Forrester (surname)
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Forrester is a surname
of Scottish
origin, and may refer to:
Fictional
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of Scottish
Scottish people
The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...
origin, and may refer to:
- Alistair ForresterAlistair ForresterAlistair Forrester is a retired Scottish professional darts player who competed in the 1980s.He qualified twice to play in the World Professional Darts Championship, but lost in the first round on both occasions. He was beaten 0-2 by Bobby George in the 1981 Championship and 1-2 by the Belgian...
, Scottish darts player - Cay ForresterCay ForresterCay Forrester was an American film and television actress. She appeared predominantly in minor films with some exceptions, . Her biggest role was in the 1950 cult classic DOA, where Forrester played a married woman who tempts Edmond O'Brien...
, American film and television actress - Douglas Forrester, American businessman
- Gary ForresterGary ForresterGary Forrester is a New Zealand-Australian musician, composer, novelist, poet, and memoirist. He was profiled by Random House Australia as one of the major figures in the Australian music scene during the 1980s and 1990s...
, New Zealand musician, novelist, and poet - George Forrester (footballer born 1927), former English professional footballer
- George Forrester (footballer born 1934)George Forrester (footballer born 1934)George Forrester is a Scottish former footballer who played as a full back. Forrester began his career in the early 1950s with Sunderland, spending two years with the English side but failing to make a first-team appearance...
, Scottish former professional footballer. - George Forrester and CompanyGeorge Forrester and CompanyGeorge Forrester and Company was a British locomotive manufacturer at Vauxhall Foundry in Liverpool.The company had opened in 1827 as iron founders and commenced building locomotives in 1834....
, English locomotive manufacturer - Helen ForresterHelen ForresterHelen Forrester, whose real name was June Bhatia was an English author known for her books about her early childhood in Liverpool during the Great Depression as well as several works of fiction....
, English author - James Forrester (politician)James Forrester (politician)James S. Forrester was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-first senate district, including constituents in Iredell, Gaston and Lincoln counties...
- James Forrester (rugby union)
- Jay Wright ForresterJay Wright ForresterJay Wright Forrester is a pioneer American computer engineer, systems scientist and was a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Forrester is known as the founder of System Dynamics, which deals with the simulation of interactions between objects in dynamic systems.- Biography :Forrester...
, founder of the study of system dynamics - Joel ForresterJoel ForresterJoel Forrester is an American jazz pianist and composer. He is notable for having composed the theme song to NPR's Fresh Air.-Joel Forrester:*People Like Us...No, Really, Koch...
, composer - Maureen ForresterMaureen ForresterMaureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester, was a Canadian operatic contralto.-Life and career:Maureen Forrester was born and grew up in a poor section of Montreal, Quebec. She was one of four children to Thomas Forrester, a Scottish cabinetmaker, and his Irish-born wife, the former May Arnold. She...
, Canadian singer - Patrick G. ForresterPatrick G. ForresterPatrick Graham Forrester is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. At the time of his retirement from the U.S. Army, Forrester had achieved the rank of colonel...
, American army officer and astronaut - Philippa ForresterPhilippa ForresterPhilippa Forrester is an English television and radio presenter, producer and author. Having presented shows such as Tomorrow's World, The Heaven and Earth Show and Robot Wars, she now makes wildlife programmes with her husband, Charlie Hamilton James.-Education:Forrester was educated at Westgate...
, English media personality - Stephanie Forrester (triathlete)
- Tony ForresterTony ForresterAnthony R. Forrester is an English bridge player and writer. He is a British and English international and a World International Master. Forrester is the bridge columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph....
, English bridge player and writer - Viviane ForresterViviane ForresterViviane Forrester is a writer, essayist, novelist and literary critic. She works for Le Monde, Le Nouvel Observateur and Quinzaine littéraire and is a member of the jury of the Prix Femina. She became famous internationally with her books on political affairs...
, writer
Fictional
- Doctor Clayton Forrester (War of the Worlds)Doctor Clayton Forrester (War of the Worlds)Doctor Clayton Forrester is a fictional character in the 1953 science fiction film The War of the Worlds, the first film adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel of the same name. The character is played by Gene Barry...
- Dr. Clayton Forrester (Myster Science Theater 3000)
- Lee ForresterLee ForresterAleytys "Lee" Forrester is a comic book character created by Marvel comics. Her first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #143.-Fictional character biography:...
, comic book character - Pearl ForresterPearl ForresterPearl Forrester is a character on the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series, played by Mary Jo Pehl. Forrester was the mother of Dr. Clayton Forrester...
, Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Roz ForresterRoz ForresterRoslyn Sarah Inyathi Forrester, usually just known as Roz Forrester, is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures range of spin-offs based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who....
, Doctor Who spinoff - The Forrester familyForrester familyThe Forrester Family is a family in the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. This is a list of all known members of the Forrester family, both past and present, deceased and living.-First generation:...
on The Bold and the BeautifulThe Bold and the BeautifulThe Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS Daytime. It premiered on March 23, 1987....
See also
- Forester without double r
- ForsterForsterForster may refer to:* Forster, New South Wales, a town in Australia* Forster , several people with the surname* Forster Music Publisher, Inc., a sheet music publisher founded in 1916 based in Chicago...
- FosterFoster- Places :Australia* Foster, VictoriaUnited States* Foster, California ** Foster, San Diego County, California** Foster, Siskiyou County, California* Foster, Indiana* Foster, Missouri* Foster, Nebraska* Foster, Oregon* Foster, Rhode Island...
- ForrestForrest-Places:Australia* Division of Forrest, a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia*Forrest, Victoria, a small rural township*Forrest, Western Australia, a small settlement and railway station**Forrest Airport...