John Foster may refer to: 15th/16th/17th-century politicians John Foster (MP for Bristol), 15th-century MP for Bristol John Foster (died 1576), Member of Parliament for Winchester, 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 (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 (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 List of Lord Mayors of York 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., born 1922), American physicist and government official John Bellamy Foster (born 1953), American Marxist scholar John Wells Foster (1815–1873), American geologist John Foster (essayist) (1770–1843), English 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