Foster (surname)

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Foster is a surname, ultimately derived from the name of a Frankish saint, Vedast, also known as Foster or St. Foster.^[1]

It may refer to

• Abby Kelley Foster, American abolitionist
• Abiel Foster (1735–1806), American religious leader and politician
• Al Foster, American jazz drummer
• Alan Dean Foster (born 1946), American writer
• Amy Foster, (born 1992), British actor
• Andrew Foster, one of several people including
  • Andrew Foster (politician), Canadian politician
  • Andrew Foster (educator), American promoter of schools for the deaf
  • Andrew Foster, English tennis player
  • Andrew Foster (Australian rules footballer), Fremantle Dockers player
• Andrew Foster-Williams, British classical singer
• Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland politician
• Audrey Hylton-Foster, Baroness Hylton-Foster, British life peer
• Barry Foster, American football player
• Barry Foster, British actor
• Ben Foster, American actor
• Ben Foster, English footballer
• Bill Foster, one of several people including
  • Bill Foster, Negro League baseball player.
  • Bill Foster, college basketball coach.
  • Bill "The Fox" Foster, entertainer, self-proclaimed "World's Fastest Beer Drinker", and band leader on The Man Show
• Blake Foster, American actor
• Bob Foster (born 1938), American boxer
• Brendan Foster (born 1948), British runner
• Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican hurdler
• Brodie Foster Hubbard (1978 - ?), singer/songwriter/guitarist
• C.Edward Foster, Grand Dragon in the Ku Klux Klan
• Cecil Foster, Canadian writer
• Charles Foster, one of several people including
  • Charles Foster, a U.S. Republican politician from Ohio
  • Charles Foster, announcer for Granada television
  • Charles Foster, American Reform Party chairman
  • Charles Foster, British-born Canadian writer
• Christopher Foster, English cricketer
• Clement le Neve Foster, British geologist
• Cody Foster, American porn star
• Danny Foster, British musician
• Dave Foster, American drummer
• David Foster (born 1950), Canadian composer, musician, and producer
• David Foster, Australian champion woodcutter
• Denzil Foster, of record producers Foster & McElroy
• Derek Foster, British politician
• DeShaun Foster (born 1980), American football player
• Doctor Foster, nursery rhyme character
• Don Foster, British politician
• Donald W. Foster, American Professor of English and a linguistic/literary sleuth
• Dwight Foster (1757–1823), American politician
• Dwight Foster (born 1957), American hockey player
• Edward Foster, British soldier
• Ephraim H. Foster, American politician
• Ezola B. Foster, American activist
• Fiona Foster, British television journalist
• Florence Foster, American soprano Florence Foster Jenkins
• Frank Foster, one of several people including
  • Frank Rowbotham Foster (1889-1958) English cricket player
  • Frank Hugh Foster (1851- ) American Ph. D., D.D., and Congregational pastor
  • Frank Keys Foster (1854-1909) American labor leader
  • Frank Foster, American jazz saxophonist
  • Frank William Foster, British RAF officer
• Fred Foster, American songwriter
• George Foster, one of several people including
  • George Foster (baseball player) (born 1948), U.S. baseball player
  • George Eulas Foster (1847–1931), Canadian politician
  • George Foster (footballer), former British association football player
  • George Foster (American football) (born 1980), U.S. football player
• Gloria Foster, American actress
• Greg Foster, one of several people including
  • Greg Foster, American basketball player
  • Greg Foster, American hurdler
• Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, American academic
• Hal Foster (1892–1982), comic strip creator
• Hal Foster, American art critic
• Hannah Webster Foster, American novelist
• Harry Hylton-Foster, British politician
• Henry Foster (fl. 1820s), British soldier & scientist
• Henry Foster, American physician
• Henry A. Foster, American politician
• Hunter Foster, American entertainer
• Ian Foster, grid computing pioneer
• Israel Moore Foster, American politician
• Ivan Foster, Northern Ireland Presbyterian minister and politician
• Jack Foster (1932-2004), New Zealand long-distance runner
• James Foster, one of several people including
  • James Foster, English cricketer
  • James Foster, Scottish-born Canadian hockey player
  • James Foster (1786–1853), English entrepreneur
  • James C. Foster, American entrepreneur
• Jane Foster, alleged Soviet spy
• Jeanne Robert Foster, American poet
• Jeff Foster, American basketball player
• Jim Foster, Arena Football League founder
• Jodie Foster (born 1962), US actress
• John Foster, one of several people including
  • John Foster Jr,(1786–1846), British architect
  • John Foster Snr (architect),(1758–1827), British architect
  • John Bellamy Foster, American sociologist
  • John Leslie Foster, Irish politician
  • John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel (1740–1828), English Baron
  • John W. Foster (1836–1917), American diplomat
  • John Wells Foster (1815–73), American geologist
  • John G. Foster (1823–74), American soldier
  • John Foster (essayist) (1770–1843), English essayist
  • John Foster, American baseball player
• Jon Foster, American actor
• Jon Foster, American illustrator
• Josephine Foster, American musician
• Juliette Foster, British television journalist
• Karen Foster, American model and actress
• Kimberly Foster, American actress
• Kurtis Foster, Canadian ice hockey player
• Lafayette S. Foster, American politician
• Lauren D. Foster, (born 1992) twin with Amy Foster, British performing arts actor
• Lisa Foster, Canadian actress
• Lynn Foster, municipal councillor in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
• M. A. Foster (born 1939), author/writer
• Marcus Foster, American educator
• Mark Foster, one of several people including
  • Mark Foster (music critic) (1935–2001)
  • Mark Foster (swimmer) (born 1970)
  • Mark Foster (rugby player), rugby union player
• Maurice Foster, Canadian politician
• Maurice Foster, West Indian cricketer
• Meg Foster, American actress
• Michael Foster, one of several people including
  • Michael Foster, drummer of rock band, FireHouse
  • Michael Foster (1836 - 1907), physiologist
  • Michael Jabez Foster (born 1956), British politician
  • Michael John Foster (born 1936), British politician
  • Michael Alan Foster, Author of the LGPL'd X Library
• Murphy J. Foster, American politician
• Murphy J. Foster, Jr., American politician
• Myles Birket Foster, English watercolourist
• Neil Foster, English cricketer
• Sir Norman Foster (born 1935), British architect
• Norman Foster, American film director
• Norman Foster, Australian politician
• Peter Foster, Australian con man
• Phil Foster, American actor
• Philip Foster, American businessman
• Pops Foster,(1892(?) – 1969), American jazz musician
• Preston Foster (born 1901), actor
• R. F. Foster, card games rules expert
• Radney Foster, American musician
• Randolph Sinks Foster, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Father Reginald Foster, American Catholic priest
• Richard J. Foster, Quaker, Christian writer, and founder of the Renovare seminar
• Robert Sidney Foster, British Governor of Fiji
• Roy Foster one of several people including
  • Roy Foster, American football player
  • Roy Foster, historian and author
• Rube Foster (1879–1930), pioneer of Negro League baseball
• Rusty Foster, Kuro5hin founder
• Sara Foster, American actress
• Simon Foster, computer game artist
• Stephen Foster (1826–1864), American composer
• Stephen C. Foster (politician) (1822–1898), the first mayor of Los Angeles
• Sutton Foster (born 1975(?)), American entertainer
• T. Jack Foster, American land developer for whom Foster City, California was named
• Theodore Foster (1752–1828), U.S. politician
• Tim Foster, British rower
• Tip Foster, English footballer and cricketer
• Vince Foster (1945–1993), attorney for Bill Clinton
• Walter Edward Foster, Canadian politician
• Wilder D. Foster (1819-1873), U.S. Representative from Michigan
• Will Foster, British musician
• William Z. Foster (1891–1961), American activist

[edit] See also

• Foster
• Ellen Foster, novel
• Forster