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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
A
- Adam Forster (1850–1928), artist
- Albert Forster (1902–1952), German Nazi governor executed for war crimes
- Anthony Forster (disambiguation), several people:
- Anthony Forster (academic), vice-chancellor of the University of Essex
- Anthony Forster (Australian politician) (1813–1897) South Australian MLC and newspaperman
- Anthony Forster (MP), Member of Parliament for Abingdon (UK Parliament constituency) 1566–1572
- Anthony Forster, mayor of Markham, 1889–1892
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
- Clara Forster (1789–1839), German papercutting artist, daughter of Georg Forster
E
- Edward Forster the Elder (1730–1812), English banker and antiquary
- Edward Forster the Younger (1765–1849), English banker and botanist, son of Edward Forster the Elder
- 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 tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer.
- Frank J. Forster (1885–1948) American architect from new York City
- Fraser Forster (born 1988), English football
- Friedrich Forster (1895–1958), German dramatist
G
- Georg Forster (composer) (1510–1568), German Renaissance editor, composer and physician
- Georg Forster (1754–1794), Polish-German botanical collector and artist; son of Johann Reinhold Forster
- George Forster (disambiguation), several persons
- Gisela Forster (born 1946), German teacher, writer and theologian
H
- Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (1866–1936), Governor-General of Australia
J
- Jack Forster (born 1987), English rugby union player
- Jackie Forster (1926–1998), TV reporter and member of the Minorities Research Group
- Jean Forster (born 1943), Australian basketball player
- Jill Forster (born 1936), Australian actress
- Johann Reinhold Forster, (1729–1798), Polish-born naturalist of German and Scottish descent
- John Forster (disambiguation), several persons
- Sir John Forster (soldier) (1520–1602), English military commander and Warden of the Middle Marches
- John Forster (biographer) (1812–1876), English biographer and critic
- John Forster (MP) (1817–1878), British politician, MP for Oxford
- John Forster (Chief Justice) (1667–1720), Irish lawyer and politician
- John Forster (colonial administrator) (died 1748), British administrator and President of Bengal
- John Forster, 1st Baron Forster of Harraby (1888–1972), British barrister
- John Forster (died 1558), English politician
- John Forster (footballer) (born 1948), Australian footballer
- John Forster (musician) (born 1948), American cabaret musician
- John Forster (British Army officer) (1856–1938), British Army officer
- John Cooper Forster (1823–1886), British surgeon
- John (Don Juan) Forster (1814–1882), California landowner
- John Wycliffe Lowes Forster (1850–1938), Canadian artist
- Jordon Forster (born 1993), Scottish footballer
- Josiah Forster (1782–1870), teacher and philanthropist
K
- Kaye Forster (born 1980), English weather presenter
- Kevin Forster (born 1958), English long-distance runner
L
- Lyn Forster (1925–2009), New Zealand arachnologist
M
- Marc Forster (born 1969), Swiss film director and screenwriter
- Marc R. Forster, American historian
- Margaret Forster (1938–2016), British author and literary critic
- Mark Forster (author), British author
- Mark Forster (rugby league), former professional rugby league footballer
- Mark Arnold-Forster (1920–1981), journalist, author and military historian
- Markus Forster, Austrian countertenor
- Martin Onslow Forster (1872–1945), British chemist
N
- Nick Forster, founder of eTown (radio program) 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
- Susanna Dorothy (Forster) Dixon (1757–1822), author and translator
T
- Therese Forster (disambiguation), two people:
- Therese Forster (1764–1829), German author and journal editor, wife of Georg Forster
- Therese Forster (1786–1862), German educator, daughter of Georg and Therese Forster
- Thomas Forster (1683–1738), Northumbrian Jacobite
- Thomas Furly Forster (1761–1825), English botanist
- Thomas Emerson Forster (1802–1875), English mining engineer
- Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (1789–1860), astronomer and naturalist
- Tim Forster (1934–1999), British racehorse trainer and amateur jockey
T
- Viktória Forster (born 2002), Slovak track and field athlete
W
- Walter Forster (disambiguation), several names
- Walter Forster (actor) (1917–1996), Brazilian actor
- Walter Forster (entomologist) (W. Forster, 1910–1986), German entomologist
- Walter Forster (screenwriter) (1900–1968), Austrian screenwriter
- William Forster (disambiguation), other men of that name
- William Thomas Forster (or Thomas William Forster), politician in British Columbia
- William Forster (Australian politician) (1818–1882), Premier of New South Wales and poet
- William Forster (bishop) (died 1635), Church of England bishop of Sodor and Man
- William Forster (British Army officer) (1798–1870) British Army Officer
- William Forster (cricketer) (1884–1930), Australian cricketer
- William Forster (English politician), MP for Berkshire in 1572–1576
- William Forster (judge) (1921–1997), first Chief Justice of the Northern Territory
- William Forster (mathematician) (fl. 1632–1673), English mathematician
- William Forster (philanthropist) (1784–1854), Quaker preacher and philanthropist
- William Forster (Australian politician) (1818–1882), Premier of New South Wales and poet
- William Edward Forster (1818–1886), British statesman, Liberal MP, and Chief Secretary for Ireland
- William Mark Forster (1846–1921), Australian philanthropist
See also
- Förster
- Forester (disambiguation)
- Forrester (surname)
- Foster (disambiguation)
- Fosters (disambiguation)
- Vorster
