Famous People with Name Foster

Foster Pirie (Babe) Ganzel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Foster Pirie (Babe) Ganzel: l (May 22, 1901 - February 6, 1978) was an outfielder who played baseball for the Washington Senators from 1927 to 1928. He batted and threw right handed.

Foster Brooks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Foster Brooks: was an American actor and comedian most famous for his portrayal of a lovable drunken man in nightclub performances and television programs.Foster Brooks was born in Louisville, Kentucky on May 11, 1912. He was one of eight sons. His career started in radio, most notably with station WHAS (AM) in Louisville. Brooks was a staff announcer, but his deep baritone voice was well-suited for singing as well. Brooks gained some measure of fame for his reporting of the Ohio River flood of 1937, where he was featured on emergency broadcasts by WHAS and also WSM (AM) out of Nashville, Tennessee. In 1952, Brooks appeared on local television in a short-lived spoof of Gene Autry and his "Singing Cowboys." He later worked in local broadcasting as a radio and TV personality in Buffalo and Rochester, New York before moving to the west coast to launch a career as a standup comic and character actor.

Foster Moverley McRae            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Foster Moverley McRae: was an English cricketer who played 25 first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club between 1936 and 1939. During the Second World War, McRae served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was Surgeon Lieutenant on the HMS Mahratta when it was to

Foster MacGowan Voorhees            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Foster MacGowan Voorhees: was an American, Republican Party politician, who served as the 30th Governor of New Jersey from 1899 to 1902.Voorhees represented Union County in the New Jersey Senate from 1895 to 1898. As President of the Senate, he became acting governor briefly in 18

Foster L. Campbell, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Foster L. Campbell, Jr.: is a Democratic member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, a former 26-year member of the Louisiana State Senate, and an unsuccessful candidate for governor in the October 20, 2007, jungle primary. Campbell polled 161,425 votes (12 percent) and wo

George Peter Foster            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George Peter Foster: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was graduated from Union College of Law at Chicago in 1882. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Chicago. He was in the Justice of the Peace for the town of South Chicago 1891-1899.

Martin David Foster            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Martin David Foster: was a U.S. Representative from Illinois. He was graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1882 and from the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, in 1884. He commenced the practice of medicine in Olney, Illinois, in 1884.

Neal Winston Foster            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Neal Winston Foster: is a member of the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 39th District, which is centered around Nome, Alaska. He has served in the House since November 15, 2009. He was appointed to the House to replace his father, Richard Foster, who had die

Asa Belknap Foster            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Asa Belknap Foster: was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Bedford division in the Senate of Canada from 1867 to 1874 as a Conservative member.He was elected to represent Shefford in the Legislative Assembly in an 1858 by-election; he resigned in 1860 and was elected to the Legislative Council for Bedford. He served until Confederation when he was named to the Senate. He served as lieutenant in the local militia and was elected mayor for Waterloo in 1867. The Conservatives believed that Foster had provided information to the Liberals that led to the Pacific Scandal; this belief was encouraged when Foster was given contracts to construct railways by the Liberals in 1874 and 1875. Foster was bankrupt by 1877 and was briefly imprisoned for debt in Vermont. He died of heart disease in Montreal in 1877.

Sewell Foster            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Sewell Foster: was a physician and political figure in Canada East.He served as surgeon to a militia battalion and was also coroner for the Bedford District and a justice of the peace in Shefford County. Foster also was a founder and served as administrator for the Shefford Academy in Frost Village. In 1841, he was elected to represent Shefford in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada and was reelected in 1844. He served as a governor of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Lower Canada from 1847 to 1866.