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

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Adam Forster Adam Forster aka Carl August von Wiarda (5 April 1848 Emden, East Frisia - 11 April 1928 Sydney), was a botanical illustrator and naturalist, who after a lengthy stay in South Africa, eventually emigrated to Australia. He was born the 5th son ...

(1850–1928), artist *

Albert Forster Albert Maria Forster (26 July 1902 – 28 February 1952) was a Nazi German politician, member of the SS and war criminal. Under his administration as the ''Gauleiter'' and ''Reichsstatthalter'' of Danzig-West Prussia (the other German-ann ...

(1902–1952), German Nazi governor executed for war crimes * Anthony Forster (disambiguation), several people: :*

Anthony Forster (academic) Anthony William Forster, FRSA FAcSS FHEA (born 19 May 1964) is a British political scientist and former British Army officer. He is the current vice-chancellor of the University of Essex and was previously deputy vice-chancellor of Durham Un ...

, vice-chancellor of the University of Essex :* Anthony Forster (Australian politician) (1813–1897) South Australian MLC and newspaperman :* Anthony Forster (MP), Member of Parliament for

Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency) Abingdon was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (and its predecessor institutions for England and Great Britain), electing one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1558 until 1983. (It was one of the few Engl ...

1566–1572 :* Anthony Forster, mayor of Markham, 1889–1892

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* Beat Forster (born 1983), Swiss ice hockey player *

Benjamin Forster (antiquary) Benjamin Forster (7 August 1736 – 2 December 1805) was an English antiquary and clergyman. Life Forster was born in Walbrook, London on 7 August 1736. He was the third son of Thomas Forster, a descendant of the Forsters of Etherston and Bamb ...

(1736–1805), English antiquary *

Benjamin Meggot Forster Benjamin Meggot Forster (16 January 1764 – 8 March 1829) was an English botanist and mycologist who published ''An Introduction to the Knowledge of Fungusses'' in 1820. Life Forster was the second son of Edward Forster the elder and his wife ...

(1768–1829), an English botanist and mycologist * Bill Forster (footballer), played for Crystal Palace * Brian Forster (born 1960), a TV actor in ''The Partridge Family'' * B. Y. Forster, the pseudonym of American songwriter George David Weiss

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* Carl-Peter Forster (born 1954), the President of GM Europe * Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet (1815–1891), English Liberal politician *

Charles Farrar Forster Charles Farrar Forster (29 February 1848 – 28 August 1894) was curate of the parish of Lockwood near Huddersfield, vicar of St Andrew's Church in Huddersfield, and the first vicar of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw.''Hu ...

(1848–1894), English priest *

Charles French Blake-Forster Charles French Blake-Forster (1851–1874) was an Irish writer. Born at Forster Street House, Galway City, the eldest son of Captain Francis Blake-Forster of the Connaught Rangers, educated at home and later in England. Began to play a prominent ...

(1851–1874), Irish writer * Charles Smith Forster (1786–1850), English banker and Conservative politician

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Edward Forster the Elder Edward Forster the Elder (11 February 1730 – 20 April 1812) was an English banker and antiquary. Life Forster was the son of Thomas Forster, and brother of Benjamin Forster, born on 11 February 1730. He was educated at Felsted School. He th ...

(1730–1812), English banker and antiquary *

Edward Forster the Younger Edward Forster the Younger (12 October 1765 – 23 February 1849) was an English banker and botanist. Life He was born at Wood Street, Walthamstow, 12 October 1765, the third and youngest son of Edward Forster the elder and his wife Susanna; ...

(1765–1849), English banker and botanist, son of Edward Forster the Elder * E. M. Forster (1879–1970), English novelist

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François Forster François Forster (22 August 1790 - 27 June 1872) was a French engraver and lithographer. Biography He was born at Locle, Switzerland. He studied in Paris under the engraver Pierre-Gabriel Langlois, and then studied painting and engraving at th ...

(1790–1872), French engraver * Frank Foster (jazz musician) (1928-2011) American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. * Frank J. Forster (1885-1948) American architect from new York City *

Fraser Forster Fraser Gerard Forster (born 17 March 1988) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur. Forster sta ...

(born 1988), English football *

Friedrich Forster Friedrich Forster or Friedrich Forster-Burggraf, both pseudonyms for Waldfried Burggraf (11 August 1895 – 1 March 1958) was a German dramatist, screenwriter, dramaturge and actor. His early plays explored controversial subjects, like anti-war se ...

(1895–1958), German dramatist

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* Georg Forster (composer) (1510–1568), German Renaissance editor, composer and physician * Georg Forster (1754–1794), Polish-German botanical collector and artist; son of Johann Reinhold Forster *

George Forster (disambiguation) George Forster may refer to: * Georg Forster (1754–1794), German scientist and revolutionary; travelled with James Cook * George Forster (MP) * Georg Forster (composer), German editor, composer and physician * George Forster (traveller) (died 17 ...

, several persons *

Gisela Forster Gisela Forster (born 27 March 1946 in Munich) is a German writer, teacher, and Catholic theologian. Life Forster was born in Munich to parents from Bavaria and Hungary. After school at the Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium in Munich-Passing, Forster s ...

(born 1946), German teacher, writer and theologian

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* Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (1866–1936), Governor-General of Australia

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* Jack Forster (born 1987), English rugby union player *

Jackie Forster Jackie Forster (née Jacqueline Moir Mackenzie; 6 November 1926 – 10 October 1998) was an English news reporter, actress and lesbian rights activist.p.270 From the Closet to the Screen – Jill Gardner Early history Forster's father was a ...

(1926–1998), TV reporter and member of the Minorities Research Group * Jean Forster (born 1943), Australian basketball player * Jill Forster (born 1936), Australian actress * Johann Reinhold Forster, (1729–1798), Polish-born naturalist of German and Scottish descent *

John Forster (disambiguation) 'John Forster may refer to: * Sir John Forster (soldier) (1520–1602), English military commander and Warden of the Middle Marches * John Forster (biographer) (1812–1876), English biographer and critic * John Forster (MP) (1817–1878), Britis ...

, several persons :* Sir John Forster (soldier) (1520–1602), English military commander and Warden of the Middle Marches :* John Forster (biographer) (1812–1876), English biographer and critic :* John Forster (MP) (1817–1878), British politician, MP for Oxford :* John Forster (Chief Justice) (1667–1720), Irish lawyer and politician :* John Forster (colonial administrator) (died 1748), British administrator and President of Bengal :* John Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Harraby (1888–1972), British barrister :* John Forster (died 1558), English politician :* John Forster (footballer) (born 1948), Australian footballer :* John Forster (musician) (born 1948), American cabaret musician :* John Forster (British Army officer) (1856–1938), British Army officer :* John Cooper Forster (1823–1886), British surgeon :* John (Don Juan) Forster (1814–1882), California landowner :* John Wycliffe Lowes Forster (1850–1938), Canadian artist * Jordon Forster (born 1993), Scottish footballer *

Josiah Forster Josiah Forster (1782 – 27 June 1870) was an English teacher and philanthropist. He was an early member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1839Kaye Forster (born 1980), English weather presenter *

Kevin Forster Kevin John Forster (born 27 September 1958) is a male retired long-distance runner from England. Athletics career Forster finished 33rd in the marathon at the 1988 Summer Olympics and was the fastest English marathon runner of 1988. Forster won ...

(born 1958), English long-distance runner

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* Lyn Forster (1925–2009), New Zealand arachnologist

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* Marc Forster (born 1969), Swiss film director and screenwriter * Margaret Forster (1938–2016), British author and literary critic *

Mark Forster (author) Mark Forster (b. 24 November 1943) is a British author best known for three books on time management and productivity. A business coach until he retired on 24 November 2008, in the past he has also worked for the British Army, Ministry of Defence ...

, British author * Mark Forster (rugby league), former professional rugby league footballer *

Mark Arnold-Forster Mark Arnold-Forster, Distinguished Service Order, DSO, Distinguished Service Cross (UK), DSC (16 April 1920 – 25 December 1981) was an England, English journalist and author. He is best remembered for his book ''The World at War'', which acc ...

(1920–1981), journalist, author and military historian * Markus Forster, Austrian countertenor *

Martin Onslow Forster Sir Martin Onslow Forster, FRS (8 November 1872 – 24 May 1945) was a chemist and a director of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India. Forster was born in Lambeth, London. One of four children of Martin Forster, a bank clerk and ...

(1872–1945), British chemist

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* Nick Forster, founder of '' eTown (radio program)'' radio program *

Nicky Forster Nicholas Michael Forster (born 8 September 1973) is a former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of Staines Town. Forster has also been player-manager at Brentford and manager of Dover Athletic. Football career Early y ...

(born 1973), English footballer * Norvela Forster (1931–1993), English businesswoman

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Peter Forster (actor) Peter Cochrane Forster (29 June 1920 – 16 November 1982) was a British film and television actor. He was born and brought up in London, England, where he trained to become an actor before moving to Los Angeles. He married actress Jennifer Rai ...

(1920–1982), British film and television actor *

Peter Forster (bishop) Peter Robert Forster (born 16 March 1950) is a British former Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Chester in the Church of England from 1996 and a Lord Spiritual (member of the House of Lords) from 2001 until his retirement in 2019. He was receiv ...

(born 1950), British Anglican bishop * Peter Forster (geneticist) (born 1967), British geneticist

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Ray Forster Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of New Zealand. Biography Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educat ...

(1922–2000), New Zealand arachnologist * Richard Forster (physician) (c.1546–1616), English physician *

Richard Forster (photographer) Richard Forster (born 8 November 1940, in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss photographer and mechanical engineer. He is best known for nude photography in natural environments. His consistency and perseverance produced an opus which brought him rec ...

(born 1940), Swiss photographer * Robert Forster (1941–2019), American actor * Robert Forster (musician) (born 1957), Australian musician, member of The Go-Betweens *

Roger T. Forster Roger Thomas Forster (born March 1, 1933) is the leader of Ichthus Christian Fellowship, a neocharismatic Evangelical Christian Church that forms part of the British New Church Movement. In 1965 he married Faith Forster (1941- ) and has three chi ...

(born 1933), theologian and leader of Ichthus Christian Fellowship

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Susanna Dorothy (Forster) Dixon Susanna Dorothy (Forster) Dixon (1757 – 1822) was an English author who translated from the German, Uno von Troil's ''Letters on Iceland'', and published in 1780. Much of this entry is based on an article by Benjamin Colbert titled "Women ...

(1757-1822), author and translator * Stuart Forster, father and husband (1982-). Once thought the moon was 2 dimensional.

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* Therese Forster (disambiguation), two people: **

Therese Forster Marie Therese Forster (10 August 1786 – 3 June 1862) was a German educator, writer, correspondent and editor. Born in Vilnius in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to Georg Forster and his wife Therese Huber, Therese, she spent her early ch ...

(1764-1829), German author and journal editor, wife of Georg Forster **

(1786-1862), German educator, daughter of Georg and Therese Forster *

Thomas Forster Thomas Forster (1683 – October 1738), of Adderstone Hall, Northumberland, was an English landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1708 to 1716. He served as a general of the Jacobite army in the 1715 Uprising ...

(1683–1738), Northumbrian Jacobite * Thomas Furly Forster (1761–1825), English botanist *

Thomas Emerson Forster Thomas Emerson Forster (20 October 1802 – 7 March 1875) was an eminent English mining engineer. Early years Thomas Emerson Forster was born on 20 October 1802 at Garrigill, a hamlet on the left bank of the South Tyne river in Cumberland. The ...

(1802–1875), English mining engineer *

Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (9 November 1789 – 2 February 1860) was an English astronomer, physician, naturalist and philosopher. An early animal rights activist, he promoted vegetarianism and founded the Animals' Friend Society with Lewis ...

(1789–1860), astronomer and naturalist *

Tim Forster Captain Timothy Arthur Forster, OBE (27 February 1934 – 21 April 1999) commonly known as Tim Forster, was an English racehorse trainer and previously an amateur jockey. As a trainer he had 1,346 winners, including 3 Grand Nationals at Ain ...

(1934–1999), British racehorse trainer and amateur jockey

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* Walter Forster (disambiguation), several names :*

Walter Forster (actor) Walter Gerhard Forster (March 23, 1917 – September 3, 1996) was a Brazilian actor. He was born in Campinas to Jacob Forster, of German and Irish descent, and Ida Forster, a Swiss woman. Starting his career as an announcer in Rádio Educadora de ...

(1917–1996), Brazilian actor :*

Walter Forster (entomologist) Walter Forster (12 July 1910 – 25 December 1986) was a German entomologist. He worked at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (''Zoologische Staatssammlung München'') and led two scientific collecting trips to South America.Beolens, Bo; Wa ...

(W. Forster, 1910–1986), German entomologist :* Walter Forster (screenwriter) (1900–1968), Austrian screenwriter * William Forster (disambiguation), other men of that name :* William Thomas Forster (or Thomas William Forster), politician in British Columbia :* William Forster (Australian politician) (1818–1882), Premier of New South Wales and poet :*

William Forster (bishop) William Forster, D.D. (died 1635) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1633 to 1635. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and later becoming a Fellow of the college. H ...

(died 1635), Church of England bishop of Sodor and Man :* William Forster (British Army officer) (1798–1870) British Army Officer :*

William Forster (cricketer) William Forster (1 March 1884 – 7 February 1930) was an Australian cricketer. He played one first-class match for Tasmania in 1907-08. See also * List of Tasmanian representative cricketers This is a list of cricket players who have ...

(1884–1930), Australian cricketer :* William Forster (English politician), MP for Berkshire in 1572–1576 :* William Forster (judge) (1921–1997), first Chief Justice of the Northern Territory :* William Forster (mathematician) (fl. 1632–1673), English mathematician :*

William Forster (philanthropist) William Forster (23 March 1784 – 27 January 1854) was a preacher, Quaker elder and a fervent abolitionist. He was an early member of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1839. It was William and Stephen Grellet who introduced Elizabe ...

(1784–1854), Quaker preacher and philanthropist :* William Forster (Australian politician) (1818–1882), Premier of New South Wales and poet :* William Edward Forster (1818–1886), British statesman, Liberal MP, and Chief Secretary for Ireland :*

William Mark Forster William Mark Forster (7 October 1846 – 6 June 1921) was an Australian philanthropist, founder of the Gordon Institute for Boys and City Newsboys' Society. Early life Forster was born at Rothbury, England, the elder son and third child of Luke F ...

(1846–1921), Australian philanthropist