Forrest (given name)

Forrest is a masculine given name. Notable persons with the name include:

• Forrest (singer) (1953–2013), born Forrest Thomas, American singer popular in the UK and Netherlands
• Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008), American magazine editor, writer, and collector
• Forrest Adair (1865–1936), real estate dealer
• Forrest Aguirre (born 1969), American fantasy and horror author
• Forrest Clare Allen, better known as Phog Allen (1885–1974), American basketball coach
• Forrest H. Anderson (1913–1989), 17th Governor of Montana
• Forrest Baugher (1934–2017), American politician, former Washington state representative
• Forrest Beaty (born 1944), American track and field athlete
• Forrest Behm (1919–2015), 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), American football player
• George Forrest Browne (1833–1930), English bishop
• Forrest Burmeister (1913–1997), American football player
• Forrest Church (1948–2009), Unitarian Universalist minister, author, and theologian
• Forrest Claypool (born 1958), American politician, president of the Chicago Transit Authority
• Forrest Clingerman (1972-2024), American academic and author
• Forrest Compton (1925–2020), American actor
• Forrest B. Cox, better known as Frosty Cox (1908–1962), American basketball coach
• Forrest Craver (1875–1958), American college football player, coach and athletic director
• Forrest DeBernardi (1899–1970), American basketball player
• Forrest Dewar (1748–1817), Scottish surgeon
• Forrest C. Donnell (1884–1980), U.S. Senator and 40th Governor of Missouri
• Forrest Douds (1905–1979), American football player
• Forrest F. Dryden (1864–1932), president of Prudential Insurance Company of America (now Prudential Financial)
• Forrest Dunbar (born 1984), American politician and attorney
• Forrest England (1912–2002), American football coach and college athletic administrator
• Forrest E. Everhart (1922–1986), United States Army soldier
• Forrest Fezler (1949–2018), American golf course design consultant and golfer
• Forrest Frank (born 1995), American singer-songwriter and lead singer of the band Surfaces
• Forrest Fulton (1846–1926), British judge and Conservative politician
• Forrest Gainer (born 1979), Canadian rugby player
• Forrest Galante (born 1988), American wildlife biologist and television personality
• Forrest Gander (born 1956), American poet, essayist, novelist, critic, and translator
• Forrest Goodluck (born 1998), American actor
• Forrest Goodwin (1862–1913), United States Representative from Maine
• Forrest Gregg (1933–2019), American football player and coach
• Forrest Griffin (born 1979), American mixed martial artist
• Forrest Griffith (1928–2007), American football player
• Forrest M. Hall (1869–1961), American football player and coach
• Forrest Halsey (1877–1949), American screenwriter
• Forrest Hamer (born 1956), American poet, psychologist, and psychoanalyst
• Forrest Hamilton (1930–2021), American basketball player
• Forrest Kline (born 1983), lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Hellogoodbye
• Forrest Knox (born 1956), Republican member of the Kansas Senate
• Forrest Lake (politician) (1868–1939), politician, banker, real estate investor, and member of the Florida House of Representatives
• Forrest Lamp (born 1994), American football player
• Forrest Lewis (1899–1977), American actor
• Forrest Li (born 1977/78), Singaporean billionaire businessman
• Forrest Lothrop (1924–2021), former American football 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. (1931–2016), son of Forrest Mars, Sr. and one of the wealthiest people in the world
• Forrest David Matthews (born 1935), American politician
• Forrest McDonald (1927–2016), American historian
• Forrest Merrill (born 1996), American football player
• Forrest Mims (born 1944), American amateur scientist, magazine columnist, and author
• Forrest S. Mosten (born 1947), American lawyer
• Forrest Myers (born 1941), American sculptor
• Forrest O'Connor (born 1988), American singer-songwriter, mandolinist, and entrepreneur
• Forrest Parry (1921–2005), IBM engineer
• Forrest E. Peden (1913–1945), United States Army soldier
• Forrest S. Petersen (1922–1990), United States Navy aviator and test pilot
• Forrest Everett Pettengill (born 1973), American child actor
• Forrest Petz (born 1975), American mixed martial artist
• Forrest Phillips (1887–1972), farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island
• Forrest Pogue (1912–1996), official United States Army historian during World War II
• Forrest Preston (born 1933), American billionaire businessman
• Forrest Pritchard (born 1974), American sustainable farmer and writer
• Forrest Redlich, Australian writer/producer of films and TV
• Forrest O. Rednour (1923–1943), United States Coast Guardsman
• Forrest Reid (1875–1947), Irish novelist, literary critic, and translator
• Forrest Rhyne (born 1999), American football player
• Forrest L. Richardson (born 1959), American golf course architect
• Forrest B. Royal (1893–1945), member of the United States Naval Academy class of 1915
• Forrest Sawyer (born 1940), American broadcast journalist
• Forrest W. Seymour (1905–1983), American journalist
• Forrest C. Shaklee (1894–1985), American nutritionist, founder of Shaklee Corporation
• Forrest Sherman (1896–1951), U.S. Navy admiral and Chief of Naval Operations
• Forrest Shreve (1878–1950), American botanist
• Forrest Smith (1886–1962), 42nd Governor of Missouri
• Forrest Smithson (1884–1962), American hurdler and 1908 Olympic gold medalist
• Forrest Sprowl (1919–1988), American basketball player and coach
• Forrest Stanley (1889–1969), American actor and screenwriter
• Forrest Taylor (1883–1965), American character actor
• Forrest Thompson (1918–1979), baseball player
• Forrest Towns (1914–1991), American track and field athlete, 1936 Olympic gold medalist
• Forrest Tucker (1919–1986), American actor
• Forrest Tucker (criminal) (1920–2004), American career criminal
• Forrest Twogood (1907–1972), American baseball player, college basketball and baseball coach, and college athletics administrator
• Forrest L. Vosler (1923–1992), Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress radio operator
• Forrest Ward (born 1949), American amateur heavyweight boxer
• Forrest Wall (born 1995), American professional baseball player
• Forrest White (1920–1994), American musical instruments industry executive
• Forrest Whitley (born 1997), American baseball player
• Forrest Wilson (1883–1942), American author and journalist
• Forrest L. Wood (1932–2020), American fisher and boat builder, founder of Ranger Boats

• Forrest, a playable character in the tactical role-playing video game Fire Emblem Fates
• Forrest Gates, a minor character in Season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Forrest Gump (character), the titular character of the 1986 novel and 1994 movie adaptation
• Forrest, a character from the animated series Carl the Collector

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