Forster may refer people with that exact name. It can also be an anglicization of Förster (with o-umlaut), a Germanic surname meaning Forester which can also be transliterated Foerster and there are some persons whose surname is spelt in each of these ways.
Forster baronets, several persons
Adam Forster (1850-1928), an artist
Albert Forster (1902-1952), a German governor and war criminal
Brian Forster (born 1960), a TV actor in The Partridge Family
B. Y. Forster, the pseudonym of American songwriter George David Weiss
Carl-Peter Forster (born 1954), the President of GM Europe
Sir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet (1815–1891), English Liberal politician
Charles Farrar Forster (1848-1894), an English priest
Charles French Blake-Forster (1851–1874), an Irish writer
Charles Smith Forster (1786–1850), an English banker and Conservative politician
E. M. Forster (1879-1970), an English novelist
François Forster (1790-1872), a French engraver
Fraser Forster (born 1988), an English footballer
Garey Forster (born 1950), a Louisiana politician
Georg Forster (composer) (1510-1568), a German Renaissance editor, composer and physician
Georg Forster (1754-1794), a Polish-German botanical collector and artist; son of Johann Reinhold Forster
George Forster (disambiguation), several persons
Gisela Forster (born 1946), a German teacher, writer and theologian
Heinrich Forster (1897–1955), German SS-Hauptsturmführer and Lagerführer in Nazi concentration camps
Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster (1866-1936), a Governor-General of Australia
Jack Forster (born 1987), an English rugby union player
Jackie Forster (born 1926), a TV reporter and member of the Minorities Research Group
Jill Forster (born 1936), an Australian actress
Johann Reinhold Forster, (1729-1798), a Polish-born naturalist of German and Scottish descent
John Forster (disambiguation), several persons
Jordon Forster (born 1993), a Scottish footballer
Josiah Forster (1782 – 1870) was a teacher and philanthropist
Kevin Forster (born 1958), an English long-distance runner
Marc Forster (born 1969), a Swiss film director and screenwriter
Margaret Forster (1938–2016), a British author and literary critic
Mark Forster (author), a British author
Mark Forster (rugby league), a former rugby league player
Mark Arnold-Forster (1920-1981), a journalist, author and military historian
Martin Onslow Forster (1872-1945), a British chemist
Nick Forster, the founder of eTown radio program
Nicky Forster (born 1973), an English footballer
Norvela Forster (1931-1993), an English businesswoman
Raymond Robert Forster (1922-2000), a New Zealand spider expert
Robert Forster (born 1941), an American actor
Robert Forster (musician) (born 1957), an Australian musician, member of The Go-Betweens
Roger T Forster (born 1933), a theologian and leader of Ichthus Christian Fellowship
Thomas Forster (1683-1738), a Northumbrian Jacobite
Thomas Emerson Forster (1802–1875), an English mining engineer.
Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster (1789-1860), an astronomer and naturalist
Walter Forster (disambiguation)
William Thomas Forster (or Thomas William Forster), a former politician in British Columbia
William Forster (Australian politician) (1818-1882), a Premier of New South Wales and poet
William Forster (disambiguation), other men of that name
Arnold Förster (1810–84), a German entomologist
August Förster (physician) (1822-1865), a German anatomist and pathologist
Bernd Förster (b. 1956), a German footballer (brother of Karlheinz)
Christoph Förster (1693–1745), a German composer
Eckart Förster, a professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846–1935), the sister of Friedrich Nietzsche
Emmanuel Aloys Förster (1748–1823), a musician and teacher in Vienna
Ernst Joachim Förster (1800–1885), a German art critic
Franz Förster (1819-1878), a German jurist
Friedrich Christoph Förster (1791–1868), a German historian and poet
Friedrich Förster (1908–1999), a German spec. NDT, Фёрстер, Фридрих (rus)
Heinrich Förster (bishop) (1800-1881), a German Roman Catholic bishop
Helmuth Förster (1889–1965), a Luftwaffe general during World War II
Karl Förster (1784-1841), a German poet and translator
Karlheinz Förster (born 1958), a German football player (brother of Bernd)
Kerstin Förster (born 1965), a German rower (wife of Olaf)
Ludwig Förster (1797–1863), an architect
Olaf Förster(born 1962), a German rower (husband of Kerstin)
Theodor Förster (1910–1974), a physicist and chemist, discoverer of Förster resonance energy transfer
Heinz von Foerster (1911–2002), an Austro-American founder of cybernetics
Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859–1951), a Czech composer of classical music
Otfrid Foerster (1873–1941), a German neurologist
Wendelin Förster (or Foerster) (1844–1915), German philologist and Arthurian scholar
Wilhelm Julius Förster (or Foerster) (1832–1921), a German astronomer
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