William Foster may refer to:

People

Arts

Will Foster Will Foster is an English musician who is known as the former keyboardist for the English rock band The Tears. Previously, he played with UK art rock band Delicatessen before forming Lodger - alongside Delicatessen singer Neil Carlill, ...

(fl. 1990–), keyboardist for English rock band The Tears * William C. Foster (1880–1923), pioneer of cinematography * William D. Foster (1884–?), African American film producer * William Gilbert Foster (1855–1906), British painter

Military

* William Foster (British Army officer) (1881–1942), British Home Guard officer, awarded the George Cross, 1942 * William Foster (Medal of Honor) (1832–1880), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient * William A. Foster (1917–1945), United States Marine, Medal of Honor recipient, killed in action during World War II * William Foster MacNeece Foster (1889–1978), Royal Air Force officer

Politics

* Wilbur F. Foster, Confederate colonel and state senator in Alabama who had a role in establishing

Tuskegee University Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU; formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute) is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama, United States. It was founded as a normal school for teachers on July 4, 1881, by the ...

* William Foster (New South Wales politician, born 1865) (1865–1936), member of NSW Legislative Assembly (1925–1936) * William Foster (New South Wales politician, born 1794) (1793/4–1866), member of the NSW Legislative Council (1843–1845) * William John Foster (1831–1909), member of the NSW Legislative Council & Legislative Council, Attorney-General and Supreme Court judge *

William Foster (New Hampshire politician) William Foster is an American politician who served as a Republican Party (United States), Republican member for the Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Hillsborough 5th district of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. References

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, New Hampshire politician * William Foster (New York state senator) (1813–1893), New York politician * William Foster (British politician) (1887–1947), British Labour Party MP for Wigan, 1942–1947 * William Henry Foster (Lancaster MP) (1848–1908), MP for Lancaster 1895–1900 *

William Henry Foster (Bridgnorth MP) William Henry Foster (9 April 1846 – 9 March 1924) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1870 to 1885. He was originally elected as a Liberal but switched to the Conservatives before the 1880 ele ...

(1846–1924), British Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgnorth 1870–1885 * William Orme Foster (1814–1899), British Whig MP for South Staffordshire, 1857–1868 * William W. Foster (1922–2000), Pennsylvania politician * William Z. Foster (1881–1961), Chairman of the Communist Party USA

Religion

* William Foster (bishop) (1744–1797), Irish bishop *

William Foster (divine) William Foster (born 1591), was an English clergyman and writer. Life Foster was the son of William Foster of London, a barber-surgeon, and was born in November 1591. He entered Merchant Taylors' School in July 1607, and two years later (8 Decem ...

(1591–16??), English divine

Sport

William Foster (English cricketer) William Foster (8 June 1859 – 1 November 1944) was an English cricketer. Foster's batting style is unknown. He was born at Beeston, Nottinghamshire. Foster made a single first-class appearance for Nottinghamshire against the Marylebon ...

(1859–1944), English cricketer *

William Foster (Scottish cricketer) William John Foster (born 3 February 1934) is a Scottish former first-class cricketer and Royal Marines officer. Foster was born at Glasgow and was educated in England at Harrow School. He was commissioned into the Royal Marines as a second ...

(born 1934), Scottish cricketer *

William Foster (swimmer) William Foster (10 July 1890 – 17 December 1963) was an English competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. He was freestyle swimmer who won gold and bronze medals as a member of British relay teams and ...

(1890–1963), British Olympic freestyle swimmer *

William Foster (footballer) William Foster (1913 – after 1933) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Found ...

, English footballer

Other

William Foster (historiographer) Sir William Foster (19 November 1863 – 11 May 1951) was a British historiographer and civil servant who was Registrar and Superintendent of Records in the India Office. He was a member of the Hakluyt Society and was "the foremost authority ...

(1863–1951), British historiographer and Superintendent of Records at the India office *

William Foster (Iowa architect) William Foster (1842 – 1909) was an architect in Iowa. Together with Henry F. Liebbe (1851-1927), he worked as Foster & Liebbe, which designed numerous courthouses and other public buildings. A number of his works are listed on the U.S. N ...

(1842–1909), architect in Iowa, United States *

William Chapman Foster William Chapman Foster (April 27, 1897 – October 15, 1984) was an American businessman and high-ranking government official. He served as United States Under Secretary of Commerce and United States Deputy Secretary of Defense under President ...

(1897–1984), American businessman and government official *

William Dewey Foster William Dewey Foster (1890 – 1958) was an American architect. Foster received his training from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During the 1910s and 1920s, he worked as a draftsman for a number of architectural firms before goi ...

(1890–1958), American architect, designer of post offices and government buildings * William H. Foster (1847–1886), British-born American labor union leader * William P. Foster (1919–2010), creator of the Florida A&M University Marching 100 marching band * William P. Foster (jurist), American jurist from Virginia *

William Trufant Foster William Trufant Foster (January 18, 1879 – October 8, 1950) was an American educator and economist, whose theories were especially influential in the 1920s. He was the first president of Reed College. Early life and education Foster was born i ...

(1879–1950), United States educator and economist, first president of Reed College * William Wasbrough Foster (1875–1954), Canadian mountaineer, politician, business man, and chief constable * William Foster (British architect) (1876–1940), British architect * William Alexander Foster (1840–1888), Canadian barrister and essayist * William Barclay Foster (1779–1855), father of Stephen Foster and businessman * William E. Foster (1851–1930), American librarian and author *William Foster, captain of the '' Clotilda'' and last person to have imported slaves from Africa to the United States

Organizations

* William Foster & Co. Ltd, an agricultural machinery company, which built the first tanks (armored vehicles) * William Foster Elementary School in Garfield Heights, Ohio named for William A. Foster, US. Marine

Fiction

*William Foster, a character portrayed by Michael Douglas in the 1993 movie ''

Falling Down ''Falling Down'' is a 1993 American crime drama film directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Ebbe Roe Smith, and starring Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall. Set in Los Angeles, the film tells the story of William Foster, a disgruntled, une ...

'' *William Foster, a character portrayed by Keanu Reeves in the 2018 movie ''

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