John Foster

John Foster may refer to:

15th/16th/17th-century politicians

• John Foster (MP for Bristol), 15th-century MP for Bristol (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Foster (died 1576), Member of Parliament for Winchester, Plympton Erle and Hindon
• John Foster (by 1508-47/51), MP for Much Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency)
• John Foster (died 1558), MP for Shaftesbury and Hertfordshire

18th-century politicians

• John Foster of Dunleer (died 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 Foster (Dunleer MP), MP for Dunleer 1790–1792, son of 1st Baron Oriel

19th/20th-century politicians

• John Leslie Foster (1781–1842), MP
• John Foster (Australian politician) (1818–1900), politician in colonial New South Wales and Victoria
• John W. Foster (1836–1917), American diplomat
• John H. Foster (1862–1917), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• John Kenneth Foster (1866–1930), British Conservative Party politician
• John Foster (British politician) (1904–1982), British Conservative Party politician
• John Foster (Canadian politician), Canadian federal election results in Ottawa
• John Foster (Lord Mayor of York) on List of Lord Mayors of York

Academics

• John Stuart Foster (1890–1944), Canadian physicist
• John S. Foster, Jr. (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 Foster (philosopher) (1941–2009), British philosopher
• John Foster (Manitoba politician) in Manitoba general election, 1927
• John Foster (Tasmanian politician) for Electoral division of Huon
• John Foster (Virginia politician) on List of mayors of Richmond, Virginia
• John Foster (canon) (d. 1775) Headmaster of Eton College.

Art and entertainment

• John Foster (singer) (born 1960), British singer
• John Foster (cartoonist) (1886–1959), also director
• John Foster (printer) (1648–1681), American printer and engraver
• John B. Foster (artist) (1865–1930), New England watercolorist
• John Foster, a character in the television series Skins
• John Foster (cinematographer), see Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
• John Foster (composer and magistrate), composer of the tune set to "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night"

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 Foster (cricketer) (born 1955), former English cricketer
• John B. Foster (baseball) (1863–?), New York City baseball writer, sports editor, and ballclub officer, see 1941 in baseball
• John Foster (bobsleigh) for Virgin Islands at the 1988 Winter Olympics
• John Foster (sport shooter) in 1961 World Shotgun and Running Target Championships
• John Foster (water polo), played Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Journalists

• John Foster (Canadian journalist), see This Land
• John Foster (BBC journalist) on Agenda (BBC Scotland programme)
• John Foster (journalist), see Eyre Evans Crowe
• John Y. Foster (1831-1896), American journalist and historian, editor-in-chief of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper

Military

• John G. Foster (1823–1874), United States Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War
• John Foster (Australian sailor) (1935–2010), Commodore in the Australian Navy

Religious figures

• John Foster (priest) (1921–2000), Anglican dean of Guernsey
• Rev. John Foster, 18th century American clergyman
• John Foster (Archdeacon of Huntingdon), Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech

Others

• John Foster (sound editor), see BAFTA Award for Best Sound
• John Foster (trade unionist), see Jeremy Dear

• John Foster (textile manufacturer) (1798–1879) - British worsted cloth manufacturer
• John Foster, Sr. (architect) (1758–1827), British architect
• John Foster (architect) (1786–1846), British architect

See also

• Jon Foster (disambiguation)
• Jack Foster (disambiguation)
• John Forster (disambiguation)
• Jonathan Foster (disambiguation)