Foster (surname)
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Foster is a surname
, perhaps derived from the name of a Frankish
saint
, Vedast
, also known as Foster or St. Foster.
Other possibilities for the origins of this surname are the Old English "cild-fostre", which was a nickname for a foster parent or foster child, the Anglo-French word Forest itself, or the Old French "forceter", meaning a maker of shears
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It may refer to:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
, perhaps derived from the name of a Frankish
Franks
The Franks were a confederation of Germanic tribes first attested in the third century AD as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River. From the third to fifth centuries some Franks raided Roman territory while other Franks joined the Roman troops in Gaul. Only the Salian Franks formed a...
saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
, Vedast
Vedast
Saint Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast or Saint Waast and Saint Gaston in French, Saint Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast (in Flemish, Norman, and Picard) or Saint Waast (also in Picard and Walloon) and Saint Gaston in French, Saint Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint...
, also known as Foster or St. Foster.
Other possibilities for the origins of this surname are the Old English "cild-fostre", which was a nickname for a foster parent or foster child, the Anglo-French word Forest itself, or the Old French "forceter", meaning a maker of shears
Shears
Shears may mean:* trauma shears, scissors used by emergency medical personnel to quickly and safely cut clothing* kitchen shears, a kind of scissors* pinking shears, a kind of scissors* blade shears, typically used for shearing animals...
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It may refer to:
- Abby Kelley Foster, American abolitionist
- Abiel FosterAbiel FosterAbiel Foster was an American clergyman and statesman from Canterbury, New Hampshire. He represented New Hampshire in the Continental Congress and the U.S. Congress....
(1735–1806), American religious leader and politician - Al FosterAl FosterAl Foster is an American jazz drummer. Foster played with Miles Davis's large funk fusion group in the 70s, was one of the few people to have contact with Miles during his retirement, and was also part of his comeback album The Man With the Horn of 1981...
, American jazz drummer - Alan Dean FosterAlan Dean FosterAlan Dean Foster is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. He currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife, and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts...
(born 1946), American writer - Amy FosterAmy Foster"Amy Foster" is a short story by Joseph Conrad written in 1901. It was first published in the Illustrated London News , and was collected in Typhoon and Other Stories ....
, (born 1992), British actor - Andrew Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Andrew Foster (politician) (1870–1956), Canadian politician
- Andrew Foster (educator)Andrew Foster (educator)Andrew Jackson Foster was a missionary to the Deaf in Africa from 1956 until his death in 1987. He became the first Black Deaf person to earn a bachelor's degree from Gallaudet College and the first to earn a master's degree from Eastern Michigan University...
(1925–1987), American promoter of schools for the deaf - Andrew Foster (tennis)Andrew Foster (tennis)Andrew Foster is a former tennis player from Great Britain.Foster did not won any single titles in his professional career...
(b. 1972), English tennis player - Andrew Foster (Australian rules footballer)Andrew Foster (Australian rules footballer)Andrew Foster is an Australian rules footballer, who was rookie listed by the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was taken with Fremantle's second round pick in the 2007 Rookie Draft ....
(b. 1985), Fremantle Dockers player
- Andrew Foster-WilliamsAndrew Foster-WilliamsAndrew Foster-Williams is an English lyric bass-baritone, concert singer and recitalist.Andrew Foster-Williams read music at Royal Academy of Music in London, graduating with a first-class honours degree. He has since been made an Associate of the Royal Academy...
, British classical singer - Arlene FosterArlene FosterArlene Isabel Foster is a politician in Northern Ireland. She is one of two Democratic Unionist Party MLAs representing the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. She became Minister of the Environment on 8 May 2009 and was subsequently reshuffled into the...
, Northern Ireland politician - Audrey Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-FosterAudrey Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-FosterAudrey Pellew Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster DBE , was the daughter of Douglas Clifton Brown, 1st Viscount Ruffside, and Violet Cicely Kathleen Wollaston...
, British life peer - Barry Foster, one of several people, including:
- Barry Foster (actor)Barry Foster (actor)Barry Foster was a British actor who appeared in numerous film roles and is known for his leading role as a Dutch detective in the ITV drama series, Van der Valk, which spanned five series over 20 years from 1972....
(1927–2002), British actor - Barry Foster (American football) (b. 1968), American football player
- Barry Foster (footballer)Barry Foster (footballer)Barry Foster is a retired English footballer who spent his entire Football League career at Mansfield Town, where he played as a left-back....
- Barry Foster (actor)
- Ben Foster (disambiguation)Ben Foster (disambiguation)Ben Foster may refer to:* Ben Foster , American actor* Ben Foster , English goalkeeper playing for West Bromwich Albion F.C.* Ben Foster , British orchestrator and conductor...
, one of several people, including:- Ben Foster (actor) (b. 1980), American actor
- Ben Foster (footballer)Ben Foster (footballer)Benjamin Anthony "Ben" Foster is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for West Bromwich Albion, on loan from Birmingham City, and internationally for the England national team.-Stoke City:...
(b. 1983), English footballer
- Bill Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Bill Foster (baseball player)Bill Foster (baseball player)William Hendrick "Bill" Foster was an American left-handed pitcher in baseball's Negro leagues in the 1920s and 1930s, and had a career record of 143-69...
(1904–1978), Negro League baseball player. - Bill "The Fox" Foster (1932–2000), entertainer, self-proclaimed "World's Fastest Beer Drinker", and band leader on The Man Show
- Bill Foster (basketball coach)Bill Foster (basketball coach)- External links :**...
(b. 1936), college basketball coach. - Bill Foster (Illinois politician)Bill Foster (Illinois politician)George William "Bill" Foster is a physicist and businessman, and the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2008 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life and education:...
(b. 1955), United States Representative
- Bill Foster (baseball player)
- Blake FosterBlake FosterBlake Anthony Foster is an American actor and martial artist.Foster was born in Northridge, California, the son of Patricia and John Foster.Foster was the Huggies baby at the age of sixteen months in 1986...
, American actor - Bob Foster (disambiguation)Bob Foster (disambiguation)Bob Foster may refer to:* Bob Foster , American football player* Bob Foster , American light heavyweight boxing world champion* Bob Foster , 1950 350cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion...
, one of several people - Brendan FosterBrendan FosterBrendan Foster CBE is a British former distance runner, entrepreneur and the founder of the Great North Run. He won the Bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics...
(b. 1948), British runner - Brenden FosterBrenden FosterBrenden Stephen Foster was 11 year old a boy from Bothell, Washington, diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2005. KOMO, a local broadcasting station, reported the story of Brenden's last wish, which was to feed the homeless, on 7 November 2008...
(1997-2008), founder of the Brenden Foster Food Drive - Brigitte Foster-HyltonBrigitte Foster-HyltonBrigitte Foster-Hylton O.D is a Jamaican 100m hurdler. She was the World Champion over 100m hurdles in 2009....
, Jamaican hurdler - Brodie Foster Hubbard (b. 1978), singer/songwriter/guitarist
- Carey FosterCarey FosterGeorge Carey Foster was a chemist and physicist, born at Sabden in Lancashire,He was Professor of Physics at University College London.-Early life:...
(1835–1919) English chemist and physicist - Cecil FosterCecil FosterCecil Foster is a Canadian novelist, essayist, journalist, and scholar. Born in Bridgetown, Barbados, where he began working for the Caribbean News Agency as the senior reporter and editor , and Barbados Advocate News as the reporter and columnist . He emigrated to Canada in 1979...
, Canadian writer - Charles Foster (disambiguation)Charles Foster (disambiguation)Charles Foster may refer to:*Charles Foster , U.S. Republican politician from Ohio*Charles Foster , American hurdler*Charles Foster , British-born Canadian writer*Charles A...
, one of several people including- Charles Foster (politician) (1828–1904), a U.S. Republican politician from Ohio
- Charles Foster (writer)Charles Foster (writer)Charles Foster is a Canadian publicist and writer. He was born in Cheshire, England. During World War II he was a pilot with the Royal Air Force. The RAF sent him to a base in Alberta, Canada for flight training and while on leave he visited Hollywood...
(b. 1923), British-born Canadian writer
- Christopher FosterChristopher FosterChristopher Knollys Foster was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in 1927.-Biography:...
, English cricketer - Clement le Neve FosterClement le Neve FosterSir Clement le Neve Foster FRS , English geologist and mineralogist- Life and work :Le Neve Foster was born at Camberwell, the second son of Peter le Neve Foster...
, British geologist - Danny Foster (disambiguation), one of several people
- Dave FosterDave FosterDave Foster is an American musician who was the third drummer for the grunge rock band Nirvana. He was fired after playing only a couple of performances with the band, mostly because of his inability to attend rehearsal sessions regularly...
, American drummer - David Foster (disambiguation)David Foster (disambiguation)David Foster is a Canadian musician.David Foster may also refer to:*David Foster , Australian actor*David Foster , Australian novelist*David Foster , Australian woodchopper...
, one of several people, including:- David FosterDavid FosterDavid Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
(born 1949), Canadian composer, musician, and producer - David Foster (woodchopper)David Foster (woodchopper)David "Big Dave" Foster OAM is a world champion woodchopper, and Tasmanian community figure.He started woodchopping with his father, George Foster, in 1978, and between them they won the World 600 mm Double-handed Sawing Championship eleven years straight...
(b. 1957), Australian champion woodcutter
- David Foster
- David Kirby FosterDavid Kirby FosterDavid Kirby or “D.K.” Foster was a prominent Baptist minister, influential community leader in Arkansas and Missouri, and a friend and counselor to President Harry S. Truman . After graduating from the seminary, Foster worked as both an educator and minister in Arkansas and Missouri...
, Baptist minister and community leader from Missouri - Defne Joy FosterDefne Joy FosterDefne Joy Foster was a Turkish-American actress, presenter and VJ.-Early life:Foster was born on September 2, 1975 in İncirlik, Turkey. Her father Steve is an African American and her mother Hatice is a Turk from İzmir...
(1975–2011), Turkish actress, presenter, VJ - Denzil Foster, of record producers Foster & McElroy
- Derek Foster, British politician
- DeShaun FosterDeShaun FosterDeShaun Xavier Foster is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was originally drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. He played college football at UCLA.-Early years:...
(born 1980), American football player - Doctor FosterDoctor Foster"Doctor Foster" is an English language nursery rhyme that has appeared in many anthologies since the nineteenth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19288.-The rhyme:...
, nursery rhyme character - Donald Foster (politician), British politician
- Donald W. Foster, American Professor of English and a linguistic/literary sleuth
- Douglas A. FosterDouglas A. FosterDouglas Allen Foster is professor of church history at Abilene Christian University and Associate Dean of Abilene Christian's Graduate School of Theology. He has taught at Abilene Christian since August 1991. He was appointed Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Theology in June 2006 and...
, Professor of Church History at Abilene Christian UniversityAbilene Christian UniversityAbilene Christian University is a private university located in Abilene, Texas, affiliated with Churches of Christ. ACU was founded in 1906, as Childers Classical Institute... - Dudley FosterDudley FosterDudley Foster was an English actor most notable on TV.Foster was born in Brighouse, Yorkshire. He appeared in such series as Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, Steptoe and Son, Doctor Who , and Z Cars, often in villainous roles. He occasionally appeared in films...
(1925–1973), British actor - Dwight Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Dwight Foster (Massachusetts)Dwight Foster (Massachusetts)Dwight Foster was an American lawyer and politician from Brookfield, Massachusetts. He graduated from the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations at Providence in 1774.He served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and represented Massachusetts in both...
(1757–1823), American politician - Dwight Foster (hockey)Dwight Foster (hockey)Dwight Alexander "Dewey" Foster is a Canadian ice hockey player. He was drafted to the National Hockey League in the first round, 16th overall in 1977 to Boston Bruins. Besides Boston, he played for the Colorado Rockies, New Jersey Devils, and Detroit Red Wings before retiring in 1987 because of...
(born 1957), American hockey player
- Dwight Foster (Massachusetts)
- Edward Foster (disambiguation), one of several people
- Ephraim H. FosterEphraim H. FosterEphraim Hubbard Foster twice served as a United States Senator from Tennessee. During his political career, he was a member of the Whig Party.-Biography:...
, American politician - Ezola B. FosterEzola B. FosterEzola Broussard Foster is an American activist, writer, and politician. She is president of Black Americans for Family Values, authored the book What's Right for All Americans, and was the Reform Party candidate for Vice President in the U.S. presidential election of 2000...
, American activist - Fiona FosterFiona FosterFiona Foster is a British television presenter and journalist with a lively high note voice, who has also spent several years working in the United States. She is currently a presenter on the BBC World travel programme Fast Track....
, British television journalist - Florence Foster, American soprano Florence Foster Jenkins
- Frank Foster (disambiguation)Frank Foster (disambiguation)Francis or Frank Foster may refer to:* Francis Foster * Frank Foster , , English cricketer* Frank Foster , American tenor and soprano saxophonist...
, one of several people, including:- Frank Hugh FosterFrank Hugh FosterFrank Hugh Foster, Ph. D., D.D. was an American clergyman of the Congregational church. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and graduated at Harvard in 1873....
(1851–1935), American Ph. D., D.D., and Congregational pastor - Frank Keys FosterFrank Keys FosterFrank Keys Foster was an early American labor leader.Foster was born in Palmer, Massachusetts on December 19, 1854, the son of Charles Dwight and Jane Elizabeth Foster; married Lucretia Ella Ladd on May 22, 1880 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He grew up in Palmer and was educated in common schools...
(1854–1909), American labor leader - Frank William FosterFrank William FosterWing Commander Frank William Foster DFC, DSM . Although born in West London, he was brought up and educated in the village of Stockcross in Berkshire...
(1887–1963), British RAF officer - Frank Foster (cricketer) (1889–1958), English cricketer
- Frank Foster (musician)Frank Foster (musician)Frank Foster was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. Foster collaborated frequently with Count Basie and worked as a bandleader from the early 1950s.-Biography:...
(b. 1928), American jazz saxophonist
- Frank Hugh Foster
- Fred FosterFred FosterFred Foster is an American songwriter, record producer, and founder of Monument Records.-Biography:...
, American songwriter - Gary Evans FosterGary Evans FosterGary Evans Foster was a S.C. National Guard Soldier serving in the United States Army during World War I who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.-Biography:...
, American World War I Medal of honor recipient - George Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- George Eulas FosterGeorge Eulas FosterSir George Eulas Foster, PC, PC, GCMG was a Canadian politician and academic. He coined the phrase "splendid isolation" to describe British foreign policy in the late 19th century....
(1847–1931), Canadian politician - George Foster (baseball player) (born 1948), U.S. baseball player
- George Foster (American football)George Foster (American football)George Foster was an American football offensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos 20th overall in the 2003 NFL Draft...
(born 1980), American football player
- George Eulas Foster
- Gloria FosterGloria FosterGloria Foster was an American actress, most known for her stage performances portraying an array of African-American characters, including her acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career.In films, she was perhaps best known as The...
, American actress - Greg Foster (disambiguation), one of several people including
- Greg Foster (basketball)Greg Foster (basketball)Gregory Clinton Foster is a retired American professional basketball player.-College years:Foster was born in Oakland, California and attended Skyline High School where he played alongside future NBA point guard Gary Payton. He began his collegiate basketball career at UCLA, playing for the Bruins...
, American basketball player - Greg Foster (athlete), American hurdler
- Greg Foster (basketball)
- Gwendolyn Audrey FosterGwendolyn Audrey FosterGwendolyn Audrey Foster is a professor in the Department of English, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, specializing in film studies, cultural studies, and Postfeminist Critical Theory...
, American academic - Hal Foster, one of several people, including:
- Hal Foster (1892–1982), comic strip creator
- Hal Foster (art critic)Hal Foster (art critic)Harold Foss "Hal" Foster is an American art critic and historian. He was educated at Princeton University, Columbia University, and the City University of New York. He taught at Cornell University from 1991 to 1997 and has been on the faculty at Princeton since 1997...
, American art critic
- Hannah Webster FosterHannah Webster FosterHannah Webster Foster was an American novelist.Her epistolary novel, The Coquette; or, The History of Eliza Wharton, was published anonymously in 1797. Although it sold well in the 1790s, it was not until 1866 that her name appeared on the title page...
, American novelist - Harry Hylton-FosterHarry Hylton-FosterSir Harry Braustyn Hylton-Foster , was a British Conservative Party politician who served as an Member of Parliament from 1950 until his death...
, British politician - Harry Wickwire FosterHarry Wickwire FosterMajor General Harry Wickwire Foster, CBE, DSO, was a Canadian Army officer who commanded two Canadian army divisions during World War II. He served in both the Pacific and European theatres.-Early life:...
, Canadian General in World War II - Henry Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Henry Foster (scientist)Henry Foster (scientist)Henry Foster was a British naval officer who took part in expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic and made various notable scientific observations....
(1796–1831), British soldier & scientist - Henry A. FosterHenry A. FosterHenry Allen Foster was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a United States Senator from 1844 to 1845.-Life:His family moved to Cazenovia, New York when he was a boy...
(1800–1889), American politician - Henry Foster (doctor)Henry Foster (doctor)Dr. Henry Foster, Jr., is Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the School of Medicine at Meharry Medical College in the United States. He is also Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University.-Career:Dr. Henry Foster served as U.S...
, American physician
- Henry Foster (scientist)
- Hunter FosterHunter FosterHunter Foster is an American musical theatre actor/singer, librettist and playwright.-Early life:Foster was born in Lumberton, North Carolina, but raised in Augusta, Georgia and Troy, Michigan. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre Studies from the University of Michigan in 1992...
, American entertainer - Ian FosterIan FosterIan Foster is a Distinguished Fellow and the Associate Division Director in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory, where he leads the Distributed Systems Laboratory, and he is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago...
, grid computing pioneer - Israel Moore FosterIsrael Moore FosterIsrael Moore Foster was a Republican Representative in the United States Congress from the State of Ohio....
, American politician - Ivan FosterIvan FosterIvan Foster is a retired senior minister in the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster and a former Democratic Unionist Party politician. He is a lifelong friend and associate of the Democratic Unionist politician and Free Presbyterian Church leader Ian Paisley...
, Northern Ireland Presbyterian minister and politician - Jack FosterJack FosterJohn Charles Foster was a former long-distance runner born in Liverpool, England. He represented New Zealand in the men's marathon at two Summer Olympics of Munich, West Germany and Montreal, Canada...
(1932–2004), New Zealand long-distance runner - Jack Foster (footballer)Jack Foster (footballer)John Samuel "Jack" Foster was an English footballer who played as a forward for various clubs in the 1900s...
(1877–1946), English footballer - James Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- James Foster (iron worker) (1786–1853), English entrepreneur
- James Foster (ice hockey) (1905–1969), Scottish-born Canadian hockey player
- James C. FosterJames C. FosterJames Clifford Foster is the chairman and chief executive officer of Charles River Laboratories, Inc., an international company that works on the drug discovery and development process.-Early life:...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
1970s), American entrepreneur - James Foster (cricketer)James Foster (cricketer)James Savin Foster is an English cricketer: a wicket-keeper who played seven Tests and 11 One Day Internationals in 2001/02 and 2002/03. Foster played his club cricket at Ilford Cricket Club and then Wanstead & Snaresbrook Cricket Club...
(b. 1980), English cricketer
- Jane FosterJane FosterJane Foster Zlatovski allegedly engaged, with her husband, George Zlatovski, in covert activities on behalf of the Soviet Union while employed in sensitive U.S. Government wartime agencies during World War II. They were indicted in 1957. Their case was never tried and both Zlatovskis denied the...
, alleged Soviet spy - Jeanne Robert FosterJeanne Robert FosterJeanne Robert Foster was an American poet from the Adirondack Mountains. She was born Julia Elizabeth Oliver in Johnsburg, New York....
, American poet - Jeff Foster, American basketball player
- Jim Foster (football), Arena Football League founder
- Jim Foster (activist)Jim Foster (activist)James M. "Jim" Foster was an American LGBT rights and Democratic activist. Foster became active in the early gay rights movement when he moved to San Francisco following his undesirable discharge from the United States Army in 1959 for being homosexual...
, LGBT and Democratic activist - Jodie FosterJodie FosterAlicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress, film director, producer as well as a former child actress....
(born 1962), US actress - John Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- John Foster, 1st Baron OrielJohn Foster, 1st Baron OrielJohn Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1761, a seat he held until 1769...
(1740–1828), English Baron - John Foster Snr (architect) (1758–1827), British architect
- John Foster Jnr (architect) (1786–1846), British architect
- John Foster (essayist)John Foster (essayist)John Foster was an English essayist, son of a weaver, born in the parish of Halifax, Yorkshire, and educated for the ministry at the Baptist college in Bristol. After serving as a minister for several years, he chose to devote himself to literature. He contributed nearly 200 articles to the...
(1770–1843), English essayist - John Leslie FosterJohn Leslie FosterJohn Leslie Foster, FRS was an Irish Tory Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament.The son of Lord Bishop Foster , he was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge. He represented Dublin University from 1807 to 1812, having first contested the seat in 1806...
(1781–1842), Irish politician - John Wells FosterJohn Wells FosterJohn Wells Foster was an American geologist and paleontologist, born at Brimfield, Massachusetts. He graduated at Wesleyan University in 1834, moved to Ohio, studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Zanesville...
(1815–1873), American geologist - John G. FosterJohn G. FosterJohn Gray Foster was a career military officer in the United States Army and a Union general during the American Civil War whose most distinguished services were in North and South Carolina. A postbellum expert in underwater demolition, he wrote the definitive treatise on the subject.-Early...
(1823–1874), American soldier - John W. FosterJohn W. FosterJohn Watson Foster was an American military man, journalist and diplomat.Born in Petersburg, Indiana, and raised in Evansville, Indiana, he was first a lawyer and then served as general for the Union in the American Civil War. Following the war he worked as a journalist, editing the Evansville...
(1836–1917), American diplomat - John Bellamy FosterJohn Bellamy FosterJohn Bellamy Foster is a professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and also editor of Monthly Review, an independent socialist magazine. His writings have focused on political economy, environmental sociology, and Marxist theory...
(fl. 1980s), American sociologist - John Foster (baseball) (b. 1978), American baseball player
- John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel
- Jon FosterJon FosterJon Foster is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the 2004 film The Door in the Floor, the 2006 horror movie, Stay Alive, and co-starring opposite Jenna Elfman in the CBS comedy Accidentally on Purpose.-Personal life:Foster was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of...
, American actor - Jon Foster (artist)Jon Foster (artist)-Biography:He is best known for his comic book covers and other works featured in Dungeons & Dragons and Alternity....
, American illustrator - Josephine FosterJosephine FosterJosephine Foster is an American modern folk and psychedelic rock singer-songwriter and musician from Colorado. As an adolescent she worked as a funeral and wedding singer, and aspired to become an opera singer...
, American musician - Juliette FosterJuliette FosterJuliette Foster is a British journalist and television news presenter.She is the sister of fellow host Fiona Foster.After graduating from the University of Wales, Lampeter, she trained as a Radio Journalist at the London College of Printing. Her first job was as a freelance reporter for BBC Radio...
, British television journalist - Keith Foster, (b. 1948) music producer
- Karen Foster, American model and actress
- Kimberly FosterKimberly FosterKimberly Foster is an American actress primarily active in the 1980s and 1990s.Foster is best known for her role as Michelle Stevens in the later seasons of the prime-time drama Dallas which she played from 1989 to 1991. Her character was briefly a sister-in-law to Bobby Ewing and later briefly a...
, American actress - Kurtis FosterKurtis FosterKurtis Foster is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League.-Playing career:...
, Canadian ice hockey player - Lafayette S. FosterLafayette S. FosterLafayette Sabine Foster was a nineteenth-century American politician and lawyer from Connecticut...
, American politician - Lisa FosterLisa FosterLisa Raines Foster is a British born Canadian television and movie actress, director, visual effects artist and animation producer. She is 5'6" tall-Personal life:...
, Canadian actress - Luke FosterLuke FosterLuke James Foster is an English footballer who plays for League Two side Rotherham United as a defender.Foster started his career as a trainee with Sheffield Wednesday, signing a professional contract with the club at the age of 18...
, English footballer - M. A. FosterM. A. FosterMichael Anthony Foster is an American science fiction writer from Greensboro, North Carolina. He spent over sixteen years as a Captain and Russian linguist in the United States Air Force.-"Ler" books:...
(born 1939), author/writer - Marcus FosterMarcus FosterMarcus Albert Foster was a respected African-American educator who gained a national reputation for educational excellence while serving as principal of Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Associate Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia, and as the first black...
, American educator - Mark Foster (disambiguation), one of several people including
- Mark Foster (swimmer)Mark Foster (swimmer)Mark Andrew Foster is a British professional swimmer, specialising in butterfly and freestyle at 50 metres....
(born 1970) - Mark Foster (rugby union) (b. 1983), rugby union player
- Mark Foster (swimmer)
- Maurice FosterMaurice FosterMaurice Brydon Foster was a former Canadian veterinarian and politician. He represented the electoral district of Algoma in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1993...
, Canadian politician - Maurice Foster (cricketer)Maurice Foster (cricketer)Maurice Linton Churchill Foster played 14 Tests and two One Day Internationals for the West Indies and he was a talented table-tennis player....
, West Indian cricketer - Meg FosterMeg FosterMegan "Meg" Foster is an American actress best known for her roles in the TV miniseries version of The Scarlet Letter, Ticket to Heaven, The Osterman Weekend, and They Live .-Life and career:...
, American actress - Michael Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Michael Foster (physiologist)Michael Foster (physiologist)Sir Michael Foster was an English physiologist.He was born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire and educated at University College School, London....
(1836–1907), physiologist - Michael Jabez FosterMichael Jabez FosterMichael Jabez Foster is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Hastings and Rye from 1997 until 2010...
(born 1956), British politician - Michael John FosterMichael John FosterMichael John Foster was a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Worcester from 1997 until 2010, and was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for International Development....
(born 1963), British politician - Michael Foster (musician)Michael Foster (musician)Michael Foster is the drummer of rock band FireHouse.-Biography:Michael Foster was born in Richmond, Virginia to James Earnest and Patricia Valenti Foster. He has a younger brother called Daniel Sean. Since he was a kid, his parents gave him pots and pans to beat on. Later on, he would receive a...
(b. 1966), drummer of rock band FireHouse
- Michael Foster (physiologist)
- Murphy Foster, one of several people, including:
- Murphy J. FosterMurphy J. FosterMurphy James Foster, Sr. , was a Louisiana politician who served two terms as the 31st Governor of Louisiana from 1892 to 1900.Early and personal life...
(1849–1921), American politician - Murphy J. Foster, Jr.Murphy J. Foster, Jr.Murphy James "Mike" Foster, Jr. served as 53rd Governor of Louisiana from January 1996 until January 2004. Foster's father was Murphy J. Foster, Jr., but Mike Foster uses "Jr." even though he is technically Murphy J. Foster, III. Foster is a businessman, landowner, and sportsman in St...
(b. 1930), American politician
- Murphy J. Foster
- Murray FosterMurray FosterMurray Foster is a Canadian musician, playing the electric bass and stand-up bass. The first concert he went to was a Peter Frampton concert at age 12 with Jian Ghomeshi in 1978. He attended Thornlea Secondary School, where he formed Moxy Früvous...
(b. 1967), Canadian musician - Myles Birket FosterMyles Birket FosterMyles Birket Foster was a popular English illustrator, watercolour artist and engraver in the Victorian period. His name is also to be found as Myles Birkett Foster.-Life and work:...
, English watercolourist - Neal FosterNeal FosterNeal Winston Foster is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 39th District, which is centered around Nome, Alaska. He has served in the House since November 15, 2009. He was appointed to the House to replace his father, Richard Foster, who had died in office the...
(born 1972), member of the Alaska House of Representatives - Neil FosterNeil FosterNeil Foster and educated at Philip Morant Comprehensive, Colchester, is a former English cricketer, who played in twenty nine Tests and forty eight ODIs for England from 1983 to 1993. He played for Essex from 1980 to 1993, earning his county cap in 1983...
, English cricketer - Norman Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Norman Foster (director)Norman Foster (director)Norman Foster was an American film director and actor.Born John Hoeffer in Richmond, Indiana, Foster originally became a cub reporter on a local newspaper in Indiana before going to New York in the hopes of getting a better newspaper job but there were no vacancies...
(1900–1976), American film director - Norman Foster (Australian politician) (1921–2006), Australian politician
- Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames BankNorman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames BankNorman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, OM is a British architect whose company maintains an international design practice, Foster + Partners....
(born 1935), British architect
- Norman Foster (director)
- Peter FosterPeter FosterPeter Clarence Foster is an Australian who has been convicted and jailed on three continents for offences involving weight loss products and property transactions....
, Australian con man - Phil FosterPhil FosterPhil Foster was an American actor and performer. He is best known for playing Frank De Fazio on the television sitcom Laverne & Shirley.- Biography :...
, American actor - Philip FosterPhilip FosterPhilip Foster was one of the first settlers in Oregon, United States. The farmstead he established in Eagle Creek in 1847 became the first outpost of civilization after 2,000 miles of travel for pioneers heading west along the Oregon Trail. Approximately 10,000 emigrants are believed to have...
, American businessman - Pops FosterPops FosterGeorge Murphy "Pops" Foster was a jazz musician best known for his vigorous playing of the string bass. He also played the tuba and trumpet professionally....
(1892–1969), American jazz musician - Preston FosterPreston FosterPreston Foster was an American stage and film actor, and singer. Foster entered films in 1929 after appearing as a Broadway stage actor. He was appearing in Broadway plays as late as October 1931 when he acted in a play titled Two Seconds starring Edward J. Pawley...
(1901–1970), actor - R.E. "Tip" Foster, English footballer and cricketer
- R. F. Foster, one of several people, including:
- Robert Frederick Foster (1853-1945), author on rules of games
- R. F. Foster (historian)R. F. Foster (historian)Robert Fitzroy Foster FBA FRHistS FRSL - generally known as Roy Foster - is the Carroll Professor of Irish History at Hertford College, Oxford in the UK.-Background and education:...
(b. 1949), historian and author
- Radney FosterRadney FosterRadney Foster is an American Texas Country artist. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his debut in 1986 alongside Bill Lloyd in the duo Foster & Lloyd...
, American musician - Randolph Sinks FosterRandolph Sinks FosterRandolph Sinks Foster was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1872.Born on 22 February 1820 at Williamsburg, Ohio, U.S.A., he attended Augusta College in Kentucky, but left to become a Preacher in the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church when he was only...
, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church - Father Reginald FosterFather Reginald FosterReginald Foster is an American Catholic priest and friar of the order of Discalced Carmelites. He formerly worked in the "Latin Letters" section of the Secretariat of State in the Vatican. This section is the successor to the historical Briefs to Princes. Father Foster became one of the Pope's...
, American Catholic priest - Richard Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Richard Foster (Alaska politician) (1946-2009), second-longest serving member of the Alaska House of Representatives
- Richard Foster (religion)Richard Foster (religion)Richard J. Foster is a Christian theologian and author in the Quaker tradition. His writings speak to a broad Christian audience. He has been a professor at Friends University and pastor of Evangelical Friends churches. Foster resides in Denver, Colorado...
, Quaker author and theologian
- Robert Frederick Foster (1853-1945), author on rules of games
- Robert Sidney FosterRobert Sidney FosterSir Robert Sidney Foster, GCMG, KCVO was a British colonial administrator, best remembered as the last colonial Governor of Fiji and the first Governor-General of the Dominion of Fiji.-Colonial service:...
, British Governor of Fiji - R. M. FosterR. M. FosterRonald Martin Foster , was a Bell Labs mathematician whose work was of significance regarding electronic filters for use on telephone lines...
(1896–1998), mathematician, specializing in topology of electrical networks - Ron FosterRon Foster (actor)Ronald R. Foster, known as Ron Foster , is an American actor, whose longest-running role was as Dr. Charles Grant from 1991-1995 in the defunct CBS soap opera The Guiding Light....
(born 1930), American actor - Roy Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- R. F. Foster (historian)R. F. Foster (historian)Robert Fitzroy Foster FBA FRHistS FRSL - generally known as Roy Foster - is the Carroll Professor of Irish History at Hertford College, Oxford in the UK.-Background and education:...
(b. 1949), historian and author - Roy Foster (football player)Roy Foster (football player)Roy Allen Foster is a former professional American football offensive lineman.-High school career:...
(b. 1960), American football player
- R. F. Foster (historian)
- Rube Foster (1879–1930), pioneer of Negro League baseball
- Rusty FosterRusty FosterLawrence Calvin Foster III, commonly known as Rusty Foster, is the founder of Kuro5hin, and the creator of Scoop, a collaborative media application used by several websites. He is widely known in the weblog community for running a donation drive which netted over US$39,500...
, Kuro5hin founder - Sara FosterSara FosterSara Christine Foster is an American actress. She was previously a fashion model before moving to the film industry. She is best known for her role as Jen Clark on 90210.-Career:...
, American actress - Scott Michael FosterScott Michael FosterScott Michael Foster is an American actor. He is best known for his role of "Cappie" on the ABC Family series Greek.-Biography:...
, American actor - Shan FosterShan FosterShan Donte Foster is an American professional basketball player. Foster played shooting guard for the Commodores college basketball team at Vanderbilt University. He is the school's all-time leader in both points and three-point baskets made, and is also among the Southeastern Conference's...
, American college basketball player - Stephen FosterStephen FosterStephen Collins Foster , known as the "father of American music", was the pre-eminent songwriter in the United States of the 19th century...
(1826–1864), American composer - Stephen Foster (disambiguation)Stephen Foster (disambiguation)Stephen Foster may refer to:* Stephen Foster , American songwriter* Stephen Clark Foster , first mayor of Los Angeles* Stephen Symonds Foster , American abolitionist and social activist...
, one of several people, including:- Stephen C. Foster (politician)Stephen C. Foster (politician)Stephen Clark Foster was a politician, the first American mayor of Los Angeles under United States military rule. Foster served in the state constitutional convention, and was elected to the State Senate...
(1822–1898), the first mayor of Los Angeles
- Stephen C. Foster (politician)
- Susanna FosterSusanna FosterSuzanne DeLee Flanders Larson was an American film actress best known for her leading role as Christine in the 1943 film version of The Phantom of the Opera....
(1924–2009), American movie actress - Sutton FosterSutton FosterSutton Lenore Foster is an American actress, singer and dancer. Foster has received two Tony Awards, in 2002 for her role of Millie Dillmount in Thoroughly Modern Millie and in 2011 for her role of Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes...
(born 1975), American entertainer - Sydney F. FosterSydney F. FosterSydney Francis Foster was an American lawyer and politician.-Life:He graduated from Cazenovia Seminary in 1911, and LL.B. from Syracuse University Law School in 1915. In 1916, he became a special deputy county clerk of Madison County, and was admitted to the bar in 1917...
(1893–1973), New York judge - Teddy Foster (1908–1984), British bandleader
- Theodore FosterTheodore FosterTheodore Foster was an American politician. He was a member of the Federalist Party and later the National Republican Party. He served as one of the first two United States Senators from Rhode Island and, following John Langdon, served as dean of the Senate...
(1752–1828), U.S. politician - Tim FosterTim FosterTimothy "Tim" James Carrington Foster MBE is a British rower. He began rowing at Bedford Modern School and competed in the Junior World Rowing Championships in 1987 and 1988. In the latter he competed in a pair with a Matthew Pinsent. He became the first British rower to win gold medals at two...
, British rower - Vince FosterVince FosterVincent Walker Foster, Jr. was a Deputy White House Counsel during the first few months of President Bill Clinton's administration, and also a law partner and friend of Hillary Rodham Clinton...
(1945–1993), attorney for Bill Clinton - Walter Edward FosterWalter Edward FosterWalter Edward Foster, PC was a politician and businessman in New Brunswick, Canada.Foster was born in St. Martins, New Brunswick. He began work as a clerk with the Bank of New Brunswick at Saint John...
, Canadian politician - Wilder D. FosterWilder D. FosterWilder De Ayr Foster was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.-Biography:Foster was born in Orange County, New York where he attended the common schools. He moved to Michigan in 1837, and engaged in the hardware business at Grand Rapids in 1845...
(1819–1873), U.S. Representative from Michigan - Will FosterWill FosterWill Foster is the keyboardist for the English rock band The Tears.Previously, he played with UK art rock band Delicatessen before forming Lodger - alongside Delicatessen singer Neil Carlill, Supergrass drummer Danny Goffey, and Goffey's wife Pearl Lowe....
, British musician - William Z. FosterWilliam Z. FosterWilliam Foster was a radical American labor organizer and Marxist politician, whose career included a lengthy stint as General Secretary of the Communist Party USA...
(1891–1961), American activist