Foley (surname)
Foley is a surname which originated in Ireland, in the southeast Munster region. The name is derived from the original modern Irish Ó Foghlú and older Irish Ó Foghladha, meaning "plunderer". The Lord of the Decies was a title attributed to some early Foleys.
People
- Adrian Foley, 8th Baron Foley, British composer
- Anthony Foley, Irish rugby union player and coach
- Bernard Foley, Australian rugby player
- Bill Foley, American photojournalist
- Blaze Foley, American singer
- Brendan Foley (filmmaker), Irish writer, producer and director
- Brendan Foley (rugby union), Irish rugby player
- Brian Foley (disambiguation)
- Brody Foley, American football player
- C. Fritz Foley, American economist
- Caroline Rhys Davids, née Foley, English scholar and translator
- Charles Foley (disambiguation)
- Chris Foley (politician), Australian politician, independent member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- Chris Foley (musician), American drummer for Boston hardcore bands SSD and DYS
- Christopher Foley, also known as Kidd Chris, American radio show host
- Cornelia MacIntyre Foley, American artist
- Curry Foley, Irish baseball player
- Cyril Foley, English cricketer, military officer and archaeologist
- Dave Foley, Canadian actor
- David Foley, English professional footballer
- David Edward Foley, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Denis Foley, Irish politician
- Dennis Foley, American military fiction writer
- Des Foley, Irish sportsman and politician
- Dominic Foley, Irish former professional footballer
- Ellen Foley, American singer and actress
- Fiona Foley, Australian artist
- Francis B. Foley, American ferrous metallurgist
- Frank Foley, British Secret Intelligence Service officer who helped thousands of Jewish families escape from Germany before the start of World War II
- Frank Foley (politician), Canadian politician and educator
- Frederick Foley, American physician, designer of the Foley Catheter
- Gaelen Foley, American writer
- Gary Foley, Australian activist and academic
- Gerry Foley, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
- Glenn Foley, American football player
- Henry Foley (disambiguation)
- Jack Foley (basketball), American basketball player
- Jack Foley (poet), American poet
- Jack Foley (sound effects artist), American sound effects specialist
- James Foley (disambiguation)
- Jason Foley, American baseball player
- Jennifer Crystal Foley, American actress
- Jessica Foley, Australian basketball player
- Jim Foley, Canadian football player
- Joe Foley, American women's basketball coach
- John Foley (disambiguation)
- Joseph Foley, Irish solicitor and nationalist politician
- Joseph P. Foley, Canadian politician
- Kevin Foley (disambiguation)
- Laurence Foley, American diplomat
- Lelia Foley, first African-American woman elected mayor in the United States
- Leo Foley, American politician and state senator from Minnesota
- Linda Foley, American journalist and labor leader
- Louise Munro Foley, American writer
- Lucy Foley, American author
- Luke Foley, Australian politician
- Mark Foley, US congressman from Florida
- Mark Foley (Cork hurler), Irish former hurler
- Mark Foley (Limerick hurler), Irish former hurler
- Martin Foley (criminal), Irish criminal
- Margaret Foley, American sculptor
- Margaret Foley (suffragist), Irish-American labor organizer, suffragist, and social worker
- Maurice Foley (politician), British politician
- Maurice Foley (sportsman), Australian cricketer and field hockey player
- Maurice B. Foley, Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court
- Michael Foley (disambiguation), multiple people
- Mike Foley (Australian politician), Tasmanian politician
- Mike Foley (Nebraska politician), American politician
- Mick Foley, American professional wrestler
- Mick Foley, American professional wrestler
- Mick Foley (footballer), Irish footballer
- Mick Foley (public servant), Australian public servant
- Nathan Foley (footballer), Australian rules footballer
- Nathan Foley (singer), Australian singer/songwriter, member of the children's group Hi-5
- Norma Foley, Irish politician
- Pat Foley, American former sports broadcaster
- Patrick Foley, drummer for the American-British band As It Is
- Patrick Foley, Roman Catholic professor, priest and Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
- Paul Foley (disambiguation)
- Peter Foley (snowboarding), American former snowboarding coach; suspended for 10 years for sexual misconduct
- Philip Foley, British ironmaster and politician
- Red Foley, American country music singer, musician
- Richard Foley (disambiguation)
- Richie Foley, Irish hurler
- Rick Foley, Canadian ice hockey player
- Robert Foley (disambiguation)
- Sylvester R. Foley Jr., American four-star admiral
- Sallie Foley, American psychotherapist, social worker and social work academic
- Samuel Foley (bishop), bishop of Down and Connor
- Samuel J. Foley (politician), New York politician
- Samuel J. Foley (district attorney), Bronx County district attorney
- Sam Foley, Irish-English footballer
- Scott Foley, American actor
- Stephan A. Foley, American judge, namesake of Stephan A. Foley House in Lincoln, Illinois
- Steve Foley (disambiguation)
- Sue Foley, Canadian blues musician
- Theo Foley, Irish footballer and football manager
- Theodore Foley, American-Italian Roman Catholic priest
- Tom or Thomas Foley (disambiguation)
- Thos Foley, Irish snow skier
- Victoria Foley, American politician from Maine
- Will Foley (footballer), Scottish footballer
- William Foley (disambiguation)
- Zac Foley, bassist for the band EMF
Fictional characters
- Axel Foley, in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise
- Joshua Foley, Marvel Comics character also known as Elixir
- Justin Foley, in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Matt Foley, from Saturday Night Live
- Richie Foley, a character from Static Shock
- Tucker Foley, one of the main characters of Danny Phantom
- Miss Foley, a character in the novel ''Something Wicked This Way Comes''