Bob, Bobby, Robbie, Rob, or Robert Boyd may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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Robert Boyd (journalist) (1928–2019), American journalist, writer, and winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
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Dice (rapper)
Robert Boyd (born October 17, 1970), known professionally as Dice, is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan.
Biography
Dice began his career in 1992, signing with World One Records, who released his debut album, '' The 40 Made Me Do It'' thr ...
(Robert Boyd, born 1970), American rapper
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Robert Boyd (director)
Robert Boyd is a Canadians, Canadian former film and television director. His credits include the films ''South of Wawa'' and ''The Canadian Conspiracy'', as well as episodes of ''Road to Avonlea'' and ''The Kids in the Hall (TV series), The Kids ...
(fl. 1980s–1990s), Canadian film director
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Robert Boyd (comics) Bob, Bobby, Robbie, Rob, or Robert Boyd may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Robert Boyd (journalist) (1928–2019), American journalist, writer, and winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
* Dice (rapper) (Robert Boyd, born 197 ...
(fl. 1990s), comics editor and critic on ''
The Big Book Of
''The Big Book Of'' is a series of graphic novel anthologies published by American company DC Comics imprint Paradox Press.
Publication history
The ''Big Books'' were published between 1994 and 2000. Just over half of them (ten out of seventeen) ...
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Robbie Boyd
Robbie Boyd is a British singer, songwriter and musician from London, England.
The Robbie Boyd Band have performed live on ITV's '' This Morning'', and been aired on various BBC radio stations including Graham Norton's show on BBC Radio 2.
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, British singer and songwriter
Nobility
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Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd
Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd (died 1482) was a Scottish statesman, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland from 1467.
Biography
Robert Boyd was knighted, and was created a Peer of Parliament (Lord Boyd) by James II of Scotland at some date between 1451 and 18 ...
(died c. 1482), Scottish statesman
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Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd
Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd ( – 3 January 1558) was a Scottish nobleman who supported various factions attempting to dominate Scottish politics during the reign of King James V and the minority of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Biography
Robert Boyd wa ...
(died 1557/8), Scottish nobleman, grandson of the 1st Lord Boyd
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Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd
Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd (c. 1517 – 3 January 1590) was a Scottish noble and courtier.
Biography
Robert was the only son and heir of Robert, 4th Lord Boyd. He was born about 1517, and first appears in the historical record on 5 May 1534, wh ...
(c. 1517–1590), Scottish nobleman
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Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd
Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd (November 1595 – 28 August 1628),Also known as Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock was a Scottish noble.
Early life
Robert Boyd was born in November 1595. He was the son of Jean ( Kerr) Boyd and Robert Boyd, Master of Boyd, w ...
(1595–1628), Scottish noble
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Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd
Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd ( 1618 – 17 November 1640), was a Scottish noble and politician.
Biography
Robert Boyd was the only son and heir by second wife of Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd. He was born about 1618. He was made J.P. for Cuning ...
(c. 1618–1640), Scottish noble and politician
Politics and law
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Robert Boyd (British Army officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Boyd KB (c. 1710 – 13 May 1794) was a British Army officer.
Life
Boyd was baptized on 20 April 1710 at Richmond, Surrey and attended the University of Glasgow before entering the army in his father Ninian's profe ...
(1710–1794), British army officer and governor of Gibraltar
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Robert Boyd (civil servant) (fl. 1802–1812), British civil servant in British Ceylon
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Robert Boyd (Australian politician) (1885–1951), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Science and medicine
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Robert Boyd (writer)
Robert Boyd (1808–1883),Nick Hervey, 'Boyd, Robert (1808–1883)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 200 accessed 4 March 2011/ref> was a physician and writer on mental illness, who, in 1870 became president of th ...
(1803–1883), British physician and writer on diseases of the insane
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Robert F. Boyd
Robert Fulton Boyd (July 8, 1858 – July 20th, 1912) was an African-American medical doctor, professor, politician, and one of the co-founders of the National Medical Association, serving as its first president between 1895-1898. He also researc ...
(1858–1912), American physician and dentist
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Robert A. Boyd Robert A. Boyd (June 21, 1918 – November 6, 2006) was a Canadian electric engineer and utility executive. He successfully led the construction of the first phase of the James Bay hydroelectric project, a large dam complex built in northern Q ...
(1918–2006), Canadian electrical engineer; leader of the James Bay hydroelectric project
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Robert Boyd (physicist)
Sir Robert Lewis Fullarton Boyd (19 October 1922 – 5 February 2004) was a pioneer of British space science and founding director of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (part of University College London).
Robert Boyd was born in Saltcoats, Ay ...
(1922–2004), Scottish physicist and pioneer of British space science
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Robert Boyd (paediatrician)
Sir Robert David Hugh Boyd FRCP, FFPH, FRCPCH, FMedSci (born 14 May 1938) is a British paediatrician and head of research and Development for Greater Manchester NHS. From 1989 to 1993 he was Dean of the Medical School and Professor of Paedi ...
(born 1938), British paediatrician
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Robert Boyd (anthropologist)
Robert Turner Boyd (born February 11, 1948) is an American anthropologist. He is professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) at Arizona State University (ASU). His research interests include evolutionary psychol ...
(born 1948), American anthropologist
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Robert W. Boyd (born 1948), American optical physicist
Sports
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Bob Boyd (footballer)
Robert Boyd (born in Whifflet Old Monkland on 2 July 1867, died in West Calder Midlothian on 11 August 1930) was a Scottish footballer who worked as a shale miner and played for Mossend Swifts, Leith Athletic, Third Lanark and Scotland
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(c. 1865–?), Scottish footballer
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Bob Boyd (baseball)
Robert Richard Boyd (October 1, 1919 – September 7, 2004) was an American first baseman in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball.
Career
Nicknamed "Rope" for his line-drive hitting, Boyd served in the US Army during World War II, and pla ...
(1919–2004), American first baseman in the Negro leagues and MLB
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Bob Boyd (American football)
Robert Barrett Boyd (March 7, 1928 – May 14, 2009) was an American football end and defensive back in the National Football League (NFL), playing for the Los Angeles Rams for eight seasons. His most spectacular season was in 1954, when he ca ...
(1928–2009), American football end and wide receiver
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Bob Boyd (basketball)
William Robert Boyd (June 7, 1930 – January 14, 2015) was an American collegiate men's basketball coach who was head coach at Seattle University, the University of Southern California (USC) and Mississippi State University.
Boyd had a long asso ...
(1930–2015), American basketball coach
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Bobby Boyd
Robert Dean Boyd (December 3, 1937 – August 28, 2017) was a National Football League (NFL) cornerback who played for the Baltimore Colts in a nine-year career from 1960 to 1968.
When Boyd retired, he was one of eight players with fifty inte ...
(1937–2017), American football player for the Baltimore Colts
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Bob Boyd (ice hockey)
Robert "Bob" Boyd (born November 27, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA).
Career
Boyd was drafted in the eighth round of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft by the Detroit Red ...
(born 1951), Canadian ice hockey player
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Bob Boyd (golfer)
Robert McLean Boyd Jr. (July 29, 1955 – February 21, 2011) was an American professional golfer.
Career
Boyd was born in Mount Olive, North Carolina. He played his college golf at (and graduated from) the University of Maryland. He turned profe ...
(1955–2011), American golfer
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Rob Boyd
Rob Boyd (born 15 February 1966) is a Canadian former alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics
The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as ...
(born 1966), Canadian alpine skier
Others
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Robert Boyd (university principal) (1578–1627), Principal of the University of Edinburgh
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Robert Napuʻuako Boyd
Robert Napuʻuako Boyd (; September 2, 1864 – September 9, 1914) was a Native Hawaiian insurgent leader during the latter years of the Kingdom of Hawaii. Educated under the government-funded study program of King Kalākaua, he attended the Roy ...
(1863–1914), Hawaiian insurgent leader
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Robert Boyd (stenographer)
Robert Boyd (10 April 1870 - Unknown), of Russell, Ontario, Canada, was the inventor of a system of shorthand
Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more ...
(1870–?), Canadian inventor of Boyd's Syllabic Shorthand
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Robert Boyd (bishop)
Robert McNeil Boyd MC (12 February 1890 – 1 July 1958) was the 11th Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh from 1943 until 1945, when he was translated to Derry and Raphoe.
Educated at St Andrew's College and Trinity Colleg ...
(1890–1958), Anglican bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert and of Derry and Raphoe
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Robert Boyd (RAF officer) (1916–1975), British flying ace of the Second World War
* Bobby Boyd, husband of fellow real estate agent
Josh Flagg
Joshua Daniel Flagg (born August 20, 1985) is an American real estate agent, television personality, author and contributor to several real estate publications and news outlets.
He is an original cast member on the show ''Million Dollar Listing ...
Other uses
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Robert Boyd Publications
Robert Boyd Publications is a book publishing company based in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. It concentrates on books covering the history of Oxfordshire in general and Oxford in particular, including "''The Changing Faces of ...''" book series ...
, English publishing company
See also
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Robert Boyd Brazier (1916–1942), American naval officer
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