Forsyth (surname)
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- Adam ForsythAdam ForsythAdam Forsyth is an Australian amateur boxer who competed at the 2004 Olympics in the men's heavyweight division....
, Australian Olympic boxer (b. 1981) - Alex Forsyth (footballer)Alex Forsyth (footballer)Alex Forsyth was a Scottish football player. He played right-back.Forsyth began his footballing career as an apprentice at Arsenal in 1967. However, he returned home to Scotland in 1968 when he became homesick....
, Scottish footballer - Alex Forsyth (hockey), ice hockey player in the National Hockey League
- Amanda ForsythAmanda ForsythAmanda Forsyth is a Juno Award-winning Canadian cellist, and is the principal cello of the National Arts Centre Orchestra.-Biography:...
, Canadian cellist - Andrew ForsythAndrew ForsythAndrew Russell Forsyth was a Scottish mathematician.Andrew Forsyth studied at Liverpool College and was tutored by Richard Pendlebury before entering Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating senior wrangler in 1881...
(1858-1942), British mathematician - Benjamin ForsythBenjamin ForsythBenjamin Forsyth was an American officer of Rifle troops in the War of 1812 between Britain and America.Originally from Stokes County, North Carolina, he obtained a lieutenancy in the U.S. 1st Rifle Regiment when it was formed in 1808...
, U.S. Army officer in the War of 1812 - Bill ForsythBill ForsythBill Forsyth is a Scottish film director and writer, noted for his commitment to national film-making.Forsyth first came to attention with a low-budget film, That Sinking Feeling, made with youth theatre actors and featuring a cameo appearance by the Edinburgh gallery owner Richard Demarco...
, Scottish film director - Brandon ForsythBrandon ForsythBrandon Forsyth is an American ice dancer. During his career, he skated with Lydia Manon, Emilie Nussear, and Jessica Joseph, with whom he captured a bronze medal at the 2001 U.S. Figure Skating Championships...
, American figure skater - Brigit ForsythBrigit ForsythBrigit Forsyth is a British actress, who is best known for her roles as Thelma Ferris in the BBC comedy Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? and Helen Yeldham in the hit ITV drama/modern-day western Boon....
, British actress - Bruce ForsythBruce ForsythSir Bruce Joseph Forsyth-Johnson, CBE , commonly known as Bruce Forsyth, or Brucie, is an English TV personality...
, British entertainer - Campbell ForsythCampbell ForsythRobert Campbell Forsyth is a retired Scottish footballer, who played as a goalkeeper for St. Mirren, Kilmarnock and Southampton. He also made four appearances for Scotland in 1964.-Early career:...
(born 1939), Kilmarnock and Scotland international goalkeeper - Cecil ForsythCecil ForsythCecil Forsyth was an English composer and musicologist. He was born in Greenwich on November 30, 1870, and he died in New York on December 7, 1941. He studied at Edinburgh University and at the Royal College of Music , and played viola in various London Orchestras...
, British composer - David Forsyth:
- David Forsyth (actor)David Forsyth (actor)David Forsyth is an American soap opera actor. He was born in Long Beach, California.David Forsyth was given several soap opera roles to play in rapid succession: T.J. Canfield on Texas , Hogan McCleary on Search for Tomorrow and John Hudson on Another World...
(born 1947), American soap opera actor - David Forsyth (chess)David Forsyth (chess)David Forsyth , a Scotsman who emigrated to New Zealand, served as chess editor of the Glasgow Weekly Herald. Forsyth invented a method for recording chess positions, which he published in the Glasgow Weekly Herald in 1883, now known as Forsyth notation...
(1854-1909), chess writer and inventor of Forsyth notation
- David Forsyth (actor)
- Frederick ForsythFrederick ForsythFrederick Forsyth, CBE is an English author and occasional political commentator. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan and The Cobra.-...
, British author and journalist - George ForsythGeorge ForsythGeorge Patrick Forsyth Sommer is a Peruvian football goalkeeper, who plays professionally for Alianza Lima.- Personal life :...
, Peruvian football goalkeeper - George Alexander ForsythGeorge Alexander ForsythGeorge Alexander Forsyth was a United States military officer most notable for his service in the cavalry.-Early life:Forsyth was born in Muncy, Pennsylvania...
, commanding officer of the U.S. 9th Cavalry Regiment during the Battle of Beecher Island - James W. ForsythJames W. ForsythJames William Forsyth was a U.S. Army officer and general. He was primarily a Union staff officer during the American Civil War and cavalry regimental commander during the Indian Wars.-Early life:...
(1835-1906), Commander of the 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Wounded Knee Massacre - John Forsyth (politician)John Forsyth (politician)John Forsyth, Sr. was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia.Forsyth was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His father Robert Forsyth was the first U.S. Marshal to be killed in the line of duty in 1794. He was an attorney who graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1799...
(1780-1841), United States politician - John Forsyth Jr.John Forsyth Jr.John Forsyth was an American newspaper editor of the Mobile Register and the son to politician John Forsyth and grandson of U.S. Congressman Robert Forsyth.-Biography:...
, American newspaper editor - John Kealty ForsythJohn Kealty ForsythMajor General John Kealty Forsyth CMG was an Australian Army colonel and temporary brigadier general in World War I. He retired in 1925 as a Major General.-Early life and career:...
(1867-1928), Australian army general - Kate ForsythKate ForsythKate Forsyth is an Australian fantasy author, best known for the Witches of Eileanan series, and the Rhiannon's Ride series, which is also set in Eileanan....
, Australian writer - Kimberly ForsythKimberly ForsythKimberly Forsyth is a beauty queen from Cabot, Arkansas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Forsyth won the Miss Arkansas USA title in a state pageant held in Conway, Arkansas in late 2005...
, American beauty queen - Michael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of DrumleanMichael Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of DrumleanMichael Bruce Forsyth, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean PC, Kt is a British financier and politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Stirling from 1983 to 1997 and served in the cabinet of John Major as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1995 to 1997...
, British politician - Malcolm ForsythMalcolm ForsythMalcolm Forsyth, CM was a South African and Canadian trombonist and composer. His daughter is National Arts Centre Orchestra cellist Amanda Forsyth....
, Canadian composer - Peter Taylor ForsythPeter Taylor ForsythPeter Taylor Forsyth, also known as P. T. Forsyth, was a Scottish theologian.The son of a postman, Forsyth studied at the University of Aberdeen and then in Göttingen...
, Scottish theologian - Robert ForsythRobert ForsythRobert Forsyth is the Anglican Bishop of South Sydney - a region of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. He has been bishop since 2000. Prior to that he was the rector of St. Barnabas, Broadway.- Personal life:...
, Anglican Bishop of South Sydney
- Simon Forsyth, Young Australian Designer
- Samuel ForsythSamuel ForsythSamuel Forsyth VC was a non-commissioned officer in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award of the British Commonwealth for gallantry "in the face of the enemy", during the First World War....
, New Zealand soldier - Tim ForsythTim ForsythTim Forsyth is a retired Australian three-time Olympic high jumper.His first success on the international scene came in 1990 with a silver medal at the World Junior Championships. In 1992 the 19-year-old Forsyth won an Olympic bronze medal, equalling his current personal best height of 2.34m...
(b.1973), Australian athlete - Tom ForsythTom ForsythThomas "Tom" Forsyth is a former Scottish assocation footballer and manager who played for Motherwell and Rangers. He was born in Paisley, Scotland and moved to Stonehouse, Lanarkshire when he was 6 months old and still lives to this day.-Club:Forsyth started his career at Motherwell before being...
(b.1949), Scottish footballer - W. O. ForsythW. O. ForsythWesley Octavius Forsyth was a Canadian pianist and composer.Forsyth was born in Markham Township and studied music in Leipzig under Salomon Jadassohn, Martin Krause, Gustav Schreck and others. His first success was the Suite in E minor . Having failed to achieve success as an instrumental...
(1859-1937), Canadian pianist and composer - William ForsythWilliam Forsyth (disambiguation)William Forsyth may refer to:*William Forsyth , American Impressionist painter*William Forsyth , Scottish botanist*William Forsyth , Scottish poet and journalist...
:- William Forsyth (botanist) (1737-1804), Scottish botanist
See also
- Forsyte (disambiguation) (no h)
- Forsythe (disambiguation) (ending in e)