Joyce

Joyce Bryant (born Ione Bryant; 1927 – 2022) was an American singer, dancer, and civil rights activist who achieved fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer. With her signature silver hair and tight mermaid dresses, she became an early African-American sex symbol, garnering such nicknames as "The Bronze Blond Bombshell", "The Black Marilyn Monroe", "The Belter", and "The Voice You'll Always Remember".

Joyce Wrice is an R&B singer-songwriter.

Joyce Bamford-Addo, JSC, CV, is a Ghanaian barrister and judge who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana from 2009 to 2013. She was previously a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. Following her appointment to the Supreme Court bench, she became the first woman to become a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. She served in that role from 1991 till 2004 when she retired. She was also the first woman to be elected a Speaker of Parliament in the West African sub-region.

Joyce Yan-yee Cheng is a Hong Kong Canadian singer and actress based in Hong Kong. She is the daughter of late Hong Kong comedian Lydia Shum and singer/actor Adam Cheng.

Jocosa [or Joyce] Frankland (1531–1587) was an English philanthropist.

Joyce Giraud Mojica, also known as Joyce Giraud de Ohoven, is a Puerto Rican actress, model, philanthropist, film and television producer. Firstly in 1994, she competed in Miss World 1994 and was unable to make in top 10 and lost against Miss India, Aishwarya Rai. In 1998, Giraud was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 1998, and represented Puerto Rico at Miss Universe 1998, where she placed as the second runner-up. She has since appeared in acting roles in television and film, and beginning in 2013 was a housewife on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for its fourth season.

Joyce Ching is a Filipina actress.

Joyce Carol Thomas (1938 – 2016) was an African-American poet, playwright, motivational speaker, and author of more than 30 children's books.

Joyce Cooling is a smooth jazz guitarist, one of the most prominent female guitarists in the smooth jazz world.

Joyce Blythe is the name of Anne and Gilbert's first child. She does not survive and dies in infancy.

Joyce Sachiko Tsunoda is an American college administrator. She is the "first Asian American woman to serve as the chancellor of a multi-campus community college system". Tsunoda was born in Osaka, Japan in 1938. Her father, Yukio Nishimura, was a professional baseball player with the Hanshin Tigers, and her mother, Edith Sueko Higashi, was a Hawaiian Nisei. She has three younger sisters. In addition to serving as chancellor of the University of Hawaii community colleges chancellor, she has been a special adviser on international affairs to the university.

Dr. Joyce Brothers (1927-2013), a television personality and newspaper advice columnist.

Joyce we Witt, actress.

Jocasta "Joyce" Culpeper (c. 1408-1531) was the mother of the ill-fated Catherine Howard, King Henry VIII's fifth queen.

Jane Seymour's birth name is Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg.

The founder of Hallmark Cards name is Joyce Hall (man).

A male bearer of this name in fairly recent times was Joyce Gold, who edited the "Naval Chronicle" in England during the early nineteenth century.

Joyce is the name of the actress, Angelica Joyce Mandy, who plays Gabrielle Delacour in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.'

Joyce Roche is a famous bearer. She is a nonprofit director and is included in the new book In Their Shoes written by Deborah Reber.

Joyce Kilmer (1886-1918) is a fairly well-known bearer of this name. A poet, journalist, lecturist, literary critic, and editor, he is perhaps best known for his poem "Trees." American actor Val Kilmer is a second cousin.

Joyce Carol Oates is one of my favourite American authors. She is a great and prolific writer.

Jesse McCartney's little sister's name is Lea Joyce McCartney.

Joyce Meyer is a bearer of this name.

Joyce Grenfell was a British film and television actress, comedienne, and singer-songwriter.

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James Joyce was an Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.

Joyce Maynard is a writer who became famous for her relationship with J. D. Salinger.

Joyce is the name of Buffy Summers' (the vampire slayer) mother.