Forrest (given name)

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