Foster

Foster may refer to:

People

 * Foster (surname)
 * Foster Brooks (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 (1924–1996), American lawyer
 * Caroline E. Foster, New Zealand law professor
 * Jodie Foster (born 1962), American actor

Places

 * Australia
 * Foster, Victoria


 * Canada
 * Foster, Quebec, a village, now part of the town of Brome Lake


 * United Kingdom
 * Foster Mill, 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, Kentucky
 * Foster, Washtenaw County, Michigan
 * Foster, Minnesota
 * Foster, Missouri
 * Foster, Nebraska
 * Foster, Oklahoma
 * Foster, Oregon
 * Foster, Rhode Island
 * Foster Township, Michigan
 * Foster, Wisconsin (disambiguation)
 * Foster, Clark County, Wisconsin, a town
 * Foster, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
 * Foster City, California
 * 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

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 (1991)
 * Madame Foster and Francis "Frankie" Foster, recurring characters of the animated show Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. The latter being the former's granddaughter

Literature

 * "Foster" (short story), by Claire Keegan, 2010
 * Ellen Foster, 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, an American rock band named after its lead singer Mark Foster
 * Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, animated television series

Brands and companies

 * Foster and Partners, an architectural firm
 * Foster, Rastrick and Company, British steam locomotive manufacturer
 * Foster's Group, Australian beer producer
 * Foster's Lager
 * William Foster & Co., British agricultural machinery company

Science and technology

 * Foster's reactance theorem, theorem in electrical engineering
 * Foster's rule (island rule), principle in evolutionary biology
 * Foster's theorem, theorem in probability theory
 * Foster, a 6-row malting barley variety
 * Foster (crater), a small lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
 * Fostering (falconry), bird breeding technique for its introduction into nature

Food

 * Bananas Foster, a dessert of bananas and vanilla ice cream, with a caramelized liquor-based sauce.