John Foster
John Foster may refer to:
15th/16th/17th-century politicians
- John Foster (MP for Bristol), 15th-century MP for Bristol
- John Foster (died 1576), Member of Parliament for Winchester, Plympton Erle and Hindon
- John Foster (by 1508-47/51), MP for Much Wenlock
- John Foster (died 1558), MP for Shaftesbury and Hertfordshire
- John Foster (printer) was the earliest American engraver and the first Boston printer.
18th-century politicians
- John Foster of Dunleer, MP for Dunleer, grandfather of 1st Baron Oriel
- John Thomas Foster, MP
- John William Foster, MP for Dunleer
- John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel, 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, Irish barrister, judge and member of parliament
- John Foster (Australian politician), politician in colonial New South Wales and Victoria
- John W. Foster, American diplomat
- John H. Foster (politician), U.S. Representative from Indiana
- Kenneth Foster (politician), British Conservative Party politician
- John Foster (MP for Northwich), British Conservative Party politician
- John Foster (Tasmanian politician), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
- John Foster (Lord Mayor of York) on List of Lord Mayors of York
- John Foster, candidate in the 1927 Manitoba general election
- John Foster (Virginia politician) on List of mayors of Richmond, Virginia
Academics
- John Stuart Foster, Canadian physicist
- John S. Foster Jr., American physicist and government official
- John Bellamy Foster, American Marxist scholar
- John Wells Foster, American geologist
- John Foster (essayist), English Baptist minister and essayist
- John Foster (philosopher), British philosopher
- John Foster (canon), headmaster of Eton College
- John Foster (paleontologist), American paleontologist
- John Wilson Foster, Irish literary critic and cultural historian
Art and entertainment
- John Foster (British singer), British singer
- John Foster (Italian singer), Italian singer
- John Foster (cartoonist), also director
- John Foster (printer), American printer and engraver
- John B. Foster (artist), 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), English composer
Sports
- John Foster Jr. (sailor), American sport-sailor
- John Foster Sr. (sailor), American sport-sailor & sled racer
- John Foster (footballer), English footballer
- John Foster (baseball), American baseball player
- John Foster (cricketer), former English cricketer
- John B. Foster (baseball), New York City baseball writer, sports editor, and ballclub officer
- John Foster (sport shooter), American sports shooter
- John Foster (water polo), Australian water polo player
- John Foster (hurdler), American hurdler, 1976 All-American for the Stanford Cardinal track and field team
Journalists
Religious figures
- John Foster (priest), Anglican dean of Guernsey
- John Foster, 18th century American clergyman, husband of Hannah Webster Foster
- John Onesimus Foster, American Methodist minister
- John Foster (Archdeacon of Huntingdon), Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech
Others
- John G. Foster, United States Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War
- John Foster, sound editor, see BAFTA Award for Best Sound
- John Foster (trade unionist), see Jeremy Dear
- John Foster (textile manufacturer), British worsted cloth manufacturer
- John Foster Sr. (engineer), Liverpool based British engineer
- John Foster (environmentalist), British environmentalist
- John Foster (architect, born 1786), Liverpool based British architect, son of John Foster Sr.
- John Foster (architect, born 1830), Bristol based British architect
- John H. Foster (physician), American physician and member of boards of education
- John Foster, plantation owner, owned the slave Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori
- John Foster (fireboat), see MetalCraft Marine