James Joyce (1882–1941) was an Irish modernist avant-garde novelist and poet. James Joyce may also refer to: James Parker Joyce (1835–1903), New Zealand politician from Southland James Joyce (congressman) (1870–1931), U.S. Representative from Ohio James Joyce (rugby union) (fl. 1903), Australian rugby union player James Joyce (athlete) (born 1936), Australian Olympic hurdler Jim Joyce (born 1955), Major League Baseball umpire LÉ James Joyce (P62), a ship of the Irish Naval Service James Joyce (biography), a 1959 biography by Richard Ellmann