As a first name
* Joyce Anderson (1923–2014), American furniture designer and woodworker * Joyce Anderson (artist) (1932–2022), Canadian painter and art teacher * Joyce Ballantyne (1918–2006), American painter of pin-ups * Joyce Dennys (1893–1991), English cartoonist, illustrator and painter * Joyce Wieland (1931–1998), Canadian experimental filmmaker and mixed media artistBusiness
* Joyce Chen (1917–1994), American chef and restaurateur * Joyce Hall (1891–1982), American businessman and founder of Hallmark Cards * Joyce Kiage, businesswoman from Papua New Guinea * Joyce Nicholson (1919–2011), Australian author and businesswoman * Joyce Smyth (born 1957), English solicitorFilm, television, and theater
* Joyce Blair (1932–2006), British actress and dancer * Joyce Brothers (1927–2013), American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer * Joyce Bulifant (born 1937), American actress * Joyce Carey (1898–1993), British actress * Joyce Chopra (born 1938), American film director * Joyce Coad (1917–1987), American child actress * Joyce Compton (1907–1997), American actress * Joyce DeWitt (born 1949), American actress best known for her role in '' Three's Company'' * Joyce Giraud (born 1975), Puerto Rican actress and model * Joyce Godenzi (born 1965), Hong Kong beauty queen and actress of Chinese and Australian descent * Joyce Gordon (1929–2020), American actress and union representative *Literature and print
* Joyce Cary (1888–1957), Irish novelist * Joyce Cavalcante (born 1949), Brazilian novelist * Joyce Brabner (1952–2024), American writer of political comics * Joyce Dyer (born 1947), American scholar and writer * Joyce Hawkins (died 1992), English lexicographer and dictionary editor * Joyce Jillson (1946–2004), American astrologer, actress, and author * Joyce Johnson (author) (born 1935), American author * Alfred Joyce Kilmer (1886–1918), American poet * Joyce Lussu (1912–1998), Italian writer, translator, and partisan * Joyce Mansour (1928–1986), British-Egyptian surrealist poet * Joyce Maynard (born 1953), American writer *Music
* Joyce Auguste, Saint Lucian musician and leader of The Hewanorra Voices * Joyce Blackham (1934–2018), British opera singer * Joyce Cooling, American smooth jazz guitarist * Joyce Cheng, Hong Kong Canadian singer and actress based in Hong Kong * Joyce Chu, Malaysian singer * Joyce DiDonato (born 1969), American opera singer * Joyce Hatto (1928–2006), British pianist, known for the extensive fraudulent release of other performer's live recordings under her own name *Joyce Kennedy, American singer with the funk rock band Mother's Finest * Joyce Moreno (musician) (born 1948), Brazilian singer-songwriter, formerly known as ''Joyce'' * Joyce Paul (1937–2016), American country music singer * Joyce Sims (1959–2022), American singer-songwriter and pianist * Joyce Wright (1922–2020), British opera singer and actress * Joyce Yang (born 1986), Korean pianist * Joyce Zhao Hong Qiao (born 1979), Taiwanese actress and member of music group 7 FlowersPolitics
* Joyce Anelay, Baroness Anelay of St Johns (born 1947), Conservative member of the House of Lords * Joyce Banda (born 1951), Malawian Member of Parliament * Joyce Baird (1929–2015), British trade unionist * Joyce Beatty (born 1950), American politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives * Joyce Butler (1910–1992), British Labour Co-operative politician * Joyce Cusack (born 1942), American politician, member of the Florida House of Representatives * Joyce Dees (born 1954), American politician, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives * Joyce Fairbairn (1939–2022), Canadian Senator and first woman Leader of the Government in the Senate * Joyce Gemayel, wife of former President of Lebanon Amin Gemayel and mother of the assassinated politician Pierre Amine Gemayel * Joyce Henry, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives * Joyce Hens Green (born 1928), American district court judge * Joyce Karlin Fahey (born 1951), Venezuela-born American prosecutor, Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, and two-term mayor of Manhattan Beach, California * Joyce L. Kennard (born 1941), American judge, associate justice of the California Supreme Court * Joyce Mojonnier (born 1943), American politician, California Assemblywoman from 1983 to 1991 * Joyce Mujuru (born 1956), Zimbabwean politician, co-vice-president of the Zanu-PF party * Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin (born 1944), British Labour Party politician * Joyce Elaine Roop (1952–1995), American attorney and environmental activist * Joyce Savoline (born 1946), Canadian politician * Joyce Steele (1909–1991), Australian politician and the first woman elected to the Parliament of South Australia * Joyce Trimmer (1927–2008), Canadian politician * Joyce Watson (born 1955), Welsh Labour Party politician and Member of the National Assembly for WalesSports
* Joyce Barry (1919–1999), Australian cyclist * Joyce Chepchumba (born 1970), Kenyan long-distance runner * Joyce Edwards (born 2006), American basketball player * Joyce King (1920–2001), Australian sprinter * Joyce Moreno (footballer) (born 1974), Panamanian-Spanish footballer * Joyce Slipp (born 1950), Canadian basketball player and coach * Joyce Walker (born ca. 1961), American basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) and coach * Joyce Wethered (1901–1997), British golfer * Joyce Ziske (born 1935), American golferOther
* Joyce Baird (diabetologist) (1929–2014), Scottish diabetes clinician and academic researcher * Joyce Bishop (1896–1993), English educator * Joyce Chiang (1970–1999), Taiwanese-American murdered in Washington, D.C. * Joyce Cowan, New Zealand midwifery educator * Joyce Echaquan (1982/83–2020), Atikamekw woman mistreated by hospital staff * Joyce Gemayel, spouse of former Lebanese President Amine Gemayel * Joyce Giraud (born 1975), Puerto Rican actress, Miss Universe 1998 * Joyce Ladner (born 1943), American sociologist and author * Joyce Lambert (1917–2005), British botanist and ecologist * Joyce Marcus, American archaeologist * Joyce Meyer (born 1943), American Christian Evangelical author and speaker * Joyce Ohajah, British journalist and news anchor * Joyce Piliso-Seroke (born 1933), South African educator, activist, and community organizer * Joyce K. Reynolds (1952–2015), American computer science professor * Joyce Robinson (1925–2013), Jamaican public servant * Joyce Snell (born 1930), British statistician * Joyce Ann Tyldesely, British archaeologist, academic, and freelance writer * Joyce Waley-Cohen (1920–2013), English educationist and public servant *As a last name
Business
* Alan Joyce (born 1966), Irish-Australian Qantas CEO * David Joyce (1825–1904), American lumber baron and industrialist * Morton Dean Joyce (1900–1989), American philatelist * Patrick H. Joyce (1879–1946), American railroad executive * Ron Joyce (1930–2019), Canadian billionaire and co-founder of Tim Horton's donut chainFilm, television, and theatre
* Alice Joyce (1890–1955), American actress * Brenda Joyce (actress) (1912–2009), American actress * Elaine Joyce (born 1945), American actress * Ella Joyce (born 1954), American actress * Emily Joyce (born 1969), British actress * Natalie Joyce (1902–1992), American film actress * Peggy Hopkins Joyce (1893–1957), American actress *Literature and print
* Brenda Joyce (author) (born c.1963), American author * Graham Joyce, British science fiction writer *Music
* Archibald Joyce, British composer (1873–1963) * Don Joyce (musician) (1994–2015), member of the experimental music group Negativland * Eileen Joyce (1912–1991), Australian pianist * Mike Joyce (born 1963), British drummer with The SmithsPolitics
* Barnaby Joyce (born 1967), Australian politician * Brian A. Joyce (1962–2018), Democratic Senator from Massachusetts * Charles Herbert Joyce (1830–1916), U.S. Representative from Vermont * Eric Joyce (born 1960), British politician and member of Parliament * George Joyce (1618–1670?), agitator in the English Civil War * Janet J. Joyce (1940–2015), Illinois state senator * Jeremiah E. Joyce (born 1943), Illinois state senator * Jerome J. Joyce (1939–2019), Illinois state senator * John Joyce (New Zealand politician) (1839–1899), New Zealand politician * Kevin Joyce (politician), Illinois State Representative * Steven Joyce (born 1963), New Zealand politician * William Joyce (1906–1946), Anglo-Irish Nazi propagandist (known as "Lord Haw-haw")Religion
* Gilbert Cunningham Joyce (1866–1942), educator and Bishop of Monmouth * Isaac Wilson Joyce (1836–1905), American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church * Jeremiah Joyce (1763–1816), English Unitarian minister and writerSports
* Alan Joyce (born 1942), Australian Rules footballer * Alexis Joyce (born 1983), American sprinter * Bill Joyce (1887–?), Scottish footballer * Bill Joyce (baseball) (1865–1941), American baseball player * Bob Joyce (ice hockey) (born 1966), Canadian ice hockey player * Cecelia Joyce (born 1983), Irish cricketer * Darragh Joyce (born 1997), Australian rules footballer * David Oliver Joyce (born 1987), Irish boxer * Dominick Joyce (born 1981), Irish cricketer * Don Joyce (American football) (1929–2012), American football player * Ed Joyce (born 1978), Irish cricketer * Gus Joyce (born 1974), Irish cricketer * Isobel Joyce (born 1983), Irish cricketer * Jim Joyce (born 1955), Major League Baseball umpire * Joan Joyce (1940–2022), American softball player and coach, among other sports * Joe Joyce (born 1961), English footballer * Joe Joyce (born 1985), British boxer * John Joyce (footballer) (1877–1956), English goalkeeper, known as "Tiny" * Kaelan Joyce (born 1982), Gibraltarian amateur boxer * Kara Lynn Joyce (born 1985), American swimmer * Leilani Joyce (born 1974), professional squash player from New Zealand * Luke Joyce (born 1987), American soccer player for Carlisle United F.C. * Mark Joyce (born 1983), English snooker player * Matt Joyce (1972), American football player * Matt Joyce (1984), Major League Baseball outfielder * Michael Joyce (tennis player) (born 1973), American tennis player * Pádraic Joyce (born 1977), Irish Gaelic football player for County Galway * Rachel Joyce (born 1978), British triathlete * Regina Joyce (born 1957), Irish long-distance runner * Ryan Joyce (born 1985), English darts player * Sean William Joyce (born 1967), English footballer * Warren Joyce (born 1965), English footballerOther
* Dominic Joyce, British mathematician * Ernest Joyce (RNZAF officer) (1920–1944), New Zealand flying ace of the Second World War * Gerald Joyce (born 1956), American scientist * Kenyon A. Joyce, U.S. Army officer during World War II * Kerry Joyce, American interior designer * Lucia Joyce (1907–1982), Irish ballet dancer and daughter of writer James Joyce * Maolra Seoighe (Myles Joyce), Irishman executed by British authorities * Nan Joyce (1940–2018), Irish Travellers' right activist *Philip Michael Joyce (1920–1942), U.S. Navy ensign for whom the U.S. destroyer escort USS Joyce (DE-317) is named * Rosemary Joyce, American anthropologist * Thomas Athol Joyce (1878–1942), British anthropologist * Seoighe Inish Bearachain, Irish rowing championsFictional characters
* Joyce Barry, character in ''The Prisoner'' *Joyce Barnaby, character in '' Midsomer Murders '' (TV Series) * Joyce Benson, character in the 1970s comedy ''Angie'' * Joyce Byers, character in ''Stranger Things'' * Joyce Davenport, character in ''Hill Street Blues'' *Joyce Griff, Stanley's mother and a dentist in the Playhouse Disney animated television series '' Stanley'' *Joyce Hayward, eponymous heroine of ''Joyce'', an 1888 novel by Margaret Oliphant * Joyce Kinney, character in ''Family Guy'' * Joyce Summers, character in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Gilda Joyce, character in the ''Gilda Joyce'' mystery novelsSee also
* Joyce Country, a region of countiesReferences
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