Forerunner may refer to:

• A holy person announcing the approaching appearance of a prophet, see precursor (religion).
  • As a title, used in particular for John the Baptist within Christianity, and especially within the Eastern Orthodox tradition.

• Forerunner (album), by Canadian band The Cottars
• Forerunner (stamp), in philately, a postage stamp used before a region can produce its own stamps
• Forerunner (Halo), an ancient race in the Halo videogame series
• Forerunner (Dungeons & Dragons), a race of humans in the role-playing game
• Forerunner (robot), a humanoid robot developed by China
• Forerunner (magazine), an American magazine of the early 20th century
• The Forerunner, an internationally distributed Christian campus newspaper from 1981 to 1994
• Garmin Forerunner, a global positioning system device for recreational runners
• Forerunner (DC Comics), a fictional DC Comics character
• Toyota 4Runner, a model of passenger vehicle