Purefoy is the surname of: James Purefoy (born 1964), English actor Robert Purefoy, also Robert Parfew (d. 1557), bishop of Hereford William Purefoy (c. 1580–1659), one of the regicides of Charles I of England George Purefoy-Jervoise (1770–1847), English politician See also Wilfred Bagwell-Purefoy (1862–1930), British breeder of racehorses