Foster (surname)

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

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.^[2]^[3]

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 (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Andrew Foster (politician) (1870–1956), Canadian politician
- Andrew Foster (educator) (1925–1987), American promoter of schools for the deaf
- Andrew Foster (tennis) (b. 1972), English tennis player
- Andrew Foster (Australian rules footballer) (b. 1985), 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, one of several people, including:
- Barry Foster (actor) (1927–2002), British actor
- Barry Foster (American football) (b. 1968), American football player
- Barry Foster (footballer)
Ben Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Ben Foster (actor) (b. 1980), American actor
- Ben Foster (footballer) (b. 1983), English footballer
Bill Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Bill Foster (baseball player) (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) (b. 1936), college basketball coach.
- Bill Foster (Illinois politician) (b. 1955), United States Representative
Blake Foster, American actor
Bob Foster (disambiguation), one of several people
Brendan Foster (b. 1948), British runner
Brenden Foster (1997-2008), founder of the Brenden Foster Food Drive
Brigitte Foster-Hylton, Jamaican hurdler
Carey Foster (1835–1919) English chemist and physicist
Cecil Foster, Canadian writer
Charles Foster (disambiguation), one of several people including
- Charles Foster (politician) (1828–1904), a U.S. Republican politician from Ohio
- Charles Foster (writer) (b. 1923), British-born Canadian writer
Christopher Foster, English cricketer
Clement le Neve Foster, British geologist
Danny Foster (disambiguation), one of several people
Dave Foster, American drummer
David Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- David Foster (born 1949), Canadian composer, musician, and producer
- David Foster (woodchopper) (b. 1957), Australian champion woodcutter
David Kirby Foster, Baptist minister and community leader from Missouri
Defne Joy Foster (1975–2011), Turkish actress, presenter, VJ
Denzil Foster, of record producers Foster & McElroy
Derek Foster, British politician
DeShaun Foster (born 1980), American football player
Doctor Foster, nursery rhyme character
Donald Foster (politician), British politician
Donald W. Foster, American Professor of English and a linguistic/literary sleuth
Douglas A. Foster, Professor of Church History at Abilene Christian University
Dudley Foster (1925–1973), British actor
Dwight Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Dwight Foster (Massachusetts) (1757–1823), American politician
- Dwight Foster (hockey) (born 1957), American hockey player
Edward Foster (disambiguation), one of several people
Ephraim H. Foster, American politician
Ezola B. Foster, American activist
Fiona Foster, British television journalist
Florence Foster, American soprano Florence Foster Jenkins
Frank Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Frank Hugh Foster (1851–1935), American Ph. D., D.D., and Congregational pastor
- Frank Keys Foster (1854–1909), American labor leader
- Frank William Foster (1887–1963), British RAF officer
- Frank Foster (cricketer) (1889–1958), English cricketer
- Frank Foster (musician) (b. 1928), American jazz saxophonist
Fred Foster, American songwriter
Gary Evans Foster, American World War I Medal of honor recipient
George Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- George Eulas Foster (1847–1931), Canadian politician
- George Foster (baseball player) (born 1948), U.S. baseball player
- George Foster (American football) (born 1980), American football player
Gloria Foster, American actress
Greg Foster (disambiguation), one of several people including
- Greg Foster (basketball), American basketball player
- Greg Foster (athlete), American hurdler
Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, American academic
Hal Foster, one of several people, including:
- Hal Foster (1892–1982), comic strip creator
- Hal Foster (art critic), American art critic
Hannah Webster Foster, American novelist
Harry Hylton-Foster, British politician
Harry Wickwire Foster, Canadian General in World War II
Henry Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Henry Foster (scientist) (1796–1831), British soldier & scientist
- Henry A. Foster (1800–1889), American politician
- Henry Foster (doctor), American physician
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
Jack Foster (footballer) (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. Foster (fl. 1970s), American entrepreneur
- James Foster (cricketer) (b. 1980), English cricketer
Jane Foster, alleged Soviet spy
Jeanne Robert Foster, American poet
Jeff Foster, American basketball player
Jim Foster (football), Arena Football League founder
Jim Foster (activist), LGBT and Democratic activist
Jodie Foster (born 1962), US actress
John Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel (1740–1828), English Baron
- John Foster Snr (architect) (1758–1827), British architect
- John Foster Jnr (architect) (1786–1846), British architect
- John Foster (essayist) (1770–1843), English essayist
- John Leslie Foster (1781–1842), Irish politician
- John Wells Foster (1815–1873), American geologist
- John G. Foster (1823–1874), American soldier
- John W. Foster (1836–1917), American diplomat
- John Bellamy Foster (fl. 1980s), American sociologist
- John Foster (baseball) (b. 1978), American baseball player
Jon Foster, American actor
Jon Foster (artist), American illustrator
Josephine Foster, American musician
Juliette Foster, British television journalist
Keith Foster, (b. 1948) music producer
Karen Foster, American model and actress
Kimberly Foster, American actress
Kurtis Foster, Canadian ice hockey player
Lafayette S. Foster, American politician
Lisa Foster, Canadian actress
Luke Foster, English footballer
M. A. Foster (born 1939), author/writer
Marcus Foster, American educator
Mark Foster (disambiguation), one of several people including
- Mark Foster (swimmer) (born 1970), British swimmer
- Mark Foster (rugby union), English rugby union player
- Mark Foster (golfer) (born 1975), English professional golfer
- MRK1, Mark Foster, a dubstep artist (formerly Mark One or Markone)
- Mark Foster (musician), American musician
  - Foster the People, the band named after Mark Foster, its lead singer
Maurice Foster, Canadian politician
Maurice Foster (cricketer), West Indian cricketer
Meg Foster, American actress
Michael Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Michael Foster (physiologist) (1836–1907), physiologist
- Michael Jabez Foster (born 1956), British politician
- Michael John Foster (born 1963), British politician
- Michael Foster (musician) (b. 1966), drummer of rock band FireHouse
Murphy Foster, one of several people, including:
- Murphy J. Foster (1849–1921), American politician
- Murphy J. Foster, Jr. (b. 1930), American politician
Murray Foster (b. 1967), Canadian musician
Myles Birket Foster, English watercolourist
Neal Foster (born 1972), member of the Alaska House of Representatives
Neil Foster, English cricketer
Norman Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Norman Foster (director) (1900–1976), American film director
- Norman Foster (Australian politician) (1921–2006), Australian politician
- Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (born 1935), British architect
Peter Foster, Australian con man
Phil Foster, American actor
Philip Foster, American businessman
Pops Foster (1892–1969), American jazz musician
Preston Foster (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) (b. 1949), historian and author
Radney Foster, American musician
Randolph Sinks Foster, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Father Reginald Foster, 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), Quaker author and theologian
Robert Frederick Foster (1853-1945), author on rules of games
Robert Sidney Foster, British Governor of Fiji
R. M. Foster (1896–1998), mathematician, specializing in topology of electrical networks
Ron Foster (born 1930), American actor
Roy Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- R. F. Foster (historian) (b. 1949), historian and author
- Roy Foster (football player) (b. 1960), American football player
Rube Foster (1879–1930), pioneer of Negro League baseball
Rusty Foster, Kuro5hin founder
Sara Foster, American actress
Scott Michael Foster, American actor
Shan Foster, American college basketball player
Stephen Foster (1826–1864), American composer
Stephen Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:
- Stephen C. Foster (politician) (1822–1898), the first mayor of Los Angeles
Susanna Foster (1924–2009), American movie actress
Sutton Foster (born 1975), American entertainer
Sydney F. Foster (1893–1973), New York judge
Teddy Foster (1908–1984), British bandleader
Theodore Foster (1752–1828), U.S. politician
Tim Foster, British rower
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

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Foster (surname)

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