John Foster

John Foster may refer to:

In politics:

• John Foster (16th century MP), in 1547 MP for Winchester (UK Parliament constituency) in 1547
• Rev. John Foster, 18th century American clergyman
• John W. Foster (1836–1917), American diplomat
• John H. Foster (1862–1917), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• John Foster of Dunleer (?–1747), MP for Dunleer, grandfather of 1st Baron Oriel
• John Thomas Foster (1747–1796), MP
• John William Foster (1745–1809), MP for Dunleer
• John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel (1740–1828), speaker of the Irish House of Commons
• John Leslie Foster (1781–1842), MP
• John Foster (Dunleer MP) (fl. 1790s), MP for Dunleer 1790–1792, son of 1st Baron Oriel
• John Foster (UK politician) (1904–1982)
• John Foster (Australian politician) (1818–1900), politician in the Electoral district of Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
• John Foster (priest) (1921–2000), Anglican dean of Guernsey

In academics:

• John Stuart Foster (1890–1944), Canadian physicist
• John Stuart Foster, Jr. (born 1922), American physicist and government official
• John Bellamy Foster (born 1953), American Marxist scholar
• John Wells Foster (1815–1873), American geologist
• John Foster (essayist) (1770–1843), English essayist
• John B. Foster (artist) (1865–1930), New England watercolorist
• John Foster (philosopher) (born c. 1940s), British philosopher

In art and entertainment:

• John Foster (singer) (born 1960), British singer
• John Foster (cartoonist) (c 1900 – c 1947), also director
• John Foster (printer) (1648-1681), American, also engraver
• John Foster (printer) (1648-1681), American, also engraver
• John Foster, Sr. (1758–1827), British architect
• John Foster (architect) (1786–1846), British architect
• John Foster, a character in the television series Skins

In sports:

• John Foster, Jr. (sailor) (born 1963), American sport-sailor
• John Foster, Sr. (sailor) (born 1938), American sport-sailor & sled racer
• John Foster (footballer) (born 1973), English footballer
• John Foster (baseball) (born 1978), American baseball player
• John B. Foster (baseball) (born 1863), New York City baseball writer, sports editor, and ballclub officer

See also

• Jon Foster, American actor
• Jon Foster (artist)
• Jonny Foster, fictional character
• John Forster (disambiguation)