Forrest (given name)
| Forrest | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Germanic |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Forest |
Forrest is a masculine given name. Notable persons with the name include:
- Forrest (singer), born Forrest Thomas, an American singer popular in the UK and Netherlands
- Forrest Adair (1865–1936), real estate dealer
- Forrest Aguirre (born 1969), American fantasy and horror author
- Forrest B. Royal (1893–1945), member of the United States Naval Academy class of 1915
- Forrest Baugher (born 1934), American politician, former Washington state representative
- Forrest Behm (born 1919), American football player
- Forrest Bess (1911–1977), American painter and eccentric visionary
- Forrest Bird (1921–2015), American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer
- Forrest Blue (1945–2011), offensive lineman
- Forrest Browne (1833–1930), English bishop
- Forrest Burmeister (1913–1997), American football player
- Forrest DeBernardi (1899–1970), American collegiate basketball player
- Forrest C. Donnell (1884–1980), U.S. Senator and 40th Governor of Missouri
- Forrest Church (1948–2009), leading Unitarian Universalist minister, author, and theologian
- Forrest Claypool, American politician currently serving as president of the Chicago Transit Authority
- Forrest Compton (born 1925), American actor
- Forrest Craver (1875–1958), college football player and coach and athletic director
- Forrest DeBernardi (1899–1970), collegiate basketball player
- Forrest Douds (1905–1979), All-American football player
- Forrest Dunn (born 1928), retired administrator of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
- Forrest E. Everhart (1922–1986), United States Army soldier
- Forrest E. Peden (1913–1945), United States Army soldier
- Forrest England (1912–2002), American football coach and college athletic administrator
- Forrest F. Dryden (1864–1932), President of Prudential Insurance Company of America (now Prudential Financial)
- Forrest Fang (born 1959), Chinese American composer and violinist
- Forrest Fezler (born 1949), American golf course design consultant and former PGA Tour professional golfer
- Forrest Fulton (1846–1926), British judge and Conservative politician
- Forrest Gander (born 1956), American poet, essayist, novelist, critic, and translator
- Forrest Goodwin (1862–1913), United States Representative from Maine
- Forrest Gregg (born 1933), American National Football League Hall of Fame player and head coach
- Forrest Griffin (born 1979), American mixed martial artist
- Forrest Griffith (1928–2007), American football player
- Forrest Guth (1921–2009), United States Army soldier during World War II
- Forrest H. Anderson (1913–1989), 17th Governor of Montana
- Forrest Halsey (1877–1949), American screenwriter
- Forrest Hamer (born 1956), American poet, psychologist, and psychoanalyst
- Forrest George Howell (2016), Adventure traveller, explorer and philanthropist
- Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008), American magazine editor, writer, collector, and fan of science fiction and horror
- Forrest Kline (born 1983), lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the power pop band Hellogoodbye
- Forrest Knox (born 1956), Republican member of the Kansas Senate
- Forrest L. Richardson (born 1959), American golf course architect and member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA)
- Forrest L. Vosler (1923–1992), Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress radio operator
- Forrest L. Wood (born 1932), founder of Ranger Boats
- Forrest Lake (politician) (1868–1939), prominent politician, banker, real estate investor, a mayor of Sanford, Florida, and member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Forrest Landis (born 1994), American child actor
- Forrest Lewis (1899–1977), American actor
- Forrest M. Hall (1869–1961), American football player and coach
- Forrest McClendon, American stage actor, singer, and professor
- Forrest McPherson (1911–1989), American football player
- Forrest Mars, Sr. (1904–1999), driving force of the Mars candy empire
- Forrest Mars, Jr., son of Forrest Mars, Sr. and one of the wealthiest people in the world
- Forrest McDonald (born 1927), American historian
- Forrest Mims (born 1944), amateur scientist, magazine columnist, and author
- Forrest Myers (born 1941), American sculptor
- Forrest O. Rednour (1923–1943), United States Coast Guardsman
- Forrest O'Connor (born 1988), American singer-songwriter, mandolinist, and entrepreneur
- Forrest Parry (1921–2005), IBM engineer
- Forrest Petz (born 1975), American mixed martial artist
- Forrest Pogue (1912–1996), official United States Army historian during World War II
- Forrest Redlich, Australian independent writer/producer of films and TV
- Forrest Reid (1875–1947), Irish novelist, literary critic, and translator
- Forrest S. Petersen (1922–1990), United States Navy aviator and test pilot
- Forrest Sawyer (born 1940), American broadcast journalist
- Forrest Sherman (1896–1951), U.S. Navy admiral and Chief of Naval Operations
- Forrest Smith (1886–1962), 42nd Governor of Missouri
- Forrest Smithson (1884–1962), American hurdler and 1908 Olympic gold medalist
- Forrest Stanley (1889–1969), American actor and screenplay writer
- Forrest Taylor (1883–1965), American character actor
- Forrest Thompson (1918–1979), pitcher in Major League Baseball
- Forrest Towns (1914–1991), American track and field athlete and 1936 Olympic gold medalist
- Forrest Tucker (1919–1986), American actor
- Forrest Tucker (criminal) (1920–2004), American career criminal
- Forrest Twogood (1907–1972), minor league baseball player, college basketball and baseball coach, and college athletics administrator
- Forrest Phillips (1887–1972), farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island
- Forrest W. Seymour (1905–1983), Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for the Des Moines Register and Worcester, Massachusetts Telegram
- Forrest Ward (born 1949), retired amateur heavyweight boxer
- Forest Whitaker (born 1961), American actor
- Forrest White (1920–1994), American musical instruments industry executive
- Forrest Wilson (1883–1942), American author and journalist
Fictional characters
- Forrest Gump (character), the titular character of the 1986 novel and 1994 movie adaptation
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