Forest is both a French surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

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Given name:

  • Forest Able (born 1932), retired American basketball player
  • Frederic de Forest Allen (1844–1897), American classical scholar
  • Forest B. H. Brown (1873–1954), American botanist working on pteridophytes and spermatophytes
  • Forest Barber (born 1952), American racing driver from Fort Worth, Texas
  • Forest Baskett, American venture capitalist, computer scientist, professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University
  • Bernard Forest de Bélidor (1698–1761), French engineer in hydraulics and ballistics
  • Emmett Forest Branch (1874–1932), the 31st Governor of the U.S. state of Indiana
  • George de Forest Brush (1855–1941), American painter and Georgist
  • William Forest Crouch (1904–1968), American director and writer of film
  • Forest Davis (1879–1958), American politician from the state of Iowa
  • Forest Dewey Dodrill (1902–1997), doctor who performed the first successful open heart surgery
  • Forest Etheredge (1929–2004), American educator and politician
  • Forest Evashevski (1918–2009), American football player, coach, college athletics administrator
  • Forest K. Ferguson (1919–1954), athlete and later a decorated officer in the U.S. Army
  • Forest Firestone (1876–1940), American football player and coach
  • Forest Fletcher (1888–1945), US track and field Olympic athlete, coach, athletic director
  • Forest Flower (horse) (1984–2011), American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare
  • Forest Geyer (1892–1932), American football fullback
  • Forest Harness (1895–1974), U.S. Representative from Indiana
  • Forest Hays Jr. (1928–1987), American politician in the state of Georgia
  • Forest Hopkins (1912–1978), former Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  • Forest City Joe (1926–1960), American blues musician mainly remembered as a harmonica player
  • Forest Lothrop (1924–2021), former American football coach
  • Forest Loudin (1890–1935), American football, basketball, and baseball coach
  • Forest McNeir (1875–1957), American sport shooter who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
  • Forest Montgomery (1874–1947), American tennis player
  • Forest Ray Moulton (1872–1952), American astronomer
  • J. De Forest Richards (1874–1949), American football player and banker
  • Forest Rohwer (born 1969), American microbial ecologist, Professor of Biology at San Diego State University
  • Forest Sale (1911–1985), American college basketball player at the University of Kentucky
  • Forest Sun (born 1973), Americana singer-songwriter from San Francisco, California, United States
  • Forest Vance (born 1981), personal trainer and former American football player
  • Forest Whitaker (born 1961), American actor, producer and director

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