James Foley may refer to:

• James Foley (bishop) (born 1948), Australian Roman Catholic bishop
• James Foley (cricketer) (1898–1969), Irish cricketer
• James Foley (director) (born 1953), 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), U.S. diplomat
• James D. Foley (born 1942), American university professor in the field of human-computer interaction
• James L. Foley Jr. (1885–?), American politician and farmer
• James Thomas Foley (1910–1990), American judge

• Jim Foley (born 1946), Canadian football player