Foster
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Foster is a surname, and may also refer to:
In places:
- Foster, Clark County, Wisconsin, USA
- Foster, Indiana, USA
- Foster, Missouri, USA
- Foster, Nebraska, USA
- Foster, New South Wales, Australia
- Foster, Oregon, USA
- Foster, Rhode Island, USA
- Foster, Victoria, Australia
- Foster Begoro, Earstern region, Ghana
- Foster City, California, USA
- Foster Georgia, Secret
Persons:
- Alan Dean Foster, American writer of science fiction and fantasy novels and movie novelizations.
- Jodie Foster, American actress
- Norman Foster, several people with this name
- Gus Foster, an American photographer
- William Z. Foster, American politician and long-time leader of the Communist Party
In fiction:
- Ellen Foster, 1987 novel by American author Kaye Gibbons
- Foster, one of the YTV Fuzzpaws
- Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, animated television series
- Rita Foster, character in the film Cypher
- Robert Foster, protagonist character in the adventure game Beneath a Steel Sky
In other uses:
- Apples foster, bananas foster, a dessert fried with cinnamon, sugar, and rum
- Foster, to take care of:
- Foster (CTA), elevated transit station in Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Foster Electric Company, manufacturer of electronics equipment
- Foster Farms Dairy
- Foster Farms (poultry company)
- Foster, Rastrick and Company, British steam locomotive manufacturer
- Foster's Group, Australian beer producer
- Foster's rule (island rule), principle in evolutionary biology
- William Foster & Co Ltd, British agricultural machinery company

