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

==Given name== * Forest Able (1932–2026), 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 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 D. Siefkin (1891–1964), judge of the United States Board of Tax Appeals * 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

== Surname == * Antonia Forest (1915–2003), pseudonym of Patricia Giulia Caulfield Kate Rubinstein, English writer of children's novels * Armand Forest, American politician * Autumn de Forest (born 2001), American painter from Las Vegas, Nevada * Carmen Forest (born 1955), American former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics * Delphine Forest (1966–2020), French actress * Denis Forest (1960–2002), Canadian character actor * Earl Forest (1926–2003), American musician * Emmelie de Forest (born 1993), Danish singer and songwriter * Erastus L. De Forest (1834–1888), American mathematician * Éric Forest (born 1952), Canadian Senator from Quebec * Eva Forest (1928–2007), Spanish far-left activist, writer and prisoner * Frank Forest (1896–1976), American opera singer * Fred Forest (born 1933), French new media artist * George Beach de Forest Jr. (1848–1932), American capitalist, bibliophile and art collector * Gérard La Forest (1926–2025), puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada * Green Forest (1979–2000), American-bred French-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire * Henry S. De Forest (1847–1917), U.S. Representative from New York * Jacques Forest (1920–2012), French carcinologist * James J. F. Forest, author and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell * Jean Forest, OC (1926–2024), Canadian Senator * Jean-Baptiste Forest (1636–1712), French landscape painter * Jean-Claude Forest (1930–1998), French comic book author, creator of ''Barbarella'' * Jean-Marie Forest (1752–1794) Modena was a general of the French Revolution * Jean Kurt Forest (1909–1975), German violinist and violist, Kapellmeister and composer * Jessé de Forest (1576–1624), leader of a group of Walloon Huguenots fleeing religious persecution * Jim Forest (1941–2022), American writer, lay theologian, educator, peace activist * Joanna Forest, opera crossover soprano singer * John Anthony Forest (1838–1911), French-born clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church * John de Forest (1907–1997), English amateur golfer * John Forest (1471–1538), English Roman Catholic martyr and friar * John William De Forest (1826–1906), American soldier and writer * Karl Forest (1874–1944), Austrian actor * Lee de Forest (1873–1961), American inventor with over 180 patents to his credit * Léonard Forest (born 1928), Acadian filmmaker, poet and essayist * Lockwood de Forest (1850–1932), American painter, interior designer and furniture designer * Ludger Forest (L'Assomption MLA) (1826–1903), physician and political figure in Quebec * Ludger Forest (Sherbrooke MLA) (1877–1943), dentist and political figure in Quebec * Luigi De La Forest (1668–1738), Italian-French painter, who was active in Modena * Marian de Forest (1864–1935), American journalist, playwright, founder of Zonta * Mark Forest (1933–2022), American actor and bodybuilder * Maurice de Forest (1879–1968), early motor racing driver, aviator and Liberal politician in the UK * Michael Forest (born 1929), American actor who provides the voices for many animated titles * Mickaël Forest (born 1975), French rugby union footballer * Patsy De Forest (1894–1966), American actress of the silent cinema era who performed on the stage since childhood * Philippe Forest (born 1962), French author and professor of literature * Robert E. De Forest (1845–1924), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut * Robert Forest (cyclist) (born 1961), former French professional cyclist * Roy De Forest (1930–2007), American painter * Viviane Forest (born 1979), Canadian multi-sport Paralympic medallist * Yves Forest, QC (1921–2019), Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada

==Fictional characters== * Forest Law (Tekken), a playable character in Namco Bandai's ''Tekken'' fighting game franchise

==See also== * Forrest (given name) * Forrest (surname) * Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg (born 1998), Swedish ''Counter-Strike'' and ''Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'' player * DeForest (name) * Dominic "Forest" Lapointe, bassist of Augury, formerly of Beyond Creation

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Category:French-language surnames