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Places

Forman, North Dakota Forman is a city in and the county seat of Sargent County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 509 at the 2020 census. Forman was founded in 1883. History Forman was founded in 1883 by Cornelius Forman. In 1886, the county seat was ...

, city in Sargent County, North Dakota, United States *

Forman, West Virginia Forman is an unincorporated community on Patterson Creek in Grant County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of Ameri ...

, unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States *

Forman Glacier Forman Glacier () is a tributary glacier, long, flowing east to enter Shackleton Glacier between Mount Franke and Mount Cole, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after John H. For ...

between Mount Franke and Mount Cole, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica * Forman Park, in Syracuse, New York

Surname

A. G. Forman Archibald George Forman CBE (1910-1967) was a British naval officer who became the first Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy. Ghana Navy service Forman was born in Brentford on 20 June 1910. An acting sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy aged ...

CBE (1910–1967), Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy *

Al Forman Allen Sanford Forman (July 7, 1928 – November 23, 2013) was a professional baseball umpire. Forman worked in the National League from 1961 to 1965. He also served as a replacement umpire in the American League in 1978 and 1979 for a total of fo ...

(1928–2013), baseball umpire * Alexander A. Forman (1843–1922), American soldier in the American Civil War *

Alison Forman Alison Leigh Forman (born 17 March 1969 in Maitland, New South Wales) is a retired Australian international soccer player. Among her accomplishments, Forman played for the Australia women's national soccer team at the 1995 and 1999 FIFA Women ...

(born 1969), Australian soccer player *

Andrew Forman Andrew Forman (11 March 1521) was a Scottish diplomat and prelate who became Bishop of Moray in 1501, Archbishop of Bourges in France, in 1513, Archbishop of St Andrews in 1514 as well as being Commendator of several monasteries. Early life H ...

(1465–1521), Scottish diplomat and Archbishop * Arthur Forman (1850–1905), English schoolmaster and cricketer * Bill Forman (1886–1958), baseball player * Bill Forman (1915–?), radio announcer and actor *

Bruce Forman Bruce Forman (born 1956) is an American jazz guitarist. Forman took piano lessons at an early age before picking up the guitar at age thirteen. In 1971, his family moved to San Francisco, where he led his own groups in the area and performed wit ...

(born 1956), American jazz guitarist *

Carol Forman Carol Forman (19 June 1919, Epes, Alabama – 9 July 1997, Burbank, California) was an American actress best known for playing exotic villains in action serials, particularly Spider Lady in the 1948 Superman serial, as well as Sombra, the ...

(1918–1997), American actress *

Charles William Forman Charles William Forman (1821–1894) was an American Presbyterian minister, missionary and the founder of Forman Christian College, a private university in then Lahore, colonial India (now in Pakistan). Early life Charles William Forman wa ...

(1821–1894), Presbyterian missionary in Pakistan *

Christine Jones Forman Christine Jones Forman is a senior astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian. She is a past president of the American Astronomical Society, and was the director of the Smithsonian Institution's Consortium for Unlocki ...

, American astrophysicist *

Craig Forman Craig Forman (born 1961, in New York City) is a partner at NextNews Ventures in San Francisco and past President and Chief Executive Officer of The McClatchy Company, McClatchy, operator of 30 media companies in 29 U.S. markets in 14 states. Forma ...

(born 1961), CEO of McClatchy *

David Forman (general) David Forman (3 November 1745 – 12 September 1797) was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey of parents Joseph Forman and Elizabeth Lee. His father was a wealthy shipowner and he was educated at Princeton. At the start of the American Revolutio ...

(1745–1797), brigadier general of New Jersey militia *

Denis Forman Sir John Denis Forman (13 October 1917 – 24 February 2013) was a Scottish executive in the British television industry long associated with the ITV contractor Granada, and with various charitable and governmental bodies in the arts. Career Fo ...

(1917–2013), Scottish television executive *

Donnie Forman Donald J. Forman (January 17, 1926 – May 10, 2018) was an American collegiate and professional basketball player. A 5'10" guard from New York University, Forman played one season (1948–49) in the Basketball Association of America as a membe ...

(born 1926), American basketball player * Frank Forman (1875–1961), English footballer *

Fred Forman Frederick Ralph Forman (8 November 1873 – 14 June 1910) was an English professional footballer, who was one of three members of the same family who started his professional career with Derby County before joining Nottingham Forest and going on ...

(1873–1910), English footballer *

Frederick Forman Frederick Forman (30 August 1884 — 8 December 1960) was an English cricketer. He was born in Chellaston and died in Penzance. Forman played one first-class match for Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midland ...

(1884–1960), English cricketer *

Gar Forman Gar Forman is an American basketball executive who currently serves as a special advisor for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He worked in the Chicago Bulls' front office from 1998 to 2020, starting as a scout ...

, American basketball executive *

Gayle Forman Gayle Forman (born June 5, 1970) is an American young adult fiction author, best known for her novel ''If I Stay'', which topped the ''New York Times'' best sellers list of Young Adult Fiction and was made into a film of the same name. Career For ...

(born 1978), American young adult fiction author *

George V. Forman George V. Forman (December 3, 1841 – October 22, 1922) was a founder of VanderGrift, Forman & Company, which became part of the Standard Oil Company. Forman was also a prominent Buffalo banker in the late 1800s and early 1900s, founding the F ...

(1841–1922), founder of VanderGrift, Forman & Company *

Harrison Forman Harrison Forman (1904-1978) was an American photographer and journalist. He wrote for ''The New York Times'' and '' National Geographic''. During World War II he reported from China and interviewed Mao Zedong. He graduated from the University of ...

(1904–1978), American photographer and journalist *

Harry Buxton Forman Henry Buxton Forman (11 July 1842 – 15 June 1917) was a Victorian-era bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller whose literary reputation is based on his bibliographies of Percy Shelley and John Keats. In 1934 he was revealed to have been in ...

CB (1842–1917), Victorian-era bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller *

Henry James Forman Henry James Forman (February 17, 1879 – January 3, 1966) was an author famous for his 1933 book ''Our Movie Made Children'', which was a summary of the Payne Fund Studies. The book has been described as an "alarmist Alarmism is excessive or ex ...

(1879–1966), author famous for his 1933 book ''Our Movie Made Children'' *

Henry Jay Forman Henry Jay Forman is both Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry at the University of California, Merced. and Research Professor Emeritus of Gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. He is a specialist in free radical biol ...

, professor at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology *

Howard Forman (politician) Howard C. Forman (January 6, 1946 – October 12, 2023) was an American politician in the state of Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico ...

(born 1946), American politician in the state of Florida *

Humphrey Forman Humphrey Forman (26 April 1888 – 21 May 1923) played first-class cricket in two matches, one each for Cambridge University and Somerset in the 1910 cricket season. He was born at Repton, Derbyshire and died at Bangkok in Thailand. Humphrey F ...

(1888–1923), English cricketer *

Ira Forman Ira N. Forman (born February 28, 1952) is a former executive director of the National Jewish Democratic Council from January 1996 through June 2010. From May 2013 until January 2017 he served as the United States Special Envoy for Monitoring an ...

(born 1952), director of the National Jewish Democratic Council *

James Forman James Forman (October 4, 1928 – January 10, 2005) was a prominent African-American leader in the civil rights movement. He was active in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Black Panther Party, and the League of Revoluti ...

(1928–2005), figure in the Civil Rights Movement *

Joey Forman Joseph Forman (November 18, 1929 – December 9, 1982) was an American comedian and comic actor. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Forman appeared on the late 1940s local radio show the Magic Lady Supper Club along with his school f ...

(1929–1982), American comedian and comic actor *

John Forman (British politician) John Calder Forman (1884 – 14 April 1975) was a British insurance agent and politician. Municipal life Forman began his political career on Glasgow Corporation in 1928. He was appointed a Baillie and was Chairman of the Public Assistance Commi ...

(1884–1975), British insurance agent and politician *

John Forman (martyr) John Forman was a Protestant martyr burned at the stake in East Grinstead East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county ...

, Protestant martyr burned at the stake in East Grinstead, England in 1556 *

John Forman (Nova Scotia politician) John Forman (July 2, 1798 – August 23, 1832) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Shelburne County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1829 until 1832. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son o ...

(1798–1832), Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure *

John Forman (sport shooter) John Forman (April 27, 1925 – February 24, 1998) was an American sports shooter. He competed in the 25 metre pistol event at the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were a ...

(1925–1998), American sports shooter *

John Forman (trade unionist) John Forman (1823–2 September 1900) was a British trade unionist. Born at Allerton Burn in Northumberland, Forman became a coal miner at an early age. In the 1850s, he moved to Roddymoor in County Durham, where he was elected checkwei ...

(1823–1900), British trade unionist *

Justus Miles Forman Justus Miles Forman (November 1, 1875 – May 7, 1915) was an American novelist and playwright. Biography Forman was born on November 1, 1875, in Le Roy, New York. He attended Yale University. His only play, ''The Hyphen'', appeared in 19 ...

(1875–1915), American novelist and playwright *

L. J. Forman Lewis Johnson Forman (January 7, 1855 – January 3, 1933) was the Republican President of the West Virginia Senate from Grant County Grant County may refer to: Places ;Australia * County of Grant, Victoria ;United States *Grant County, Arkan ...

(1855–1933), Republican President of the West Virginia Senate * Lewis Leonard Forman (1929–1998), British botanist *

Melissa Forman Melissa Forman grew up in Northbrook, Illinois, where she attended Glenbrook North High School. She went on to graduate college from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. In 2008 Melissa received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Glenbr ...

(born 1970), American radio and TV personality *

Miloš Forman Jan Tomáš "Miloš" Forman (; ; 18 February 1932 – 13 April 2018) was a Czech and American film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor who rose to fame in his native Czechoslovakia before emigrating to the United States in 1968. Forman ...

(1932-2018), Czech film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor * Miriam Forman, American astrophysicist *

Miroslav Forman Miroslav Forman (born August 15, 1990) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He played with HC Sparta Praha in the Czech Extraliga during the 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season The 2010–11 Czech Extraliga season was the 18th season of the ...

(born 1990), Czech ice hockey player *

Mitchel Forman Mitchel Forman (born January 24, 1956) is a jazz and fusion keyboard player. Biography and music career Mitchel Forman began studying classical piano at the age of seven. At 17 he entered the Manhattan School of Music (MSM) for three years of s ...

(born 1956), jazz and fusion keyboard player *

Nigel Forman Francis Nigel Forman (25 March 1943 – 11 May 2017), known as Nigel Forman, was a British Conservative politician. After working in the Conservative Research Department from 1968 to 1976 he was elected as an MP. He became a junior ministe ...

(1943–2017), British Conservative politician * Oscar Forman (born 1982), Australian basketball player * Paul Forman (historian) (born 1937), American historian * Paul Forman (actor), English-French actor * Peter Forman (born 1958), CEO of the South Shore (MA) Chamber of Commerce *

Phillip Forman Phillip Forman (November 30, 1895 – August 17, 1978) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Dist ...

(1895–1978), American lawyer and judge *

Rab Forman Rab �âːb( dlm, Arba, la, Arba, it, Arbe, german: Arbey) is an island in the northern Dalmatia region in Croatia, located just off the northern Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea. The island is long, has an area of and 9,328 inhabitants ...

, Scottish solicitor and Conservative Party politician *

Ric Forman Richard ("Ric") Forman is an American winemaker, vineyard manager, and consultant, who has made contributions to the rise of Napa Valley as one of the premier winemaking regions of the world. Details Forman is credited with introducing vintage-d ...

, American winemaker, vineyard manager and consultant *

Richard Forman Richard Townsend Turner Forman is a landscape ecologist. He is a professor at the Graduate School of Design and Harvard College in the Harvard University. Forman has been called the "father" of landscape ecology for his work linking ecological sci ...

, landscape ecologist *

Robert Forman Robert Forman (died 1530) was a late medieval Scottish churchman. He was the son of one Janet Blackadder and her husband, a Berwickshire landowner named Nicholas Forman of Hatton. Sometime before 11 February 1500, he was made Precentor of Glasg ...

(died 1530), late medieval Scottish churchman *

Robert K. C. Forman Robert K. C. Forman, is a former professor of religion at the City University of New York, author of several studies on religious experience, and co-editor of the Journal of Consciousness Studies. Biography Forman is a long-term Transcendental med ...

, professor of religion at the City University of New York *

Ron Forman Ron Forman (born Leon Ronald Forman, c. 1947) is the head of the Audubon Nature Institute and was one of the leading candidates in the 2006 New Orleans mayoral election. A past president of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, Ron Forman ...

(born 1948), head of the Audubon Nature Institute *

Ruth Forman Ruth Forman is an American poet. Her content focuses on spirituality, love, challenge, and grace. She currently travels around the United States performing readings from her recent publication; Prayers Like Shoes, and her children's book; Young C ...

, American poet *

Sadie Forman Sadie Forman (1929 – 11 December 2014) was a South African teacher, librarian and anti-apartheid activist. Early life Sadie Kreel was from Johannesburg, the daughter of writer Bunim-Idel Krill, a Jewish immigrant from Rokiškis, Lithuania. Her f ...

(1929–2014), South African teacher, librarian and anti-apartheid activist *

Simon Forman Simon Forman (31 December 1552 – 5 or 12 September 1611) was an Elizabethan astrologer, occultist and herbalist active in London during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England. His reputation, however, was severely tarnishe ...

(1552–1611), Elizabethan astrologer, occultist and herbalist *

Sol Forman Sol Forman (July 1, 1903 – November 22, 2001) was an American restaurateur who owned Peter Luger Steak House. Biography Forman was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan around July 1, 1903. He dropped out of high school to support his famil ...

(1903–2001), American restaurateur *

Stanley Forman Stanley Joseph Forman (born July 10, 1945) is an American photojournalist, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography two years in a row while working at the ''Boston Herald American''. Biography A native of Winthrop, Massachusetts ...

(born 1945), American photojournalist *

Terry Forman Terrence Robert "Terry" Forman (born 12 January 1948) was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Forman, a wing A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have stream ...

(born 1948), Australian rugby player * Thomas Forman (priest) (1885–1965), Archdeacon of Lindisfarne * Thomas Forman (reformer) (1493–1528), early English reformer, President of Queens' College, Cambridge *

Thomas Marsh Forman Thomas Marsh Forman (January 4, 1809 – September 27, 1875) was a prominent Confederate politician. He was born Thomas Forman Bryan in Chatham County, Georgia to US Representative Joseph Bryan and Delia Forman Bryan. In 1846 he changed his name i ...

(1809–1875), Confederate politician *

Tom Forman (actor) Tom Forman (February 22, 1893 – November 7, 1926) was an American motion picture actor, director, writer, and producer of the early 1920s. Life and career Texas-born Forman made his first film for Jesse L. Lasky's production company in 19 ...

(1893–1926), American film actor, director, writer, and producer * Tom Forman (cartoonist) (1936–1996), American comic strip cartoonist * Tom Forman (footballer) (1879–1911), footballer *

Tom Forman (producer) Tom Forman is a television producer who has worked as producer on 29 different shows. He is best known for creating '' Kid Nation'' and ''9/11''. Awards * Shared the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program in 2005 and 2006 with others ...

, television producer *

Werner Forman Werner Forman (13 January 1921, in Prague – 13 February 2010, in London) was a Czech photographer. In the course of a long career he amassed a visual record of many of the world's ancient civilizations and non-European cultures. Forman initia ...

(1921–2010), Czech photographer * William St. John Forman (1847–1908), U.S. Representative from Illinois

Given name

Forman S. Acton Forman Sinnickson Acton (August 10, 1920 – February 18, 2014) was an American computer scientist, engineer, educator and author. He was an emeritus professor in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University. Education Acton b ...

(1920–2014), American computer scientist, engineer, educator and author *

Forman Brown Forman Brown (January 8, 1901 – January 10, 1996) was one of the world's leaders in puppet theatre in his day, as well as an important early gay novelist. He was a member of the Yale Puppeteers and the driving force behind Turnabout Theatre. ...

(1901–1996), leader in puppet theatre, early gay novelist * Ezekiel Forman Chambers (1788–1867), American politician * William Forman Creighton (1909–1987), bishop of the Diocese of Washington *

Robb Forman Dew Robb Forman Dew (October 26, 1946 – May 22, 2020) was an American writer known for fiction that dealt sensitively with the emotions of daily life and the ties that bind people together as families. She described writing as "a strange absorption a ...

, American author *

Cornelius Forman Hatfield Cornelius Forman Hatfield (December 27, 1828 – June 13, 1910) was a merchant, shipbuilder, ship owner and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Yarmouth County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1890 to 1894 as ...

(1828–1910), merchant, shipbuilder, ship owner and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada *

Robert Forman Horton Robert Forman Horton (18 September 1855 – 1934), British Nonconformist divine, was born in London. Early life and education Horton was educated at Shrewsbury School and New College, Oxford, where he was awarded a First in classics. He was p ...

(1855–1934), British Nonconformist divine, born in London *

Arthur Forman Balfour Paul Arthur Forman Balfour Paul (7 August 1875 – 3 June 1938) (affectionately known as "Baffy" Paul) was a Scottish architect operating largely in the early 20th century. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 7 August 1875, the son of Sir James Balfo ...

(1875–1938), Scottish architect *

Frazier Forman Peters Frazier Forman Peters (July 20, 1895 - February 1963) was an American builder and architect specializing in stone houses. He also wrote books on the subject. Career Peters was born in New York City, the son of the Revd. John Punnett Peters, a not ...

(1895–1963), American builder and architect specializing in stone houses *

Stanley Forman Reed Stanley Forman Reed (December 31, 1884 – April 2, 1980) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1938 to 1957. He also ser ...

(1884–1980), American attorney, United States Solicitor General *

Robert Forman Six Robert Forman Six (June 25, 1907 – October 6, 1986) was the CEO of Continental Airlines from 1936 to 1980. His career began in the earliest days of U.S. commercial aviation; his determined, scrappy, risk-taking nature paid off for Continental A ...

(1907–1986), CEO of Continental Airlines * Forman Waye (1886–1967), Canadian merchant, machinist and political figure * Joshua Forman Wilkinson (1798–1862), lawyer and first Postmaster of Bogardus Corners, Cossit's Corners and Salina in Central New York

Fictional characters

Eric Forman (That '70s Show) This is a list of characters appearing in the television series ''That '70s Show'' and '' That '90s Show''. Cast table Main characters Eric Forman Portrayed by Topher Grace: The protagonist; Eric is a nice guy, generally nerdy, clumsy, and ac ...

, a character in ''That '70s Show'' *

Kitty Forman This is a list of characters appearing in the television series ''That '70s Show'' and '' That '90s Show''. Cast table Main characters Eric Forman Portrayed by Topher Grace: The protagonist; Eric is a nice guy, generally nerdy, clumsy, and ac ...

, a character in ''That '70s Show'' *

Laurie Forman This is a list of characters appearing in the television series ''That '70s Show'' and '' That '90s Show''. Cast table Main characters Eric Forman Portrayed by Topher Grace: The protagonist; Eric is a nice guy, generally nerdy, clumsy, and a ...

, a character in ''That '70s Show'' *

Red Forman This is a list of characters appearing in the television series ''That '70s Show'' and '' That '90s Show''. Cast table Main characters Eric Forman Portrayed by Topher Grace: The protagonist; Eric is a nice guy, generally nerdy, clumsy, and ac ...

, a character in ''That '70s Show''

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