Robert Simpson (writer)
Robert Simpson (1886 - January 7, 1934) was a writer and editor.
Early life
In 1886, Simpson was born in Strathy, Scotland. Simpson's father was Robert Simpson and his mother was Mary Ann Smith Simpson.
Career
In about 1905, Simpson started ...
Robert Simpson (composer)
Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson (2 March 1921 – 21 November 1997) was an English composer, as well as a long-serving BBC producer and broadcaster.
He is best known for his orchestral and chamber music (particularly those in the key classical fo ...
(1921–1997), English composer
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Rufus Hound
Rufus Hound (born Robert James Blair Simpson 6 March 1979) is an English actor, comedian and presenter.
Early life
Hound was born on 6 March 1979, in Essex and moved to Surrey at the age of seven. He was educated at Hoe Bridge School Woking ...
Robert Kirkpatrick Simpson
Robert Kirkpatrick Simpson (1837 – 5 August 1921) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
The New Zealand Legislative Council was the upper house of the General Assembly of New Zealand between 1853 and 1951. An earlier arrange ...
(1837–1921), member of the New Zealand Legislative Council
* Robert A. Simpson (1910–1998), Alberta politician in Calgary North Hill
* Robert Simpson (Manitoba politician) (1910–1997), member of the Canadian House of Commons
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Robert B. Simpson
Robert Blaine Simpson (born October 12, 1943) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada.
Education
Robert Simpson was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, on October 12, 1943. He graduated from Chatham High School in 1962 and went on to obt ...
(born 1943), director of New Brunswick Healthcare Association and New Brunswick politician
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Bob Simpson (British Columbia politician)
Robert Simpson (born 1956 or 1957) is a former MLA for Cariboo North in the Canadian province of British Columbia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2005 election.
He was a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party ...
(born 1956/7), member of Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
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Robert Simpson (Northern Ireland politician)
Robert Simpson (3 July 1923 – 8 April 1997) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Early life and education
Born in Ballymena and often known as Bob Simpson, Simpson studied medicine at Queen's University Belfast before setting up his ...
(1923–1997), Northern Irish politician
* Robert Simpson (brewer), mayor of Barrie, Ontario, 1871–72 and 1876
Bob Simpson (Canadian football)
Robert L. Simpson (April 20, 1930 – November 28, 2007) was a professional Canadian football player for the Ottawa Rough Riders, and was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1976. He was an IRFU all-star at four different positio ...
(1930–2007), CFL football player
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Bob Simpson (cricketer)
Robert Baddeley Simpson (born 3 February 1936) is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining the national team from 1963/64 until 1967/68, and again in 1977–78. He later had a highly succe ...
(born 1936), Australian cricketer
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Bobby Simpson (footballer, born 1888)
Robert Albert Simpson (1886 – 6 June 1948) was an English professional association football, footballer, born in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Lancashire, who played as a forward (association football), forward in the Scottish Football League, Scottish ...
(1888– after 1913), English footballer
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Bobby Simpson (footballer, born 1915)
Robert Simpson (15 September 1915 – 13 January 1994) was an English footballer who made 109 appearances in the Football League playing for Darlington and Hartlepools United either side of the Second World War. An outside forward
Forw ...
(1915–1994), English footballer
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Bobby Simpson (ice hockey)
Robert Samuel Simpson (born November 17, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 175 games in the National Hockey League for the Atlanta Flames, Pittsburgh Penguins, and St. Louis Blues.
Early life
Simpson was bo ...
(born 1956), former NHL ice hockey player
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Robert Simpson (cricketer)
Robert Simpson (born 8 July 1962) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman who played for Cheshire. He was born in Altrincham.
Simpson, who played in the Minor Counties Championship and Minor Counties Trophy in 1983, made a sin ...
(born 1962), English cricketer
* Bob R. Simpson, American business executive, Major League Baseball Texas Rangers co-owner
Other
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Robert Winthrop Simpson
Roberto Simpson Winthrop (14 December 1799 – 23 December 1877), was a sailor of British origin, nationalized Chilean, who made a career in the Chilean Navy from 1818 and reached the rank of rear-admiral in 1852. Distinguished himself du ...
(1799–1877), rear-admiral of the Chilean Navy
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Robert Simpson (merchant)
Robert Simpson (September 17, 1834 – December 14, 1897) was the Scottish founder of
(1834–1897), Canadian businessman
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Robert Simpson (meteorologist)
Robert Homer Simpson (November 19, 1912 – December 18, 2014) was an American meteorologist, hurricane specialist, first director of the National Hurricane Research Project (NHRP) from 1955 to 1959, and a former director (1967–1974) of the ...
(1912–2014), American meteorologist
* Robert L. Simpson (Mormon) (1915–2003), American authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Bob Simpson (journalist)
Robert Anthony Simpson (29 November 1944 – 25 July 2006) was a foreign correspondent for the BBC. Nicknamed "Mr Grumpy" by his friends and family, he reported from a number of dangerous locations across the world but was best known for his r ...
(1944–2006), foreign correspondent for the BBC
* Robert L. Simpson Jr., artificial intelligence scientist
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Robert Simson
Robert Simson (14 October 1687 – 1 October 1768) was a Scottish mathematician and professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow. The Simson line is named after him.Robert Simpson-Anderson
Vice-Admiral Robert Claude Simpson-Anderson (born July 1942 in Pretoria, South Africa) is a former Chief of the South African Navy (1 September 199231 October 2000)
He joined the Navy in 1964 and completed a BMil. In 1977 he commanded the Navy ...
(born 1942), Chief of the South African Navy
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Simpson (name)
Simpson is an English/Scottish patronymic surname from the medieval masculine given name 'Simme', a medieval variant of 'Simon'. The earliest public record of the name was in 1353 in Staffordshire, West Midlands (region), West Midlands region of E ...