation, the Women's Electoral Lobby....
(1919), Australian author and businesswoman
Film, television, and theater
- Joyce BlairJoyce BlairJoyce Blair was an English actress and dancer. She was the sister of Lionel Blair, with whom she often performed...
(1932–2006), English actress and dancer - Dr. Joyce Brothers (1928– ), TV personality
- Joyce BulifantJoyce BulifantJoyce Bulifant is an American television actress, notable for her sunny "little girl"-like Southern lilt of a voice. She was a frequent panelist on the television game show Match Game, more often than not giving bizarre answers that seldom matched the contestants.-Life and career:Bulifant was born...
(1937– ), American actress - Joyce CareyJoyce CareyJoyce Carey, OBE was a British actress, best known for her long professional and personal relationship with Noël Coward. Her stage career lasted from 1916 until 1984, and she was performing on television in her nineties. Though never a star, she was a familiar face both on stage and screen...
(1898–1993), British actress - Joyce ChopraJoyce ChopraJoyce Chopra , is an American director and writer of feature films and television.- Partial director filmography :*A Happy Mother's Day co-directed with Richard Leacock*Joyce at 34...
(1938– ), American film director - Joyce CoadJoyce CoadJoyce Coad was a child actress in motion pictures from Wyoming.-Child prodigy:Coad was the survivor of triplets whose parents died shortly after she was born. She was adopted by a childless couple and taken to Los Angeles, California...
(1917–1987), American child actress - Joyce ComptonJoyce ComptonJoyce Compton was an American actress.She was born Olivia Joyce Compton in Lexington, Kentucky and not Eleanor Hunt as is frequently erroneously stated. She had appeared in the film Good Sport with Hunt and this confusion in an early press article followed Compton throughout her career...
(1907–1997), American actress - Joyce DeWittJoyce DeWittJoyce Anne DeWitt is an American actress most famous for playing Janet Wood on the ABC sitcom Three's Company.-Early life:...
(1949– ), American actress best known for her role in Three's Company - Joyce GiraudJoyce GiraudJoyce Giraud is a Puerto Rican actress and model. She is a two time Miss Puerto Rico and the second runner up in the 1998 Miss Universe pageant. She had previously represented Puerto Rico at Miss World 1994....
(1975– ), Puerto Rican actress and model - Joyce Godenzi (1965– ), beauty queen and actress of Chinese and Australian descent
- Joyce GrenfellJoyce GrenfellJoyce Irene Grenfell, OBE was an English actress, comedienne, diseuse and singer-songwriter.-Early life:...
(1910–1979), English actress, comedienne and singer-songwriter - Amy Joyce Hastings (1980– ), Irish actress, and descendent of the Joyce family of the Tribes of GalwayTribes of GalwayThe Tribes of Galway were fourteen merchant families who dominated the political, commercial, and social life of the city of Galway in western Ireland between the mid-13th and late-19th centuries. They were the families of Athy, Blake, Bodkin, Browne, D'Arcy, Deane, Font, Ffrench, Joyce, Kirwan,...
- Joyce HyserJoyce HyserJoyce Hyser is an American actress.-Career:Hyser appeared in various films in the early 1980s, the last of which — Just One of the Guys — achieved some cult status. She then mainly guest-starred in TV shows, including a recurring role in L.A. Law as Jimmy Smits's girlfriend...
(1957– ), American actress - Joyce JacobsJoyce JacobsJoyce Jacobs is an English born Australia character actress adept at playing gossips and interfering busybodies....
(1922– ), British character actress - Joyce JimenezJoyce JimenezJoyce Herrín Reintegrado-Egbalic, popularly known by her screen name Joyce Jimenez is a Filipino actress who mainly stars in movies in the Philippines.-Biography:...
(1978– ), Filipino American actress - Joyce MacKenzieJoyce MacKenzieJoyce MacKenzie is an American actress who appeared in films and television from 1946 to 1961. She is best remembered for being the eleventh actress to portray Jane. She played the role opposite Lex Barker's Tarzan in 1953's Tarzan and the She-Devil.-External links:...
(1929– ), American actress - Joyce NizzariJoyce NizzariJoyce Nizzari is an American model, dancer, and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its December 1958 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Bunny Yeager. She is of Italian descent....
(1940– ), American model & actress - Joyce RandolphJoyce RandolphJoyce Randolph is an American actress, best known for playing Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners.-Early life and career:...
(1925– ), American actress - Joyce RedmanJoyce Redman-Biography:She was born in County Mayo, Ireland, to an Anglo-Irish family. She was educated by a private governess in Ireland, along with her three sisters. She was trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art....
(1918– ), British actress - Joyce Sparer AdlerJoyce Sparer AdlerJoyce Sparer Adler was an American critic, playwright, and teacher. She was a founding member of the faculty of the University of Guyana, writer of important critical analyses of Wilson Harris and Herman Melville, and 1988 president of the Melville Society.-Biography:Joyce Sparer Adler was born in...
(1916–1999), American critic, playwright, and teacher - Joyce Van PattenJoyce Van PattenJoyce Benignia Van Patten is an American stage, film and television actress.-Personal life:Van Patten was born in New York City, the daughter of Josephine Rose , an Italian American magazine advertising executive, and Richard Byron Van Patten, a Dutch American interior decorator.She is the younger...
(1934– ), American actress
Literature and print
- Joyce CaryJoyce CaryJoyce Cary was an Anglo-Irish novelist and artist.-Youth and education:...
(1888–1957), Irish novelist - Joyce CavalcanteJoyce CavalcanteJoyce M. F. Cavalcante is a Brazilian fiction writer.She was born in Fortaleza in the state of Ceará. Her novels have a significant erotic component...
(1949– ), Brazilian novelist - Joyce BrabnerJoyce BrabnerJoyce Brabner is a writer of political comics and a sometime collaborator with her late husband Harvey Pekar. Brabner is also a liberal social activist, most recently championing Coventry Village in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, the neighborhood in which she resides, with a series of imaginative...
(1952– ), writer of political comics - Joyce DyerJoyce DyerJoyce Dyer is a U.S. writer of nonfiction and memoirs whose most recent memoir, Goosetown: Reconstructing an Akron Neighborhood, tells the story of the author's attempt to remember the first five years of her life growing up in an ethnic neighborhood in Akron called Old Wolf Ledge , famous for...
, (1947– ), American scholar and writer - Joyce JillsonJoyce JillsonJoyce Jillson was a syndicated newspaper columnist, best-selling author, actress, and astrologer. Her column was syndicated worldwide in over 200 papers and magazines....
(1946–2004), American syndicated astrologer, actress and author - Joyce JohnsonJoyce JohnsonJoyce Johnson is an American author of fiction and nonfiction who won a National Book Critics Circle Award for her memoir Minor Characters about her relationship with Jack Kerouac.-Personal life:...
(1935– ), American Award-winning author - Joyce KilmerJoyce KilmerAlfred Joyce Kilmer was an American journalist, poet, literary critic, lecturer, and editor. Though a prolific poet whose works celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, Kilmer is remembered most for a short poem entitled "Trees" , which was published in...
(1886–1918), American poet - Joyce LussuJoyce LussuJoyce Salvadori , better known by her married name Joyce Lussu, was an Italian writer, translator and partisan....
(1912–1998), Italian writer, translator and partisan - Joyce MansourJoyce MansourJoyce Mansour was born Joyce Patricia Adès, in Bowden, England to Jewish-Egyptian parents. She lived in Cairo where she first came in contact with Parisian surrealism and then moved to Paris in 1953 where she became the best known Surrealist woman poet, author of 16 books of poetry, as well as a...
(1928–1986), British-born Egyptian surrealist poet - Joyce MaynardJoyce MaynardDaphne Joyce Maynard is an American author known for writing with candor about her life, as well as for her works of fiction and hundreds of essays and newspaper columns, often about parenting and family...
(1953– ), American writer - Joyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol OatesJoyce Carol Oates is an American author. Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction...
(1938– ), American novelist - Joyce Carol ThomasJoyce Carol ThomasJoyce Carol Thomas is an African-American poet, playwright, motivational speaker, and best-selling author of more than 30 children's books. She was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma and currently resides in Berkeley, California. She moved with her family in 1948 to Tracy, California. Thomas received a...
(1938– ), African American playwright, illustrator and author of children's books
Music
- Joyce AugusteJoyce AugusteJoyce Auguste was a Saint Lucian musician and leader of The Hewanorra Voices, which became a major popular folk band in the 1970s. Auguste also worked as music supervisor for the Saint Lucian school system and introduced folk music into the school curriculum....
, Saint Lucian musician and leader of The Hewanorra Voices - Joyce CoolingJoyce CoolingJoyce Cooling, a San Francisco based jazz guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, has recorded seven albums - five of which charted on Billboard. She has to her credit two #1 singles, six Top-10 and 13 charting radio singles in all and has garnered multiple music awards including the Gibson Best Jazz...
, American smooth jazz guitarist - Joyce HattoJoyce HattoJoyce Hatto was a British pianist and piano teacher. She became famous late in life, when unauthorised copies of commercial recordings made by other pianists were released under her name, earning her high praise from critics. The fraud did not come to light until a few months after her...
(1928–2006), faux English pianist - Joyce Moreno (musician) (1948– ), Brazilian singer-songwriter, formerly known as Joyce
- Joyce SimsJoyce SimsJoyce Sims is an American singer-songwriter. Her biggest hit single was "Come into My Life," which reached top-10 status in both the US Billboard R&B chart and the UK Singles Chart in 1987/8....
(1959– ), American singer-songwriter and pianist - Joyce WrightJoyce WrightJoyce Wright is an English singer and actress, best known for her performances in the mezzo-soprano roles of the Savoy Operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. She was married for a time to another D'Oyly Carte performer, Peter Pratt....
(1922– ), English opera singer and actress - Joyce YangJoyce YangJoyce Yang is a classical pianist.She began playing piano at age four as her aunt's first piano student . At age nine, Yang went to New York with her mother and aunt to play for Yoheved Kaplinsky...
(1986– ), Korean pianist - Joyce Zhao Hong QiaoJoyce Zhao Hong QiaoJoyce Chao Hung-chiao is Taiwanese actress and leader of Taiwanese female group 7 Flowers. During years in school, her friends introduced her to join a model company. After graduation, she entered Jungiery. She was let aside after the final decision of My MVP Valentine cast...
(1979– ), Taiwanese actress and member of music group 7 Flowers
Politics
- Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St JohnsJoyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St JohnsJoyce Anne Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St. Johns, DBE, PC is a Conservative member of the House of Lords and has been the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords since 12 May 2010, having previously been Opposition Chief Whip before the May 2010 General Election.-Early life:She was born Joyce...
, Conservative member of the House of Lords - Joyce BandaJoyce BandaJoyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian educator, grassroots gender rights activist turned politician who has been Vice-President of Malawi since May 2009. She is Malawi's first female vice president. She had previous posts as a Member of Parliament, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for...
(1951– ), Malawian Member of Parliament - Joyce BeattyJoyce BeattyJoyce Beatty in Dayton, Ohio, is Senior Vice-President for Outreach and Engagement at Ohio State University. She is a former Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives, who represented the 27th House District from 1999 to 2008. She served as Minority Leader.-Life and career:Beatty has...
(1950– ), member of the Ohio House of Representatives - Joyce ButlerJoyce ButlerJoyce Shore Butler, born Joyce Shore Wells was a British Labour Co-operative politician.Butler was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and Woodbrooke College....
(1910–1992), British Labour Co-operative politician - Joyce CusackJoyce CusackJoyce Marie Cusack is an American politician. She is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives, representing the 27th District and a member of the Democratic Party. Her district covered a part of Volusia County, Florida....
(1942– ), member of the Florida House of Representatives - Joyce FairbairnJoyce FairbairnJoyce Fairbairn, PC is a Canadian Senator and was the first woman to serve as Leader of the Government in the Senate....
(1939– ), Canadian Senator and first woman Leader of the Government in the Senate - Joyce GemayelJoyce GemayelJoyce Gemayel is the wife of former President of Lebanon, Amin Gemayel , and mother of the assassinated politician Pierre Amine Gemayel....
wife of former President of Lebanon Amin Gemayel and mother of the assassinated politician Pierre Amine Gemayel - Joyce Hens GreenJoyce Hens GreenJudge Joyce Hens Green is a Senior United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia.-Childhood:Green was born in 1928 in New York City. Her father was a psychiatrist and her mother was a homemaker. She had one brother...
(1928– ), American district court judge - Joyce KarlinJoyce KarlinJoyce A. Karlin, now Joyce Karlin Fahey, was a federal prosecutor, Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, and then a two-term mayor of Manhattan Beach, California. She now works as a private arbitrator and mediator....
, federal prosecutor, Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, and two-term mayor of Manhattan Beach, California - Joyce L. KennardJoyce L. KennardJoyce Luther Kennard is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California. Appointed by Governor George Deukmejian in 1989 she is the longest-serving justice sitting on the Court, having been retained by California's voters three times—first to fill the unexpired term in 1990, followed by...
(1941– ), associate justice on the California Supreme Court - Joyce MojonnierJoyce MojonnierJoyce "Sunny" Mojonnier served as a California State Assemblywoman for the 75th District from 1982 to 1990.She authored legislation to allow the use of closed circuit television testimony in California's courts, allowing children to testify from a side room and for violent offenders to be...
California Assemblywoman from 1983 to 1991 - Joyce MujuruJoyce MujuruJoice Mujuru is a Zimbabwean politician serving as Vice President of Zimbabwe. She has held this post since December 2004, and is also Vice President of ZANU-PF...
(1956– ), Zimbabwean politician, co-vice-president of the Zanu-PF party - Joyce Quin, Baroness QuinJoyce Quin, Baroness QuinJoyce Gwendolen Quin, Baroness Quin, PC is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Quin was educated at Whitley Bay Grammar School, University of Newcastle and the London School of Economics...
(1944– ), British Labour Party politician - Joyce Elaine RoopJoyce Elaine Roop-Biography:Born in Chicago, Roop attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she helped found the and was then was elected to the initial board of directors...
(1952–1995), attorney and environmental activist - Joyce SavolineJoyce SavolineJoyce Savoline is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the electoral district of Burlington for the Progressive Conservatives...
, Canadian politician - Joyce SteeleJoyce SteeleJoyce Steele was an Australian politician and one of the first two women elected to the Parliament of South Australia, the other being Jessie Cooper...
(1910– ), Australian politician and the first woman elected to the Parliament of South Australia - Joyce TrimmerJoyce TrimmerJoyce Trimmer was a Canadian politician. She was the first woman mayor of Scarborough, Ontario.Born in London, England, Trimmer emigrated to Toronto with her husband Douglas in 1954, where they settled on the Toronto Islands.Working as a secretary and then a business and typing teacher at...
(1927– ), Canadian politician - Joyce WatsonJoyce WatsonJoyce Watson, born 1955, is a Welsh Labour politician who has been a Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Mid and West Wales since 2007.-Career:...
, Welsh Labour Party politician and Member of the National Assembly for Wales
Sports
- Joyce ChepchumbaJoyce ChepchumbaJoyce Chepchumba is a long distance athlete from Kenya.- Achievements :*1995**Tilburg Ten Miles winner**Parelloop 10Kwinner *1997**London Marathon winner*1998**Chicago Marathon winner*1999...
(1970– ), Kenyan long distance runner - Joyce KingJoyce KingJoyce A. King was an Australian sprinter. She was born in Sydney.In 1948, she won the Australian national championships over 100 yards and 220 yards....
(1927– ), Australian sprinter - Joyce Moreno (footballer) (born 1974), Panamian-Spanish footballer
- Joyce WalkerJoyce WalkerJoyce Walker is an American basketball player who is most renowned for being the third woman to join the Harlem Globetrotters, following fellow LSU All American Jackie White.Walker was a basketball star at Garfield High School in Seattle in the late 1970s...
American basketball player and coach - Joyce WetheredJoyce WetheredJoyce Wethered, Lady Heathcoat-Amory was a golfer widely regarded as the greatest British woman player of all time....
(1901–1997), British golfer - Joyce ZiskeJoyce ZiskeJoyce Ziske is an American professional golfer. She played on the LPGA Tour from 1955 to 1960 and in 1960 she won the Women's Western Open which was one of the LPGA major championships at that time. She had her best finish in the U.S. Women's Open that same year, placing second...
(1935– ), American golfer
Other
- Joyce OhajahJoyce OhajahJoyce Ohajah is a British journalist, previously working on ITV London's regional news programme, London Tonight, and the national ITV Morning News. She was formerly a regular presenter on the ITV News Channel.-References:...
, British journalist and news anchor - Joyce MeyerJoyce MeyerJoyce Meyer is a Charismatic Christian author and speaker. Meyer and her husband Dave have four grown children, and live outside St. Louis, Missouri. Her ministry is headquartered in the St. Louis suburb of Fenton, Missouri.-Early life:Meyer was born Pauline Joyce Hutchison in south St. Louis in...
(1943– ), Christian Evangelical author and speaker - Joyce ChiangJoyce ChiangJoyce Chiang was an attorney with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service, who was murdered. Chiang disappeared on January 9, 1999, in Washington, D.C., and was later found dead...
(1970–1999), Taiwanese-American murdered in Washington DC in a manner similar to Chandra Levy
Business
- David JoyceDavid JoyceDavid Joyce was an American "lumber baron" and industrialist. His fortune was eventually inherited by Beatrice Joyce Kean who used it to establish the Joyce Foundation in 1948.-Early life:...
(1825–1904), American lumber baron and industrialist whose daughter, Beatrice Joyce Kean, established the Joyce FoundationJoyce FoundationThe Joyce Foundation is a charitable foundation based in Chicago in the United States and operating principally in the Great Lakes region.The Foundation primarily funds organizations in the Great Lakes region .-Programs:* Education: Focuses on public schools in Chicago, Cleveland, and Milwaukee;... - Morton Dean JoyceMorton Dean JoyceMorton Dean Joyce , of New York City, was a philatelist who specialized in the collection of United States revenue stamps and became known by his philatelic friends as the “Dean of United States revenue collectors.”-Collecting interests:...
(1900–1989), of New York City - Patrick H. JoycePatrick H. JoycePatrick H. "Pat" Joyce was an American railroad executive. He acted as chairman, president and trustee of the Chicago Great Western Railway between 1931 and 1946.-Notes:# Chicago Daily Tribune November 11, 1946....
(1879–1946), American railroad executive - Ron JoyceRon JoyceRonald Vaughan "Ron" Joyce, CM is a Canadian billionaire businessman. He co-founded the Tim Hortons doughnut chain as Tim Horton's partner and first franchisee.-Early life and career:...
(1930– ), Canadian billionaire and co-founder of Tim Horton's donut chain
Film, television, and theater
- Alice JoyceAlice JoyceAlice Joyce was an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 movies during the 1910s and 1920s, perhaps best known for her roles in the 1923 silent and 1930 talking versions of The Green Goddess....
(1890–1955), American actress - Brenda Joyce (actress)Brenda Joyce (actress)Brenda Joyce was an American film actress. She was born as Betty Graftina Leabo in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, although family and friends referred to her as Graftina....
(1912–2009), American actress - Elaine JoyceElaine JoyceElaine Joyce is an American actress.Joyce was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She made her film debut in 1961 as an extra in West Side Story and made uncredited appearances in several musical films, including The Music Man, Bye Bye Birdie, and Funny Girl before being cast in Such Good Friends in 1971...
(1945– ), American actress - Ella JoyceElla JoyceElla Joyce is an American actress.Born Cherron Hoye in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Detroit, Michigan, Joyce graduated from the Performing Arts Curriculum at Cass Technical High School, and went on to attend the Dramatic Arts program at Eastern Michigan University...
(1954– ), American actress - Emily JoyceEmily JoyceEmily Sian Joyce is an English stage and television actress.-Early life:Joyce is the youngest of three sisters, all of whom are in the entertainment business in the UK. Their mother loved the theatre and took the three girls to shows constantly...
(1970– ), British actress - Natalie JoyceNatalie JoyceNatalie Joyce was an American movie actress from Norfolk, Virginia.Joyce began her motion picture career in a series of two-reel comedies produced by the Christie Film Company. She was named one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1925. In 1927 she co-starred with Tom Mix in The Circus Ace for Fox Pictures...
(1902–1992), American film actress - Peggy Hopkins JoycePeggy Hopkins JoycePeggy Hopkins Joyce was an American actress and celebrity, famed as much for her several marriages to wealthy men, colorful divorces, scandalous affairs, her diamonds and generally lavish lifestyle as for her work on stage or screen.-Brief Biography:Born Marguerite Upton in Berkley, Virginia, she...
(1893–1957), American actress - Yootha JoyceYootha JoyceYootha Joyce was an English actress, best known for playing Mildred Roper in Man About the House and George and Mildred.-Early life:...
(1927–1980), English actress
Literature and print
- Brenda Joyce (author), American author
- Graham JoyceGraham JoyceGraham Joyce is an English writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards for both his novels and short stories. He grew up in a small mining village just outside of Coventry to a working class family. After receiving a B.Ed. from Bishop Lonsdale College in 1977 and a M.A. from...
, English science fiction writer - James JoyceJames JoyceJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
(1882–1941), Irish novelist - Michael Joyce (1945– ), American author and professor of English
- Patrick Weston JoycePatrick Weston JoycePatrick Weston Joyce was an Irish historian, writer and music collector, known particularly for his research in local place names of Ireland.-Biography:...
(1827–1914), Irish author, brother of Robert Dwyer Joyce - Robert Dwyer JoyceRobert Dwyer JoyceRobert Dwyer Joyce was an Irish poet, writer, and collector of traditional Irish music.-Life:He was born in County Limerick, Ireland, where his parents, Garret Joyce and Elizabeth O'Dwyer, lived in the northern foothills of the Ballyhoura Mountains, west of Ballyorgan...
(1830–1883), Irish poet - Stanislaus JoyceStanislaus JoyceStanislaus Joyce was an Irish teacher, scholar, and writer who lived for many years in Italy. He was the brother of James Joyce. Considered a "whetstone" by his more famous brother, who shared his ideas and his books with him, Stanislaus was three years younger than James, and a constant boyhood...
(1894–1955), Irish writer, teacher and scholar, brother of James Joyce - Trevor JoyceTrevor JoyceTrevor Joyce is an Irish poet, born in Dublin.He co-founded New Writers' Press in Dublin in 1967 and was a founding editor of NWP's The Lace Curtain; A Magazine of Poetry and Criticism in 1968....
(1947– ), Irish poet - William Joyce (writer)William Joyce (writer)William Joyce is an American author, illustrator, and filmmaker. Newsweek has called him one of the top 100 people to watch in the new millennium. His illustrations have appeared on numerous New Yorker covers and his paintings are displayed at national museums and art galleries. He lives with his...
(1957– ), American children's book author and illustrator
Music
- Archibald JoyceArchibald JoyceArchibald Joyce was a light music composer known for his early waltzes.He first came to prominence with the publication of his Song d'Automne Waltz which fast became a hit...
, English composer (1873–1963) - Don Joyce (musician), member of the experimental music group Negativland
- Eileen JoyceEileen JoyceEileen Alannah Joyce CMG was an Australian pianist whose career spanned more than 30 years. She lived in England in her adult years....
(1912–1991), Australian pianist - Mike Joyce (1963– ), British drummer with The Smiths
Politics
- Barnaby JoyceBarnaby JoyceBarnaby Thomas Gerald Joyce , Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian Senate representing the state of Queensland since July 2005...
(1967– ), Australian politician - Brian A. JoyceBrian A. JoyceBrian A. Joyce is a Massachusetts State Senator and a member of the Democratic Party. He represents the Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district, which includes Avon, Braintree, Canton, East Bridgewater, Easton, Milton, Randolph, Sharon, Stoughton, and West Bridgewater, and is currently serving his...
, Democratic Senator from Massachusetts - Charles Herbert JoyceCharles Herbert JoyceCharles Herbert Joyce was a U.S. Representative from Vermont.Joyce was born near Andover, England. At age six, in 1836, he immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in Waitsfield, Vermont....
(1830–1916), US Representative from Vermont - Eric JoyceEric JoyceEric Stuart Joyce is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Falkirk since 2005. Joyce served as a Private in the Black Watch before attending University and subsequently rejoining the army as a commissioned officer...
(1960– ), British politician and member of Parliament - George JoyceGeorge JoyceCornet George Joyce was an officer in the Parliamentary New Model Army during the English Civil War.Between 2 June and June 5 1647, while the New Model Army was assembling for rendezvous at the behest of the recently formed Army Council, George Joyce seized King Charles I from Parliament's custody...
(1618–1670?), agitator in the English Civil War - John Joyce (New Zealand)John Joyce (New Zealand)John Joyce was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Akaroa and Lyttelton, in the South Island.-Early life:Joyce was born in Cornwall, England in 1839. As a boy, he worked in the deep sea fishing industry. He was made the master of a schooner at age 19. In 1854, he emigrated to Victoria and...
(1839–1899), New Zealand politician - Kevin Joyce (politician), Illinois State Representative
- William JoyceWilliam JoyceWilliam Joyce , nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an Irish-American fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster to the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He was hanged for treason by the British as a result of his wartime activities, even though he had renounced his British nationality...
, British Nazi propagandist
Religion
- Gilbert Cunningham JoyceGilbert Cunningham JoyceGilbert Cunningham Joyce was a university educator and Bishop of Monmouth.Born 7 April 1866, he was educated at Harrow School, and Brasenose College, Oxford...
(1866–1942), educator and Bishop of Monmouth - Isaac Wilson JoyceIsaac Wilson JoyceIsaac Wilson Joyce was an American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1888.He was born in Colerain Township, Hamilton County, Ohio on 11 October 1836. He became a Member of the Northwest Indiana Annual Conference of the M.E...
(1836–1905), American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church - Jeremiah JoyceJeremiah Joyce-Life:He was born 24 February 1763 at Mildred's Court London. He became a glazier, but on the death of his father he used his inheritance to study for the Unitarian ministry, where he became proficient in mathematics and Latin...
(1763–1816), Unitarian minister and writer
Sports
- Alan JoyceAlan JoyceAlan Joyce is a former Australian rules footballer who after playing 49 games for Hawthorn became a premiership winning coach for the club. Originally from Glen Iris, Joyce played in the ruck for Hawthorn and gained life membership in 1996.In 1988 when incumbent coach Allan Jeans became ill due to...
(1942– ), Australian footballer - Bill JoyceBill JoyceBill Joyce was a Scottish footballer who played as a forward.Joyce started his career at Greenock Morton before moving to England and Bolton Wanderers in 1894, where he suffered a broken leg in 1896....
(1887–?), Scottish footballer - Bill Joyce (baseball)Bill Joyce (baseball)William Michael Joyce was a professional baseball player. He was a third baseman over parts of 8 seasons with the Brooklyn Ward's Wonders , Boston Reds , Brooklyn Grooms, Washington Senators, and New York Giants. For the Giants, he was also the manager for duration of his time with them...
(1865–1941), American baseball player - Bob JoyceBob JoyceRobert Thomas Joyce is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets...
(1966– ), Canadian ice hockey player - Cecelia JoyceCecelia JoyceCecelia Nora Isobel Mary Joyce is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and leg spin bowler, she has played twenty One-Day Internationals for the Ireland women's cricket team since July 2001....
(1983– ), Irish cricketer - Don Joyce (American football) (1929– ), American football player
- Dominick JoyceDominick JoyceDominick Ignatius Joyce is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he has played 66 times for the Ireland cricket team including one One Day International, six first-class matches and seventeen List A matches...
(1981– ), Irish cricketer - Ed JoyceEd JoyceEdmund Christopher Joyce is an Irish cricketer who has played for both the Irish and English national cricket teams. After beginning his career with Middlesex, he moved to Sussex in 2009. A left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm bowler of medium pace, Joyce is widely regarded as one of the...
(1978– ), Irish cricketer - Gus JoyceGus JoyceAugustine "Gus" Joyce is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he played three times for the Ireland cricket team in 2000, a first-class match against Scotland and matches against Italy and Scotland in the European Championship. Other members of his family have played...
(1974– ), Irish cricketer - Isobel JoyceIsobel JoyceIsobel Mary Helen Cecilia Joyce is an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and left-arm medium pace bowler, she has played one Test and 36 ODIs for the Ireland women's cricket team to date.-Playing career:...
(1983– ), Irish cricketer - Jim JoyceJim JoyceJames A. "Jim" Joyce III is a Major League Baseball umpire who has worked in the American League from 1987 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He wears uniform number 66...
(1955– ), Major League Baseball umpire - Joan JoyceJoan JoyceJoan Joyce is the softball coach at Florida Atlantic University, following a record-setting career as a softball player for the Raybestos Brakettes and the Orange Lionettes...
(1940– ), softball icon, among other sports - Joe JoyceJoe JoyceJoseph "Joe" Joyce is an English former footballer and currently appointed Academy Manager at Newcastle United.-Playing career:...
(1961– ), English footballer - John Joyce (footballer)John Joyce (footballer)John William Joyce was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for various clubs between 1898 and 1920. Throughout his career, he was known to supporters as "Tiny" in allusion to his size, being 6 feet tall and weighing 14 stone.-Football career:Joyce was born in Burton upon Trent,...
(1877–1956), English goalkeeper, known as "Tiny" who played for Southampton, Millwall, Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur - Kaelan JoyceKaelan JoyceKaelan Joyce , is an amateur boxer from the British Overseas Territory, Gibraltar. He started his boxing career in January 2000 as a Middleweight and competed exclusively in Gibraltar at first, but then mostly abroad thereafter....
(1982– ), Gibraltarian Amateur Boxer - Kara Lynn JoyceKara Lynn JoyceKara Lynn Joyce is an American swimmer and four-time Olympic silver medalist.-High school career:...
(1985– ), American swimmer - Leilani JoyceLeilani JoyceLeilani Joyce is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from New Zealand. During her career, she won the British Open in 1999 and 2000, and finished runner-up at the World Open in 2000 and 2001....
(1974– ), professional squash player from New Zealand - Luke JoyceLuke JoyceLuke James Joyce is an English professional footballer who plays for Accrington Stanley as a central midfielder.-Wigan Athletic:...
(1987– ), American soccer player for Carlisle United F.C. - Mark JoyceMark JoyceMark Joyce is an English professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the European Under-19 Championship in 2001, the English Open in 2005 and the English Amateur Championship in 2006, beating Martin O’Donnell 8–3 in the final.Joyce also...
(1983– ), English snooker player - Matt JoyceMatt JoyceMatthew or Matt Joyce may refer to:* Matt Joyce , former National Football League offensive lineman* Matt Joyce , baseball outfielder in the Tampa Bay Rays organization* Matthew M. Joyce , U.S. federal judge...
(1972), American football player - Michael Joyce (tennis player)Michael Joyce (tennis player)Michael T. Joyce is a former tennis player from the United States, who turned professional in 1991. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on April 8, 1996, when he became World No...
(1973– ), American tennis player - Pádraic JoycePádraic JoycePádraic Joyce |Galway]], Ireland) is a current inter-county Gaelic football player for Galway. He plays his club football with Killererin. He is regarded in GAA circles as one of the best forwards in the game over the past decade. His key abilities include excellent accuracy both from frees and...
(1977– ) Irish Gaelic football player for County Galway - Regina JoyceRegina JoyceRegina Joyce is a retired female long-distance runner originally from Ireland. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 23rd place in the women's marathon...
(1957– ), Irish long-distance runner - Sean JoyceSean JoyceSean William Joyce is an English former professional footballer who made 200 appearances in the Football League playing for Doncaster Rovers, Exeter City and Torquay United...
(1967– ), English footballer - Warren JoyceWarren JoyceWarren Garton Joyce is a former footballer who played in The Football League, and now works as a coach.-Early life at Bolton:...
(1965– ), English footballer
Other
- Gerald JoyceGerald JoyceGerald Francis Joyce is a professor and researcher at The Scripps Research Institute, best known for his work on in vitro evolution of catalytic RNA molecules and the origins of life....
(1956– ), scientist - Kerry JoyceKerry JoyceKerry Joyce is an award winning interior designer and product designer. He directs the firm Kerry Joyce Associates, which has offices in Los Angeles and Connecticut. In addition to his popular line of furniture, lighting, rug and textile designs, Joyce's firm has earned acclaim for a wide variety...
, American interior designer - Lucia JoyceLucia JoyceLucia Anna Joyce was the daughter of Irish writer James Joyce and Nora Barnacle.Italian was her first language and the language in which she corresponded with her father. She studied ballet while she was a teenager, becoming good enough to train with Isadora Duncan...
(1907–1982), ballet dancer and daughter of writer James Joyce - Philip Michael Joyce (1920–1942), U.S. Navy ensign for whom the US destroyer escort USS Joyce (DE-317)USS Joyce (DE-317)USS Joyce was an built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys....
is named - Ryan JoyceRyan JoyceRyan Joyce born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada is an Award Winning magician/illusionist who performs mostly in Canada but also internationally in such countries as The United Arab Emirates and India....
, Canadian illusionist
Fictional characters
- Joyce Benson, on the short-lived seventies comedy Angie
- Gilda JoyceGilda JoyceGilda Joyce is a mystery novel series written by Jennifer Allison, published by Dutton Children's Books.Gilda Joyce is a psychic investigator, a spy and an undercover reporter, who solves mysteries of the supernatural using a Ouija board, her wits and her Masters Psychic Handbook, seeking the...
, a character in the Gilda Joyce mystery novel series, by Jennifer Allison - Joyce SummersJoyce SummersJoyce Summers is a fictional character in the fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . Played by Kristine Sutherland, Joyce is the mother of the main character, Buffy Summers . Joyce appears regularly from the first episode until the character's death in the fifth season episode "The...
, the mother of Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Joyce Kinney, a character in Family GuyFamily GuyFamily Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
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See also
- Joyce Country, a region of counties GalwayCounty GalwayCounty Galway is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the city of Galway. Galway County Council is the local authority for the county. There are several strongly Irish-speaking areas in the west of the county...
and MayoCounty MayoCounty Mayo is a county in Ireland. It is located in the West Region and is also part of the province of Connacht. It is named after the village of Mayo, which is now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county is 130,552...
in IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
in which the Joyce family name is common.