Forrest

Forrest

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 of Nathan 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 boxer

Others

*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.
* A character in Dink, the Little Dinosaur

ee also

* Forrester
* Forest


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