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 (the Waterford area of Munster) was a title attributed to some early Foleys.

People

• Adrian Foley, 8th Baron Foley (1923–2012), British composer
• Anthony Foley (1973–2016), Irish rugby union player and coach
• Bernard Foley (born 1989), Australian rugby player
• Bill Foley (photojournalist), American photojournalist
• Blaze Foley (1949–1989), American singer
• Brendan Foley (filmmaker), Irish writer, producer and director
• Brendan Foley (rugby union) (born 1950), Irish rugby player
• Brian Foley (disambiguation)
• Brody Foley (born 2003), American football player
• C. Fritz Foley, American economist
• Caroline Rhys Davids (1857–1942), née Foley, English scholar and translator
• Charles Foley (disambiguation)
• Chris Foley (politician) (born 1956), Australian politician, independent member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
• Chris Foley (musician), American drummer for Boston hardcore bands SSD and DYS
• Christopher Foley (born 1974), also known as Kidd Chris, American radio show host
• Cornelia MacIntyre Foley (1909–2010), American artist
• Curry Foley (1856–1898), Irish baseball player
• Cyril Foley (1868–1936), English cricketer, military officer and archaeologist
• Dave Foley (born 1963), Canadian actor
• David Foley (born 1987), English professional footballer
• David Edward Foley (1930–2018), American Roman Catholic bishop
• Denis Foley (1934–2013), Irish politician
• Dennis Foley, American military fiction writer
• Des Foley (1940–1995), Irish sportsman and politician
• Dominic Foley (born 1976), Irish former professional footballer
• Duncan K. Foley (born 1942), American economist
• Ellen Foley (born 1951), American singer and actress
• Fiona Foley (born 1964), Australian artist
• Francis B. Foley (1887–1973), American ferrous metallurgist
• Frank Foley (1884–1958), British Secret Intelligence Service officer who helped thousands of Jewish families escape from Germany before the start of World War II
• Frank Foley (politician) (1922–1981), Canadian politician and educator
• Frederick Foley (1891–1966), American physician, designer of the Foley Catheter
• Gaelen Foley (born 1973), American writer
• Gary Foley (born 1950), Australian activist and academic
• Gerry Foley (1932–2021), American-born Canadian ice hockey player
• Glenn Foley (born 1970), American football player
• Henry Foley (disambiguation)
• Jack Foley (basketball) (1939–2020), American basketball player
• Jack Foley (poet) (1940–2025), American poet
• Jack Foley (sound effects artist) (1891–1967), American sound effects specialist
• James Foley (disambiguation)
• Jason Foley (born 1995), American baseball player
• Jennifer Crystal Foley (born 1973), American actress
• Jessica Foley (born 1983), Australian basketball player
• Jim Foley (born 1946), Canadian football player
• Joe Foley (born 1955), American women's basketball coach
• John Foley (disambiguation)
• Joseph Foley (c. 1821–?), Irish solicitor and nationalist politician
• Joseph P. Foley (1872–1928), Canadian politician
• Kevin Foley (disambiguation)
• Laurence Foley (1942–2002), American diplomat
• Lelia Foley (born 1942), first African-American woman elected mayor in the United States
• Leo Foley (1928–2016), American politician and state senator from Minnesota
• Linda Foley (born 1955), American journalist and labor leader
• Louise Munro Foley (1933–2021), American writer
• Lucy Foley (born 1986), American author
• Luke Foley (born 1970), Australian politician
• Mark Foley (born 1954), US congressman from Florida
• Mark Foley (Cork hurler) (born 1967), Irish former hurler
• Mark Foley (Limerick hurler) (born 1975), Irish former hurler
• Martin Foley (criminal) (born 1952), Irish criminal
• Margaret Foley (1827–1877), American sculptor
• Margaret Foley (suffragist) (1875–1957), Irish-American labor organizer, suffragist, and social worker
• Maurice Foley (politician) (1925–2002), British politician
• Maurice Foley (sportsman) (1930–2013), Australian cricketer and field hockey player
• Maurice B. Foley (born 1960), Chief Judge of the United States Tax Court
• Michael Foley (disambiguation), multiple people
• Mike Foley (Australian politician) (born 1946), Tasmanian politician
• Mike Foley (Nebraska politician) (born 1954), American politician
• Mick Foley (born 1965), American professional wrestler
• Mick Foley (born 1965), American professional wrestler
• Mick Foley (footballer) (1892–?), Irish footballer
• Mick Foley (public servant) (1923–1975), Australian public servant
• Nathan Foley (footballer) (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
• Nathan Foley (singer) (born 1979), Australian singer/songwriter, member of the children's group Hi-5
• Norma Foley (born 1970), Irish politician
• Pat Foley (born 1954), American former sports broadcaster
• Patrick Foley, drummer for the American-British band As It Is
• Patrick Foley (1858–1926), Roman Catholic professor, priest and Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin
• Paul Foley (disambiguation)
• Peter Foley (snowboarding) (born 1965 or 1966), American former snowboarding coach; suspended for 10 years for sexual misconduct
• Philip Foley (1648–1716), British ironmaster and politician
• Red Foley (1910–1968), American country music singer, musician
• Richard Foley (disambiguation)
• Richie Foley (born 1987), Irish hurler
• Rick Foley (1945–2015), Canadian ice hockey player
• Robert Foley (disambiguation)
• Sylvester R. Foley Jr. (1928–2019), American four-star admiral
• Sallie Foley, American psychotherapist, social worker and social work academic
• Samuel Foley (bishop) (1655–1695), bishop of Down and Connor
• Samuel J. Foley (politician) (1862–1922), New York politician
• Samuel J. Foley (district attorney) (1891–1951), Bronx County district attorney
• Sam Foley (born 1986), Irish-English footballer
• Sara Rowsey Foley (1840-1925), American biographer
• Scott Foley (born 1972), American actor
• Stephan A. Foley, American judge, namesake of Stephan A. Foley House in Lincoln, Illinois
• Steve Foley (disambiguation)
• Sue Foley (born 1968), Canadian blues musician
• Theo Foley (1937–2020), Irish footballer and football manager
• Theodore Foley (1913–1974), American-Italian Roman Catholic priest
• Tom or Thomas Foley (disambiguation)
• Thos Foley (born 1979), Irish snow skier
• Victoria Foley, American politician from Maine
• Will Foley (footballer) (born 1960), Scottish footballer
• William Foley (disambiguation)
• Zac Foley (1970–2002), 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

See also

• Sean Reid-Foley (born 1995), American baseball player
• Foli, a given name and surname
• Foly, a surname