James Thomas Farnan (12 July 1875 – 9 August 1916) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Recruited from Montague, he played one senior game for St Kilda, on the half-back flank, against Essendon, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground on 8 July 1899 (round nine).
Essendon won by 79 points, 11.19 (85) to 1.0 (6) (St Kilda did not score at all in the last three-quarters).
Private James Farnan, of the 46th Battalion Australian Infantry was killed in action, in France, on 9 August 1916.
[14] His name is located at panel 141 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.