Forrest (given name)
Forrest is a masculine given name. Notable persons with the name include:
- Forrest, born Forrest Thomas, American singer popular in the UK and Netherlands
- Forrest J. Ackerman, American magazine editor, writer, and collector
- Forrest Adair, real estate dealer
- Forrest Aguirre, American fantasy and horror author
- Forrest Clare Allen, better known as Phog Allen, American basketball coach
- Forrest H. Anderson, 17th Governor of Montana
- Forrest Baugher, American politician, former Washington state representative
- Forrest Beaty, American track and field athlete
- Forrest Behm, American football player
- Forrest Bess, American painter and eccentric visionary
- Forrest Bird, American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer
- Forrest Blue, American football player
- George Forrest Browne, English bishop
- Forrest Burmeister, American football player
- Forrest Church, Unitarian Universalist minister, author, and theologian
- Forrest Claypool, American politician, president of the Chicago Transit Authority
- Forrest Compton, American actor
- Forrest Craver, American college football player, coach and athletic director
- Forrest DeBernardi, American basketball player
- Forrest Dewar, Scottish surgeon
- Forrest C. Donnell, U.S. Senator and 40th Governor of Missouri
- Forrest Douds, American football player
- Forrest F. Dryden, president of Prudential Insurance Company of America
- Forrest Dunn, administrator of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
- Forrest England, American football coach and college athletic administrator
- Forrest E. Everhart, United States Army soldier
- Forrest Fang, Chinese American composer and violinist
- Forrest Fezler, American golf course design consultant and golfer
- Forrest Fulton, British judge and Conservative politician
- Forrest Gainer, Canadian rugby player
- Forrest Galante, American wildlife biologist and television personality
- Forrest Gander, American poet, essayist, novelist, critic, and translator
- Forrest Goodluck, American actor
- Forrest Goodwin, United States Representative from Maine
- Forrest Gregg, American football player and coach
- Forrest Griffin, American mixed martial artist
- Forrest Griffith, American football player
- Forrest M. Hall, American football player and coach
- Forrest Halsey, American screenwriter
- Forrest Hamer, American poet, psychologist, and psychoanalyst
- Forrest Kline, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of Hellogoodbye
- Forrest Knox, Republican member of the Kansas Senate
- Forrest Lake , politician, banker, real estate investor, and member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Forrest Lamp, American football player
- Forrest Everett Pettengill, American child actor
- Forrest Lewis, American actor
- Forrest Li, Singaporean billionaire businessman
- Forrest McClendon, American stage actor, singer, and professor
- Forrest McPherson, American football player
- Forrest Mars Sr., driving force of the Mars candy empire
- Forrest Mars Jr., son of Forrest Mars, Sr. and one of the wealthiest people in the world
- Forrest David Matthews, American politician
- Forrest McDonald, American historian
- Forrest Mims, American amateur scientist, magazine columnist, and author
- Forrest S. Mosten, American lawyer
- Forrest Myers, American sculptor
- Forrest O'Connor, American singer-songwriter, mandolinist, and entrepreneur
- Forrest Parry, IBM engineer
- Forrest E. Peden, United States Army soldier
- Forrest S. Petersen, United States Navy aviator and test pilot
- Forrest Petz, American mixed martial artist
- Forrest Phillips, farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island
- Forrest Pogue, official United States Army historian during World War II
- Forrest Preston, American billionaire businessman
- Forrest Pritchard, American sustainable farmer and writer
- Forrest Redlich, Australian writer/producer of films and TV
- Forrest O. Rednour, United States Coast Guardsman
- Forrest Reid, Irish novelist, literary critic, and translator
- Forrest L. Richardson, American golf course architect
- Forrest B. Royal, member of the United States Naval Academy class of 1915
- Forrest Sawyer, American broadcast journalist
- Forrest W. Seymour, American journalist
- Forrest C. Shaklee, American nutritionist, founder of Shaklee Corporation
- Forrest Sherman, U.S. Navy admiral and Chief of Naval Operations
- Forrest Shreve, American botanist
- Forrest Smith, 42nd Governor of Missouri
- Forrest Smithson, American hurdler and 1908 Olympic gold medalist
- Forrest Stanley, American actor and screenwriter
- Forrest Taylor, American character actor
- Forrest Thompson, baseball player
- Forrest Towns, American track and field athlete, 1936 Olympic gold medalist
- Forrest Tucker, American actor
- Forrest Tucker , American career criminal
- Forrest Twogood, American baseball player, college basketball and baseball coach, and college athletics administrator
- Forrest L. Vosler, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress radio operator
- Forrest Ward, American amateur heavyweight boxer
- Forrest Wall, American professional baseball player
- Forrest White, American musical instruments industry executive
- Forrest Wilson, American author and journalist
- Forrest L. Wood, American fisher and boat builder, founder of Ranger Boats
Fictional characters
- Forrest Gump, the titular character of the 1986 novel and 1994 movie adaptation
- Forrest, a playable character in the tactical role-playing video game Fire Emblem Fates
