Foster (surname)

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The surname Foster (Forster, or Forester) derives from the ancient title and office bestowed upon those overseeing the upkeep and administration of hunting territories belonging to either the monarch, or bishop (where empowered to grant warren). The title begins to be adopted as a surname, in the historical record, from the 12th and 13th centuries onwards.

Notable people named Foster

Abby Kelley Foster, American abolitionist

Abiel Foster (1735–1806), American religious leader and politician

Adriance S. Foster (1901–1973), American botanist

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

Arian Foster, American football player

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

Ben Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:

Ben Foster (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, born 1930) (d. 2016), American college basketball coach

Bill Foster (basketball, born 1936), another American 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

Carlton Foster (1826-1901), American businessman and politician

Cecil Foster, Canadian writer

Charles Foster (disambiguation), one of several people including

Charles Foster (Ohio politician) (1828–1904), a U.S. Republican politician from Ohio

Charles Foster (writer) (b. 1923), British-born Canadian writer

Christopher Foster (disambiguation), one of several people

Clement le Neve Foster, British geologist

Daniel 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 (disambiguation), one of several people

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

G. C. Foster (1885–1966), Jamaican sportsman

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

Heather Foster, Jamaican-born American professional bodybuilder

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 (disambiguation)

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, born 1980) (b. 1980), English cricketer

Jane Foster (disambiguation)

Jane Foster, alleged Soviet spy

Jeanne Robert Foster, American poet

Jeff Foster, American basketball player

Jessie Foster, Canadian prostitute

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 (engineer) (1758–1827), British engineer and surveyor

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

Kathy Foster, (born 1960) Australian basketball player

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 (disambiguation)

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 Foster (Worcester MP) (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

Ralph Foster (disambiguation), one of several people, including:

Ralph Foster (American football coach) (1884–1956), college football coach for the Citadel Bulldogs

Ralph Foster (tackle) (1917–1999), American football player

Ralph D. Foster (1893–1984), American broadcaster

Ralph G. Foster (born 1934), British Paralympic athlete

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 Michael Foster, American actress

Scott Michael Foster, American actor

Shan Foster, American college basketball player

Stephen Foster (disambiguation)

Steve Foster (disambiguation)

Susanna Foster (1924–2009), American movie actress

Sutton Foster (born 1975), American entertainer

Sydney F. Foster (1893–1973), New York judge

Theodore Foster (1752–1828), U.S. politician

Thomas Foster, English cricketer

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

References

Foster (surname) Wikipedia

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