John Foley may refer to:
Arts
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John Foley (author) (1917–1974), British soldier and author
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John Foley (Jesuit) (born 1939), American Jesuit priest and songwriter of Catholic liturgical music
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John Henry Foley
John Henry Foley (24 May 1818 – 27 August 1874), often referred to as J. H. Foley, was an Irish sculptor, working in London. He is best known for his statues of Daniel O'Connell for the O'Connell Monument in Dublin, and of Prince Albert for t ...
(1818–1874), Irish sculptor
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John Miles Foley
John Miles Foley (January 22, 1947 – May 3, 2012) was a scholar of comparative oral tradition, particularly medieval and Old English literature, Homer and Serbian epic. He was the founder of the academic journal ''Oral Tradition'' and the Cen ...
(1947–2012), folklorist
Military
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John Foley (British Army officer) (born 1939), former Chief of Defence Intelligence and Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey
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John D. Foley (1918–1999), American bomber gunner in World War II
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John H. Foley
Sergeant John H. Foley (1839 – November 18, 1874) was an Irish-born soldier in the U.S. Army who served with the 3rd U.S. Cavalry during the Indian Wars. He was one of four men received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in leading an attack ...
(1839–1874), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
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John Foley (major) (1813–1881), Irish-born soldier and merchant
Religion
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John Foley (Monsignor)
John Foley was an Irish priest who served a president of St. Patrick's, Carlow College.
Biography
He was born in 1854 at Mensal Lodge, Old Leighlin, County Carlow, to Patrick Foley and Anne Delaney. He was educated locally at Leighlinbridge Na ...
(1854–1937), priest, educator and President of Carlow College
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John Patrick Foley
John Patrick Foley (November 11, 1935 – December 11, 2011) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. From 2007 until 2011, he was Grand Master of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, an order of knighthood u ...
(1935–2011), Roman Catholic cardinal
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John Samuel Foley
John Samuel Foley (November 5, 1833 – January 5, 1918) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Detroit from 1888 until his death in 1918.
Biography
John Foley was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Ma ...
(1833–1918), third Catholic bishop of Detroit, for whom Bishop Foley Catholic High School in Madison Heights, Michigan, is named
Sports
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John Foley (American football), former American college football linebacker
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John Foley (baseball) (1857–?), baseball player
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John Foley (rugby league), rugby league footballer of the 1900s, and 1910s for Wales, and Ebbw Vale
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John Foley (rugby union) (born 1997), Irish rugby union player
Other
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John P. Foley (judge) (19381984), American lawyer and judge
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John R. Foley
John Robert Foley (October 16, 1917 – November 11, 2001) was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Maryland's 6th congressional district from 1959 to 1961.
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(19172001), U.S. congressman from Maryland
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John Foley (bushranger) (18331891), Australian convict
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John Foley (executive), American billionaire
See also
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Jack Foley (disambiguation)
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