Forster (surname)
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Forster may refer people with that exact name.
It can also be an anglicization of Förster (with o-umlaut
), a Germanic surname which can also be transliterated Foerster and there are some persons whose surname is spelt in each of these ways.
It can also be an anglicization of Förster (with o-umlaut
Ö
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), a Germanic surname which can also be transliterated Foerster and there are some persons whose surname is spelt in each of these ways.
Forster
- Forster BaronetsForster Baronets-Forster of Bamburgh:The Baronetcy of Forster of Bamburgh was created in the Baronetage of England by James I for Claudius Forster of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, on 7 March 1620....
, several persons - Adam Forster (1850-1928), an artist
- Tim Forster ( born 1949), ex Naval Officer and now hotellier
- Albert ForsterAlbert ForsterAlbert Maria Forster was a Nazi German politician. Under his administration as the Gauleiter of Danzig-West Prussia during the Second World War, the local non-German population suffered ethnic cleansing, mass murder, and forceful Germanisation...
(1902-1952), a German governor and war criminal - Brian ForsterBrian ForsterBrian Forster was the second actor to play the role of Chris Partridge in the television series The Partridge Family.-Biography:...
(born 1960), a TV actor in The Partridge Family - Carl-Peter Forster (born 1954), the President of GM Europe
- Sir Charles Forster, 1st BaronetSir Charles Forster, 1st BaronetSir Charles Forster, 1st Baronet was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1852 to 1891-Biography:Forster was born at Worcester, the only son of Charles Smith Forster of Lysways...
(1815–1891), English Liberal politician - Charles Smith ForsterCharles Smith ForsterCharles Smith Forster was an English banker and Conservative politician who represented Walsall in the 19th century....
(1786–1850), English banker and Conservative politician - Charles French Blake-ForsterCharles French Blake-ForsterCharles French Blake-Forster was an Irish writer.Born at Forster Street House, Galway City, the eldest son of Captain Francis Blake-Forster of the Connaught Rangers, educated at home and later in England. Began to play a prominent part in Galway's public affairs upon his return in his late teens...
(1851–1874), Irish writer - E. M. ForsterE. M. ForsterEdward Morgan Forster OM, CH was an English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist. He is known best for his ironic and well-plotted novels examining class difference and hypocrisy in early 20th-century British society...
(1879-1970), an English novelist - Fraser ForsterFraser ForsterFraser Gerard Forster is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Celtic, on loan from Newcastle United.He started his career with Newcastle and has had loan spells with Stockport County, Bristol Rovers and Norwich City as well as being on loan to Celtic for the 2010–11 season.-Early...
(born 1988), an English footballer - Garey ForsterGarey ForsterGarey Forster is an American radio host who served in District 98 as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1982–1997, when he resigned to become the state secretary of labor under Governor Murphy J...
, a Louisiana politician - Georg Forster (composer)Georg Forster (composer)Georg Forster was a German editor, composer and physician.Forster was born at Amberg, in the Upper Palatinate. While a chorister at Elector Ludwig V’s court in Heidelberg around 1521, he was a colleague of Caspar Othmayr who would also become a composer of renown. Forster received his first...
(1510-1568), a German Renaissance editor, composer and physician - Georg ForsterGeorg ForsterJohann Georg Adam Forster was a German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific...
(1754-1794), a Polish-German botanical collector and artist - George Forster (disambiguation), several persons
- Gisela ForsterGisela ForsterGisela Forster is a German writer, teacher and catholic theologian.- Life :Forster was born in Munich to parents from Bavaria and Hungary. After school at the Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium in Munich-Passing, Forster studied Catholic theology, philosophy, arts and architecture at the Technical...
(born 1946), a German teacher, writer and theologian - Henry Forster, 1st Baron ForsterHenry Forster, 1st Baron ForsterHenry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG, PC, DL , was a British Conservative Party politician who became the seventh Governor-General of Australia-Background and education:...
(1866-1936), a Governor-General of Australia - Jack ForsterJack ForsterJack Forster is a rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership. He usually plays at prop....
(born 1987), an English rugby union player - Jackie ForsterJackie ForsterJackie Forster was born 6 November 1926 and died in London on 10 October 1998. She married her novelist husband, Peter Forster in 1958 while she worked as a TV presenter and news reporter, but divorced him in 1962 when she realised her true sexual identity...
(born 1926), a TV reporter and member of the Minorities Research Group - Jill ForsterJill Forster-Career:Fortster has been in numerous Australian television dramas including Motel, Number 96, The Box, The Restless Years, Starting Out, Prisoner, A Country Practice, The Flying Doctors, The Power, The Passion and SeaChange...
(born 1936), an Australian actress - Johann Reinhold ForsterJohann Reinhold ForsterJohann Reinhold Forster was a German Lutheran pastor and naturalist of partial Scottish descent who made contributions to the early ornithology of Europe and North America...
, (1729-1798), a Polish-born naturalist of German descent - John Forster (disambiguation)John Forster (disambiguation)John Forster may refer to:* Sir John Forster , English military commander and Warden of the Middle Marches* John Forster , English biographer and critic* John Forster , Irish lawyer and politician...
, several persons - Kevin ForsterKevin ForsterKevin John Forster is a retired long-distance runner from England. He represented Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 33rd place and was the fastest English marathon runner of 1988...
(born 1958), an English long-distance runner - Marc ForsterMarc ForsterMarc Forster is a German-Swiss filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the films Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger than Fiction, The Kite Runner, and Quantum of Solace.- Life and career :...
(born 1969), a Swiss film director and screenwriter - Margaret ForsterMargaret ForsterMargaret Forster is a British author. She was born in Carlisle, England, where she attended Carlisle and County High School for Girls , and then won an Open Scholarship to read modern history at Somerville College, Oxford, from where she graduated in 1960.After a short period as a teacher at...
(born 1938), a British author and literary critic - Mark ForsterMark ForsterMark Forster is a British author best known for three books on time management. A business coach until he retired on 24 November 2008, in the past he has also worked for the British Army, Ministry of Defence and the Church of England....
, a British author - Mark Forster (rugby league)Mark Forster (rugby league)Mark Forster is a former rugby league player.Forster was an Ireland international and played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.-Testimonial match:Mark Forster's Testimonial matches at Warrington took place in 1993 and 2003.-External links:*****...
, a former rugby league player - Mark Arnold-ForsterMark Arnold-ForsterMark Arnold-Forster, DSO, DSC was an English journalist and author. He is best remembered for his book The World at War, which accompanied the 1973 television series of the same name.-Early years:...
(1920-1981), a journalist, author and military historian - Martin Onslow ForsterMartin Onslow ForsterSir Martin Onslow Forster, FRS was a chemist and a director of the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India....
(1872-1945), a British chemist - Nick Forster, the founder of eTown radio program
- Nicky ForsterNicky ForsterNicholas Michael "Nicky" Forster is a former professional footballer who has also been player-manager at Brentford, and is now manager of Dover Athletic...
(born 1973), an English footballer - Norvela ForsterNorvela ForsterNorvela Felicia Forster was a United Kingdom businesswoman, exporter and politician.-Education:Born in Gillingham, Kent, Forster attended South Wilts Grammar School for Girls, Salisbury, and Bedford College, University of London where she was President of the Union Society and obtained a Bachelor...
(1931-1993), an English businesswoman - Raymond Robert ForsterRaymond Robert ForsterRaymond Robert Forster was a spider expert.He wrote his first paper on spiders at the age of 17. He studied at Victoria University...
(1922-2000), a New Zealand spider expert - Rayny ForsterRayny Forster-The Posers:Forster was born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada where he fronted the thrash-punk outfit The Posers, a band who "single rejuvenated the punk rock scene – making it relevant to a whole new generation – as well as inspiring the city’s young thrash scene and giving birth to Windsor’s hardcore...
(born 1978), a Canadian singer, founder of Moshpit Tragedy Records - Robert ForsterRobert ForsterRobert Forster is an American actor, best known for his roles as John Cassellis in Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool, and as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, the latter of which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.- Early life :Forster was born Robert Wallace...
(born 1941), an American actor - Robert Forster (musician)Robert Forster (musician)Robert Forster is an Australian singer-songwriter, best known for his work with songwriting partner Grant McLennan, with whom he co-founded The Go-Betweens.Forster grew up in Brisbane, Australia attending Brisbane Grammar School...
(born 1957), an Australian musician, member of The Go-Betweens - Roger T Forster (born 1933), a theologian and leader of Ichthus Christian Fellowship
- Stuart ForsterStuart ForsterStuart Forster is a photojournalist, photographer and writer from North-East England.In May 2009 one of his images, photographed during a demonstration in Delhi, India, was selected for inclusion in the National Union of Journalists Photography Matters exhibition of fifty of the strongest news...
, a British photojournalist and photographer - Thomas ForsterThomas ForsterThomas Forster was a Northumbrian politician and landowner, who served as general of the Jacobite army in the 1715 Uprising.-Life:...
(1683-1738), a Northumbrian Jacobite - Thomas Ignatius Maria ForsterThomas Ignatius Maria ForsterThomas Ignatius Maria Forster was an astronomer and naturalist.His father, a botanist, was a follower of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. As early as 1805 he had compiled a "Journal of the Weather" and had published his Liber Rerum Naturalium. A year later, inspired by Gall's works, he took up the study of...
(1789-1860), an astronomer and naturalist - William Thomas ForsterWilliam Thomas ForsterWilliam Thomas Forster was an English-born farmer and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Nanaimo from 1890 to 1894 and Westminster-Delta from 1894 to 1900 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. His name also appears as Thomas William Forster and Thomas Forster.He...
(or Thomas William Forster), a former politician in British Columbia - William ForsterWilliam ForsterWilliam Forster was an Australian politician, Premier of New South Wales from 27 October 1859 to 9 March 1860 and poet.Forster was described in his youth as a "sallow, thin, saturnine young gentleman"...
(1818-1882), a Premier of New South Wales and poet - William Forster (disambiguation)William Forster (disambiguation)William Forster may refer to:*William Forster , Premier of New South Wales and poet*William Forster Quaker preacher and philanthropist...
, other men of that name
Förster
- Arnold FörsterArnold FörsterArnold Förster was a German entomologist, who worked mainly on Coleoptera and Hymenoptera.-Life:Arnold Förster, who was born on 20 January 1810 in Aachen, Germany, where he died on 12 August 1884. He was Oberlehrer , or upper teacher, in Aachen for his entire adult life. He worked ceaselessly on...
(1810–84), German entomologist - Bernd Förster (b. 1956), German footballer (brother of Karlheinz)
- Christoph FörsterChristoph FörsterCristoph Förster was a German composer best known for his Oboe concertos. At the peak of his career, he was the musical director at the court of Merseburg. His works, such as his horn concerto, were published by the Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag....
(1693–1745), German composer - Eckart Förster, a professor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityThe Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
- Elisabeth Förster-NietzscheElisabeth Förster-NietzscheTherese Elisabeth Alexandra Förster-Nietzsche , who went by her second name, was the sister of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche and the creator of the Nietzsche Archive in 1894....
(1846–1935), sister of Friedrich Nietzsche - Emmanuel Aloys Förster (1748–1823), musician and teacher in Vienna
- Ernst Joachim FörsterErnst Joachim FörsterErnst Joachim Förster was a German painter and an art critic, brother of Friedrich Christoph Förster, author of a number of elaborate and important works bearing on the history of art in Germany and Italy....
(1800–85), German art critic - Friedrich Christoph FörsterFriedrich Christoph FörsterFriedrich Christoph Förster , German historian and poet, was the second son of Karl Christoph Förster , and consequently a brother of the painter, Ernst Joachim Förster...
(1791–1868), German historian and poet - Friedrich Förster (1908–99), German spec. NDT, Фёрстер, Фридрих (rus)
- Karlheinz FörsterKarlheinz FörsterKarlheinz Helmut Förster is a former German footballer who played as a central defender.The younger brother of another football defender, Bernd Förster, he was regarded as one of the world's top man-markers at his peak, and played most of his career at VfB Stuttgart with Bernd...
(b. 1958), German footballer (brother of Bernd) - Kerstin FörsterKerstin FörsterKerstin Förster is a German rower. She is married to Olaf Förster who also won a Gold medal at the rowing competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics.- References :* at sports-reference.com...
(born 1965), German rower (wife of Olaf) - Ludwig FörsterLudwig FörsterLudwig Christian Friedrich Förster was a German-born Austrian architect.Ludwig Förster studied in Munich and Vienna. He founded the Allgemeine Bauzeitung in 1836...
(1797–1863), architect - Olaf FörsterOlaf FörsterOlaf Förster is a retired German rower who won a gold medal in 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.-External links:*...
(born 1962), German rower (husband of Kerstin) - Theodor FörsterTheodor FörsterTheodor Förster was a German physical chemist.Theodor Förster undertook a Ph.D. under Erwin Madelung at the University of Frankfurt am Main . In the same year he joined the Nazi Party and the SA. After his habilitation he became a lecturer in Leipzig...
(1910–1974), physicist and chemist , discoverer of Förster resonance energy transfer
Foerster
- Heinz von FoersterHeinz von FoersterHeinz von Foerster was an Austrian American scientist combining physics and philosophy. Together with Warren McCulloch, Norbert Wiener, John von Neumann, Lawrence J. Fogel, and others, Heinz von Foerster was an architect of cybernetics.-Biography:Von Foerster was born in 1911 in Vienna, Austria,...
(1911–2002), an Austro-American founder of cybernetics - Josef Bohuslav FoersterJosef Bohuslav FoersterJosef Bohuslav Foerster was a Czech composer of classical music. He is often referred to as J. B. Foerster. The surname is sometimes spelled Förster.- Life :...
(1859–1951), a Czech composer of classical music - Otfrid FoersterOtfrid FoersterOtfrid Foerster was a German neurologist and neurosurgeon, who made innovative contributions to neurology and neurosurgery, such as rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity, anterolateral cordotomy for pain, the hyperventilation test for epilepsy, Foerster's syndrome, the first electrocorticogram...
(1873–1941), a German neurologist - Wilhelm Julius Förster (or Foerster) (1832–1921), a German astronomer
See also
- Forester (disambiguation)
- Forrester (surname)Forrester (surname)Forrester is a surname of Scottish origin, and may refer to:* Alistair Forrester, Scottish darts player* Cay Forrester, American film and television actress* Douglas Forrester, American businessman* Gary Forrester, New Zealand musician, novelist, and poet...
- Foster (disambiguation)
- Fosters (disambiguation)