Lt. Gen. Herman Franciscus Maria baron van Voorst tot Voorst (The Hague, 2 August 1886 - 9 July 1971) was a Dutch Army officer and politician.

In 1915, he married Felicia Maria baroness Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (1889-1952).

He attended the Royal Military Academy in Breda and The Hague as well as the Saumur Cavalry School in France.

Baron van Voorst tot Voorst was appointed in February 1940 as Chief of the General Staff, under the Supreme Commander of the Land and Naval Forces, General Henri Winkelman.

Van Voorst tot Voorst served as the Chief Commissioner of the De Verkenners van de Katholieke Jeugdbeweging "Scouts of the Catholic Youth Movement", the Dutch Catholic Scouting organization for boys, from 1946 to 1956, as well as a member of the International Scout Committee.