Foster may refer to:

People

Foster Brooks Foster Brooks (May 11, 1912 – December 20, 2001) was an American actor and comedian best known for his portrayal of a lovable drunk in nightclub performances and television programs. Early life Brooks was born in Louisville, Kentucky on ...

(1912–2001), American actor * Foster Moreau (born 1997), American football player * Foster Sarell (born 1998), American football player * John Foster Dulles (1888–1959), American diplomat and politician *

Sterling Foster Black Sterling Foster Black (September 12, 1924 – May 20, 1996) was an American lawyer and politician. Biography Born in Birmingham, Alabama, Black was the son of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Hugo Black. Black served in the Unite ...

(1924–1996), American lawyer * Jodie Foster (1962-), American actor

Places

;Australia *

Foster, Victoria Foster is a dairying and grazing town south-east of Melbourne on the South Gippsland Highway in Victoria, Australia. At the Foster had an urban population of 1,164. It is about north of the Gippsland coastline which includes Shallow Inlet, ...

;Canada * Foster, Quebec, a village, now part of the town of Broke Lake ;United Kingdom *

Foster Mill Station Road is a road in southeast Cambridge, England.Station Area Conservation Appraisal', Quality Built Environments (QuBE), prepared for Cambridge City Council. June 2004. It leads from a junction with traffic lights on Hills Road ( A1307 ...

, in Cambridge, England ;United States * Foster (CTA), elevated transit station in Evanston, Illinois, USA * Foster, California (disambiguation) ** Foster, San Diego County, California *

Foster, Indiana Foster is a small unincorporated community in Mound Township, Warren County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History Foster was platted April 25, 1893 on land donated by William R. Foster, an early settler. At one time the town had a post office, ...

* Foster, Kentucky * Foster, Washtenaw County, Michigan * Foster, Minnesota * Foster, Missouri *

Foster, Nebraska Foster is a village in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Norfolk, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 51 at the 2010 census. History A post office was established in Foster in 1886, and remained in ...

* Foster, Oklahoma * Foster, Oregon *

Foster, Rhode Island Foster is a town in Providence County, Rhode Island, in the United States. The population was 4,469 at the 2020 census. History Foster was originally settled in the 17th century by British colonists as a farming community. In the year 1662, ...

* Foster Township, Michigan * Foster, Wisconsin (disambiguation) ** Foster, Clark County, Wisconsin, a town ** Foster, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community *

Foster City, California Foster City is a city located in San Mateo County, California. The 2020 census put the population at 33,805, an increase of more than 10% over the 2010 census figure of 30,567. Foster City is sometimes considered to be part of Silicon Valley ...

* Foster Township (disambiguation)

Child care

* Foster care, the modern system of placing children in state custody in the homes of temporary caregivers * Fosterage, the sometimes historical practice of children being raised by families not their own

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

* Foster, a dog on ''General Hospital'' from 1994 to 1998 * Foster, one of The Fuzzpaws, puppets on the Canadian channel YTV * Court Foster, a character in the film ''

The Man in the Moon ''The Man in the Moon'' is a 1991 American coming of age drama film. It was the final film directed by Robert Mulligan, from a screenplay written by Jenny Wingfield. It stars Reese Witherspoon in her film debut, Sam Waterston, Tess Harper, E ...

'' (1991) *Madame Foster and Francis "Frankie" Foster, recurring characters of the animated show ''

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' (also known as ''Foster's Home'', or simply ''Foster's'' for short) is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios as ...

''. The latter being the former's granddaughter

Literature

* "Foster" (short story), by Claire Keegan, 2010 * ''

Ellen Foster ''Ellen Foster'' is a 1987 novel by American novelist Kaye Gibbons. It was a selection of Oprah's Book Club in October 1997. Plot introduction The novel follows the story of Ellen, the first person narrator, a young white American girl living u ...

'', 1987 novel by American author Kaye Gibbons

Other art, entertainment, and media

* ''Foster'' (film), a 2011 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Jonathan Newman *

Foster the People Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. Its members are singer Mark Foster, guitarist Sean Cimino, and keyboardist Isom Innis. Foster founded the band in 2009 after spending several years in ...

, an American rock band named after its lead singer Mark Foster * ''

'', animated television series

Brands and companies

* Foster and Partners, an architectural firm *

Foster, Rastrick and Company Foster, Rastrick and Company was one of the pioneering steam locomotive manufacturing companies of England. It was based in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, now West Midlands. James Foster, an ironmaster, and John Urpeth Rastrick, an engineer, becam ...

, British steam locomotive manufacturer *

Foster's Group Foster's Group Pty. Ltd. was an Australian beer group with interests in brewing and soft drinks, known for Foster's Lager, now called Carlton & United Breweries since the company was renamed in 2011. Foster's was founded in 1888 in Melbourne, ...

, Australian beer producer ** Foster's Lager * William Foster & Co., British agricultural machinery company

Science and technology

Foster's reactance theorem Foster's reactance theorem is an important theorem in the fields of electrical network analysis and synthesis. The theorem states that the reactance of a passive, lossless two-terminal (one-port) network always strictly monotonically increases w ...

, theorem in electrical engineering *

Foster's rule Fosters or Foster's may refer to: Places * Fosters, Alabama * Fosters, Michigan * Fosters, Ohio Television * ''The Fosters'' (British TV series), a short-lived British sitcom that ran from 1976 to 1977 * ''The Fosters'' (American TV series), ...

(island rule), principle in evolutionary biology *

Foster's theorem In probability theory, Foster's theorem, named after Gordon Foster, is used to draw conclusions about the positive recurrence of Markov chains with countable state spaces. It uses the fact that positive recurrent Markov chains exhibit a notion o ...

, theorem in probability theory * Foster, a 6-row malting barley variety *

Foster (crater) Foster is a small lunar impact crater that lies to the southeast of the larger crater Joule, on the far side of the Moon. The rim of Foster is slightly eroded, and the narrow inner walls slope directly down to the relatively dark interior floor. ...

, a small lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon