Forrest
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The word Forrest occurs in a number of names of places, persons, or locations.
In almost all its forms, it is ultimately descended from the family name Forrest, originally Scottish or English and meaning "dweller in a forest".
Forrest is popular as a male first name in North America and especially in the southern United States; this is likely due to the fame of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
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Places named Forrest
- Division of Forrest, a federal division of the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia.
- Forrest, Manitoba, Canada
- Forrest City, Arkansas, USA
- Forrest County, Mississippi, USA
- Forrest, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Glen Forrest, Western Australia, Australia
- Forrest, Illinois, USA
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People named Forrest
- Alexander Forrest, Australian explorer
- Barbara Forrest, philosopher and critic of intelligent design
- Bayard Forrest, basketball player
- Frederic Forrest, American actor
- George Forrest (author) American author and musician
- George Forrest (botanist) (1873-1932), British botanist and plant collector
- John Forrest, Australian explorer and politician
- Margaret Forrest, wife of John Forrest
- Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate general and KKK founder
- Nathan Bedford Forrest III, American general and grandson of Nathan Bedford Forrest
- Steve Forrest, American actor (real name William Forrest Andrews)
- Uriah Forrest, (1746-1805), U.S. Congressman and delegate for Maryland
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Others
- Forrest Gump, book and 1994 movie
- Super Typhoon Forrest, a typhoon in the 1983 Pacific typhoon season
- Forrest Kelly, a homosexual lacrosse attackmen at Holy Ghost
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