Foy is a name of Irish, English and French origin.

Saint Faith Saint Faith or Saint Faith of Conques (Latin: Sancta Fides; French: Sainte-Foy; Spanish: Santa Fe) is a saint who is said to have been a girl or young woman of Agen in Aquitaine. Her legend recounts how she was arrested during persecution of ...

(french: Sainte-Foy) is a 3rd century Christian saint and martyr. People with the name and surname include:

People with the name

Given name

* Foy D. Kohler (1908–1990), American diplomat * Foy Vance (born 1974), Northern Irish musician * Foy E. Wallace (1896–1979), American preacher

Surname

* Anne Foy (born 1986), British TV presenter *

Ashley Foy Ashley Heather Foy (born January 7, 1990) is an American former competitive ice dancer. Competing for Germany with Benjamin Blum, she placed 13th at the 2008 World Junior Championships. Career Early in her career, Foy competed with Dean ...

(born 1990), American ice dancer * brian d foy, American computer programmer and author * Bryan Foy (1896–1977), American film director and producer who was earlier one of the "Seven Little Foys" * Charles H. Foy (1809–1866), American Medal of Honor recipient * Charley Foy (1898 – 1984) American actor * Chris Foy (actor) (born 1983), Australian actor * Chris Foy (referee) (born 1962), English football referee * Ciarán Foy, Irish film director * Claire Foy (born 1984), English actress *

Darron Foy Darron Townley 'Biffer' Foy (born 8 March 1971) is a former English cricketer. Foy was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Bury, Lancashire. Foy represented the Lancashire Cricket Board in 2 List A matches ...

(born 1971), English cricketer *

Des Foy Des Foy (born 29 December 1963 in Oldham, Lancashire) is a former professional rugby league footballer, appearing for various teams in Britain, and Australia, and at the international level for Great Britain and Ireland. Foy signed for Widnes ...

(born 1963), Irish rugby player *

Douglas I. Foy Douglas I. Foy (born c. 1947) is an environmental advocate and former president of the Conservation Law Foundation. In 2003, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney appointed Foy to the new post of Chief of Commonwealth Development. Romney inst ...

(born c. 1947), American environmentalist * E. W. Foy (1937–2014), American basketball coach *

Emma Foy Emma Foy (born 6 April 1989) is a New Zealand para-cyclist. She represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she won a silver and a bronze medal with sighted pilot Laura Thompson. From 2013 to 2019, she won ...

(born 1989), New Zealand para-cyclist *

Frances Foy Frances Foy (April 11, 1890 – 1963) was an American painter, muralist, illustrator, and etcher born in Chicago, Illinois. Career Foy began studying art with Wellington J. Reynolds at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and later attended the School ...

(1890–1963), American artist * Fred Foy (1921–2010), American actor and voice performer * Frederick Foy (1915–1995), English cricketer *

Gray Foy Gray Foy (1922–2012) was a mid twentieth-century American artist who created a visionary body of drawings from 1941 to 1975. His drawings are generally divided into two phases. First, from 1941–48, the artist drew figurative Surrealist landsc ...

(1922–2012), American artist * Humphrey Foy (1886–1956), American football player *

James Joseph Foy James Joseph "J.J." Foy (February 22, 1847 – June 13, 1916) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Toronto South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative member from 1898 to 1916. He was born in Toron ...

(1847–1916), Canadian lawyer * Joe Foy (1943–1989), American baseball player *

John Foy John Joseph Foy (March 26, 1882 – February 10, 1960) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. Foy was born in Cootehill, Ireland and immigrated to New York, where he competed for the Star Athletic ...

(1882–1960), American track and field athlete * Keith Foy (born 1981), Irish footballer * Kylie Foy (born 1971), New Zealand field hockey player * Lyla Foy (aka Wall), English singer/songwriter * Laura Foy (born 1976), American television host * Lydia Foy, Irish trans woman activist *

Mackenzie Foy Mackenzie Christine Foy (born November 10, 2000) is an American actress and model. She is known for portraying Renesmee Cullen in the 2012 film '' The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2'', which earned her a Young Artist Award nomination a ...

(born 2000), American actress and model * Magda Foy (1905–2000), "The Solax Kid", a child actor * Mark Foy (businessman) (1865–1950), Australian retailer *

Mark Foy (footballer) Mark Foy is a former footballer who represented New Zealand at international level and played for Gippsland Falcons and Adelaide City in the Australian National Soccer League. Playing career Club career Ahead of the 1996 National Summer Soccer ...

(born 1973), New Zealand football player * Mary Foy (disambiguation): various, including **

Mary Foy (librarian) Mary Emily Foy (July 13, 1862 – February 21, 1962) was the first woman head librarian of the Los Angeles Public Library, appointed to the job in 1880 at the age of 18. She had graduated the year before from Los Angeles High School. She served fo ...

(1862–1962), American librarian ** Mary Foy, British Member of Parliament elected 2019 **

Mary Lou Foy Mary Lou Foy (born August 17, 1944) is an American photojournalist. She served as picture editor at ''The Washington Post'' from 1990 to 2006 and was president of the National Press Photographers Association in 1992. Education Foy attended Aub ...

(born 1944), American photojournalist * Mathilda Foy (1813–1869), Swedish philanthropist * Matt Foy (born 1983), a Canadian ice hockey player * Matthew Foy (born 1998), English footballer * Maximilien Sébastien Foy (1775–1825), a French military leader, statesman and writer * Murray Foy (1935–1998), Australian actor and director *

Nathan Foy Nathaniel Gerrard Foy (born 1981) is a Welsh blind cricketer in the B1 category. He has been one of the iconic members of the England national blind cricket team since 2000 as he is regarded as one of the most experienced blind cricketers to pl ...

(born 1981), Welsh-born English blind cricketer *

Nathaniel Foy Nathaniel Foy, D.D. (164831 December 1707), was a bishop of Waterford and Lismore who belonged to a new generation of reformers of the established church along with William King and Narcissus Marsh. He had defended the established church during ...

(died 1707), Irish religious figure *

Pat Foy Pat Foy (born 1 January 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Austral ...

(born 1965), Australian rules footballer * Peter Foy (1925–2005), English stage-flight-effects specialist * Philip Foy (1891–1957), Argentine first-class cricketer *

Robbie Foy Robbie Foy (born 28 October 1985 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish former footballer, who played as a winger. Career Foy attended Oxgangs Primary School and Firrhill High School, and played for youth club Hutchison Vale, before making the move down s ...

(born 1985), Scottish footballer * Robert W. Foy (1916–1950), American fighter pilot triple-ace during World War II *

Shirley Bunnie Foy Shirley Bunnie Foy, also known as Bunny Foy (October 13, 1936 – November 24, 2016), was an American jazz singer, songwriter, and percussionist. Biography Shirley Bunnie Foy was born in Harlem, New York. She was raised in a family of musici ...

(1936–2016), American musician *

Thomas P. Foy Thomas P. Foy (March 13, 1951 – September 1, 2004) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party politician who served in both houses of the New Jersey Legislature representing the New Jersey's 7th legislative district, 7 ...

(1951–2004), American politician * Tim Foy, British territorial governor * Tom Foy (1879–1917), English music hall performer * Tommy Foy (1910–1985), Irish football player *

Vincent Foy Vincent Nicholas Foy (14 August 1915 – 13 March 2017) was a Canadian Roman Catholic cleric and theologian. He consistently wrote and taught on the intrinsic evil of artificial contraception, and strongly upheld Pope Paul VI's encyclical ...

(born 1915), Canadian Roman Catholic cleric and theologian * Walter Frank Foy (1908–1993), Canadian politician

Fictional characters

* Betty Foy, a fictional character in William Wordsworth's ''The Idiot Boy''

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