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The word Forrest occurs in a number of names of places, persons, or locations.
In almost all its forms, it is ultimately descended from the family name "Forrest", originally Scottish or English and meaning "dweller in a
forest "."Forrest" is popular as a male first name in North America and especially in the southern
United States ; this is likely due to the fame ofNathan Bedford Forrest .Places named Forrest
;Australia
*Division of Forrest , a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia
*Forrest, Victoria
*Forrest, Western Australia
*Glen Forrest, Western Australia
*Forrest, Australian Capital Territory
*John Forrest National Park , Western Australia;Canada
*Forrest, Manitoba ;United States
*Forrest, Illinois
*Forrest City, Arkansas
*Forrest County, Mississippi People named Forrest
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*Alexander Forrest , Australian explorer
*Anthony Forrest , British Actor, Composer, Writer, Director
*Anne Marie Forrest , Irish writer
*Forrest Raynard ,basketball player
*Barbara Forrest , philosopher and critic of intelligent design
*Craig Forrest , Canadian soccer/football player
*David Forrest , Western Australian politician
* David Forrest, pseudonym
*Duke Forrest , fictional character from "M*A*S*H (novels)"
*Edwin Forrest , American actor
*Eric Forrest , bass guitarist
*Forrest (singer) , born Forrest Thomas, an American singer popular in the UK and Netherlands
*Frederic Forrest , American actor
*French Forrest , American Confederate naval officer
*George Forrest :
**George Forrest (author) (1915–1999), American author and musician
**George Forrest (botanist) (1873–1932), Scottish botanist and plant collector
**George Forrest (businessman) , Belgian businessman established in Katanga
**George Forrest (politician) (1921–1968), Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Mid Ulster
**George Forrest (VC) (1800–1859), Irish Victoria Cross recipient
**George F. Forrest , Mayor of Juneau Alaska
*Hal Forrest , American comics artist
*Helen Forrest , American big band singer
*James Forrest :
**James Alexander Forrest , Australian business leader
**Jim Forrest , Scottish footballer
**Jimmy Forrest , American jazz saxophonist
**Jimmy Forrest (footballer) (1864–1925), Blackburn Rovers and England footballer
**James Forrest (basketball) , basketball coach
*Jamie L. Forrest , International Award winning (American) Photographer
*Jason Forrest , electronic music producer
*John Forrest , Australian explorer and politician
*John Forrest (martyr) , English Catholic martyr
*John Alexander Forrest , Australian politician
*Joseph King Cummings Forrest , an original founder of the "The Chicago Tribune" and politician
*Margaret Forrest , wife of John Forrest the explorer
*Maxwell Forrest , fictional character from "Star Trek: Enterprise"
*Nathan Bedford Forrest , Confederate general and founder of the Ku Klux Klan
*Nathan Bedford Forrest III , American general and grandson of Nathan Bedford Forrest
*Paula Forrest , Australian actress
*Peter Forrest , Australian cricketer
*Ray Forrest , American radio announcer
*Sam Forrest , singer and guitarist
* Steve Forrest, American actor (real name William Forrest Andrews)
*Steve Forrest , rock music drummer
*Ted Forrest , American poker player
*Thomas Forrest , American politician
*Uriah Forrest , (1746-1805), U.S. Congressman and delegate for Maryland
*Vernon Forrest , American boxerOthers
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Forrest classification , a classification of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
*"Forrest Gump", book and 1994 movie
*Super Typhoon Forrest, a typhoon in the 1983 Pacific typhoon season
*Nathan Bedford Forrest High School , located in Jacksonville, Florida.
*Apache Forrest , a web-publishing framework.
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