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

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 (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.

See also

Foster Island (disambiguation) Fosters (disambiguation) Forster (disambiguation) Justice Foster (disambiguation)