Forster (surname)
Forster is an English surname meaning "forester". (It can also be an anglicization of Förster or Foerster, a German surname meaning the same; this occasionally also appears as Forster). Notable people with this surname include:
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- Forster baronets, several persons
- Adam Forster (1850–1928), an artist
- Albert Forster (1902–1952), German Nazi governor executed for war crimes
- Brian Forster (born 1960), a TV actor in The Partridge Family
- B. Y. Forster, the pseudonym of American songwriter George David Weiss
- Carl-Peter Forster (born 1954), the President of GM Europe
- Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet (1815–1891), English Liberal politician
- Charles Farrar Forster (1848–1894), an English priest
- Charles French Blake-Forster (1851–1874), an Irish writer
- Charles Smith Forster (1786–1850), an English banker and Conservative politician
- E. M. Forster (1879–1970), an English novelist
- François Forster (1790–1872), a French engraver
- Fraser Forster (born 1988), an English footballer
- Garey Forster (born 1950), a Louisiana politician
- Georg Forster (composer) (1510–1568), a German Renaissance editor, composer and physician
- Georg Forster (1754–1794), a Polish-German botanical collector and artist; son of Johann Reinhold Forster
- George Forster (disambiguation), several persons
- Gisela Forster (born 1946), German teacher, writer and theologian
- Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (1866–1936), a Governor-General of Australia
- Jack Forster (born 1987), an English rugby union player
- Jackie Forster (born 1926), a TV reporter and member of the Minorities Research Group
- Jean Forster (born 1943), retired Australian basketball player
- Jill Forster (born 1936), an Australian actress
- Johann Reinhold Forster, (1729–1798), a Polish-born naturalist of German and Scottish descent
- John Forster (disambiguation), several persons
- Jordon Forster (born 1993), a Scottish footballer
- Josiah Forster (1782–1870) was a teacher and philanthropist
- Kevin Forster (born 1958), an English long-distance runner
- Marc Forster (born 1969), a Swiss film director and screenwriter
- Margaret Forster (1938–2016), a British author and literary critic
- Mark Forster (author), a British author
- Mark Forster (rugby league), a former rugby league player
- Mark Arnold-Forster (1920–1981), a journalist, author and military historian
- Martin Onslow Forster (1872–1945), a British chemist
- Nick Forster, the founder of eTown radio program
- Nicky Forster (born 1973), an English footballer
- Norvela Forster (1931–1993), an English businesswoman
- Raymond Robert Forster (1922–2000), a New Zealand spider expert
- Robert Forster (born 1941), an American actor
- Robert Forster (musician) (born 1957), an Australian musician, member of The Go-Betweens
- Roger T Forster (born 1933), a theologian and leader of Ichthus Christian Fellowship
- Thomas Forster (1683–1738), a Northumbrian Jacobite
- Thomas Emerson Forster (1802–1875), an English mining engineer
- Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (1789–1860), an astronomer and naturalist
- Tim Forster (1934–1999), a British racehorse trainer and amateur jockey
- Walter Forster (disambiguation)
- William Thomas Forster (or Thomas William Forster), a former politician in British Columbia
- William Forster (Australian politician) (1818–1882), a Premier of New South Wales and poet
- William Forster (disambiguation), other men of that name
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