Forman may refer to:

Places

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

, 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 mountainous U.S. state, state in the Southern United States, Southern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the Un ...

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

Forman Glacier Shackleton Glacier () is a major Antarctica, Antarctic glacier, over long and from wide, descending from the Antarctic Plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf bet ...

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

Surname

* A. G. Forman CBE (1910–1967), Chief of Naval Staff of the Ghana Navy * Al Forman (1928–2013), baseball umpire * Alexander A. Forman (1843–1922), American soldier in the American Civil War * Alison Forman (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 He ...

(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 (1918–1997), American actress * Charles William Forman (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 Unlockin ...

, American astrophysicist *

Craig Forman Craig Forman is an American entrepreneur, media executive, and former foreign correspondent who served as chief executive officer of The McClatchy Company. He previously worked at ''The Wall Street Journal''. He is currently a partner at NextNews ...

(born 1961), CEO of McClatchy * David Forman (general) (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 F ...

(1917–2013), Scottish television executive * Donnie Forman (1926–2018), American basketball player * Frank Forman (1875–1961), English footballer *

Fred Forman Frederick Ralph Forman (8 November 1873 – 14 June 1910) was an English professional association football, footballer, who was one of three members of the same family who started his professional career with Derby County F.C., Derby County befo ...

(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 Midla ...

(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 ...

(born 1978), American young adult fiction author * George V. Forman (1841–1922), founder of VanderGrift, Forman & Company *

Harrison Forman Harrison Forman (June 15, 1904 – January 31, 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. Biography ...

(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 American editor and author. He was 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 ...

(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 University of Southern California (USC) Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. He ...

, 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 U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders the ...

(1946–2023), 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 (born 1952), director of the National Jewish Democratic Council * James Forman (1928–2005), figure in the Civil Rights Movement * James Henry Forman (1896–1972), Canadian military aviator *

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

(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 John Forman began his political career on Glasgow Corporation in 1928. He was appointed a Baillie and was Chairman of the Public Assistance ...

(1884–1975), British insurance agent and politician * John Forman (martyr), Protestant martyr burned at the stake in East Grinstead, England in 1556 * John Forman (Nova Scotia politician) (1798–1832), Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure *

John Forman (sport shooter) John Forman (April 27, 1925 – February 24, 1998) was an American Shooting sport, sports shooter. He competed in the Shooting at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol, 25 metre pistol event at the 1956 Summer Olympic ...

(1925–1998), American sports shooter * John Forman (trade unionist) (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 (1855–1933), Republican President of the West Virginia Senate *

Lewis Leonard Forman Lewis Leonard Forman (29 June 1929 – 16 June 1998) was a British botanist, born in London. He was an expert on spermatophytes, particularly Menispermaceae, and specialised in the plants of Southeast Asia. He graduated from the University of Lond ...

(1929–1998), British botanist *

Melissa Forman Melissa Forman is an American television and radio personality. She 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 Mel ...

(born 1970), American radio and TV personality *

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

(1932-2018), Czech film director, screenwriter, actor, and professor * Miriam Forman, American astrophysicist * Miroslav Forman (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 (1943–2017), British Conservative politician * Oscar Forman (born 1982), Australian basketball player *

Paul Forman (historian) Paul Forman (born 1937) is a historian of science and is the retired curator of the Division of Medicine and Science at the National Museum of American History. Forman's primary research focus has been the history of physics, in which he has he ...

(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 (1895–1978), American lawyer and judge * Rab Forman, 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-da ...

, American winemaker, vineyard manager and consultant * Richard Forman, landscape ecologist * Robert Forman (died 1530), late medieval Scottish churchman * Robert K. C. Forman, professor of religion at the City University of New York * 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 Co ...

, 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 ...

(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 (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, Massachusett ...

(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 both Lift (force), lift and drag while moving through air. Wings are defined by two ...

(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 (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) Thomas Forman (26 October 1879 – after 1911) was a professional footballer who played for Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, Sutton Town, Barnsley, Tottenham Hotspur and Sutton Junction. Career Forman began his career at Nottingham Forest ...

(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''. He ran the production company Tom Forman Productions, funded by CBS, before joining Relativity Media ...

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

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* Forman S. Acton (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, American author * Cornelius Forman Hatfield (1828–1910), merchant, shipbuilder, ship owner and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada * Robert Forman Horton (1855–1934), British Nonconformist divine, born in London * Arthur Forman Balfour Paul (1875–1938), Scottish architect * Frazier Forman Peters (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 U.S. Supreme Court from 1938 to 1957. He also served as U.S. Solicitor General from 1935 to 1938. Born in Ma ...

(1884–1980), American attorney, United States Solicitor General * Robert Forman Six (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 ...

, 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 acc ...

, 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 ac ...

, 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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