Foster - Definition and Overview

Foster may refer to:

People

• Foster, Abiel (1735-1806), U.S. clergyman, Congressman for New Hampshire
• Foster, Al, musician
• Foster, Alan Dean (born 1946), U.S. science fiction writer
• Foster, Bob (born 1938), world champion boxer
• Foster, Brendan
• Foster, Cecil, Canadian writer
• Foster, David, composer
• Foster, Donald
• Foster, Ephraim H.
• Foster, Fred
• Foster, George (born 1948), baseball star
• Foster, Hannah Webster, U.S. novelist
• Foster, Hunter
• Foster, Jodie (born 1962), U.S. actress
• Foster, John W.
• Foster, Michael, physiologist
• Foster, Michael Jabez, British politician
• Foster, Michael John, British politician
• Foster, Norman (born 1935), architect
• Foster, Pops, musician
• Foster, Rube (1879-1930), pioneer of Negro League baseball
• Foster, Stephen (1826-1864), composer
• Foster, Sutton
• Foster, Theodore
• Foster, Vince
• Foster, William Z. (1891-1961), head of Communist Party USA

Fictional characters

• Ellen Foster

Places

• Foster, Clark County, Wisconsin
• Foster, Missouri
• Foster, Nebraska
• Foster, Rhode Island

Other uses

• Foster care, foster parent
• Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, an animated television series
• Foster's rule (island rule), a principle in evolutionary biology
• Foster's Lager, an Australian brand of beer produced by Foster's Group.