Famous People with Name Forrester

Maureen Forrester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Maureen Forrester: is a Canadian operatic contralto.She was born as Maureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester in Montreal, Quebec as one of four children to Thomas Forrester and May Arnold, and grew up in a poor section of east Montreal. At age 13, she dropped out of school to help support the family, working as a secretary at Bell Telephone. She was able to pay for voice lessons with Sally Martin, Frank Rowe, and baritone Bernard Diamant. She gave her debut recital at the local YWCA in 1953. Her accompanist was John Newmark, and this was the start of a life-long collaboration. She made her concert debut in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Otto Klemperer.

Patrick Graham Forrester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Patrick Graham Forrester: is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut. At the time of his retirement from the U.S. Army, Forrester had achieved the rank of colonel. Forrester is married and has 2 children.

Elijah Lewis Forrester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elijah Lewis Forrester: was a U.S. Representative from Georgia.He served as solicitor, City Court, Leesburg, Georgia from 1920 to 1933. He served as mayor of Leesburg 1922-1931. County attorney of Lee County 1928-1937. He served as solicitor general, southwestern judicial circui

James S. Forrester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James S. Forrester: is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-first Senate district, including constituents in Iredell, Gaston and Lincoln counties. A physician from Stanley, North Carolina, Forrester was as of the 2009-2010

William Forrester            Origin/Culture/Country: American

William Forrester: was a Liberal party and Laurier Liberals member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in St. Marys, Canada West and became a farmer and manufacturer. He was first elected to Parliament at the Perth South riding in the 1921 general election after an unsuccessful campaign there in the 1917 election as a Laurier Liberal. After serving his only federal term, the 14th Canadian Parliament, Forrester left the House of Commons and did not seek another term in the 1925 election.