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 (UK Parliament constituency) 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 W. Foster (1836–1917), American diplomat
• John H. Foster (1862–1917), U.S. Representative from Indiana
• John Leslie Foster (1781–1842), MP
• John Kenneth Foster (1866–1930), British Conservative Party politician
• John Foster (British politician) (1904–1982), British Conservative Party politician
• John Foster (Australian politician) (1818–1900), politician in the Electoral district of Williamstown, Victoria, Australia

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 B. Foster (artist) (1865–1930), New England watercolorist
• John Foster (philosopher) (1941–2009?), British philosopher

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 printer and engraver
• John Foster, Sr. (architect) (1758–1827), British architect
• John Foster (architect) (1786–1846), British architect
• John Foster, a character in the television series Skins

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

Others

• John Foster (composer and magistrate), composer of the tune set to "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks by Night"
• 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
• John Foster (priest) (1921–2000), Anglican dean of Guernsey
• Rev. John Foster, 18th century American clergyman
• John Foster (textile manufacturer) (1798–1879) - British worsted cloth manufacturer.

See also

• Jon Foster (born 1984), American actor
• Jon Foster (artist), American freelance illustrator, penciler, and sculptor
• Jonny Foster, fictional character
• John Forster (disambiguation)