Förster or Foerster is a

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forester A forester is a person who practises forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests. Foresters engage in a broad range of activities including ecological restoration and management of protected areas. Foresters manage forests to ...

". (It has often been Anglicised as Forster). Notable people of this name include:

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* Arnold Förster (1810–1884), a German entomologist * August Förster (physician) (1822–1865), a German anatomist and pathologist *

Bernd Förster Bernhard "Bernd" Georg Josef Förster (born 3 May 1956) is a former German footballer who played as a defender and midfielder. His younger brother, Karlheinz, was also a footballer, and a defender. Both played extensively at VfB Stuttgart, an ...

(born 1956), a German footballer (brother of Karlheinz) *

Christoph Förster Christoph Förster (30 November 1693 – 6 December 1745) was a German composer of the baroque period. Life Christoph Förster (spelled Johann Christoph Friedrich in his death register) was born in Bibra, Thuringia as the son of council tre ...

(1693–1745), a German composer * Eckart Förster, a professor of philosophy at

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Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche Therese Elisabeth Alexandra Förster-Nietzsche (10 July 1846 – 8 November 1935) was the sister of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the creator of the Nietzsche Archive in 1894. Förster-Nietzsche was two years younger than her brothe ...

(1846–1935), the sister of Friedrich Nietzsche * Emmanuel Aloys Förster (1748–1823), a musician and teacher in Vienna * Ernst Joachim Förster (1800–1885), a German art critic * Franz Förster (1819–1878), a German jurist * Friedrich August Förster (1829–1897), a German piano maker and entrepreneur, August Förster (de) *

Friedrich Christoph Förster Friedrich Christoph Förster (24 September 1791 in Münchengosserstädt on the Saale – 8 November 1868 in Berlin) was a German historian and poet. Biography He was the second son of Karl Christoph Förster (1751-1811), and consequently an olde ...

(1791–1868), a German historian and poet *

Friedrich Förster Friedrich may refer to: Names *Friedrich (surname), people with the surname ''Friedrich'' *Friedrich (given name), people with the given name ''Friedrich'' Other *Friedrich (board game), a board game about Frederick the Great and the Seven Years' ...

(1908–1999), a German spec. NDT, Фёрстер, Фридрих (ru) *

Heiko Mathias Förster Heiko Mathias Förster (born 1966, Crivitz, East Germany) is a German conductor. Most notable for conducting the Munich Symphony Orchestra from 1999 to 2006, since 2014, he has been the chief conductor of the Ostrava-based Janáček Philharmonic ...

(born 1966), German conductor * Heinrich Förster (bishop) (1800–1881), a German Roman Catholic bishop * Helmuth Förster (1889–1965), a ''

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'' general during

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* Karl Förster (1784–1841), a German poet and translator *

Karlheinz Förster Karlheinz Helmut Förster (born 25 July 1958) is a German former professional footballer who played as a central defender. The younger brother of another football defender, Bernd Förster, he was regarded as one of the world's top man-markers a ...

(born 1958), a German football player (brother of Bernd) * Kerstin Förster (born 1965), a German rower (wife of Olaf) *

Ludwig Förster Ludwig Christian Friedrich (von) Förster (8 October 1797 in Ansbach – 16 June 1863 in Bad Gleichenberg, Styria) was a German-born Austrian architect. While he was not Jewish, he is known for building Jewish synagogues and churches. Ludwig F ...

(1797–1863), an architect *

Olaf Förster Olaf Förster (born 2 November 1962) is a retired German rower who had his best achievements in the coxless fours. In this event, he won a gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games o ...

(born 1962), a German rower (husband of Kerstin) *

Theodor Förster Theodor Förster (May 15, 1910 – May 20, 1974) was a German physical chemist known for theoretical work on light-matter interaction in molecular systems such as fluorescence and resonant energy transfer. Education and career Förster studied ...

(1910–1974), a physicist and chemist, discoverer of

Förster resonance energy transfer Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET), fluorescence resonance energy transfer, resonance energy transfer (RET) or electronic energy transfer (EET) is a mechanism describing energy transfer between two light-sensitive molecules ( chromophores). ...

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Heinz von Foerster Heinz von Foerster (German spelling: Heinz von Förster; November 13, 1911 – October 2, 2002) was an Austrian American scientist combining physics and philosophy, and widely attributed as the originator of Second-order cybernetics. He was twice ...

(1911–2002), an Austro-American founder of cybernetics *

Josef Bohuslav Foerster Josef Bohuslav Foerster (30 December 1859 – 29 May 1951) was a Czechs, Czech composer and musicologist. He is often referred to as J. B. Foerster, and his surname is sometimes spelled Förster. Life Foerster was born in Prague. His ancestors ...

(1859–1951), a Czech composer of classical music *

Otfrid Foerster Otfrid Foerster (9 November 1873 – 15 June 1941) was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon, who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery, such as rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity, anterolateral cordotomy for pain, ...

(1873–1941), a German neurologist *

Wendelin Förster Wendelin Förster (often written as Foerster; 10 February 1844 – 18 May 1915) was an Austrian philologist and Romance scholar. Biography Förster was born in Wildschütz in Silesia (present day Vlčice, Czech Republic) and educated in Vienna, ...

(or Foerster) (1844–1915), German philologist and

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scholar * Wilhelm Julius Förster (or Foerster) (1832–1921), a German astronomer

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