Cognomen Forester (Forester 
, Forestier 
, Форестер 
) , all around the world, is a common last name. The surname Forester is habitual in France, where it is quite a common surname, Switzerland, where it is quite a rare surname, and Jamaica. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in France, the United States, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, Forester is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Forester | United Kingdom, United States, France, Indonesia, Canada |
| Forestier | United Kingdom, Argentina, United States, France, Canada |
| Форестер | Russia |
| פורסטר | Israel |
| john fitz roger le forester (1314-1349) (b. 1314) |
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| james forester Church of England clergyman and separatist (b. 1560) |
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| francis forester (1599-1665) (b. 1599) |
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| francis forester (born 1623) (b. 1623) |
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| william forester British politician (b. 1655) |
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| william forester British politician (1690-1758) (b. 1690) |
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| brooke forester British politician (1717-1774) (b. 1717) |
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| mary forester (died 1779) (b. 1718) |
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| george forester British politician (b. 1735) |
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| thomas forester translator and historian (1750-1850) (b. 1750) |
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| forester leighton (1763-1807) (b. 1763) |
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| cecil weld-forester, 1st baron forester British politician (b. 1767) |
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| francis forester British Member of Parliament (1774-1861) (b. 1774) |
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| john b. forester American politician, US (b. 1785) |
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| thomas forester travel writer and novelist (1789-?) (b. 1789) |
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