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

Agnes Forster (d. 1484), British prison reformer Alana Forster (born 1986), Australian Paralympic cyclist Albert Forster (1902–1952), Nazi Gauleiter of Danzig and war criminal Alex Forster (born 1993), Australian rules footballer Andrew Forster, Irish Anglican Bishop Anna-Lena Forster (born 1995), German para-alpine skier Anthony Forster (Australian politician) (1813–1897), Australian politician Anthony Forster (political scientist) (born 1964), British political scientist and army officer Arnold Forster (attorney) (1915–2010), American attorney Arthur Forster (born 1967), British racing driver

B Beat Forster (born 1983), Swiss ice hockey player Benjamin Forster (antiquary) (1736–1805), English antiquary Benjamin Meggot Forster (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

C Carl-Peter Forster (born 1954), the President of GM Europe Catherine Forster, American paleontologist and taxonomist Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet (1815–1891), English Liberal politician Charles Farrar Forster (1848–1894), English priest Charles French Blake-Forster (1851–1874), Irish writer Charles Smith Forster (1786–1850), English banker and Conservative politician Chloe Forster (born 2003), Australian basketball player Clara Forster (1789–1839), German papercutting artist

E Edward Forster the Elder (1730–1812), English banker and antiquary Edward Forster the Younger (1765–1849), English banker and botanist E. M. Forster (1879–1970), English novelist

F Francis M. Forster (1912–2006), physician and neurologist François Forster (1790–1872), French engraver Frank Foster (jazz musician) (1928–2011) American musician Frank J. Forster (1885–1948) American architect from New York City Fraser Forster (born 1988), English footballer Friedrich Forster (1895–1958), German dramatist

G Georg Forster (1754–1794), German naturalist, ethnologist, and revolutionary Georg Forster (composer) (1510–1568), German editor, composer, and physician George Forster (murderer) (1701–1803), British murderer George Forster (traveller) (1750–1791), English traveller and civil servant George H. Forster (1838–1888), American politician George J. Forster (1905–1988), American politician

Gisela Forster (born 1946), German theologian and writer Gordon Forster (1884–1964), Canadian politician Grant Forster (born 1961), English cricketer

H Hannah Forster (born 1991), English footballer Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (1866–1936), Governor-General of Australia

I Ivy Forster (1907–1997), Jèrrais politician

J Jack Forster (born 1987), English rugby union player Jackie Forster (1926–1998), English reporter and lesbian rights activist Jacob Forster (1739–1806), Prussian mineral collector and mineral dealer James Forster (poison pen letter writer) (1934–2017), Convicted English academic James William Forster (1784–1861), Irish clergyman Jason Forster (born 1971), Wales international rugby union player Jean Forster (born 1943), Australian basketball player Jill Forster (born 1936), Australian actress Johann Forster (1496–1558), German theologian Johann Reinhold Forster (1729–1798), German naturalist

John Forster (biographer) (1812–1876), English writer and biographer John Forster (British Army officer) (born 1856), British Army general

John Forster (footballer) (born 1948), Australian rules footballer

John Forster (MP) (1817–1878), British Whig politician John Forster (musician) (born 1948), American composer John Forster (soldier) (1515–1602), English military commander John Cooper Forster (1823–1886), British surgeon John Wycliffe Lowes Forster (1850–1938), Canadian artist Jordon Forster (born 1993), Scottish footballer Josef Forster (composer) (1838–1917), Austrian composer Josiah Forster (1782–1870), English teacher and philanthropist

K Kaye Forster (born 1980), English weather presenter Kevin Forster (born 1958), English long-distance runner

Lyn Forster (1925–2009), New Zealand arachnologist

M Marc Forster (born 1969), German-Swiss film director Marc R. Forster (born 1959), American historian Margaret Forster (1938–2016), English novelist and biographer Mark Forster (author) (1943–2025), British author Mark Forster (footballer) (born 1964), English footballer Mark Forster (rugby league) (born 1964), Great Britain and Ireland international rugby league footballer Mark Forster (singer) (born 1983), German singer Markus Forster (born 1901), German opera singer Martin Onslow Forster (1872–1945), British chemist Mary Forster (1853–1885), British watercolour painter Mary Forster (Quaker) (1619–1687), English religious writer Matt Forster (1900–1976), English footballer Matthew Forster (1785–1869), British politician and merchant Max Forster (born 1934), Swiss bobsledder Maximilian Forster (born 1990), German professional ice hockey player Michael Forster (artist) (1907–2002), Canadian abstract painter Michael N. Forster (born 1957), American philosopher Michelanne Forster (born 1953), New Zealand playwright and scriptwriter

Nick Forster, founder of eTown radio program Nicky Forster (born 1973), English footballer Norvela Forster (1931–1993), English businesswoman

P Peter Forster (actor) (1920–1982), British film and television actor Peter Forster (bishop) (born 1950), British Anglican bishop Peter Forster (geneticist) (born 1967), British geneticist

R Ray Forster (1922–2000), New Zealand arachnologist Richard Forster (physician) (c.1546–1616), English physician Richard Forster (photographer) (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 (born 1933), theologian and leader of Ichthus Christian Fellowship

S Sam Forster (born 1996), Canadian American writer Sarah Forster (born 1993), Swiss ice hockey player Scott Forster (born 1971), American baseball player Shane Forster (born 1972), Northern Ireland Anglican priest Stefan Forster (born 1971), German rower Stu Forster (born 1969), Rugby player Stuart Forster (born 1975), Photographer and writer Susanna Dorothy (Forster) Dixon (1757–1822), author and translator

Thomas Forster (1659–1725), English politician

Forster (surname)

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