William P. Foster

William Patrick Foster, also known as The Law and The Maestro, was the director of the noted Florida A&M University Marching "100". He served as the band's director from 1946 to his retirement in 1998. His innovations revolutionized college marching band technique and the perceptions of the collegiate band. Foster was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, the National Association for Distinguished Band Conductors Hall of Fame, the Florida Music Educators Association Hall of Fame and the Afro-American Hall of Fame among others. He also served as the president of the American Bandmasters Association and was appointed to the National Council on the Arts by President Bill Clinton. Foster wrote the book titled The Man Behind the Baton. ^{William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (d. 2010)}

25 August 1919

Born on the same birth date (25 August 1919): George Wallace • Jaap Rijks

Born on the same birth day (25 August): Brad Drew • Charles Wright (poet) • China Anne McClain • David Shimoni • Eddie Ilarde • Franz Teyber • James W. Gerard • James Wesolowski • Jeff Tweedy • John Badham • John Savage (actor) • Karl Friedrich Bahrdt • Kayo Dottley • Maxim Kontsevich • Mia Zapata • Miro Cerar • Nick Schultz (ice hockey) • Nikolaus Lenau • Robert Mohr (rugby union) • Ruth Ann Swenson • Sanjeev Sharma • Theresa Andrews • Tom Hollander • Zsuzsa Körmöczy

Born in the same month (August 1919): Amrita Pritam • Benedict Kiely • Dino De Laurentiis • Enrique Llanes • George Shearing • George Wallace • Georgia Gibbs • Godfrey Hounsfield • Huntz Hall • J. Gordon Edwards (entomologist) • Jaap Rijks • John David Wilson • Malcolm Forbes • Maurice Hilleman • Murray Grand • Pauline Betz • Rex Humbard • Rosalind Hicks • Tosia Altman • Vikram Sarabhai • Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin