Robert Palmer may refer to:

Academics

* Robert Roswell Palmer (1909–2002), historian * Robert E. A. Palmer or R. E. A. Palmer (1933–2006), classical scholar and ancient historian * Robert Brian Palmer (born 1934), British-American nuclear physicist and researcher

Business

* Robert Palmer (computer businessman) (born 1940), CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation * Robert W. Palmer, land appraiser for Madison Guaranty; pleaded guilty in Whitewater controversy *

Robert Palmer (vintner) Robert Palmer (July 16, 1934 – January 16, 2009) was an American advertising executive who became a vintner and one of the pioneering developers of the wine industry on the North Fork of New York's Long Island. He was born Robert Joseph Pri ...

(1934–2009), American advertising executive and vintner

Music

Robert Palmer (singer) Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He was known for his powerful, soulful voice and sartorial elegance, and for his stylistic explorations, combining ...

(1949–2003), English singer-songwriter and musician * Robert Moffat Palmer (1915–2010), American composer

Politics and military

* Robert Palmer (MP) (1793–1872), English Conservative Member of Parliament *

Robert Moffett Palmer Robert Moffett Palmer (December 14, 1820 – April 26, 1862) was an American diplomat. Biography Palmer was born in Mount Holly, New Jersey on December 14, 1820 to a family of judges and politicians. At age 9 his father moved the family to ...

(1820–1862), American diplomat and politician *

Robert Palmer, 1st Baron Rusholme Robert Alexander Palmer, 1st Baron Rusholme (29 November 1890 – 18 August 1977) was a senior official of the British co-operative movement and a Labour Co-operative member of the House of Lords. Career Born in November 1890, Palmer left school ...

(1890–1977), General Secretary of the British Co-operative Union and member of the House of Lords *

Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer Robert Anthony Maurice Palmer, (7 July 1920 – 23 December 1944) was a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force and a posthumous English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded t ...

(1920–1944), British bomber pilot and recipient of the Victoria Cross

Sports

Robert Palmer (skier) Robert Palmer (born in 1947 died in 1981) is an alpine skier from New Zealand. In the 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi ...

(born 1947), New Zealand Olympic skier *

Robert Palmer (cricketer) Robert William Michael Palmer (born 4 June 1960) is a Hong Kong born former English cricketer. Palmer was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. Palmer made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Worcestershi ...

(born 1960), Hong Kong-born former English cricketer

Writers