John Foster may refer to:

15th/16th/17th-century politicians

* John Foster (MP for Bristol), 15th-century MP for

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* John Foster (died 1576), Member of Parliament for

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, 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) (1648–1681) was the earliest American engraver and the first Boston printer.

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 John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel PC (Ire) (1740 – 23 August 1828) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer who thrice served as Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland and also served as the last speaker of the Irish House of Commons. Early lif ...

(1740–1828), speaker of the Irish House of Commons * John Foster (Dunleer MP) (1770–1792), MP for Dunleer 1790–1792, son of 1st Baron Oriel

19th/20th-century politicians

* John Leslie Foster (1781–1842), Irish barrister, judge and member of parliament * John Foster (Australian politician) (1818–1900), politician in colonial New South Wales and Victoria *

John W. Foster John Watson Foster (March 2, 1836 – November 15, 1917) was an American diplomat, military officer, lawyer and journalist who was U.S. secretary of state from 1892 to 1893, under President Benjamin Harrison. He was influential as a lawyer in t ...

(1836–1917), American diplomat * John H. Foster (1862–1917), U.S. Representative from Indiana * Kenneth Foster (politician) (John Kenneth Foster, 1866–1930), British Conservative Party politician * John Foster (MP for Northwich) (1904–1982), British Conservative Party politician * John Foster (Tasmanian politician) (1792–1875), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council * John Foster (Lord Mayor of York) on

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*John Foster, candidate in the 1927 Manitoba general election * John Foster (Virginia politician) on List of mayors of Richmond, Virginia

Academics

* John Stuart Foster (1890–1944), Canadian physicist * John S. Foster Jr. (John Stuart Foster Jr., 1922–2025), American physicist and government official *

John Bellamy Foster John Bellamy Foster (born August 19, 1953) is an American professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and editor of the ''Monthly Review''. He writes about political economy of capitalism and economic crisis, ecology and ecological crisis, ...

(born 1953), American Marxist scholar *

John Wells Foster John Wells Foster (March 4, 1815 – June 29, 1873) was an American geologist and archaeologist. Biography Foster was born March 4, 1815, in Petersham, Massachusetts where his father, Festus Foster was a minister. When Festus quit the ministry i ...

(1815–1873), American geologist * John Foster (essayist) (1770–1843), English Baptist minister and essayist * John Foster (philosopher) (1941–2009), British philosopher * John Foster (canon) (died 1773), headmaster of Eton College * John Foster (paleontologist) (born 1966), American paleontologist * John Wilson Foster (born 1942), Irish literary critic and cultural historian

Art and entertainment

* John Foster (British singer) (born 1960), British singer * John Foster (Italian singer) (born 1939), Italian singer * John Foster (cartoonist) (1886–1959), also director * John Foster (printer) (1648–1681), American printer and engraver * John B. Foster (artist) (1865–1930), 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) (1752–1822), English composer

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) (1863–1941), New York City baseball writer, sports editor, and ballclub officer * John Foster (sport shooter) (born 1936), American sports shooter * John Foster (water polo) (1931–2013), Australian water polo player * John Foster (hurdler) (born 1954), American hurdler, 1976 All-American for the

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Journalists

* John Foster (Canadian journalist), see '' This Land'' * John Foster (BBC journalist) on '' Scottish Lobby''

Religious figures

* John Foster (priest) (1921–2000), Anglican dean of Guernsey *John Foster, 18th century American clergyman, husband of Hannah Webster Foster * John Onesimus Foster (1833–1920), American Methodist minister * John Foster (Archdeacon of Huntingdon),

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Others

* John G. Foster (1823–1874), United States Army officer and Union general during the American Civil War *John Foster, sound editor, see

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* John Foster (trade unionist), see Jeremy Dear * John Foster (textile manufacturer) (1798–1879), British worsted cloth manufacturer * John Foster Sr. (engineer) (1758–1827), Liverpool based British engineer * John Foster (environmentalist) (1920–2020), British environmentalist * John Foster (architect, born 1786) (1786–1846), Liverpool based British architect, son of John Foster Sr. * John Foster (architect, born 1830) (1830–1880), Bristol based British architect * John H. Foster (physician) (1796–1874), American physician and member of boards of education *John Foster (died 1829), plantation owner, owned the slave Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori * John Foster (fireboat), see MetalCraft Marine