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Joyce Maynard
Joyce Maynard (born 1953) is an American novelist and memoirist, author of Labor Day, To Die For, and At Home in the World, known for her 1972 New York Times essay and her relationship with J. D. Salinger.
Joyce Meyer
Joyce Meyer, born 1943, is an American Charismatic Bible teacher, author, and founder of Joyce Meyer Ministries, named by Time in 2005 among America's 25 most influential evangelicals.
Joyce Muniz
Joyce Muniz, born in São Paulo in 1983, is an Austrian-Brazilian house and techno DJ and producer who grew up in Vienna and is now based in Lisbon.
Joyce Randolph
Joyce Randolph, born Joyce Virginia Sirola (1924-2024), American actress who played Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners; last surviving member of the Classic 39 cast; died January 13, 2024.
Joyce Smith
Joyce Smith (née Byatt, born 1937) is a British distance runner who won the first two London Marathons (1981, 1982), set a 3000m world record in 1971, and finished 11th in the first women's Olympic marathon at age 46.
Joyce Sombroek
Joyce Sombroek (born 1990, Alkmaar) is a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, 117 caps for the Netherlands, Olympic gold London 2012 and silver Rio 2016, World champion 2014, FIH Goalkeeper of the Year 2014 and 2015; now a GP in Haarlem.
Joyce Summers
Joyce Summers is the mother of Buffy and Dawn Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, an art gallery manager played by Kristine Sutherland in 58 episodes across every season; she dies of a brain aneurysm in "The Body".
Joyce Van Patten
Joyce Benignia Van Patten (born March 9, 1934) is an American character actress of stage, film, and television, sister of Dick Van Patten, known for The Bad News Bears, The Good Guys, and seven decades of Broadway and TV work.
Joyce Vance
Joyce White Vance, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama (2009-2017), is a University of Alabama law professor, Brennan Center senior fellow, and MSNBC legal analyst who writes Civil Discourse and co-hosts #SistersInLaw.
Joyce Vincent
Joyce Carol Vincent, English woman found dead in January 2006 in her Wood Green, north London bedsit, nearly three years after dying in early 2003; subject of Carol Morley's 2011 documentary Dreams of a Life.
Joyce Waddell
Joyce Waddell is an American Democratic politician serving in the North Carolina State Senate from District 40, known for advocating higher pay for experienced teachers.
Joyce Wrice
Joyce Wrice is an American R&B singer-songwriter from San Diego, of Japanese and Black heritage. Debut EP Stay Around (2016); albums Overgrown (2021) and MACHIKO (October 9, 2026, BMG), 180 million streams.
Joycelyn Elders
Joycelyn Elders (Minnie Lee Jones, born 1933), Arkansas pediatric endocrinologist, state health director under Governor Clinton, and 15th U.S. Surgeon General (1993–1994), the first African American in the role, resigned after remarks on masturbation education.
Joyent
Joyent is an American cloud infrastructure and software company founded in 2004, best known for SmartOS, Triton DataCenter, Manta storage, and serving as Node.js's original corporate steward.
Joyeuse
Joyeuse: Charlemagne's legendary sword of the Song of Roland, whose color changed thirty times a day; also the composite French coronation sword at the Louvre, used at Reims from Philip III's 1271 coronation to Charles X in 1825, though it postdates Charlemagne.
Joyeux Noël
Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas), 2005 war drama by Christian Carion about the 1914 WWI Christmas truce; Oscar-nominated French co-production starring Diane Kruger, Benno Fürmann, and Guillaume Canet; distinct from the unrelated 2023 Hallmark film of the same name.
Joyful Grown-ups (完美的他)
Joyful Grown-ups, also known as Love Crossed, is a 2021 Chinese urban romance streaming series, 36 episodes, about women entangled with virtual boyfriends from an AR dating game.
Joyful Noise (film)
Joyful Noise is a 2012 American musical comedy-drama directed by Todd Graff, starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton as rivals leading a small-town Georgia church choir.
Joyhauser
Joyhauser is a Belgian techno duo formed by childhood friends Joris Cielen and Stijn Vanspauwen from Bilzen-Hoeselt, known for peak-time techno blending trance and rave.
Joyig script
Joyig (མགྱོགས་ཡིག, mgyogs yig, also Lhoyig, Drukyig) is Bhutan's cursive national script, a speed-written variant of Uchen traditionally attributed to the 8th-century translator Denma Tsemang and declared Bhutan's national script in 1971.
Joyland (film)
Joyland is a 2022 Pakistani Urdu and Punjabi drama, Saim Sadiq's debut feature, about a Lahore man's love for a trans dancer; first Pakistani Cannes entry, briefly banned at home, Oscar-shortlisted.
Joymalya Bagchi
Joymalya Bagchi (जॉयमाल्या बागची), Indian Supreme Court judge since 17 March 2025, formerly Calcutta High Court judge (2011–2025), argued against the Dwikhondito ban, in line to be Chief Justice of India in May 2031.
Joymoti
Joymoti (Assamese: জয়মতী, also Joymati) was a 17th-century Ahom princess tortured to death for refusing to reveal her husband Gadapani's hiding place, becoming a symbol of Assamese nationalism.
Joyner Lucas
Joyner Lucas, born Gary Maurice Lucas Jr. in 1988, is an American rapper from Worcester, Massachusetts, known for storytelling songs and the 2017 viral single "I'm Not Racist."
Jōyō
Jōyō (常陽) is a sodium-cooled experimental fast reactor fueled with uranium-plutonium mixed oxide at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Oarai institute in Ibaraki, Japan, reaching criticality in 1977.
Jōyō kanji (常用漢字)
Jōyō kanji (常用漢字) is Japan's official list of 2,136 kanji for common use, promulgated 30 November 2010, replacing the 1981 list of 1,945 and the 1946 Tōyō kanji; it guides official documents, media, and given names.
Joyoung
Joyoung, also known as Joyoung Co., Ltd. (九阳), is a Chinese small kitchen appliance maker founded in 1994 in Jinan, Shandong, by Wang Xuning, inventor of the automatic home soybean milk machine.
Joyous Elephant Vale
Joyous Elephant Vale (嬉象谷, also 五彩万象城) is a AAA-rated theme park and water park in Jining, Shandong, China, built for 350 million yuan on 1,136 mu with rides, water slides, and animal exhibits.
Joypolis
Joypolis (ジョイポリス) is a chain of indoor amusement parks created by the Japanese game company Sega, best known for Tokyo Joypolis, opened in Odaiba in 1996.
Joyride (Kesha song)
"JOYRIDE." is Kesha's electropop single released July 4, 2024 on her own Kesha Records, her first independent release and lead single of Period (2025); produced by Zhone, accordion-driven, over 140 million streams.