James Foley may refer to: James Foley (bishop) (born 1948), Australian Roman Catholic bishop James Foley (cricketer) (1898–1969), Irish cricketer James Foley (director) (1953–2025), American film director and screenwriter James Foley (journalist) (1973–2014), American journalist, beheaded by ISIL in 2014 James A. Foley (1882–1946), American lawyer and politician from New York James Bradford Foley (1807–1886), United States Representative from Indiana James Brendan Foley (born 1957), American diplomat James D. Foley (born 1942), American university professor in the field of human-computer interaction James L. Foley Jr. (1885–1960), American politician and farmer James Thomas Foley (1910–1990), American judge James Foley (author) (born 1982), Western Australian children's writer and illustrator
See also Jim Foley (born 1946), Canadian football player