Förster or Foerster is a German surname meaning "forester". (It has often been Anglicised as Forster). Notable people of this name include:
Förster Alban Förster (1849–1916), German composer Arnold Förster (1810–1884), German entomologist August Förster (physician) (1822–1865), German anatomist
Benjamin Förster (born 1989), German footballer Bernd Förster (born 1956), German footballer Bernhard Förster (1843–1889), German teacher and antisemitic activist Carl Friedrich Richard Förster (1825–1902), German ophthalmologist Christoph Förster (1693–1745), German composer Christopher Förster (born 1986), German politician Eckart Förster (born 1952), German philosopher
Franz Förster (1819–1878), German jurist (1819-1878) Friedrich Förster (1865–1918), Soft redirect to Wikispecies (1829–1897), German piano maker Friedrich Christoph Förster (1791–1868), German historian and poet Heiko Mathias Förster (born 1966), German conductor Heinrich Förster (1799–1881), German prince-bishop
Horst Förster (conductor, 1920) (1920–1986), German conductor and violinist Horst Förster (conductor, 1933) (born 1933), German conductor and musicologist Jochen Förster (born 1942), German canoeist Jürgen Förster (born 1940), German historian Karl Förster (1784–1841), German poet and translator Karlheinz Förster (born 1958), German footballer Kaspar Förster (1616–1673), German singer and composer Katharina Förster (born 1988), German freestyle skier Kerstin Förster (born 1965), German rower Klaus Förster (1933–2009), German tax inspector Ludwig Förster (1797–1863), Austrian architect Marco Förster (born 1976), German footballer Martin Förster (born 1966), Czech luger Max Förster (1869–1954), German scholar of Old English Olaf Förster (born 1962), East German rower Otto-Wilhelm Förster (1885–1966), German general Philipp Förster (born 1995), German footballer Robert Förster (born 1978), German cyclist Stefan Förster (born 1950), East German boxer Theodor Förster (1910–1974), German physical chemist Till Förster (born 1955), German professor Trudy Larkin Förster (1935–2005), American writer Wendelin Förster (1844–1915), Austrian philologist and Romance scholar Wieland Förster (born 1930), German sculptor and painter
Foerster Alma E. Foerster (1885–1967), American nurse Anna Foerster (born 1971), American film director Chris Foerster (born 1961), American football coach Dietlind Foerster (born 1981), Namibian cricketer Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869–1966), German academic, philosopher, editor and pacifist Hans Foerster (born 1965), American swimmer Heinz von Foerster (1911–2002), Austrian-American scientist and cybernetician Jennifer Foerster (born 1979), Native American poet from California Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859–1951), Czech composer and musicologist Karl Foerster (1874–1970), German author and gardener Madeline von Foerster (born 1973), American painter Otfrid Foerster (1873–1941), German neurologist and neurosurgeon Paul Foerster (born 1963), American sailor Peter Foerster (1887–1948), German painter Richard Foerster (classical scholar) (1843–1922), German classical scholar Richard Foerster (poet) (born 1949), American poet
Tom Foerster (1928–2000), American politician Tyson Foerster (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player Viktor Foerster (1867–1915), Czech painter Werner von Foerster (born 1897), Argentine sailor Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832–1921), German astronomer Willy Rudolf Foerster (1905–1966), Engineer and Industrialist Wolfgang Foerster (1875–1963), German officer and military historian
See also
Forester (disambiguation) Forrester (surname) Forster (surname) Foster (disambiguation) Fosters (disambiguation) Vorster