Forbes (name)

Forbes is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Forbes family, a wealthy extended American family originating in Boston, descended from the Scottish clan
  • Francis Blackwell Forbes (1839–1908), American merchant and botanist in China
  • James Grant Forbes (1879–1955), American businessman
  • William Cameron Forbes (1870–1959), American investment banker and diplomat, Governor-General of the Philippines (1908–13), U.S. Ambassador to Japan (1930–32)
  • Robert Pierce Forbes (born 1958), American historian
• Forbes family (publishers)
  • B. C. Forbes (1880–1954), founder of Forbes magazine
  • Christopher Forbes, Vice Chairman of the Forbes Publishing Company as well as a Vice Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta American Priory
  • Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990), publisher of Forbes magazine, son of B. C.
  • Steve Forbes (born 1947), American businessman, current publisher of Forbes Magazine
  • Tim Forbes, brother of Steve, also worked for the company
• Alex Forbes (born 1925), retired Scottish footballer
• Archie Forbes (1913–1999), Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture & Cooperative Development in Tanganyika (1960–1963)
• Bryan Forbes (1926–2013), English film director, actor and writer
• China Forbes (born 1970), American singer and songwriter, and the lead singer of Pink Martini
• Colin Forbes (novelist), pseudonym of British novelist Raymond Harold Sawkins
• David McHattie Forbes (1863-1937), Scottish botanist and ethnologist in Hawai'i
• Edward Forbes (1815–1854), British naturalist
• Edwin Forbes (1839–1895), American landscape painter, etcher, and war artist during the American Civil War
• Elizabeth Forbes (athlete), New Zealand athlete
• Emma Forbes, an English radio presenter and television presenter
• Esther Forbes (1891–1967), American novelist and children's writer
• Fred Forbes (born 1894), Scottish footballer
• Frederick Augustus Forbes (1818–1878), Australian politician
• Gary Forbes (born 1985), Panamanian/American basketball player
• George Forbes (scientist) (1849–1936), scientist
• George Forbes (businessman) (born 1945), businessman
• George Forbes (New Zealand politician) (1869–1947), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1930 to 1935
• Gregory S. Forbes (born 1950), American meteorologist
• Henry Ogg Forbes (1851–1932), British ornithologist, botanist and museum director
• James David Forbes (1809-1868) Scottish physicist and glaciologist
• James Staats Forbes (1823-1904) Scottish railway engineer, administrator, businessman and art collector
• John Forbes (British Army officer) (1707–1759), British general in the French and Indian War
• Michelle Forbes (born 1965), American actress
• Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes (1918–2013), Scottish soldier, businessman and politician
• Peter W. Forbes (born 1850), Canadian-born member of the California legislature
• Randy Forbes (born 1952), American politician in U.S. House of Representatives
• Ross Forbes (born 1989), Scottish footballer who plays for Motherwell
• Terrell Forbes, British footballer
• William Alexander Forbes (1855–1883), British zoologist
• William Henry Forbes, American territorial legislator
• W. J. Forbes, American college sports coach

Given name:

• Forbes Burnham (1923–1985), leader of Guyana from 1964 until his death in 1985

Fictional characters:

• Forbes McAllister, a fictional character from Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge

See also

• Clan Forbes, Scottish clan