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 Chri ...

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

People with the name

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* Foy D. Kohler (1908–1990), American diplomat *

Foy Vance Foy Vance (born 1974) is a musician and singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland signed to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man label. Vance has toured as a support act to British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran and his music has been featured on numerous ...

(born 1974), Northern Irish musician * Foy E. Wallace (1896–1979), American preacher

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* Anne Foy (born 1986), British TV presenter * Ashley Foy (born 1990), American ice dancer * brian d foy, American computer programmer and author *

Bryan Foy Bryan Foy (December 8, 1896 – April 20, 1977) was an American film producer and director. He produced more than 200 films between 1924 and 1963. He also directed 41 films between 1923 and 1934. He headed the B picture unit at Warner Bro ...

(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 Charley Foy (June 12, 1898 – August 22, 1984) was an American actor of both the vaudeville stage and film. Son of Eddie Foy Sr., he was one of the famous "The Seven Little Foys", the seven children of the senior Foy, who joined him on stage in ...

(1898 – 1984) American actor *

Chris Foy (actor) Chris Foy (born 25 January 1983) is an Australian actor. Biography Foy's most recent recurring role was playing Matt Leyland on the ABC children's program '' Blue Water High''. He has also appeared on '' Home and Away''. Chris was also seen in ...

(born 1983), Australian actor *

Chris Foy (referee) Christopher Foy (born 20 November 1962
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Ciarán Foy, Irish film director *

Claire Foy Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series ''The Crown'' (2016–2017) for which she won a Primetime Emmy Aw ...

(born 1984), English actress * Darron Foy (born 1971), English cricketer * Des Foy (born 1963), Irish rugby player * Douglas I. Foy (born c. 1947), American environmentalist * E. W. Foy (1937–2014), American basketball coach * Emma Foy (born 1989), New Zealand para-cyclist * Frances Foy (1890–1963), American artist *

Fred Foy Frederick William Foy (March 27, 1921December 22, 2010) was an American radio and television announcer and actor. He is best known for his narration of ''The Lone Ranger''. Radio historian Jim Harmon described Foy as "''the'' announcer, perhaps t ...

(1921–2010), American actor and voice performer * Frederick Foy (1915–1995), English cricketer * Gray Foy (1922–2012), American artist *

Humphrey Foy William Humphrey Foy (July 4, 1886 – May 2, 1956) was a college football player. Alabama Polytechnic Foy was a prominent fullback for the Auburn Tigers of Alabama Polytechnic Institute. The Auburn media guide also lists his position as a ...

(1886–1956), American football player * James Joseph Foy (1847–1916), Canadian lawyer *

Joe Foy Joseph Anthony Foy (February 21, 1943 – October 12, 1989) was an American professional baseball player who played third base in Major League Baseball. Boston Red Sox Born in New York City, Foy was signed as an amateur free agent by the Minnesot ...

(1943–1989), American baseball player * John Foy (1882–1960), American track and field athlete * Keith Foy (born 1981), Irish footballer *

Kylie Foy Kylie Anne Foy (born 30 December 1971, in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former field hockey striker from New Zealand, who finished sixth with her national team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Foy also competed with ''The Black Sticks'' at t ...

(born 1971), New Zealand field hockey player *

Lyla Foy Lyla Foy (aka Wall) is an English, London-based songwriter and solo artist. She has shared stages with The National, Sharon Van Etten, Midlake, Phosphorescent, and Fleet Foxes. Lyla also sings and plays bass with psychedelic six-piece, Mono C ...

(aka Wall), English singer/songwriter *

Laura Foy Laura Foy (born March 16, 1976 in Oakdale, New York) is an American former television producer and former co-host alongside Tina Wood, Geoff Keighley, and Scot Rubin of the interactive video game television program ''G4tv.com'' on G4. Foy beg ...

(born 1976), American television host *

Lydia Foy Lydia Annice Foy is an Irish trans woman notable for leading legal challenges regarding gender recognition in Ireland. In 1992 Foy had sex reassignment surgery, and began a 20-year battle to have her birth certificate reflect her gender identi ...

, Irish trans woman activist * Mackenzie Foy (born 2000), American actress and model *

Magda Foy Magda Foy (July 13, 1905 – February 2, 2000), also known and often credited as "The Solax Kid", was a child actor in the silent film era who worked for Solax Studio, the largest pre-Hollywood studio in the United States from 1910 to 1913. Bio ...

(1905–2000), "The Solax Kid", a child actor *

Mark Foy (businessman) Mark Foy (15 February 1865 – 15 November 1950) was a Australian retail businessman and entrepreneur who established the department store Mark Foy's in Sydney. He also opened the Hydro Majestic Hotel in the Blue Mountains, a hydropathic reso ...

(1865–1950), Australian retailer * Mark Foy (footballer) (born 1973), New Zealand football player * Mary Foy (disambiguation): various, including ** Mary Foy (librarian) (1862–1962), American librarian ** Mary Foy, British Member of Parliament elected 2019 ** Mary Lou Foy (born 1944), American photojournalist *

Mathilda Foy Mathilda (or ''Mathilde'') Foy (or ''Foj''), also known as ''Tante Esther'', (10 November 1813 – 1 November 1869), was a Swedish philanthropist and writer, known for her charitable work. She is known as a pioneer of the Sunday school, and as ...

(1813–1869), Swedish philanthropist * Matt Foy (born 1983), a Canadian ice hockey player * Matthew Foy (born 1998), English footballer *

Maximilien Sébastien Foy Maximilien Sébastien Foy (3 February 1775 – 28 November 1825) was a French military leader, statesman and writer.The memoirs of François René, vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1902 Page 128 "General Maximilien Sébastien Foy (1775-1825), after ...

(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 (died 1707), Irish religious figure * Pat Foy (born 1965), Australian rules footballer *

Peter Foy Peter Foy (11 June 1925 – 17 February 2005) was the stage flying effects specialist who founded " Flying by Foy", most widely known for its work flying actors in the play ''Peter Pan''. Born in London, England, he began in show business as a ch ...

(1925–2005), English stage-flight-effects specialist * Philip Foy (1891–1957), Argentine first-class cricketer * Robbie Foy (born 1985), Scottish footballer * Robert W. Foy (1916–1950), American fighter pilot triple-ace during World War II * Shirley Bunnie Foy (1936–2016), American musician * Thomas P. Foy (1951–2004), American politician *

Tim Foy Timothy John Foy is a former British civil servant and territorial governor. He served as Governor of Anguilla from August 2017 through December 2020. During his inaugural address, he stated that economic development and improving public safe ...

, British territorial governor *

Tom Foy Thomas Foy (1866 – 7 August 1917) was an English music hall performer and comedian. He was born in Manchester of Irish parents. Although some sources give his year of birth as 1879, official records (as well as his gravestone) indicate that ...

(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 "The Idiot Boy" is a lyrical poem by William Wordsworth. Poem The poem is of 463 lines and is written in five-line stanzas with a varying rhyme scheme. It was first published in the ''Lyrical Ballads'' of 1798, where it appeared between ''The Mad ...

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

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