Forster (surname)
Forster is a north English surname meaning "forester". It can also be an anglicization of Förster or Foerster, a German surname meaning the same. Some indigenous south Germans independently carry the name Forster, while East Prussian Forsters are descendants of an 18th-century English Forster family. Notable people with this surname include:
- Forster baronets, several persons
A
- Adam Forster, artist
- Albert Forster, several people:
- * Albert Forster, German Nazi governor executed for war crimes
- * Albert Forster (shot putter), American shot putter, 1928 All-American for the Stanford Cardinal track and field team
- Anthony Forster (disambiguation), several people:
B
- Beat Forster, Swiss ice hockey player
- Benjamin Forster (antiquary), English antiquary
- Benjamin Meggot Forster, an English botanist and mycologist
- Bill Forster (footballer), played for Crystal Palace
- Brian Forster, a TV actor in The Partridge Family
- B. Y. Forster, the pseudonym of American songwriter George David Weiss
C
- Carl-Peter Forster, the President of GM Europe
- Catherine Forster, American paleontologist and taxonomist
- Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet, English Liberal politician
- Charles Farrar Forster, English priest
- Charles French Blake-Forster, Irish writer
- Charles Smith Forster, English banker and Conservative politician
- Clara Forster, German papercutting artist, daughter of Georg Forster
E
- Edward Forster the Elder, English banker and antiquary
- Edward Forster the Younger, English banker and botanist, son of Edward Forster the Elder
- E. M. Forster, English novelist
F
- Francis M. Forster, physician and neurologist
- François Forster, French engraver
- Frank Foster (jazz musician) American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer.
- Frank J. Forster American architect from New York City
- Fraser Forster, English football
- Friedrich Forster, German dramatist
G
- Georg Forster (composer), German Renaissance editor, composer and physician
- Georg Forster, Polish-German botanical collector and artist; son of Johann Reinhold Forster
- George Forster (disambiguation), several persons
- Gisela Forster, German teacher, writer and theologian
H
- Hannah Forster, English footballer
- Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, Governor-General of Australia
J
- Jack Forster, English rugby union player
- Jackie Forster, TV reporter and member of the Minorities Research Group
- Jean Forster, Australian basketball player
- Jill Forster, Australian actress
- Johann Reinhold Forster,, Polish-born naturalist of German and Scottish descent
- John Forster (disambiguation), several persons
- Jordon Forster, Scottish footballer
- Josiah Forster, teacher and philanthropist
K
- Kaye Forster, English weather presenter
- Kevin Forster, English long-distance runner
L
- Lyn Forster, New Zealand arachnologist
M
- Marc Forster, Swiss film director and screenwriter
- Marc R. Forster, American historian
- Margaret Forster, British author and literary critic
- Mark Forster (author), British author
- Mark Forster (rugby league), former professional rugby league footballer
- Mark Arnold-Forster, journalist, author and military historian
- Markus Forster, Austrian countertenor
- Martin Onslow Forster, British chemist
N
- Nick Forster, founder of eTown (radio program) radio program
- Nicky Forster, English footballer
- Norvela Forster, English businesswoman
P
- Peter Forster (actor), British film and television actor
- Peter Forster (bishop), British Anglican bishop
- Peter Forster (geneticist), British geneticist
R
- Ray Forster, New Zealand arachnologist
- Richard Forster (physician), English physician
- Richard Forster (photographer), Swiss photographer
- Robert Forster, American actor
- Robert Forster (musician), Australian musician, member of The Go-Betweens
- Roger T. Forster, theologian and leader of Ichthus Christian Fellowship
S
- Susanna Dorothy (Forster) Dixon, author and translator
T
- Therese Forster (disambiguation), two people:
- * Therese Forster, German author and journal editor, wife of Georg Forster
- * Therese Forster, German educator, daughter of Georg and Therese Forster
- Thomas Forster, Northumbrian Jacobite
- Thomas Furly Forster, English botanist
- Thomas Emerson Forster, English mining engineer
- Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster, astronomer and naturalist
- Tim Forster, British racehorse trainer and amateur jockey
T
W
- Walter Forster (disambiguation), several names
- William Forster (disambiguation), other men of that name