Notable residents

• Carolyn Simpson
  Carolyn Simpson (judge)
  Carolyn Chalmers Simpson is a judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Simpson made legal history in 1999 as one of three women judges who formed the first all-female bench to sit in an Australian court.-Early life and education:...
  
   - Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
  Supreme Court of New South Wales
  The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales...
  
  ; Member of the first all-female bench
  Bench (metonymy)
  Bench can be used as a metonym for a group of people associated with sitting on particular benches. The words chair, seat and desk can be used in similar ways....
  
   to sit in an Australian court
  Court
  A court is a form of tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law...
  
  
• NSW Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt
  Carmel Tebbutt
  Carmel Mary Tebbutt is an Australian politician. She is the Australian Labor Party Member for Marrickville in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and was Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 2008 to 2011. She was also Minister for Health in the Keneally Government...
  
   was born and raised in Forbes.
• Chris Anderson, who played for and coached the Australian rugby league team, attended Red Bend Catholic College in Forbes.