Forrest is a masculine given name. Notable persons with the name include:
Forrest (singer), born Forrest Thomas, an American singer popular in the UK and Netherlands
Forrest Adair (1865–1936), real estate dealer
Forrest Aguirre (born 1969), American fantasy and horror author
Forrest B. Royal (1893–1945), member of the United States Naval Academy class of 1915
Forrest Baugher (born 1934), American politician, former Washington state representative
Forrest Behm (born 1919), American football player
Forrest Bess (1911–1977), American painter and eccentric visionary
Forrest Bird (1921–2015), American aviator, inventor, and biomedical engineer
Forrest Blue (1945–2011), offensive lineman
George Forrest Browne (1833–1930), English bishop
Forrest Burmeister (1913–1997), American football player
Forrest DeBernardi (1899–1970), American collegiate basketball player
Forrest C. Donnell (1884–1980), U.S. Senator and 40th Governor of Missouri
Forrest Church (1948–2009), leading Unitarian Universalist minister, author, and theologian
Forrest Claypool, American politician currently serving as president of the Chicago Transit Authority
Forrest Compton (born 1925), American actor
Forrest Craver (1875–1958), college football player and coach and athletic director
Forrest DeBernardi (1899–1970), collegiate basketball player
Forrest Douds (1905–1979), All-American football player
Forrest Dunn (born 1928), retired administrator of the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum
Forrest E. Everhart (1922–1986), United States Army soldier
Forrest E. Peden (1913–1945), United States Army soldier
Forrest England (1912–2002), American football coach and college athletic administrator
Forrest F. Dryden (1864–1932), President of Prudential Insurance Company of America (now Prudential Financial)
Forrest Fang (born 1959), Chinese American composer and violinist
Forrest Fezler (born 1949), American golf course design consultant and former PGA Tour professional golfer
Forrest Fulton (1846–1926), British judge and Conservative politician
Forrest Gander (born 1956), American poet, essayist, novelist, critic, and translator
Forrest Goodwin (1862–1913), United States Representative from Maine
Forrest Gregg (born 1933), American National Football League Hall of Fame player and head coach
Forrest Griffin (born 1979), American mixed martial artist
Forrest Griffith (1928–2007), American football player
Forrest Guth (1921–2009), United States Army soldier during World War II
Forrest H. Anderson (1913–1989), 17th Governor of Montana
Forrest Halsey (1877–1949), American screenwriter
Forrest Hamer (born 1956), American poet, psychologist, and psychoanalyst
Forrest George Howell (2016), Adventure traveller, explorer and philanthropist
Forrest J. Ackerman (1916–2008), American magazine editor, writer, collector, and fan of science fiction and horror
Forrest Kline (born 1983), lead singer, songwriter and guitarist of the power pop band Hellogoodbye
Forrest Knox (born 1956), Republican member of the Kansas Senate
Forrest L. Richardson (born 1959), American golf course architect and member of the American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA)
Forrest L. Vosler (1923–1992), Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress radio operator
Forrest L. Wood (born 1932), founder of Ranger Boats
Forrest Lake (politician) (1868–1939), prominent politician, banker, real estate investor, a mayor of Sanford, Florida, and member of the Florida House of Representatives
Forrest Landis (born 1994), American child actor
Forrest Lewis (1899–1977), American actor
Forrest M. Hall (1869–1961), American football player and coach
Forrest McClendon, American stage actor, singer, and professor
Forrest McPherson (1911–1989), American football player
Forrest Mars, Sr. (1904–1999), 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 McDonald (born 1927), American historian
Forrest Mims (born 1944), amateur scientist, magazine columnist, and author
Forrest Myers (born 1941), American sculptor
Forrest O. Rednour (1923–1943), United States Coast Guardsman
Forrest O'Connor (born 1988), American singer-songwriter, mandolinist, and entrepreneur
Forrest Parry (1921–2005), IBM engineer
Forrest Petz (born 1975), American mixed martial artist
Forrest Pogue (1912–1996), official United States Army historian during World War II
Forrest Redlich, Australian independent writer/producer of films and TV
Forrest Reid (1875–1947), Irish novelist, literary critic, and translator
Forrest S. Petersen (1922–1990), United States Navy aviator and test pilot
Forrest Sawyer (born 1940), American broadcast journalist
Forrest Sherman (1896–1951), U.S. Navy admiral and Chief of Naval Operations
Forrest Smith (1886–1962), 42nd Governor of Missouri
Forrest Smithson (1884–1962), American hurdler and 1908 Olympic gold medalist
Forrest Stanley (1889–1969), American actor and screenplay writer
Forrest Taylor (1883–1965), American character actor
Forrest Thompson (1918–1979), pitcher in Major League Baseball
Forrest Towns (1914–1991), American track and field athlete and 1936 Olympic gold medalist
Forrest Tucker (1919–1986), American actor
Forrest Tucker (criminal) (1920–2004), American career criminal
Forrest Twogood (1907–1972), minor league baseball player, college basketball and baseball coach, and college athletics administrator
Forrest Phillips (1887–1972), farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island
Forrest W. Seymour (1905–1983), Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for the Des Moines Register and Worcester, Massachusetts Telegram
Forrest Ward (born 1949), retired amateur heavyweight boxer
Forest Whitaker (born 1961), American actor
Forrest White (1920–1994), American musical instruments industry executive
Forrest Wilson (1883–1942), American author and journalist
