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 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 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 Everett Pettengill (born 1973), American child actor
• Forrest Lewis (1899–1977), American actor
• Forrest Li (born 1977/78), Singaporean billionaire businessman
• 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 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

Fictional characters

• 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

See also

• Forest (name)

1. Veronica (name)
2. Forrest
3. Selena (given name)
4. Nathan Bedford Forrest
5. Natalie (given name)
6. Nathan (given name)
7. Forrest Gump
8. Forrest Gump (character)
9. Grant (given name)
10. Ebenezer (given name)
11. Linn (given name)
12. Emmett (name)
13. Vernon (given name)
14. Andrew Forrest
15. Jenny (given name)
16. Forrest Griffin
17. Winston (name)
18. Ward (given name)
19. Althea
20. James Forrest (footballer, born 1991)