Famous People with Name Joye

Gilles Joye            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Gilles Joye: was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance. A member of the Burgundian school, he was known mainly for his secular songs which were in a lyrical and graceful style.Between 1454 and 1459 no record of his activities survives in the Low Countries; based on his composition of an Italian ballata on a poem by a contemporary Florentine, it has been suggested that he spent some time in Italy, as did so many other Franco-Flemish composers of his and succeeding generations. By 1459 he was back at St. Donatian in Bruges.[1]

Odette Joyeux            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Odette Joyeux: was a French actress and writer of novels, plays, and scripts. She is also the author of some novels, of plays, of essays on Nicephore Niepce and on the dance, and of two books of literature for the youth evoking the dance: L'Âge heureux (adapted to the television) and Côté jardin. Joyeux also wrote The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (1956) (adapted to the film).

Malik Joyeux            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Malik Joyeux: was an accomplished all-around waterman and a professional Big Wave surfer. Known by many as the "petit prince", the Tahitian goofy-foot surfer often gained attention for charging the treacherous barrels at Teahupoo, Tahiti. He was credited in 2003 with t