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The name Robert is an ancient
Germanic given name Germanic given names are traditionally dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements, by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, King Æþelred's name was derived from ', for "noble", and ', for "counsel". However, there are also ...
, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''
berht Bert is a hypocoristic form of a number of various Germanic male given names, such as Robert, Albert, Elbert, Herbert, Hilbert, Hubert, Gilbert, Wilbert, Filbert, Norbert, Osbert, Bertram, Berthold, Bertrand, Umberto, Humbert, Cuthbert, ...
'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is
Rupert Rupert may refer to: People * Rupert (name), various people known by the given name or surname "Rupert" Places Canada * Rupert, Quebec, a village *Rupert Bay, a large bay located on the south-east shore of James Bay *Rupert River, Quebec *Rupert ...
. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is
Roberta ''Roberta'' is a musical from 1933 with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach. The musical is based on the novel ''Gowns by Roberta'' by Alice Duer Miller. It features the songs " Yesterdays", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", " ...
. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is
Roberto The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English,
German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...
, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots,
Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
, and Icelandic. It can be used as a French, Polish, Irish, Finnish, Romanian, and Estonian name as well.


Variations


Popularity and trivia

The name ''Robert'' was a royal name in France, Germany, Scotland and England during the medieval period, and was the name of several kings, dukes, and other rulers and noblemen. It was one of the most popular male names in medieval Europe, likely due to its frequent usage amongst royalty and nobility. To this day, ''Robert'' remains one of the most frequently given male names. ''Robert'' was in the top 10 most given boys' names in the United States for 47 years, from 1925 to 1972. While some names become less frequently used due to negative associations, ''Robert'' is still widely used despite its connection to many negatively evaluated
historical figures A historical figure is a significant person in history. The significance of such figures in human progress has been debated. Some think they play a crucial role, while others say they have little impact on the broad currents of thought and social ...
. In Italy during the Second World War, the form of the name, Roberto, briefly acquired a new meaning derived from, and referring to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis. The name's second component, ''*berhta-'', is the original root for the modern English word "bright".


People named Robert


Royalty

;Kings of Scotland * Robert I of Scotland (1274–1329) ("Robert the Bruce"), king and national hero of Scotland, legendary for his victory at the
Battle of Bannockburn The Battle of Bannockburn ( gd, Blàr Allt nam Bànag or ) fought on June 23–24, 1314, was a victory of the army of King of Scots Robert the Bruce over the army of King Edward II of England in the First War of Scottish Independence. It was ...
, one of the most prominent and skilled warriors of his time who freed Scotland from the English rule during the
Wars of Scottish Independence The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. The First War (1296–1328) began with the English invasion of ...
* Robert II of Scotland (Robert Stewart) (1316–1390), one of the principal commanders at the
Battle of Halidon Hill The Battle of Halidon Hill took place on 19 July 1333 when a Scottish army under Sir Archibald Douglas attacked an English army commanded by King Edward III of England () and was heavily defeated. The year before, Edward Balliol had seized ...
*
Robert III of Scotland Robert III (c. 13374 April 1406), born John Stewart, was King of Scots from 1390 to his death in 1406. He was also High Steward of Scotland from 1371 to 1390 and held the titles of Earl of Atholl (1367–1390) and Earl of Carrick (1368&ndas ...
(c. 1337/40–1406) ;Kings of France * Robert I of France (c.866–923) * Robert II of France (972–1031) ;King of Naples * Robert of Naples (1276–1343) ;King of Germany * Robert of Germany (Rupertus,
Rex Romanorum King of the Romans ( la, Rex Romanorum; german: König der Römer) was the title used by the king of Germany following his election by the princes from the reign of Henry II (1002–1024) onward. The title originally referred to any German k ...
) (1352–1410) ;King of Hungary and Croatia * Charles I Robert (1288–1342) ;King of Bulgaria * Robert of Bulgaria,
Tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East Slavs, East and South Slavs, South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''Caesar (title), caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" i ...
of the Kingdom of Bulgaria (1894–1943), one of the principal commanders of
European theatre of World War II The European theatre of World War II was one of the two main theatres of combat during World War II. It saw heavy fighting across Europe for almost six years, starting with Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ending with t ...
;Dukes of Normandy *
Robert I, Duke of Normandy Robert the Magnificent (french: le Magnifique;He was also, although erroneously, said to have been called 'Robert the Devil' (french: le Diable). Robert I was never known by the nickname 'the devil' in his lifetime. 'Robert the Devil' was a fic ...
(1000–1035), also known as Robert the Magnificent or Robert the Devil; father of William the Conqueror *
Robert Curthose Robert Curthose, or Robert II of Normandy ( 1051 – 3 February 1134, french: Robert Courteheuse / Robert II de Normandie), was the eldest son of William the Conqueror and succeeded his father as Duke of Normandy in 1087, reigning until 1106. ...
(c.1051–1134, son of William the Conqueror, claimant to throne of Kingdom of England. ;Duke of Chartres * Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, Crown Prince of France (1840–1910) ;Duke of Parma *
Robert I, Duke of Parma Robert I (Italian: ''Roberto Carlo Luigi Maria''; 9 July 1848 – 16 November 1907) was the last sovereign Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1854 until 1859, when the duchy was annexed to Sardinia-Piedmont during the ''Risorgimento''. He was a ...
(1848–1907) ;Count of Flanders *
Robert I, Count of Flanders Robert I ( – 13 October 1093), known as ''Robert the Frisian'', was count of Flanders from 1071 to his death in 1093. He was a son of Baldwin V, Count of Flanders and the younger brother of Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders. He usurped the countsh ...
(c.1035–1093) * Robert II, Count of Flanders (c.1065–1111). ;Crown Prince of Bavaria * Robert I, crown prince of Bavaria (1869–1955), also known as Prince Rupprecht, last heir apparent to the Bavarian throne. ;Latin Emperor and Emperor of Constantinople *
Robert I, Latin Emperor Robert I, also Robert of Courtenay (died 1228), Latin Emperor of Constantinople, was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and Yolanda of Flanders. When it became known in France that Peter of Courtenay was dead, his eldest son, Phil ...
(d. 1228), Emperor of the Latin Empire and Constantinopole ;Duke of Sicily and Prince of Benevento * Robert Guiscard (c. 1015–1085), Norman nobleman, adventurer and explorer, leader of the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily


Medieval figures

* Robert III of Artois (1287–1342), Lord of Conches-en-Ouche, of Domfront, and of Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Earl of Richmond. * Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, Anglo-Norman nobleman, and one of the most prominent figures in the competition for the succession to England and Normandy, member of the
House of Bellême House of Bellême also referred to as the Family of Bellême was an important seigneurial family during the 10th through the 12th centuries. Members of this family held the important castles of Bellême, Alençon, Domfront and Sées as well a ...
* Robert de Craon (died 1147), the second Grand Master of the Knights Templar from June 1136 until his death. *
Robert de Juilly Robert de Juilly or Robert de Juliac (died 27 July 1377) was the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1374 to his death. He was succeeded by the famous Juan Fernández de Heredia. References *Setton, Kenneth M. (general editor) ''A Hi ...
(died 1377), Grand Master of the
Knights Hospitaller The Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem ( la, Ordo Fratrum Hospitalis Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani), commonly known as the Knights Hospitaller (), was a medieval and early modern Catholic military order. It was headqu ...
from 1374 to his death * Robert IV of Sablé (1150–1193), eleventh
Grand Master of the Knights Templar The grand master of the Knights Templar was the supreme commander of the holy order, starting with founder Hugues de Payens in 1118. Some held the office for life while others resigned life in monasteries or diplomacy. Grand masters often led ...
from 1191 to 1192 and Lord of Cyprus from 1191 to 1192.


Folk heroes

* Robert Huntington, known as Robin Hood, legendary heroic outlaw and nobleman originally depicted in English folklore, highly skilled archer and swordsman, sometimes regarded as a national hero of England *
Robert Roy Macgregor Robert Roy MacGregor ( gd, Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair; 7 March 1671 – 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. Early life Rob Roy was born in the Kingdom of Scotland at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, ...
(1671–1734), Scottish outlaw and national hero


Nobility

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Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley, (c. 16769 April 1731), of Red Hall, near Wakefield, Bramham Hall, Yorkshire and Queen Street, Westminster was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 until 1713 wh ...
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Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey KG (16 December 1582 – 24 October 1642) was an English peer, soldier and courtier. Early life Robert Bertie was the son of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (b. 12 October 1555 – d. 25 Ju ...
* Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury *
Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth (ca. 1560 – 12 April 1639) (or "Cary") was an English nobleman and courtier. He was the youngest son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon, chamberlain and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, and Anne Morgan, dau ...
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Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset (c. 158717 July 1645), was a politician, and favourite of King James VI and I. Background Robert Kerr was born in Wrington, Somerset, England, the younger son of Sir Thomas Kerr (Carr) of Ferniehurst, Scot ...
* Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, British lawyer, politician and diplomat, one of the architects of the League of Nations; * Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury *
Sir Robert Dashwood, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Dashwood, 1st Baronet (1662–1734) was an English politician. Life The son of George Dashwood, a London merchant, and Margaret Perry, he was a first cousin of Sir Samuel Dashwood and Sir Francis Dashwood, 1st Baronet (the fortune ...
, English politician * Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English nobleman and military commander * Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, British statesman and military commander, governor-general of British Empire *
Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (; 11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captai ...
, British nobleman and military leader in English Civil War and Roundhead *
Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay, (11 July 1842 – 9 March 1929), known as Sir Robert Finlay from 1895 to 1916, initially formally qualified as a doctor, was a British barrister and politician, and Lord High Chancellor of Gre ...
,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. Th ...
* Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet, Scottish politician and courtier *
Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke (May 1607 – 4 March 1643) was a radical Puritan activist and leading member of the opposition to Charles I of England prior to the outbreak of the First English Civil War in August 1642. Appointed Parliamen ...
, English Baron, military commander and Roundhead general * Robert Harley, British statesman and Master of the Mint *
Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington, PC (c. 1708 – 14 January 1772), was the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. He was a member of the Whig Party in the parliament and was known for his wit and writing. Family Born the second son of ...
,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. Th ...
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Robert Herbert, 12th Earl of Pembroke Robert Henry Herbert, 12th Earl of Pembroke and 9th Earl of Montgomery (19 September 1791 – 25 April 1862) was a British nobleman and peer. He was in line for great estates and position as head of the distinguished Herbert family and heir to ...
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Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 2nd Baronet, FRS (12 January 1786 – 5 May 1855) was an English Conservative politician, noted for his staunch high church views. Family He was the son of Sir Hugh Inglis, a minor politician and MP for Ashburton ( ...
, English Conservative politician; *
Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Ancram Robert Kerr, 1st Earl of Ancram (c. 1578–1654), was a Scottish nobleman, politician and writer.Chambers, Robert (1840)A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen Volume 3, Blackie and Son, pp 315-6. Biography He descended from a third son ...
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Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian Robert Kerr, 1st Marquess of Lothian (8 March 1636 – 15 February 1703), known as the 4th Earl of Lothian from 1675 to 1701, was a Scottish nobleman. He was styled Lord Kerr until 1661 and Lord Newbattle from 1661 to 1675. The eldest son of Wi ...
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Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Brice Kingsmill, 1st Baronet (1730 – 23 November 1805) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in a career that s ...
, Royal navy officer * Robert III de La Marck, ''Seigneur'' of Fleuranges, Marshal of France *
Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Nithsdale Robert Maxwell, 1st Earl of Nithsdale (after 1586 – May 1646), was a Scottish nobleman. He succeeded his brother as 10th Lord Maxwell in 1613, and was created Earl of Nithsdale in 1620. General of Scots in Danish-Norwegian service during the ...
, Scottish nobleman and military commander *
Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell Robert Maxwell, 5th Lord Maxwell (1493 – 9 July 1546) was a member of the Council of Regency (1536) of the Kingdom of Scotland, Regent of the Isle of Arran and like his father before him patriarch of the House of Maxwell/Clan Maxwell. A distin ...
, Scottish soldier and nobleman, member of the Council of Regency of the Kingdom of Scotland, Regent of the Isle of Arran, patriarch of the House of Maxwell/
Clan Maxwell Clan Maxwell is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Lowlands and is recognized as such by the Lord Lyon King of Arms.Way, George and Squire, Romily. ''Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia''. (Foreword by The Rt Hon. The Earl of Elgin KT, Conv ...
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Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth Robert Paston, 1st Earl of Yarmouth, FRS (29 May 1631 – 8 March 1683) was an English scientist and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1660 and 1673 when he was created Viscount Yarmouth. He was created Earl of Yarmouth in 1679 ...
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Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet (25 April 1750 – 3 May 1830) was a British politician and industrialist and one of early textile manufacturers of the Industrial Revolution. He is one of ten known British millionaires in 1799. He was the father ...
, British politician and industrialist and one of early textile manufacturers of the Industrial Revolution, father of Sir Robert Peel, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom * Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull *
Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond, (20 December 167318 March 1733) was a British judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1710 and 1724. Life Raymond was the son of the judge Sir Thomas Raymond. He was educated at Eton a ...
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Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn, (3 April 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British lawyer, judge and radical Liberal politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1905 and 1912. Background and education Born i ...
* Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick * Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth,
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. Th ...
* Lord Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, British peer and politician *
Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth Robert George Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth, (27 August 1857 – 6 March 1923), known as the 14th Baron Windsor between 1869 and 1905, was a British nobleman and Conservative politician. He was the founding President of the London Soci ...
, British nobleman and Conservative politician *
Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry Robert Stewart, 1st Marquess of Londonderry PC (Ire) (1739–1821), was a County Down landowner, Irish Volunteer, and member of the parliament who, exceptionally for an Ulster Scot and Presbyterian, rose within the ranks of Ireland's "Angli ...
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Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, (18 June 1769 – 12 August 1822), usually known as Lord Castlereagh, derived from the courtesy title Viscount Castlereagh ( ) by which he was styled from 1796 to 1821, was an Anglo-Irish politician ...
, Irish/British statesman, and British Foreign Secretary


Religious figures and saints

* Saint
Robert Bellarmine Robert Bellarmine, SJ ( it, Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 37. ...
(died in 1621), Jesuit Doctor of the Church, one of the leaders of
Roman Inquisition The Roman Inquisition, formally the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, was a system of partisan tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Roman Catholic Church, during the second half of the 16th century, respons ...
and Galileo affair * Saint
Robert of Bury Saint Robert of Bury (died 1181) was an English boy, allegedly murdered and found in the town of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk in 1181. His death, which occurred at a time of rising antisemitism, was blamed on local Jews.Patricia Skinner ''The Jews ...
(died 1181) *
Robert Holman Robert Holman (1952 – 3 December 2021) was a British dramatist whose work has been produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and the Royal Court Theatre, as well as in the West End and elsewhere, since the 1970s. He was a resident drama ...
, 36th
Abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fe ...
of Ten Duinen Abbey * Saint Robert of Molesme (d. 1111), founder of the
Cistercian Order The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint B ...
* Saint
Robert of Newminster Robert of Newminster ( c. 1100–1159) was a priest, abbot, and a saint of the Catholic Church. He was born in Gargrave in Yorkshire, England. He was one of the monks who founded Fountains Abbey and is named from the abbey he founded in Morp ...
(d. 1159), established the Abbey of Newminster at Morpeth, Northumberland * Roberto de Nobili (1577–1656), Italian Jesuit missionary to Southern India *
Roberto de' Nobili Roberto de Nobili (1577 – 16 January 1656) was an Italian Jesuit missionary to Southern India. He used a novel method of adaptation ( accommodatio) to preach Christianity, adopting many local customs of India which were, in his view, not co ...
(1541–1559), Roman Catholic
cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **'' Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **'' Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, t ...
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Robert de Sorbon Robert de Sorbon (; 9 October 1201 – 15 August 1274) was a French theologian, the chaplain of Louis IX of France, and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris. Biography Born into a poor family in Sorbon, in what is now the Ardennes ''dép ...
(1201–1274), French theologian and founder of
College of Sorbonne The College of Sorbonne (french: Collège de Sorbonne) was a theological college of the University of Paris, founded in 1253 (confirmed in 1257) by Robert de Sorbon (1201–1274), after whom it was named. With the rest of the Paris colleges, ...
* Saint
Robert de Turlande Robert de Turlande (c. 1000 - 17 April 1067) was a French Roman Catholic priest and professed member of the Order of Saint Benedict. He was of noble stock and was also related to Saint Gerald of Aurillac. He is best known for the establishment ...
(d. 1067), founding abbot of the Abbey of Casa Dei, also called
Chaise-Dieu La Chaise-Dieu (; Auvergnat: ''La Chasa Dieu'') is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. Its inhabitants are called ''Casadéens'', from the Latin name of the city. Geography La Chaise-Dieu occupies a 1082 m butte w ...


Presidents and prime ministers

;British Prime Ministers * Lord Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, British statesman, serving as Prime Minister three times for a total * Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, Lord High Treasurer of the British Empire, sometimes regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain *
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. He held many important cabinet offices such as Foreign Secret ...
, British statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies * Sir Robert Peel, British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, father of modern British policing, leader of
Peelite The Peelites were a breakaway dissident political faction of the British Conservative Party from 1846 to 1859. Initially led by Robert Peel, the former Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader in 1846, the Peelites supported free trade whi ...
, founder of Conservative Party of United Kingdom and the Metropolitan Police Service * Sir Robert Walpole, British statesman who served as the first
Prime Minister of Great Britain The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern p ...
;Australian Prime Ministers * Robert "Bob" Hawke, Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Labor Party * Sir Robert Menzies, Australian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966 ;Presidents and Prime Ministers from North America * Sir Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada * Robert F. Kennedy, American politician and lawyer who served as the 64th United States Attorney General, United States Senator for New York, brother of the U.S. president
John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...
;Presidents and Prime Ministers from Asia / Oceania * Robert Kocharyan, Armenian politician who served as the first president of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the second
president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
of
Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
between 1998 and 2008 * Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English statesman,
Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization ...
politician, and poet, who served as Viceroy of India (Governor-General) between 1876 and 1880 and
British Ambassador to France The British Ambassador to France is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in France, and is the head of Britain's diplomatic mission in Paris. The official title is ''His Majesty's Ambassador to France''. Traditionally, the ...
from 1887 to 1891 * Sir
Robert Stout Sir Robert Stout (28 September 1844 – 19 July 1930) was a New Zealand politician who was the 13th premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both ...
, New Zealand politician who served as 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand on two occasions in the 19th century, and later
Chief Justice of New Zealand The chief justice of New Zealand ( mi, Te Kaiwhakawā Tumuaki o Aotearoa) is the head of the New Zealand judiciary, and presides over the Supreme Court of New Zealand. The chief justice of New Zealand is also the chief justice of Tokelau. Befo ...
;Presidents and Prime Ministers from Europe *
Robert Abela Robert Abela (born 7 December 1977) is a Maltese lawyer and politician who has served as prime minister of Malta and leader of Labour Party since 2020. The son of former President George Abela, he was elected to Parliament in 2017. Abela was ...
, Maltese lawyer and politician, currently serving as the 14th prime minister of
Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...
* Robert Fico, Slovak politician who served as Prime Minister of Slovakia from 2012 to 2018 *
Robert Haab Robert Haab (8 August 1865 – 15 October 1939) was a Swiss politician. He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council The Federal Council (german: Bundesrat; french: Conseil fédéral; it, Consiglio federale; rm, Cussegl federal) is the exe ...
, Swiss politician and
President of Switzerland The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the Confederation or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is the head of Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council, the country's executive branch. Elected by t ...
* Robert Schuman, Luxembourg-born French statesman,
Christian Democrat Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern Democracy, d ...
, activist, Prime Minister of France, a reformist Minister of Finance and a Foreign Minister, one of the founders of the European Union, the
Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it has 46 member states, with a ...
and NATO; * Robert Themptander, Swedish politician and public official who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1884 to 1888 ;Presidents and Prime Ministers from Central / South America *
Roberto Micheletti Roberto Micheletti Baín (born 13 August 1943) is a Honduran politician who served as the interim ''de facto'' president of Honduras from 28 June 2009 to 27 January 2010 as a result of the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. The Honduran military ou ...
, Honduran politician who served as the president of Honduras following the
2009 Honduran coup d'état The 2009 Honduran coup d'état, part of the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, occurred when the Honduran Army on 28 June 2009 followed orders from the Honduran Supreme Court to oust President Manuel Zelaya and send him into exile. Zelaya ...
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Roberto María Ortiz Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino María Ortiz Lizardi (24 September 1886 – 15 July 1942) was the 19th President of Argentina from 20 February 1938 to 27 June 1942. Ortiz is a little remembered president. He became president in 1938 follow ...
, 19th president of
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
during the Infamous Decade *
Roberto Suazo Córdova Roberto Suazo Córdova (17 March 1927 – 22 December 2018) was the President of Honduras from 1982 until 1986. Suazo Córdova died on 22 December 2018 following an ulcer surgical operation at the age of 91. Presidency In 1981, Suazo Córdova ...
, 29th President of Honduras *
Roberto Sánchez Vilella Roberto Sánchez Vilella (19 February 1913 – 24 March 1997) was the governor of Puerto Rico from 1965 to 1969. Sánchez Vilella successfully ran for governor in the 1964 elections for the '' Partido Popular Democrático''. He is also the fou ...
, Governor of Puerto Rico, Head of State and Head of Government of Puerto Rico


Dictators

* Baron Robert Clive (1725–1774),
British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
army officer and privateer who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in
Bengal Bengal ( ; bn, বাংলা/বঙ্গ, translit=Bānglā/Bôngô, ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal, predo ...
, served as the Commander-in-Chief of British India *
Robert Mugabe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (; ; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the ...
(1924–2019), former
Zimbabwean Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...
politician and revolutionary, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and President (Dictator) from 1987 to 2017


Secretaries of Defense

*
Robert Gates Robert Michael Gates (born September 25, 1943) is an American intelligence analyst and university president who served as the 22nd United States secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011. He was originally appointed by president George W. Bush a ...
(1943), American statesman, scholar, intelligence analyst, and university president who served as the director of
Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
(CIA), Director of Central Intelligence and 22nd United States Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011 * Robert A. Lovett (1895–1986), fourth United States Secretary of Defense *
Robert McNamara Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He remains the ...
(1916–2009), American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense


Wartime figures and military leaders

;American army *
Robert N. Adams Robert Newton Adams, D.D. was an American Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He commanded the 81st Ohio Infantry Regiment throughout the later years of the war and participated in the Federal Penetration up the Cumberland a ...
, American Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War *
Robert S. Beightler Robert Sprague Beightler (March 21, 1892 – February 12, 1978) was an American military officer and Ohio political insider, engineer, and business owner. In the military, he reached the rank of major general, and served as military governor of ...
, American military officer, major General, military governor of Okinawa, War Department General Staff, commander of the 37th Infantry Division *
Robert C. Bradshaw Robert Charles Bradshaw was an American Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He commanded the 44th Missouri Infantry Regiment throughout various battles of the Franklin–Nashville campaign. Biography Around the beginning of t ...
, American Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War *
Robert C. Buchanan Robert Christie Buchanan (March 1, 1811 – November 29, 1878) was an American military officer who served in the Mexican–American War and then was a colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War. In 1866, he was nominated and conf ...
, American military officer, one of the principal commanders of
Black Hawk War The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans led by Black Hawk (Sauk leader), Black Hawk, a Sauk people, Sauk leader. The war erupted after Black Hawk and a group of ...
and Rogue River Wars *
Robert Lee Bullard Lieutenant General Robert Lee Bullard (January 5, 1861 – September 11, 1947) was a senior officer of the United States Army. He was involved in conflicts in the American Western Frontier, the Philippines, and World War I, where he commanded ...
, senior officer in the United States Army during World War I *
Robert L. Eichelberger Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (9 March 1886 – 26 September 1961) was a general officer in the United States Army who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. A 1909 graduate of the Unite ...
, general officer in the United States Army who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the
Southwest Pacific Area South West Pacific Area (SWPA) was the name given to the Allied supreme military command in the South West Pacific Theatre of World War II. It was one of four major Allied commands in the Pacific War. SWPA included the Philippines, Borneo, the ...
during World War II *
Robert L. Ghormley Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley (October 15, 1883 – June 21, 1958) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander, South Pacific Area during World War II. Early years Born in Portland, Oregon, Ghormley was the oldest of si ...
, admiral in the United States Navy, serving as Commander of
South Pacific Area The South Pacific Area (SOPAC) was a multinational U.S.-led military command active during World War II. It was a part of the U.S. Pacific Ocean Areas under Admiral Chester Nimitz. The delineation and establishment of the Pacific Ocean Areas was ...
during World War II * Robert Hoke, Confederate major general during the American Civil War *
Robert B. Johnston Robert B. Johnston (born October 6, 1937) is a retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general whose last duty assignment was as Commander, Marine Forces Atlantic, Marine Forces Europe and II Marine Expeditionary Force. During the Gulf War ...
, retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general whose last duty assignment was as Commander, Marine Forces Atlantic Marine Forces Europe and
II Marine Expeditionary Force The II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force consisting of ground, air and logistics forces capable of projecting offensive combat power ashore while sustaining itself in combat without external assistance for a ...
*
Robert E. Lee Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, towards the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Nort ...
, American and Confederate general, supreme commander of the
Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...
during American Civil War *
Robert A. Lewis Robert Alvin Lewis (October 18, 1917 – June 18, 1983) was a United States Army Air Forces officer serving in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. He was the co-pilot and aircraft commander of the ''Enola Gay'', the B-29 Superfortress bo ...
, United States Army Air Forces officer serving in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, one of the pilots of the Enola G *
Robert McDade Robert Alexander McDade (August 11, 1922 – October 14, 2009) was a United States Army colonel. He is best known as a lieutenant colonel in command of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of la Drang in 1965, during the Vietna ...
, United States Army colonel, *
Robert McGowan Littlejohn Robert McGowan Littlejohn (23 October 1890 – 6 May 1982) was a major general in the United States Army who graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, in 1912. He served with the Pancho Villa Expedition and ...
, major general in the United States Army, leader of
War Assets Administration The War Assets Administration (WAA) was created to dispose of United States government-owned surplus material and property from World War II. The WAA was established in the Office for Emergency Management, effective March 25, 1946, by Executive O ...
* Robert C. Murphy, American colonel during the American Civil War * Robert "Robin" Olds Jr., American fighter pilot and general officer in the U.S. Air Force * Robert Olds Sr., general officer in the US Army Air Forces *
Robert Patterson Robert Patterson (January 12, 1792 – August 7, 1881) was an Irish-born United States major general during the American Civil War, chiefly remembered for inflicting an early defeat on Stonewall Jackson, but crucially failing to stop Confed ...
, Irish-born United States major general during the American Civil War *
Robert W. Porter Jr. Robert William Porter Jr. (April 29, 1908 – April 22, 2000) was a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command from 1965 to 1969. Military career Porter was born in Alma, Nebraska, on Ap ...
, United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command from 1965 to 1969 * Robert Gould Shaw, American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, commander of the first all-
African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of enslav ...
regiment *
Robert Sink Robert Frederick Sink (April 3, 1905 – December 13, 1965) was a senior United States Army officer who fought during World War II and the Korean War, though he was most famous for his command of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of th ...
, senior United States Army officer who fought during World War II, the Korean War, and early parts of the Vietnam War *
Robert G. Smith (colonel) Robert G. Smith (1854–1923) was an Irish-born American Brevet Brigadier General of the Spanish–American War. He was known as the Colonel of the 4th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment and a notable figure during the early 20th-Century of ...
(1854-1923), American colonel of the Spanish–American War *
Robert F. Stockton Robert Field Stockton (August 20, 1795 – October 7, 1866) was a United States Navy commodore, notable in the capture of California during the Mexican–American War. He was a naval innovator and an early advocate for a propeller-driven, steam- ...
, United States Navy commodore, United States Senator from New Jersey, Military Governor of California *
Robert A. Theobald Robert Alfred Theobald (January 25, 1884 – May 13, 1956), nicknamed "Fuzzy", was a United States Navy officer who served in World War I and World War II, and achieved the rank of rear admiral. In retirement, he was the author of the 1954 boo ...
, United States Navy officer who served in World War I and World War II, achiever of the rank of
rear admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regard ...
, the air forces commander during
Attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, ju ...
*
Robert F. Travis Brigadier General Robert Falligant Travis (26 December 1904 – 5 August 1950) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II. A 1928 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, Travis saw action ...
, United States Army Air Forces general during World War II * Robert Toombs, American lawyer, planter, army general, and politician from Georgia who became one of the organizers of the Confederacy and served as its first Secretary of State *
Robert Treat Robert Treat (February 23, 1624July 12, 1710) was a New England Puritan colonial leader, militia officer and governor of the Connecticut Colony between 1683 and 1698. In 1666 he helped found Newark, New Jersey. Biography Treat was born in Pit ...
, American colonial leader, militia officer and governor of the
Connecticut Colony The ''Connecticut Colony'' or ''Colony of Connecticut'', originally known as the Connecticut River Colony or simply the River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a sett ...
between 1683 and 1698 and the founder of Newark, New Jersey *
Robert C. Tyler Robert Charles Tyler (December 4, 1832 – April 16, 1865) was a Confederate Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He was the last general killed in the conflict. He commanded the 15th Tennessee Infantry at Belmont and Shiloh, and ...
, Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War *
Robert O. Tyler Robert Ogden Tyler (December 31, 1831 – December 1, 1874) was an American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was commander of the Artillery Reserve of the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of ...
, American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War ;British / Scottish army * Sir Robert Abercromby, British general * Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Boy Scout Movement * Robert Blake, British Royal Navy officer and one of the most important military commanders of the
Commonwealth of England The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execut ...
*
Robert Brooke-Popham Air Chief Marshal Sir Henry Robert Moore Brooke-Popham, (18 September 1878 – 20 October 1953) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. During the First World War he served in the Royal Flying Corps as a wing commander and senior staff o ...
, senior commander in the Royal Air Force and leader of
Operation Matador (1941) Operation Matador was a plan of the British Malaya Command to move forces into position in Thailand to counter a Japanese amphibious attack on Malaya. Background In 1937, Major-General William Dobbie, Officer Commanding Malaya (1935–1939), ...
* Robert Brownrigg, British statesman, general and soldier who brought the last part of Sri Lanka under British rule, Governors of British Ceylon,
General Officer Commanding, Ceylon General Officer Commanding, Ceylon (also known as ''Commander of Troops'' or ''Officer Commanding His/Her Majesties Troops, Ceylon'') was the designation of the General Officer appointed to command all British Army units stationed in the island o ...
* Sir
Robert Calder Admiral Sir Robert Calder, 1st Baronet, (2 July 174531 August 1818) was a British naval officer who served in the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. For much of his career h ...
, British naval officer * Robert H. Dick, Scottish soldier *
Robert Rollo Gillespie Major-General Sir Hugh Robert Rollo Gillespie (21 January 1766 – 31 October 1814Dictionary of Indian Biography; Charles E Buckland p166 (1906)) was an officer in the British Army. The Army's historian Sir John Fortescue called him "The bravest ...
, officer in the British Army *
Robert Haining General Sir Robert Hadden Haining, (28 July 1882 – 15 September 1959) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War. Early life and education Haining was born in Chester, the eldest son of Dr. William Haining and Mary Ellen Ro ...
, British Army officer *
Robert Peverell Hichens Lieutenant Commander Robert Peverell Hichens, (2 March 1909 – 13 April 1943) was the most highly decorated officer of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR), being awarded two Distinguished Service Orders, three Distinguished Service Cr ...
, British Lieutenant Commander and the most highly decorated officer of the
Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original R ...
(RNVR) *
Robert Kekewich Major-General Robert George Kekewich, CB (17 June 1854 – 5 November 1914) was a Victorian era British Army officer. Early life Kekewich was the second son of Trehawke Kekewich, of Peamore House, near Exeter, Devon, and the grandson of Samue ...
, British Army officer * Sir Robert Mansell, English Royal Navy officer and a member of parliament (MP), mostly for Welsh constituencies * Robert Monckton, officer of the
British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gur ...
and also a colonial
administrator Administrator or admin may refer to: Job roles Computing and internet * Database administrator, a person who is responsible for the environmental aspects of a database * Forum administrator, one who oversees discussions on an Internet forum * N ...
in
British North America British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, ...
*
Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis Colonel Robert Munro of Foulis (died April 1633), also known as the Black Baron, was traditionally the 18th Baron of Foulis in Scotland. He was a soldier of fortune, who served in Germany under the banners of Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden. I ...
, known as the Black Baron, Scottish soldier and military warlord * Robert Monro, Scottish general during Thirty Years' War * Sir Robert Moray, Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy and natural philosopher, one of the founders of Royal Society and
Freemasonry Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities ...
*
Robert Orme The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
, British soldier and military leader *
Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet (20 September 1720 – 1 August 1796) was a British Army officer during the American Revolutionary War. Life Robert Pigot was born in London, England in 1720. His two brothers were George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, ...
, British Army officer during the American Revolutionary War *
Robert Rogers Robert Rogers may refer to: Politics * Robert Rogers (Irish politician) (died 1719), Irish politician, MP for Cork City 1692–1699 *Robert Rogers (Manitoba politician) (1864–1936), Canadian politician * Robert Rogers, Baron Lisvane (born 1950), ...
,
American colonial American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period English (late-medieval), French Colonial, Spanish Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian. ...
frontiersman A frontier is the political and geographical area near or beyond a boundary. A frontier can also be referred to as a "front". The term came from French in the 15th century, with the meaning "borderland"—the region of a country that fronts ...
and officer in the British Army, commander of Rogers' Rangers * Robert Ross, officer in the British Army, born in Ireland *
Robert Sale Major-General Sir Robert Henry Sale (19 September 1782 – 21 December 1845) was a British Army officer who commanded the garrison of Jalalabad during the First Afghan War and was killed in action during the First Anglo-Sikh War. Biography ...
, British army officer * Sir
Robert Stopford Robert Wright Stopford, (20 February 1901 – 13 August 1976) was a British Anglican bishop. Early life and education Stopford was born in Garston, Merseyside (then in Lancashire), and educated at Coatham School in Redcar and Liverpool Coll ...
, distinguished officer in the Royal Navy *
Robert Stanford Tuck Wing Commander Robert Roland Stanford Tuck, (1 July 1916 – 5 May 1987) was a British fighter pilot, flying ace and test pilot. Tuck joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1935 and first engaged in combat during the Battle of France, over Dunkirk, ...
, British fighter pilot,
flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...
, and test pilot, member of the Royal Air Force, war hero of World War II *
Robert Sturges Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Grice Sturges (14 July 1891 – 12 September 1970) was a senior Royal Marines officer who fought in both the First World War and Second World War. Military career Sturges joined the Royal Navy in 1908. Commissioned ...
, British Royal marine general * Robert "Roy" Urquhart, British Army officer * Robert Whittaker, City of London banker and a senior officer in Britain's part-time Territorial Army (TA), chief of staff at
Anti-Aircraft Command Anti-Aircraft Command (AA Command, or "Ack-Ack Command") was a British Army command of the Second World War that controlled the Territorial Army anti-aircraft artillery and searchlight formations and units defending the United Kingdom. Origin ...
during World War II ;Australian army *
Robert A. Little Robert Alexander Little, (19 July 1895 – 27 May 1918), a World War I fighter pilot, is generally regarded as the most successful Australian flying ace, with an official tally of forty-seven victories. Born in Victoria, he ...
, World War I fighter pilot and the most successful Australian
flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ace is varied, but is usually co ...
;German / Austrian army * Robert von Eggenberg, Austrian colonel-general * Robert Gysae, a German U-boat commander in the Kriegsmarine during World War II * Robert Ritter von Greim,
German Field Marshal Field marshal (german: Generalfeldmarschall) was usually the highest military rank in various Germany, German armed forces. It had existed, under slightly different names, in several German states since 1631. After the unification of Germany it w ...
and pilot *
Robert Kosch Robert Paul Theodor von Kosch (5 April 1856 in Glatz (Kłodzko), Prussian Silesia – 22 December 1942) was a Prussian General of the Infantry during World War I. Early life Robert was the youngest of ten children of Hermann and Agnes Kosch ...
, Prussian general in the Imperial German army * Robert Zapp, German U-boat commander in World War II ;Irish army * Robert Emmet, Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader ; Cuban army * Roberto Rodriguez Fernandez, Cuban revolutionary ;Italian army *
Roberto Farinacci Roberto Farinacci (; 16 October 1892 – 28 April 1945) was a leading Italian Fascist politician and important member of the National Fascist Party before and during World War II as well as one of its ardent antisemitic proponents. English hist ...
, leading Italian Fascist politician and important member of the
Grand Council of Fascism The Grand Council of Fascism (, also translated "Fascist Grand Council") was the main body of Benito Mussolini, Mussolini's Italian Fascism, Fascist government in Italy, that held and applied great power to control the institutions of governmen ...
, Secretary of National Fascist Party and one of the leading perpetrators of the
Holocaust in Italy The Holocaust in Italy was the persecution, deportation, and murder of Jews between 1943 and 1945 in the Italian Social Republic, the part of the Kingdom of Italy occupied by Nazi Germany after the Italian surrender on September 8, 1943, during ...
;French army *
Robert Nivelle Robert Georges Nivelle (15 October 1856 – 22 March 1924) was a French artillery general officer who served in the Boxer Rebellion and the First World War. In May 1916, he succeeded Philippe Pétain as commander of the French Second Army in t ...
, French artillery officer who led the French forces during World War I as commander in-chief of French army ;Russian army * Robert Bruce, first chief commander of Saint Petersburg * Robert Segercrantz, Russian general in the Russian Imperial army *
Robert von Ungern-Sternberg Nikolai Robert Maximilian Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg (russian: link=no, Роман Фёдорович фон Унгерн-Штернберг, translit=Roman Fedorovich fon Ungern-Shternberg; 10 January 1886 – 15 September 1921), often refer ...
, also known as The Mad Baron or The Bloody White Baron, Austrian-born, Russian Empire's Baltic German anti-Bolshevik lieutenant general in the
Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...
*
Robert Viren Robert Nikolayevich Viren (russian: Роберт Николаевич Вирен 6 January 1857 – 14 March 1917), also known as Robert Reinhold von Wirén, was a Baltic German career naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, noted for his r ...
, general, admiral and career naval officer in the
Imperial Russian Navy The Imperial Russian Navy () operated as the navy of the Russian Tsardom and later the Russian Empire from 1696 to 1917. Formally established in 1696, it lasted until dissolved in the wake of the February Revolution of 1917. It developed from ...
in Russian Empire


Other military

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Robert B. Abrams Robert Bruce Abrams (born November 18, 1960) is a retired four-star general in the United States Army who last served as the commander of United States Forces Korea. He concurrently served as the commander of United Nations Command and commander ...
, four-star general in the United States Army *
Robert Bartels Robert Bartels (28 April 1911 – 20 August 1943) was a German U-boat commander in World War II. Naval career Robert Bartels joined the ''Reichsmarine'' in 1935. From 1937 to June 1940, he served as a watch officer on . He went through U-boat ...
(1911–1943), German U-boat commander in World War II *
Robert Grierson Combe Robert Grierson Combe (5 August 1880 – 3 May 1917) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Comb ...
, Scottish-Canadian military officer *
Robert E. Cushman Jr. Robert Everton Cushman Jr. (December 24, 1914 – January 2, 1985) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 25th commandant of the Marine Corps from January 1, 1972, to June 30, 1975. He was honored for heroism during ...
, United States Marine Corps general who served as the 25th
Commandant of the Marine Corps The commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) is normally the highest-ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint Chiefs of Staff: composition; functions. The CMC reports directly to the secr ...
* Robert Duff, British Royal Navy officer * Robert Kajuga, national president and leader of the
MRND The National Revolutionary Movement for Development (french: Mouvement révolutionaire national pour le développement, MRND) was the ruling political party of Rwanda from 1975 to 1994 under President Juvénal Habyarimana. From 1978 to 1991, the M ...
-affiliated extremist militia, the
Interahamwe The Interahamwe ( or ) is a Hutu paramilitary organization active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The Interahamwe was formed around 1990 as the youth wing of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND ...
* Robert J. Miller, United States Army Special Forces soldier *
Robert Miller Montague Robert Miller Montague (August 7, 1899 – February 20, 1958) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army. He achieved prominence as the deputy commander of Fort Bliss, Texas, and commander of the Sandia Missile Base in New Mexico during ...
, lieutenant general in the United States Army *
Robert Neller Robert Blake Neller (born February 9, 1953) is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps. He assumed his assignment on September 24, 2015 and retired on July 11, 2019. He was suc ...
, retired United States Marine Corps four-star general who served as the 37th
Commandant of the Marine Corps The commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) is normally the highest-ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint Chiefs of Staff: composition; functions. The CMC reports directly to the secr ...
*
Robert H. Reed Robert Harvey Reed (October 10, 1929 – December 24, 2017) was a General in the United States Air Force and the former chief of staff of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Biography Early life Reed was born in 1929, in Elkhorn C ...
, General in the United States Air Force and the former chief of staff of the
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is the military headquarters of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO) that commands all NATO operations worldwide. ACO's and SHAPE's commander is tit ...
*
Robert Rheault Robert Bradley Rheault (October 31, 1925 – October 16, 2013) was an American colonel in the U.S. Army Special Forces who served as commander of the First Special Forces Group in Okinawa, and the Fifth Special Forces Group in Vietnam from May ...
, American colonel in the
U.S. Army Special Forces The United States Army Special Forces (SF), colloquially known as the "Green Berets" due to their distinctive service headgear, are a special operations force of the United States Army. The Green Berets are geared towards nine doctrinal mi ...
*
Robert Roddam Robert Roddam (1719 – 31 March 1808) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence. He survived to see the French Revolutionary and Na ...
, British Royal Navy officer *
Robert M. Shoemaker Robert Morin Shoemaker (February 18, 1924 – June 21, 2017) was a United States Army general and former commander of the United States Army Forces Command. He is also an inductee into the Aviation Hall of Fame. Early life and military caree ...
, United States Army general and former commander of the United States Army Forces Command, inductee into the Aviation Hall of Fame


Nazis and communists

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Robert Eikhe Robert Indrikovich Eikhe ( lv, Roberts Eihe (Ēķis), russian: Роберт Индрикович Эйхе; August 12, 1890 — February 4, 1940) was a Latvian Bolshevik and Soviet politician who was the provincial head of the Communist Party o ...
, Latvian
Bolshevik The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
, provincial head of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union "Hymn of the Bolshevik Party" , headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow , general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first)Mikhail Gorbachev (last) , founded = , banned = , founder = Vladimir Lenin , newspaper ...
in Siberia * Robert Grawitz, Nazi German physician and an SS functionary, chief physician of the SS, head of the
German Red Cross The German Red Cross (german: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz ; DRK) is the national Red Cross Society in Germany. With 4 million members, it is the third largest Red Cross society in the world. The German Red Cross offers a wide range of services with ...
* Robert Ley, DAF ''Führer'' of Nazi Germany (head of the
German Labour Front The German Labour Front (german: Deutsche Arbeitsfront, ; DAF) was the labour organisation under the Nazi Party which replaced the various independent trade unions in Germany during Adolf Hitler's rise to power. History As early as March 1933, t ...
), high-ranking member of the SS, labour and economical leader of Nazi Germany, founder of Volkswagen, creator of NSDAP School system * Robert Mulka, German Nazi ''SS- Hauptsturmführer'' and later ''SS-
Obersturmführer __NOTOC__ (, ; short: ''Ostuf'') was a Nazi Germany paramilitary rank that was used in several Nazi organisations, such as the SA, SS, NSKK and the NSFK. The rank of ''Obersturmführer'' was first created in 1932 as the result of an expa ...
'', commander of
Auschwitz concentration camp Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust. It co ...
*
Robert Ritter Robert Ritter (14 May 1901 – 15 April 1951) was a German racial scientist doctor of psychology and medicine, with a background in child psychiatry and the biology of criminality. In 1936, Ritter was appointed head of the Racial Hygiene and D ...
, Nazi German "
racial scientist Scientific racism, sometimes termed biological racism, is the pseudoscientific belief that empirical evidence exists to support or justify racism (racial discrimination), racial inferiority, or racial superiority.. "Few tragedies can be more ex ...
" doctor of psychology and medicine, with a background in child psychiatry and the biology of criminality * Robert Wagner, ''Gauleiter'' of
Gau Baden The Gau Baden, renamed Gau Baden–Alsace (German: ''Gau Baden-Elsaß'') in March 1941, was a ''de facto'' administrative division of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 in the German state of Baden and, from 1940 onwards, in Alsace (german: Elsaß). B ...
, ''Gauleiter'' of
Alsace Alsace (, ; ; Low Alemannic German/ gsw-FR, Elsàss ; german: Elsass ; la, Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland. In 2020, it had ...
and head of the civil government of Alsace during the Nazi German occupation of France during World War II


Nuclear physicists

* Robert Oppenheimer (1904—1967), American theoretical physicist, professor of physics at the University of California, developer and inventor of the
atomic bomb A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb ...
* Robert Serber (1909—1997), American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project


Explorers

* Robert Ballard, retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island * Robert Bartlett, Newfoundland-born American Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, accompanied United States Navy Commander Robert Peary on his attempts to reach the North Pole *
Robert O'Hara Burke Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821c. 28 June 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Austral ...
, Irish soldier and police officer who explored Australia, leader of the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north * Robert Dudley, English explorer and cartographer * Sir Robert McClure, Irish explorer of the
Arctic The Arctic ( or ) is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean, adjacent seas, and parts of Canada (Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), Danish Realm (Greenland), Finland, Iceland, N ...
who in 1854 traversed the Northwest Passage by boat and sledge and was the first to circumnavigate the Americas * Robert Peary, American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic, reached the geographic
North Pole The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface. It is called the True North Pole to distinguish from the Magn ...
with his expedition on April 6, 1909, believed to be the first man to have ever reached the North Pole * Robert Falcon Scott, British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions *
Robert Swan Robert Charles Swan, OBE, FRGS (born 28 July 1956) is the first person to walk to both poles. He is currently an advocate for the protection of Antarctica and renewable energy. Swan is also the founder of 2041, a company which is dedicated ...
, the first person to walk to both
Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Cen ...


Intelligence officers

*
Robert P. Ashley Jr. Robert Paul Ashley Jr. is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2017 to 2020. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army G-2. He received a comm ...
, retired lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2017 to 2020 * Robert Hanssen, former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) secret agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001 *
Robert S. Mueller III Robert Swan Mueller III (; born August 7, 1944) is an American lawyer and government official who served as the sixth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013. A graduate of Princeton University and New York U ...
, American attorney who served as the sixth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013


Movie industry

* Robert Altman (1925–2006), American film director, screenwriter, and producer * Robert "Robbie" Amell (born 1988), Canadian-American actor and producer * Robert "Rob" Benedict (born 1970), American actor and writer * Robert "Bob" Bergen, American voice actor *
Robert Carlyle Robert Carlyle (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish actor. His film work includes '' Trainspotting'' (1996), ''The Full Monty'' (1997), ''The World Is Not Enough'' (1999), '' Angela's Ashes'' (1999), '' The Beach'' (2000), ''28 Weeks Later'' (2 ...
(born 1961), Scottish actor * Robert "Bob" Chapek (born 1960), American media executive and businessman, chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, the current CEO of Walt Disney Company * Robert "Robbie" Coltrane (born 1950), Scottish actor and author * Robert Cummings (1910–1990), American actor * Robert Davi (born 1954), American actor * Robert De Niro (born 1953), American actor, director and producer * Robert FitzGerald Diggs (born 1969), American rapper, actor, filmmaker, and record producer known as RZA *
Robert Downey Sr. Robert John Downey ( Elias Jr.; June 24, 1936 – July 7, 2021) was an American filmmaker and actor. He was known for writing and directing the underground film '' Putney Swope'', a satire on the New York Madison Avenue advertising world. Accord ...
(1936–2021), American actor, director and producer *
Robert Downey Jr. Robert John Downey Jr. (born April 4, 1965) is an American actor and producer. His career has been characterized by critical and popular success in his youth, followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles, before a resurgence of ...
(born 1965), American actor *
Roberto Draghetti Roberto Draghetti (August 24, 1960 – July 24, 2020) was an Italian voice actor. Biography Born in Rome and the older brother of actress and voice actress Francesca Draghetti, he started his career as a voice dubber at some point during the 198 ...
(1960–2020), Italian actor and voice actor *
Robert Duvall Robert Selden Duvall (; born January 5, 1931) is an American actor and filmmaker. His career spans more than seven decades and he is considered one of the greatest American actors of all time. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, four Gold ...
(born 1931), American actor * Robert Eggers (born 1983), American film director, screenwriter and production designer * Robert Englund (born 1947), American actor, voice actor, singer and film director * Robert Fuller, American horse rancher and actor * Robert Goulet (1933–2007), French-Canadian singer and actor *
Robert Guillaume Robert Guillaume (born Robert Peter Williams; November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American actor and singer, known for his role as Benson DuBois in the ABC television series ''Soap'' and its spin-off, '' Benson'', as well as for voi ...
(1927–2017), American actor and singer *
Robert Gustafsson Carl Robert Olof Gustafsson (born 20 December 1964) is a Swedish comedian, actor, and member of ''Killinggänget''. pr References External links Official homepage* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gustafsson, Robert 1964 births Living people Swedish mal ...
(born 1964), Swedish comedian and actor *
Robert Hardy Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy (29 October 1925 – 3 August 2017) was an English actor who had a long career in theatre, film and television. He began his career as a classical actor and later earned widespread recognition for roles such as Sieg ...
(1925–2017), British actor *
Robert Hays Robert Hays (born July 24, 1947) is an American actor, known for a variety of television and film roles since the 1970s. He came to prominence around 1980, co-starring in the two-season domestic sitcom '' Angie'', and playing the central role of ...
(born 1947), American actor *
Robert Hegyes Robert Bruce Hegyes (pronounced ''Hedyesh''; May 7, 1951 – January 26, 2012) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of high school student Juan Epstein on the 1970s American sitcom ''Welcome Back, Kotter'' and as detective Mann ...
, American actor * Robert "Bob" Iger (born 1951), American media executive, film producer, author and businessman, chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company * Robert Irwin (born 2003), Australian television personality and wildlife photographer * Robert "Rob" Kardashian (born 1987), American television personality * Robert Knepper (born 1959), American actor *
Robert Lansing Robert Lansing (; October 17, 1864 – October 30, 1928) was an American lawyer and diplomat who served as Counselor to the State Department at the outbreak of World War I, and then as United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wi ...
(1928–1994), American stage, film and television actor * Robert "Rob" Letterman (born 1970), American film director and screenwriter * Robert "Rob" Lowe (born 1964), American actor, producer and director * Robert "Rob" Marshall (born 1960), American film and theater director, producer and choreographer *
Robert McKimson Robert Porter McKimson Sr. (October 13, 1910 – September 29, 1977) was an American animator and illustrator, best known for his work on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons from Warner Bros. Cartoons and later DePati ...
(1910–1977), American animator and illustrator, best known for his work on creating the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons *
Robert Duncan McNeill Robert Duncan McNeill (born November 9, 1964) is an American director, producer, and actor. As an actor, he is best known for his role as Lieutenant Tom Paris on the television series '' Star Trek: Voyager''. He has also served as an executive pr ...
(born 1964), American director, producer, and actor * Robert "Rob" Minkoff (born 1962), American film and animation director * Robert Mitchum (1917–1997), American film actor, director, author, poet, composer and singer * Robert Montgomery (1904–1981), American actor, director and producer * Robert Mulligan (1925–2008), American film director *
Robert Patrick Robert Hammond Patrick (born November 5, 1958) is an American actor. Known for portraying villains and honorable authority figures, he is a Saturn Award winner with four other nominations. Patrick dropped out of college when drama class sparked ...
(born 1958), American actor and voice actor * Robert Pattinson (born 1986), British actor * Robert "Bob" Peck (1945–1999), English stage, television and film actor * Robert Redford,(born 1936), American actor, director and producer *
Robert Rodriguez Robert Anthony Rodriguez (; born June 20, 1968) is an American filmmaker, composer, and visual effects supervisor. He shoots, edits, produces, and scores many of his films in Mexico and in his home state of Texas. Rodriguez directed the 1992 ac ...
(born 1968), American film director, screenwriter, producer, musician, filmmaker and visual effects supervisor, best known for his film ''Alita: Battle Angel'' * Robert Ryan (1909–1973), American actor *
Robert Schwentke Robert Schwentke (; born 15 February 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life and career Schwentke was born in Stuttgart, West Germany. He graduated from Los Angeles film school, Columbia College Hollywood (CCH), in 1992. His wife ...
,(born 1968), German film director * Robert Sheehan (born 1988), Irish actor * Robert Singer, American film director and producer * Robert Smigel (born 1960), American actor, voice actor, comedian, humorist, writer, director, producer and puppeteer *
Robert Adolf Stemmle Robert Adolf Stemmle (10 June 1903 – 24 February 1974) was a German screenwriter and film director. He wrote for more than 80 films between 1932 and 1967. He also directed 46 films between 1934 and 1970. His 1959 film '' Die unvollkommene ...
(1903–1974), German screenwriter and film director *
Robert Stromberg Robert Stromberg (born 1965) is an American special effects artist, designer and filmmaker. Stromberg's credits include films such as James Cameron's ''Avatar'', Tim Burton's ''Alice in Wonderland'', and Sam Raimi's ''Oz the Great and Powerful'', ...
(born 1965), American special effects artist, designer and film director * Robert Taylor (1911–1969) American actor, one of the most famous Hollywood actors of his time * Robert Vaughn (1932–2016), American actor * Robert Wagner (born 1930), American actor * Robert Walker (1918–1951), American actor *
Robert B. Weide Robert B. Weide (born June 20, 1959) is an American screenwriter, producer, and director. He has directed a number of documentaries and was the principal director and an executive producer of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' for the show's first five ye ...
(born 1959, American screenwriter, producer and director * Robert Wiene (1873—1938), film director of the
silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
of German cinema * Robert Wise (1914–2005), American film director * Robert Young (1907–1998), American actor *
Robert Zemeckis Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an American filmmaker. He first came to public attention as the director of the action-adventure romantic comedy ''Romancing the Stone'' (1984), the science-fiction comedy ''Back to the Future'' film tr ...
(born 1952), Lithuanian-Italian born American film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for his "Back to the Future" film trilogy, frequently credited as an innovator in visual effects


Musicians

;Record producers and DJs * Robert Abisi, member of the electronic music and DJ duo Lost Kings *
Robert Babicz Robert Babicz (born January 5, 1973 in Niemodlin, Poland) is a Polish-born music producer, mastering engineer and live performer living in Malta. With a career spanning nearly three decades covering genres from techno to acid house to minimal, R ...
, Polish born German electronic music producer, DJ and mastering engineer * Robert van de Corput, real name of the award-winning Dutch DJ, twice worlds No.1 DJ, composer and music producer
Hardwell Robbert van de Corput (; born January 7, 1988), known professionally as Hardwell, is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted the world's number one DJ by ''DJ Mag'' in 2013 and again in 2014. In 2022, he was ranked at number 43 i ...
; *
Robert DeLong Robert Charles Edward DeLong (born February 18, 1986) is an American electronic musician from Bothell, Washington and currently residing in Los Angeles, California. With a background in percussion and influences from a number of indie rock bands, ...
, American electronic musician, record producer, composer and performer * Robert Hughes, real name of the Canadian trap music DJ and record producer known as Vincent and Tiger Drool; *
Robert Miles Roberto Concina (3 November 1969 – 9 May 2017), known professionally as Robert Miles, was an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ. His 1995 composition "Children" sold more than 5 million copies and topped the charts worldwide. ...
, Swiss-born Italian DJ and record producer, inventor of the dream trance genre; * Robert "Bob" Rifo, founder of the Italian electronic music project The Bloody Beetroots * Robert "Rob" Swire, Australian electronic music producer and DJ ;Singers *
Roberto Carlos Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), commonly known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador. He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his car ...
, Brazilian singer-songwriter, also known as King of Latin Music or simply The King * Robert "Bob" Chilcott, British choral composer, conductor, and singer * Robert "Bob" Crosby, American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats * Robert "Bobby" Darin, American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor * Robert Francis, American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter; * Robert Kelly, American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former semi-professional basketball player who helped redefine R&B and hip hop, earning the nicknames "King of R&B" and "King of Pop-Soul" *
Robert Johnson Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generati ...
, American blues singer-songwriter and musician; * Robert "Bob" Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter, widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of all time * Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, American musician, singer, conductor, arranger and record producer * Roberto "Bert" Nievera, Filipino-American singer * Robert Palmer, English composer, songwriter, singer and record producer; * Robert Ritchie, American singer-songwriter, rapper, musician, record producer, and actor known as
Kid Rock Robert James Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known professionally as Kid Rock (also known as Bobby Shazam), is an American singer, songwriter and rapper. His style alternates between rock, hip hop, country, and metal. A self-taught musician ...
; * Robert "Bob" Seger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *
Robert Tepper Robert Tepper (born May 30, 1950) is an American songwriter, recording artist and singer, best known for his hit song "No Easy Way Out" from the '' Rocky IV'' motion picture soundtrack. He is also known for co-writing the hit song " Into the Nig ...
, American songwriter, composer, recording artist and singer * Robert "Bobby" Vee, American singer, songwriter, musician and
teen idol A teen idol is a celebrity with a large teenage fan base. Teen idols are generally young but are not necessarily teenagers. An idol's popularity may be limited to teens, or may extend to all age groups. By region Asia East Asia possess ...
* Robert "Robbie" Williams, British singer and songwriter * Robert "Rob" Zombie, American musician, singer, songwriter, programmer, voice actor, filmmaker and founding member of the heavy metal band White Zombie * Robert Allen Zimmerman, real name of American singer-songwriter
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
;Band members * Robert "Rob" Bourdon, American musician, drummer and founding member of the rock band Linkin Park * Robert Fripp, English musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the band King Crimson * Robert "Rob" Halford, English singer and songwriter, lead vocalist of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest, also a member of Fight,
Two 2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultu ...
, Halford,
Great White Great White is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The band peaked with several albums during the mid-to-late 1980s, including the platinum-selling records '' Once Bitten'' (1987) and '' ...Twice Shy'' (1989), and those album ...
and
Black Sabbath Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define ...
* Robert Hunter, American poet, principle lyricist for the rock band
Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, world music, a ...
* Robert "Rob" Hyman, American singer, songwriter, keyboard and accordion player, producer, arranger, recording studio owner and a founding member of the rock band The Hooters *
Robert Janson Robert Janson (born June 7, 1965 in Czeladź) is a Polish composer, singer, guitarist, leader and co-founder of pop band Varius Manx. He is a member of Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. In 1989, Robert Janson formed Varius Manx with t ...
, Polish composer, singer, guitarist, leader and co-founder of the band Varius Manx * Robert "Robby" Krieger, American guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the guitarist of the rock band
The Doors The Doors were an American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential ro ...
, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame *
Robert Del Naja Robert Del Naja (; born 21 January 1965), also known as 3D, is a British artist, musician, singer and songwriter. He emerged as a graffiti artist and member of the Bristol collective the Wild Bunch, and later as a founding member and sole con ...
, British artist, musician, singer and songwriter, founding member of the band Massive Attack * Robert Plant, English singer, songwriter, and musician, lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin; * Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure; *
Robert Trujillo Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz (; born October 23, 1964) is an American musician, best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Metallica since 2003. He first rose to prominence as the bassist of crossover thrash ba ...
, American singer and songwriter, one of the members of American heavy metal band
Metallica Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles by vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, and has been based in San Francisco for most of its career. The band's fast tempos, instrume ...
; * Robert "Bob" Weir, American musician and songwriter, one of the founders of the rock band
Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock and roll, gospel, reggae, world music, a ...
, also a member of bands
The Other Ones The Other Ones was an American rock band formed in 1998 by former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart, along with part-time Grateful Dead collaborator Bruce Hornsby. In 2000, Bill Kreutzmann, another Grateful Dead alumnu ...
, The Dead, Kingfish,
Bobby and the Midnites Bobby and the Midnites was a rock group led by Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead. The band was Weir's main side project during the first half of the 1980s. They released two albums, but were better known for their live concerts than for their work ...
,
RatDog RatDog is an American rock band. The group began in 1995 as a side project for Grateful Dead guitarist and singer Bob Weir. After the Dead disbanded later that year, RatDog became Weir's primary band. They performed some Grateful Dead songs, a mix ...
, Furthur and
Dead & Company Dead & Company is an American rock band consisting of former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir (guitar and vocals), Mickey Hart (drums), and Bill Kreutzmann (drums), along with John Mayer (guitar and vocals), Oteil Burbridge (bass, percussion, a ...
;Rappers * Robert Rihmeek Williams, American rapper, singer and activist known as Meek Mill * Robert van Winkle, real name of American rapper, actor, and television host
Vanilla Ice Robert Matthew Van Winkle (born October 31, 1967), known professionally as Vanilla Ice, is an American rapper, actor, and television host. Born in South Dallas, and raised in Texas and South Florida, Ice released his debut album, ''Hooked'', ...
;Composers *
Robert Kajanus Robert Kajanus (2 December 1856 – 6 July 1933) was a Finnish conductor, composer, and teacher. In 1882, he founded the Helsinki Orchestral Society, Finland's first professional orchestra. As a conductor, he was also a notable champion and i ...
, Finnish composer, conductor and teacher, founder of the
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (in Finnish: ; in Swedish: ; literal English translation: Helsinki City Orchestra; commonly abbreviated as HPO) is an orchestra based in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1882 by Robert Kajanus, the Philharmonic O ...
* Robert Schumann, German composer and music critic, one of the greatest composers of romantic era; *
Robert Volkmann Friedrich Robert Volkmann (6 April 1815 – 30 October 1883) was a German composer. Life Robert Volkmann was born in Lommatzsch near Meißen, Germany. His father, a music director for a church, trained him in music to prepare him as a successor ...
, German composer * Robert "Bob" Wiseman, Canadian film composer, songwriter and music teacher ;Instrumentalists * Robert "Rob" Barrett, guitarist for death metal band
Cannibal Corpse Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band formed in Buffalo, New York in 1988, now based out of Tampa, Florida. The band has released fifteen studio albums, two box sets, four video albums, and two live albums. The band has had little radi ...
* Robert "Bobby" Hackett, American jazz musician * Robert "Bob" Kerr, comic musician who plays trumpet and
cornet The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B, though there is also a sopr ...
*
Robert Mirabal Robert Mirabal (born October 6, 1966) is a Pueblo musician and Native American flute player and maker from Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. His flutes are world-renowned and have been displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of the American Ind ...
, Native American musician and flute player * Robert "Rob" Scallon, American YouTuber, musician and multi-instrumentalist


Scientists

* Robert Boyle, British natural philosopher,
chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...
, physicist, and inventor, first modern chemist, and one of the founders of
modern chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, properties, ...
* Robert Bunsen, German
chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe th ...
who discovered
caesium Caesium ( IUPAC spelling) (or cesium in American English) is a chemical element with the symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-golden alkali metal with a melting point of , which makes it one of only five elemental metals that a ...
in 1860 and
rubidium Rubidium is the chemical element with the symbol Rb and atomic number 37. It is a very soft, whitish-grey solid in the alkali metal group, similar to potassium and caesium. Rubidium is the first alkali metal in the group to have a density higher ...
in 1861, pioneer of photochemistry and
organoarsenic Organoarsenic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds containing a chemical bond between arsenic and carbon. A few organoarsenic compounds, also called "organoarsenicals," are produced industrially with uses as insecticides, herbicides, and fung ...
chemistry and developer of the
Bunsen burner A Bunsen burner, named after Robert Bunsen, is a kind of ambient air gas burner used as laboratory equipment; it produces a single open gas flame, and is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion. The gas can be natural gas (which is main ...
*
Robert F. Christy Robert Frederick Christy (May 14, 1916 – October 3, 2012) was a Canadian-American theoretical physicist and later astrophysicist who was one of the last surviving people to have worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He briefl ...
, Canadian-American theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, one of the last surviving people to have worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II, *
Robert Dorsey Coale Robert Dorsey Coale was an American Colonel of the Spanish–American War, commanding the 5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was also known as the Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology as well as the Dean of the Physics Faculty at the ...
, American chemist and colonel, Professor and Dean at the University of Maryland, Baltimore *
Robert Darwin Robert Waring Darwin (30 May 1766 – 13 November 1848) was an English medical doctor, who today is best known as the father of the naturalist Charles Darwin. He was a member of the influential Darwin–Wedgwood family. Biography Darwin was b ...
, English medical doctor, who today is best known as the father of the naturalist
Charles Robert Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended fr ...
* Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist, developer of
ballistic missiles A ballistic missile is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target. These weapons are guided only during relatively brief periods—most of the flight is unpowered. Short-range ballistic missiles stay within the ...
, father of modern rocketry * Robert Fulton, American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat known as
North River Steamboat The ''North River Steamboat'' or ''North River'', colloquially known as the ''Clermont'', is widely regarded as the world's first vessel to demonstrate the viability of using steam propulsion for commercial water transportation. Built in 1807, ...
* Robert H. Goddard, American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor, credited with creating and building the world's first
liquid-fueled rocket A liquid-propellant rocket or liquid rocket utilizes a rocket engine that uses liquid propellants. Liquids are desirable because they have a reasonably high density and high specific impulse (''I''sp). This allows the volume of the propellant ta ...
, father of the modern rocketry *
Robert C. Green Robert C. Green is an American medical geneticist, physician, and public health researcher. He directs the Genomes2People Research Program in translational genomics and health outcomes in the Division of Genetics at Brigham and Women's Hospital ...
, American medical geneticist, physician, and public health researcher * Robert J. Van de Graaff, engineer and
physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate caus ...
, inventor of high-voltage Van de Graaff generators *
Robert Gardiner Hill Robert Gardiner Hill MD (26 February 1811 – 30 May 1878) was a British surgeon specialising in the treatment of lunacy. He is normally credited with being the first superintendent of a small asylum (approximately 100 patients) to develop a m ...
, British surgeon specialising in the treatment of lunacy * Robert Hooke, English natural philosopher, architect and polymath, best known for discovering and naming the
Cell Cell most often refers to: * Cell (biology), the functional basic unit of life Cell may also refer to: Locations * Monastic cell, a small room, hut, or cave in which a religious recluse lives, alternatively the small precursor of a monastery w ...
in 1665 * Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet, Welsh orthopaedic surgeon who helped to establish the modern specialty of orthopaedic surgery in Britain, early proponent of the use of
radiography Radiography is an imaging technique using X-rays, gamma rays, or similar ionizing radiation and non-ionizing radiation to view the internal form of an object. Applications of radiography include medical radiography ("diagnostic" and "therapeu ...
in orthopaedics, and described the eponymous
Jones fracture A Jones fracture is a broken bone in a specific part of the fifth metatarsal of the foot between the base and middle part that is known for its high rate of delayed healing or nonunion. It results in pain near the midportion of the foot on the ...
*
Robert Koch Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch ( , ; 11 December 1843 – 27 May 1910) was a German physician and microbiologist. As the discoverer of the specific causative agents of deadly infectious diseases including tuberculosis, cholera (though the bacteri ...
, German physician and microbiologist, founder of modern
bacteriology Bacteriology is the branch and specialty of biology that studies the morphology, ecology, genetics and biochemistry of bacteria as well as many other aspects related to them. This subdivision of microbiology involves the identification, classificat ...
, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905 for his research on Tuberculosis *
Robert Liston Robert Liston (28 October 1794 – 7 December 1847) was a British surgeon. Liston was noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival. He was the first Professor of Cli ...
, Scottish surgeon, noted for his speed and skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival *
Robert Andrews Millikan Robert Andrews Millikan (March 22, 1868 – December 19, 1953) was an American experimental physicist honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electric charge and for his work on the photoelectric ...
, American experimental physicist honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electric charge and for his work on the
photoelectric effect The photoelectric effect is the emission of electrons when electromagnetic radiation, such as light, hits a material. Electrons emitted in this manner are called photoelectrons. The phenomenon is studied in condensed matter physics, and solid sta ...
* Sir Robert Robinson, Nobel Prize and Medal of Freedom winning British organic chemist * Robert A. Rolfe, English botanist specialising in the study of orchids * Robert Shapiro, professor emeritus of chemistry at New York University, best known for his work on the origin of life * Robert Winston, British professor, medical doctor, scientist *
Robert Crooke Wood Robert Crooke Wood, M.D. was an American Brevet Brigadier General, military physician and neurologist who was the Assistant Surgeon General throughout the American Civil War as well as serving in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–America ...
, American physicist and neurologist during the American Civil War * Robert W. Wood, American physicist and inventor who is often cited as being a pivotal contributor to the field of optics and a pioneer of infrared photography and
ultraviolet photography Ultraviolet photography is a photographic process of recording images by using radiation from the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum only. Images taken with ultraviolet radiation serve a number of scientific, medical or artistic purposes. Images may rev ...
*
Robert J. White Robert Joseph White (January 21, 1926 – September 16, 2010) was an American neurosurgeon best known for his head transplants on living monkeys. Biography White was raised in Duluth, Minnesota by his mother and an aunt. His father was killed ...
, American
neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty concerned with the surgical treatment of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and per ...
best known for his
head transplants A head transplant is an experimental surgical operation involving the grafting of one organism's head onto the body of another. In many experiments, the recipient's head has not been removed, but in others it has been. Experimentation in animals ...
on living monkeys


Prison officials

* Robert McKenty,
warden A warden is a custodian, defender, or guardian. Warden is often used in the sense of a watchman or guardian, as in a prison warden. It can also refer to a chief or head official, as in the Warden of the Mint. ''Warden'' is etymologically identic ...
of Eastern State Penitentiary *
Robert J. Kirby Robert John Kirby (October 20, 1889 – January 15, 1944) was the Warden of Sing Sing prison from 1941 until 1944. Highly regarded for his integrity, Kirby brought respect back to the administration of Sing Sing, and order to the prison after the ...
, 45th commandant of
Sing Sing prison Sing Sing Correctional Facility, formerly Ossining Correctional Facility, is a maximum-security prison operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision in the village of Ossining, New York. It is about north o ...


Criminals

* Robert J. Anderson (1966–2006), American murderer *
Robert Bales Robert Bales (born June 30, 1973) is a former United States Army sniper who fatally shot or stabbed 16 Afghan civilians in a mass murder in Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, on March 11, 2012 – an event known as the Kandahar ma ...
(born 1973), former United States army soldier who committed the
Kandahar massacre The Kandahar massacre, also called the Panjwai massacre, was a mass murder that occurred in the early hours of 11 March 2012, when United States Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales murdered 16 Afghan civilians and wounded six others in the Panjwa ...
*
Robert John Bardo Robert John Bardo (born January 2, 1970) is an American man serving life imprisonment without parole after being convicted in October 1991 for the July 18, 1989, murder of American actress and model Rebecca Schaeffer, whom he had stalked for thr ...
, American assassin of Rebecca Schaeffer *
Robert Biehler Robert Leroy Biehler (August 5, 1934 – January 10, 1993) was an American serial killer who killed four people in various neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California from 1966 to 1973, either to cover up previous crimes or as part of contract murde ...
(1934–1993), American serial killer *
Robert Berdella Robert Andrew Berdella Jr. (January 31, 1949October 8, 1992) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered at least six young men after having forced his victims to endure periods of up to six weeks of captivity. ...
, American serial killer, known as The Kansas City Butcher and The Collector *
Robert H. Birch Robert H. "Three-Fingered" Birch, born Robert Henry Birch (c. 1827 – c. 1866), was a 19th-century American adventurer, criminal, soldier, lawman, postmaster, and prospector. He was a member of the infamous "Banditti of the Prairie" in his y ...
, (c. 1827 – c. 1866), American criminal * Robert Black (1947–2016), Scottish serial killer *
Robert Eugene Brashers Robert Eugene Brashers (March 13, 1958 – January 13, 1999) was an American serial killer and rapist who committed at least three murders from 1990 and 1998 in the states of South Carolina and Missouri. He committed suicide to avoid arrest for ...
(1958–1999), American serial killer and rapist *
Robert Charles Browne Robert Charles Browne (born October 31, 1952) is an American murderer who is currently serving two life sentences for the murders of two teenage girls in Colorado Springs, Colorado, committed in 1987 and 1991, respectively. A few years into his s ...
(born 1952), American murderer *
Robert Anthony Buell Robert Anthony Buell (September 10, 1940 – September 25, 2002) was an American serial killer, child murderer, serial rapist, and former planning department worker from Akron, Ohio. He was convicted of the July 17, 1982 murder of 11-year-old ...
(1940–2002), American serial killer * Robert Francis Burns (1840–1883), Irish Australian murderer and probable serial killer *
Robert Edward Chambliss Robert Edward Chambliss (January 14, 1904 – October 29, 1985), also known as ''Dynamite Bob'', was a white supremacist terrorist convicted in 1977 of murder for his role as conspirator in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963. A member ...
(1904–1985), white supremacist terrorist *
Robert Glen Coe Robert Glen Coe (April 15, 1956 – April 19, 2000) was an American murderer who was convicted of the 1979 rape and murder of eight-year-old Cary Ann Medlin in Greenfield, Tennessee. He was executed for the crime in 2000, becoming the first person ...
(1956–2000), American murderer *
Robert Wayne Danielson Robert Wayne Danielson Jr. (August 25, 1946 – September 7, 1995) was an American serial killer who murdered at least six people during an eleven month killing spree in three states between 1981 and 1982, following his parole for murdering an ac ...
(1946–1995), American serial killer * Robert Durst (1943–2022), American convicted murderer *
Robert Mark Edwards Robert Mark Edwards (born 1961) is an American murderer who killed two female realtors in sexually-motivated murders, one in California in 1986 and another in Hawaii in 1993. In separate trials, he was sentenced to death and to life imprisonment ...
(born 1961), American murderer * Robert William Fisher (born 1961), American fugitive * Robert Newton Ford, 19th century American outlaw *
Robert Garrow Robert Francis Garrow Sr. (March 4, 1936 – September 11, 1978) was an American serial rapist and later spree killer who was active in New York in the early 1970s. After committing several rapes, Garrow went on an 18-day killing spree and stabb ...
, American spree killer *
Robert Hansen Robert Christian Hansen (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), known in the media as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer. Between 1971 and 1983, Hansen abducted, raped, and murdered at least seventeen women in and around Anchor ...
(1939–2014), American serial killer known as "The Butcher Baker" *
Robert Wayne Harris Robert Wayne Harris (February 28, 1972 – September 20, 2012) was an American mass murderer and serial killer who killed six people in Texas. In 1999, Harris abducted and killed a woman who he suspected of stealing money from him. The following ...
(1972–2012), American mass murderer and serial killer * Robert Hawkins, mass murderer who perpetrated the Westroads Mall shooting *
Robert Dale Henderson Robert Dale Henderson (March 14, 1945 – April 21, 1993) was an American spree killer. He murdered at least twelve victims. Early life Henderson was born in Missouri, the son of Mary and Robert Henderson. At the age of fifteen, he lived in P ...
(1945–1993), American spree killer *
Robert Hohenberger Robert Carl Hohenberger (1943 – May 31, 1978) was an American criminal, kidnapper and serial rapist, as well as the prime suspect in a series of murders committed against teenagers in Morgan City, Louisiana between March and May 1978. The FBI w ...
(1943–1978), American criminal, kidnapper and serial rapist *
Robert Wesley Knighton Robert Wesley Knighton (February 5, 1941 – May 27, 2003) was an American serial killer who, after serving time for kidnapping and manslaughter in Missouri embarked on a four-day, two-state killing spree along with Lawrence Lingle Brittain ...
(1941–2003), American serial killer *
Robert Seldon Lady Robert Seldon Lady (born February 2, 1954 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras; nicknamed "Mister Bob") is a United States agent convicted of kidnapping in Italy for his role in the CIA's abduction of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr in February 20 ...
(born 1954), United States agent convicted of kidnapping in Italy *
Robert Liberty Robert Willard Liberty (May 15, 1947 – January 20, 1971), known as the Candlelight Killer, was an American serial killer who murdered two men in Southern California from March to June 1970 in ritualistic style, and left taunting messages behind ...
(1947–1971), American serial killer * Robert A. Long, American spree killer who perpetrated the
2021 Atlanta spa shootings On March 16, 2021, a shooting spree occurred at three spas or massage parlors in the metropolitan area of Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Eight people were killed, six of whom were women of Asian descent, and one other person was wounded. A ...
* Robert "Bobby" Long, American serial killer and rapist *
Robert Jay Mathews Robert Jay Mathews (January 16, 1953 – December 8, 1984) was an American neo-Nazi activist and the leader of The Order, an American white supremacist militant group. He was killed during a shootout with approximately 75 federal law enforce ...
(1953–1984), American neo-Nazi terrorist and the leader of The Order, an American white supremacist militant group *
Robert Maudsley Robert John Maudsley (born 26 June 1953) is an English serial killer. Maudsley killed four people, with one of the killings taking place in a psychiatric hospital and two in prison after receiving a life sentence for a murder. Initial reports f ...
, English serial killer *
Robert Napper Robert Clive Napper (born 25 February 1966) is a English serial killer and rapist. He has been convicted of two murders, one manslaughter, two rapes and two attempted rapes. He was sentenced to indefinite detention at Broadmoor Hospital on 18 De ...
, British serial killer * Robert Palin (c.1835–1861), convict transported to Western Australia * Robert Perrino (1938–1992), Bonanno crime family associate and murder victim *
Robert Pickton Robert William "Willy" Pickton (born October 24, 1949) is a Canadian serial killer and former pig farmer. He is suspected of being one of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history. After dropping out of school, Pickton left a butche ...
, Canadian serial killer *
Robert Ben Rhoades Robert Benjamin Rhoades (born November 22, 1945), also known as The Truck Stop Killer, is an American serial killer and rapist. In 1994, Rhoades was convicted of the first degree murder of Regina Kay Walters and was slated to be tried for two ...
, American serial killer known as "The Truck Stop Killer" *
Robert Dale Rowell Robert Dale Rowell (April 8, 1955 – November 15, 2005) was a murderer executed by lethal injection by the U.S. state of Texas. He was convicted of the May 10, 1993 murder of Raymond Davey Mata in a Houston, Texas crack house. Crime Rowell ...
(1955–2005), American murderer * Robert Lloyd Schellenberg, Canadian drug contrabandist * Robert M. Shelton, leader of
United Klans of America The United Klans of America Inc. (UKA), based in Alabama, is a Ku Klux Klan organization active in the United States. Led by Robert Shelton, the UKA peaked in membership in the late 1960s and 1970s,Abby Ferber. '' White Man Falling: Race, Gender ...
, a Ku Klux Klan group * Robert Steinhäuser, German mass murderer and perpetrator of the Erfurt school massacre *
Robert Stroud Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner and author who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United S ...
, a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner and author known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz" who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United States *
Robert Tilton Robert Gibson Tilton (born June 7, 1946) is an American televangelist and the former pastor of the Word of Faith Family Church in Farmers Branch, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. At his ministry's peak in 1991, Tilton's infomercial-style program, ''S ...
, American televangelist and fraudster *
Robert Trimbole Bruno Robert Trimbole (19 March 1931 – 12 May 1987) was an Australian businessman, drug baron and organised crime boss whose alleged involvement in drug trafficking in the Griffith, New South Wales, area, which according to popular loose fic ...
, Australian businessman, drug baron and organized crime boss *
Robert Lee Yates Robert Lee Yates Jr. (born May 27, 1952) is an American serial killer from Spokane, Washington. From 1975 to 1998, Yates is known to have murdered at least 11 women in Spokane. Yates also confessed to two murders committed in Walla Walla in 197 ...
, American serial killer from Spokane, Washington


Judges

*
Robert J. Cindrich Robert James Cindrich (born September 22, 1943) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and a former federal judicial nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for ...
, American judge, former United States district judge of the
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, W.D. Pa.) is a federal trial court that sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federal ...
*
Robert H. Jackson Robert Houghwout Jackson (February 13, 1892 – October 9, 1954) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1941 until his death in 1954. He had previously served as Unit ...
, American attorney and judge who served as an
Associate Justice Associate justice or associate judge (or simply associate) is a judicial panel member who is not the chief justice in some jurisdictions. The title "Associate Justice" is used for members of the Supreme Court of the United States and some state ...
of the United States Supreme Court, previously served as United States Solicitor General, and United States Attorney General, the Chief United States Prosecutor at the
Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany, for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries, and other crimes, in World War II. Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi Germany invaded ...
* Robert Morgenthau, American lawyer,
District Attorney In the United States, a district attorney (DA), county attorney, state's attorney, prosecuting attorney, commonwealth's attorney, or state attorney is the chief prosecutor and/or chief law enforcement officer representing a U.S. state in a loc ...
for
New York County Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
and United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case citations, S.D.N.Y.) is a federal trial court whose geographic jurisdiction encompasses eight counties of New York State. Two of these are in New York City: New ...
* Robert Price, British judge and politician * Robert Rajanayagam Selvadurai (1894–1973), Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, police magistrate, and civil servant


Political figures

*
Robert Buckland Sir Robert James Buckland (born 22 September 1968) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. He previously served as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from 2019 to 2021. A me ...
, Welsh Conservative Party politician and barrister who served as
Solicitor General for England and Wales His Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, known informally as the Solicitor General, is one of the law officers of the Crown in the government of the United Kingdom. They are the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to a ...
and
Minister of State for Prisons The Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation is a mid-level ministerial office in the Ministry of Justice. It has, at times, been seen as the deputy to the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor. Responsibilities The mi ...
, currently serving as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor *
Robert J. Bulkley Robert Johns Bulkley (October 8, 1880July 21, 1965) was an American attorney and politician from Ohio. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives, and in the United States Senate from 1930 until 1939. Life and career B ...
, United States Democratic Party Politician from Ohio; * Robert Baird, American clergyman and author *
Robert Byrd Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A ...
, American lawyer and politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010 *
Robert Chadwick Robert John Montague Chadwick (16 October 1879 – 11 March 1939), sometimes known as Monty Chadwick, was a New Zealand sportsman. He played first-class cricket for Otago and Hawke's Bay. Chadwick was born at Dunedin in 1879. He worked as ...
, Pennsylvania State Representative *
Robert J. Clendening Robert J. Clendening (April 24, 1914 – July 28, 1982) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for Delaware County from 1949 to 1952. Early life Clendening wa ...
, Pennsylvania State Representative *
Robert Crosser Robert Crosser (June 7, 1874 – June 3, 1957) was an American lawyer and politician who served 19 terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio. He remains the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of O ...
, U.S. Representative from Ohio, the longest serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Ohio * Robert "Bob" Dole, American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996 * Robert Budd Dwyer, the 30th State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, best remembered for his public suicide on live TV; *
Robert Gichimu Githinji Robert Gichimu Githinji is a Kenyan lawyer and politician who has served in the National Assembly of Kenya since 2017, representing the Gichugu Constituency. Career Githinji attended the University of Nairobi from 1995 until 1999, graduating w ...
, Kenyan MP *
Robert A. Green Robert Alexis (Lex) Green (February 10, 1892 – February 9, 1973) was an American educator, lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1925 to 1944. Early life and career Green was born near Lake Butle ...
, U.S Representative from Florida *
Arthur Robert Guinness Sir Arthur Robert Guinness (11 January 1846 – 10 June 1913) was a New Zealand politician, and Speaker of the House of Representatives. Personal information He was born in Calcutta, India, son of Frank Guinness, who arrived at Lyttelton by ...
, Zealand politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives *
Robert Gunawardena Don Benjamin Rupasinghe Gunawardena (12 March 1904 - 26 December 1971: si, රොබට් ගුණවර්ධන), popularly as Robert Gunawardena, was a Sri Lankan Marxist politician and diplomat. He was one of the founders of the Lanka S ...
(1904–1971), founder of the Trotskyist
Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party, often abbreviated as LSSP ( literally: Lanka Socialist Party, Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி), is a major Trotskyist politic ...
, diplomat *
Robert Habeck Robert Habeck (; born 2 September 1969) is a German politician and writer who has been serving as Vice Chancellor of Germany, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in the cabinet of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and as a Member of ...
, German politician and writer,
Vice Chancellor of Germany The vice-chancellor of Germany, unofficially the vice-chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (), officially the deputy to the federal chancellor (), is the second highest ranking German cabinet member. The chancellor is the head of governm ...
, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action *
Robert G. Harper Robert Goodloe Harper (January 1765January 14, 1825), was an American politician and a federalist. He was a member of the United States Senate from Maryland, serving from January 1816 until his resignation in December of the same year. He also ...
, a Federalist, member of the United States Senate from Maryland, serving from January 1816 until December of the same year *
Robert H. Foerderer Robert Hermann Foerderer (May 16, 1860July 26, 1903) was an American businessman and politician who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's at-large congressional district from 1901 to 1903 and Penns ...
, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania from 1901 to 1903 *
Robert M. La Follette Jr. Robert Marion "Young Bob" La Follette Jr. (February 6, 1895 – February 24, 1953) was an American politician serving as a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947. A member of the La Follette family, he was a son of U.S. Representative, U. ...
, U.S. senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947 *
Robert J. Gamble Robert Jackson Gamble (February 7, 1851September 22, 1924) was a U.S. Representative and Senator from South Dakota. He was the father of Ralph Abernethy Gamble and brother of John Rankin Gamble, members of South Dakota's prominent Gamble family ...
, Representative and Senator from South Dakota *
Robert Edward Jayatilaka Robert Edward Jayatilaka (16 August 1911 - ??) was a Ceylonese politician. Education and teaching career Robert Edward, also known as "Eric", Jayatilaka, attended Richmond College, Galle and once qualified as a teacher, he taught for a numbe ...
, Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Sir Robert Laurie, 5th Baronet, Scottish soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1804 *
Robert Lee Henry Robert Lee Henry (May 12, 1864 – July 9, 1931) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1897 to 1917. Early life Robert Lee Henry was the great-great-great grandson of Patrick Henry and was born i ...
, Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1897 to 1917; *
Robert Hertzberg Robert Myles Hertzberg is an American politician who previously served in the California State Senate. A Democrat he represented the 18th Senate District, which includes parts of the San Fernando Valley. Prior to being elected to the State Sena ...
, American politician serving as Majority Leader in the 
California State Senate The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, the lower house being the California State Assembly. The State Senate convenes, along with the State Assembly, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Due ...
*
Robert Lowe Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, GCB, PC (4 December 1811 – 27 July 1892), British statesman, was a pivotal conservative spokesman who helped shape British politics in the latter half of the 19th century. He held office under William E ...
, British statesman and pivotal figure who shaped British politics in the latter half of the 19th century *
Roberto Mangabeira Unger Roberto Mangabeira Unger (; born 24 March 1947) is a Brazilian philosopher and politician. His work is in the tradition of classical social theory and pragmatism, and is developed across many fields including legal theory, philosophy and religion ...
, Brazilian philosopher and politician *
Robert James Manion Robert James Manion (November 19, 1881 – July 2, 1943) was a Canadian politician who led the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 to 1940. Prior to his leadership of the party, he served in Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and R.B. Benne ...
, Canadian politician best known for leading the
Conservative Party of Canada The Conservative Party of Canada (french: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a federal political party in Canada. It was formed in 2003 by the merger of the two main right-leaning parties, the Progressive Co ...
from 1938 until 1940. * Robert "Bob" Moses, American educator and civil rights activist * Robert "Beto" O'Rourke, American politician * Robert Schmidt, Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany *
Robert Sobukwe Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe (5 December 1924 – 27 February 1978) was a prominent South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), serving as the first president of the organization. Sobukwe ...
, prominent South African political dissident and teacher who founded and became the first president of the
Pan Africanist Congress The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (known as the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC)) is a South African national liberation Pan-Africanist movement that is now a political party. It was founded by an Africanist group, led by Robert Sobukwe, that ...
* Robert Roosevelt, a sportsman, author and politician who served as a
United States representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from New York and as Minister to the Hague, brother of the president of America Theodore Roosevelt; *
Robert K. Steel Robert King Steel (born August 3, 1951) is an American businessman, financier and government official who has served as Deputy Mayor for Economic Development in the administration of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Under Secretary for Do ...
, American businessman, financier and government official; *
Robert A. Taft Robert Alphonso Taft Sr. (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was an American politician, lawyer, and scion of the Republican Party's Taft family. Taft represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate Majority Lead ...
, American conservative politician, lawyer, and scion of the
Taft family The Taft family of the United States has historic origins in Massachusetts; its members have served Ohio, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Utah, and the United States in various positions such as U.S. Representative (two), Governor of Ohio, ...
; * Robert L. "Bob" Turner, American businessman and politician *
Robert F. Williams Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was an American civil rights leader and author best known for serving as president of the Monroe, North Carolina chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and into 1961. He succeede ...
, American civil rights leader and author best known for serving as president of the Monroe, North Carolina chapter of the
NAACP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E.&nb ...


Secretaries of War

*
Robert Todd Lincoln Robert Todd Lincoln (August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926) was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician. He was the eldest son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. Robert Lincoln became a business lawyer and company presi ...
, American politician, lawyer, and businessman, the first son of
Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...
,
United States Secretary of War The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War", had been appointed to serve the Congress of the ...
and United States Minister to the United Kingdom *
Robert P. Patterson Robert Porter Patterson Sr. (February 12, 1891 – January 22, 1952) was an American judge who served as Under Secretary of War under President Franklin D. Roosevelt and U.S. Secretary of War under President Harry S. Truman. He was a US circu ...
,
United States Secretary of War The secretary of war was a member of the U.S. president's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration. A similar position, called either "Secretary at War" or "Secretary of War", had been appointed to serve the Congress of the ...


Secretaries of State

* Lord
Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, (12 January 185820 June 1945), known as The Honourable Robert Milnes from 1863 to 1885, The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British L ...
,
Secretary of State for India His (or Her) Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for India, known for short as the India Secretary or the Indian Secretary, was the British Cabinet minister and the political head of the India Office responsible for the governance of th ...
during World War I and
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (), or more formally Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland, was the title of the chief governor of Ireland from the Williamite Wars of 1690 until the Partition of Ireland in 1922. This spanned the Kin ...
*
Robert M. T. Hunter Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was an American lawyer, politician and planter. He was a U.S. representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. senator (18 ...
, Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner,
U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
(1837–1843, 1845–1847),
Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hunger ...
(1839–1841), and
U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and power ...
(1847–1861), during the American Civil War, the
Confederate States Secretary of State The Confederate States Secretary of State was the head of the Confederate States State Department from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War. There were three people who served the position in this time. Secretaries of State See also *Uni ...
(1861–1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862–1865) * Robert Smith, second United States Secretary of the Navy from 1801 to 1809 and the sixth United States Secretary of State from 1809 to 1811 * Sir Robert Southwell, Irish diplomat,
Secretary of State for Ireland The Principal Secretary of State, or Principal Secretary of the Council, was a government office in the Kingdom of Ireland. It was abolished in 1801 when Ireland became part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland under the Acts of Un ...
and President of the Royal Society from 1690


Governors

*
Robert J. Bentley Robert Julian Bentley (born February 3, 1943) is an American former politician and physician who served as the 53rd governor of Alabama from 2011 until 2017 upon his resignation after a sex scandal involving a political aide and subsequent arre ...
, American politician and physician who served as the 53rd Governor of
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from 2011 until 2017; * Robert Brooke, soldier and Virginia political figure who served as the tenth Governor of Virginia * Robert Brooke (East India Company officer), Robert Brooke, lieutenant-colonel in the army of
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and Governor of Saint Helena, governor of the island of St Helena from 1788 to 1800 * Robert Carter I, American colonist, List of colonial governors of Virginia, Colonial Governor of Virginia and Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses; * Robert Stockton Green, American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 27th Governor of New Jersey from 1887 to 1890 * Robert Hunter (governor), Robert Hunter, British military officer, colonial governor of New York (province), New York and New Jersey from 1710 to 1720, and governor of Jamaica from 1727 to 1734; * Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and politician who served as the 20th Governor of Wisconsin; * Robert S. Kerr, American businessman and politician, 12th Governor of Oklahoma * Robert S. Kerr III, American politician, Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma * Robert Lowry (governor), Robert Lowry, American politician and a
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general during the American Civil War, who served as 32nd Governor of Mississippi; * Robert D. Orr, American politician and diplomat who served as the List of Governors of Indiana, 45th Governor of Indiana from 1981 to 1989 * Robert E. Quinn, American attorney and politician from Rhode Island who served as the 58th Governor of Rhode Island and Judge for the Rhode Island Superior Court * Robert Marcellus Stewart, 14th Governor of Missouri from 1857 to 1861, during the years just prior to the American Civil War; * Robert Yellowtail, leader of the Crow Nation, the first Native Americans in the United States, Native American to hold the post of Agency Superintendent at a reservation in the Crow Indian Reservation


Mayors

* Robert Worth Bingham, American politician, judge, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom and mayor of Louisville, Kentucky * Robert Brent, the first Mayor of Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States; * Robert T. Conrad, the first mayor of Philadelphia to take office following the Consolidation Act of 1854; * Rob Ford, Robert "Rob" Ford, Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th Mayor of Toronto; * Robert King High, American politician who served as 29th mayor of the city of Miami; * Robert H. Morris (mayor), Robert H. Morris, 64th mayor of New York City; * Robert F. Wagner Jr., American politician who served three terms as the mayor of New York City from 1954 through 1965


Founding fathers of United States

* Robert R. Livingston (chancellor), Robert R. Livingston, American lawyer, politician, diplomat from New York, 1st United States Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 1st Chancellor of New York and a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father of the United States * Robert Morris (financier), Robert Morris, English-born merchant, United States Secretary of the Navy, United States Superintendent of Finance and a Founding Father of the United States * Robert Treat Paine, American lawyer, politician and Founding Father of the United States who signed the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence, Declaration of Independence as a representative of Massachusetts


Literary figures

* Robert Browning, English poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost 19th century poets * Robert Burns, Scottish/British poet and lyricist, widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland * Robert Commanday, American music critic, List of chief music critics, chief classical music critic of the San Francisco Chronicle (1964–1994) * Robert Cormier, American author and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels * Robert Frost, American poet * Robert Hardman (born 1965), British journalist, author, and documentary filmmaker * Robert Harris (novelist), Robert Harris, English novelist and former BBC reporter * Robert A. Heinlein, American science-fiction writer, one of the pioneers of hard science fiction genre *Robert Hichens (writer), Robert Hichens, English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic * Robert E. Howard, American author who wrote pulp fiction, well known for his character Conan the Barbarian, regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre * Robert G. Ingersoll, American writer and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism * Bob Kane, Robert "Bob" Kane, American comic book artist and writer, best known for creating the character Batman (character), Batman * Robert Kirkman, American comic book author best known for creating ''The Walking Dead (franchise), The Walking Dead'' * Rob Liefeld, Robert "Rob" Liefeld, American comic book artist and writer, best known for creating the character Deadpool * Robert Nozick, American philosopher and writer * Robert Rozhdestvensky, Soviet Russian poet, regarded as one of the most significant Russian poets * Robert W. Service, British-Canadian poet and writer * Robert J.C. Stead, Canadian novelist * Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer, best known for his work Treasure Island, which became one of the most popular literary works of all time * Robert Anton Wilson, American author, futurist, philosopher and self-described agnostic mystic, co-author (with Robert Shea) of ''The Illuminatus! Trilogy''


Businessmen

* Robert Bosch, German industrialist, businessman, engineer and inventor, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch) * Robert Kardashian, American attorney and businessman * Robert Kiyosaki, American businessman and author, founder of the Rich Dad Company * Robert Kyncl, American business executive, Chief Business Officer of YouTube and former Vice President of Content Acquisitions of Netflix * Robert Napier (engineer), Robert Napier, Scottish marine engineer and founder of Robert Napier and Sons * Robert Miles Sloman, English-German shipbuilder, ship owner and sailor * Robert Smalls, American businessman, publisher, and politician * Robert F. Smith (investor), Robert F. Smith, American billionaire, businessman, philanthropist, chemical engineer, and investor, founder, chairman, and CEO of private equity firm Vista Equity Partners * Robert Trump, American real estate developer and business executive, brother of the president of America Donald Trump * Robert Winthrop (banker), Robert Winthrop, wealthy banker and capitalist in New York City


Administrators of NASA

* Robert A. Frosch, American scientist who was the fifth administrator of NASA from 1977 to 1981 * Robert M. Lightfoot Jr., engineer and former List of Administrators and Deputy Administrators of NASA, Acting Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), serving from January 20, 2017, until April 23, 2018, making him the longest-serving Acting Administrator in NASA history


Astronauts

* Robert L. Behnken, United States Air Force officer, NASA astronaut and former Chief of the Astronaut Office * Robert D. Cabana, director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center, a former NASA astronaut, and a veteran of four Space Shuttle flights * Robert J. Cenker, American aerospace and electrical engineer, aerospace systems consultant, and former astronaut * Robert Crippen, American retired naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace engineer, and retired astronaut * Robert Curbeam, former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy * Robert L. Gibson, former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, and a retired NASA astronaut, as well as a professional pilot and regular racer at the annual Reno Air Races * Robert S. Kimbrough, retired United States Army officer, and a NASA astronaut * Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., Robert Lawrence Jr., a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut * Robert F. Overmyer, American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer and USAF/NASA astronaut * Robert A. Parker, American physicist and astronomer, former Director of the NASA Management Office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a retired NASA astronaut * Robert Satcher, American physician, chemical engineer and NASA astronaut * Robert C. Springer, retired American astronaut and test pilot * Robert L. Stewart, retired brigadier general of the United States Army and a former NASA astronaut * Robert Thirsk, a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut * Roberto Vittori, Italian air force officer and an ESA astronaut


Sportsmen

* Robert Alexander (Irish sportsman), Robert Alexander, Irish sportsman * Roberto Baggio, Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder * Roberto Carlos, Brazilian footballer, widely regarded as one of the best football players of all time * Rob Conway, Robért Conway, American professional wrestler * Robert Fein (1907–1975), Austrian Olympic champion weightlifter * Robert Gibson (cricketer, born 1801), Robert Gibson (1801–1???), English cricketer * Robert Gibson (cricketer, born 1821), Robert Gibson (1821–1875), English cricketer * Robert Gibson (wrestler), Robert Gibson (born 1958), American wrestler * Robert Gibson (rower), Robert Gibson (born 1986), Canadian rower * Robert Green, English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, played in the Premier League and Football League and for the England national team * Robert Griffin III, American football quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League * Robert Gsellman (born 1993), American baseball player * Robert Helenius, Finnish professional boxer * Robert Howard (martial artist), Robert Howard, Irish Grandmaster (martial arts), Grandmaster of taekwondo * Bobby Hull, Robert "Bobby" Hull, Canadian former ice hockey player who is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time * Róbert Jež, retired Slovak footballer * Bob Kalsu, Robert "Bob" Kalsu, American football player and United States Army officer * Robert Kerr (athlete), Robert Kerr, Irish Canadian sprinter * Robbie Kerr, Robert "Robbie" Kerr, British racing driver *Robert Kubica, Polish racing driver * Robert Lewandowski, Polish football player who plays as a striker for FC Barcelona and is the captain of the Poland national football team, Poland national team * Roberto López Ufarte, Basque former footballer * Roberto Mancini, Italian Association football, football manager and former player who is the manager of the Italy national football team, Italy national team * Bob McNamara (baseball), Robert "Bob" McNamara, American baseball player * Alexander Michel Melki, Robert Alexander Michel Melki (born 1992), Swedish-Lebanese footballer * Robert Mühren, Dutch professional footballer * Robert Person (born 1969), American baseball player * Bobby Orr, Robert "Bobby" Orr, Canadian former professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest of all time * Robert Remus, American professional wrestler known as Sgt. Slaughter * Rob Terry, Robert "Rob" Terry, Welsh professional wrestler and bodybuilder * Robert Whittaker (fighter), Robert Whittaker, New Zealand-born Australian professional mixed martial artist * Robert Wickens, Canadian racing driver


Paranormal

* Robert (doll), Robert the Doll, a supposedly haunted doll exhibited at a museum, center of an urban legend


Others

* Robert Barclay Allardice, generally known as Captain Barclay, Scottish walker of the early 19th century, known as the celebrated pedestrian, considered the father of the 19th century sport of pedestrianism, a precursor to racewalking * Robert T. Barrett, American painter, illustrator, and professor of illustration at Brigham Young University * Rob Bell, Robert "Rob" Bell Jr., American author, speaker and former pastor * Rob Bell (TV presenter), Rob Bell, American TV host and adventurer * Robert Bevan, British painter, drawing, draughtsman and lithographer, founding member of the Camden Town Group, the London Group, and the Cumberland Market Group * Robert S. Browne (1924–2004), American economist * Robert Capa, Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist * Robert Chung, Hong Kong academician, former Director of the Public Opinion Programme (POP) of the University of Hong Kong, head of the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute * Robert Conquest, an English-American historian and poet * Robert Cornelius, American pioneer of photography and a lamp manufacturer who took the first light picture ever taken and whose self-taken portrait is the first known photographic portrait taken in America * Robert de Cotte, French architect-administrator, under whose design control of the royal buildings of France the earliest notes presaging the Rococo style were introduced * Robert G. Elliott, American executioner * Robert Elms, English writer and broadcaster *
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(1936–1978), American serial rapist and later spree killer * Robert Gibbings, Irish artist and author who was most noted for his work as a wood engraver and sculptor * Robert Gregg, Anglican Archbishop * Robert Gray (bishop of Cape Town), Robert Gray, first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of Africa * Robert Gray (bishop of Bristol), Robert Gray, English Bishop of Bristol * Robert Gray (sea captain), Robert Gray, American merchant sea captain who pioneered the maritime fur trade * Robert H. Gray, American data analyst, author and astronomer *Robert Grierson (missionary), Robert Grierson, Canadian missionary to Korea * Roparz Hemon (Robert Hemon), Breton author and scholar of Breton expression * Robert Henri, American painter and teacher * Robert Hichens (sailor), Robert Hichens, British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic as one of six quartermasters on board the vessel and was at the ships wheel when it struck the iceberg * Carl Robert Jakobson, Estonian writer, politician and teacher, one of the most important people in the Estonian national awakening * Robert Knox (bishop), Robert Knox, Irish bishop * Robert Lopez, award-winning American songwriter of musicals, best known for co-creating The Book of Mormon (musical), The Book of Mormon and Avenue Q, and for composing the songs featured in the Walt Disney Animation Studios, 3D Disney computer animated films Frozen (2013 film), Frozen and Coco (2017 film), Coco * Roberto Matta, of Chilean painter and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art * Bob Moir (1929–2016) was a Canadian television producer, sports commentator, and journalist * Robert Molyneux, English-American Catholic priest and Jesuit missionary to the United States * Robert de Montesquiou, French aesthete, Symbolist poet and art collector * Captain Robert Nairac,
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officer in Special Reconnaissance Unit, 14 Intelligence Company who was abducted from a pub in Dromintee, south County Armagh, during an undercover operation and assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on his fourth tour of duty in Northern Ireland as a Military Intelligence Liaison Officer * Robert M. Price, American theologian and writer * Bob Ross, Robert "Bob" Ross, American painter, art instructor, and television host * Robert O. Scholz, American architect from Washington, D.C. * Robert Livingston Rudolph, American bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church * Death of Robert Stevens, Robert Stevens, British-born American photojournalist killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks * Robert Scotland Liddell, British war reporter and photographer * Robert Topala, also known as Zhenmuron, Swedish musician and video game developer known for developing the popular rhythm based arcade art game Geometry Dash * Robert Barron (bishop), American prelate of the Catholic Church, author, theologian and evangelist, known for his Word on Fire ministry * Robert Wadlow, known as the Alton, Illinois, Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, an American who became famous as the tallest person in recorded history * Robert Wipper, Russian historian of classical antiquity, medieval and modern period


Fictional characters

* Rocky Balboa, Robert "Rocky" Balboa, the main character in the Rocky Balboa film series; * King Robert Baratheon, a fictional king in ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' novels by George R. R. Martin & the 2011 TV series ''Game of Thrones'' (King of the Andals, the Rhoynar and the First Men, Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, Protector of the Realm, Lord of Storm's End, Lord Paramount of the Stormlands) * Commander List of S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series) characters, Robert Hicks, A senior officer with the LAPD Special Operations Bureau in S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series), 2017 TV series S.W.A.T. * Robert, main character of the 2021 action thriller Roberrt * List of Everybody Loves Raymond characters, Robert Barone, a character from the 1996 sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond'' *Robert Baxter, one of the main characters in the video game ''Time Crisis II'', later the main antagonist of ''Time Crisis 5'' * Robert Blake, main character in the story The Haunter of the Dark by H.P. Lovecraft * Robert the Devil, main character of a legend of medieval origin about a Norman knight who discovers he is the son of Satan * Robert "Yokai" Callaghan, a former robotics professor at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology and the main antagonist of Big Hero 6 (film), Big Hero 6 * Robert Philip, one of the main characters in the 2007 film Enchanted (film), Enchanted * Robert Jürgens, owner of Griffolyon, character from the Japanese Manga series Beyblade (manga), Beyblade * Robert Drake, fictional superhero known as Iceman (Marvel Comics), Iceman, appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics, a founding member of the X-Men * Robert Ford, main character in TV series Westworld (TV series), Westworld * Robert "Rob" Smith, character from the TV series The Goldbergs (2013 TV series), The Goldbergs * Robert Langdon, symbologist and cryptologist in Dan Brown's novels ''Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol & Inferno (Brown novel), Inferno'', the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code (film), ''The Da Vinci Code'' & the 2009 film Angels & Demons (film), ''Angels & Demons'' * Robert McGonagall, father of Minerva McGonagall, the transfiguration teacher and Head of Gryffindor House in the Harry Potter franchise; * Bobby Nash, Robert "Bobby" Nash, a firefighter in TV series 9-1-1 (TV series), 9-1-1 * Robert Neville, a main protagonist and US Army Virologist in 2007 movie ''I Am Legend (film), I Am Legend''; * Robert "Bob" Newby, a character from the TV series Stranger Things * Robert Paulson, a character in Chuck Palahniuk's novel ''Fight Club (novel), Fight Club'' and the 1999 Fight Club, film of the same name * Robert "Bob" Fossil, a zoo owner in the TV series The Mighty Boosh * Robert Reynolds, a Marvel Comics Superhero known as Sentry (Robert Reynolds), Sentry * Robbie Rotten, the main villain in ''LazyTown'' since the second play, ''Glanni Glæpur í Latabæ'' (Robbie Rotten in LazyTown); * Robbie Shapiro, Robert "Robbie" Shapiro, character from TV series Victorious * Bobby Singer, Robert "Bobby" Singer, fictional character in The CW Television Network's horror-drama television series Supernatural (U.S. TV series), Supernatural * Robert The Scotsman, character from animated series Samurai Jack * Robert "Bob" Stone, main character, CIA agent and martial arts specialist from the action comedy Central Intelligence * Robb Stark, Robert "Robb" Stark, a fictional character in ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' novels by George R. R. Martin & the 2011 TV series ''Game of Thrones'' * Robert Chan, chief executive of Umbrella Corps in Resident Evil franchise * Resident Evil characters, Robert "Bob" Kendo, a character from Resident Evil franchise * Robert, character from the Lithuanian soap opera Moterys meluoja geriau (Women lie better) and its Latvian version Viņas melo labāk * Robert T. Sturgeon, video game character in the Ninja Gaiden series * Robert "Bob" Gray, real name of the character known as It (character), It or Pennywise the Dancing Clown from the horror story and movies of the same name * SpongeBob SquarePants (character), Sponge Robert "Bob" SquarePants, title character of the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants * Robert "Bob" the Builder, a character from the British animated series Bob the Builder * Robert Seaver, a character from Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey * Hulk, Robert Bruce Banner, a major character featured in Marvel Comics, known as Hulk, The Incredible Hulk * Dr Robert Gru, character from the Despicable Me franchise * Robert "Bob" Parr, a fictional superhero known as Mr Incredible from The Incredibles franchise * Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, known as Sideshow Bob, a character from the animated series The Simpsons * Robert Accutrone, a Quincy and a member of the Wandenreich's Sternritter with the designation "N" from the Bleach manga * Robert Stanton, a character from the American horror franchise Five Nights at Freddy's *Robert Garcia (Art of Fighting), Robert Garcia, a characters from the ''Art of Fighting'' and ''The King of Fighters'' series of video games


Folklore

* Puck (folklore), Robert Goodfellow, Household deity, domestic and nature sprite (creature), sprite, demon, or fairy in mythology * Knecht Ruprecht, Knight Robert, a legendary Christmas character from German folklore * Robert, one of the names often used to refer to a legendary Christmas character known as Krampus * Robert, one of the names often used to refer to the Devil in mythology


See also

* Rob (given name), short for Robert * Robby, nickname for Robert * Robbie, nickname for Robert * Bob (given name), nickname for Robert * Bobby (given name), nickname for Robert * Roberts (surname) * Robertson (surname) * Roberson (surname), Roberson * Rupert (name), alternate version of Robert * Robin (name), formerly a nickname for Robert * Robinson (name) * Robinett * Robinet (disambiguation), Robinet * Robinette (disambiguation), Robinette


References

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