Namesakes
Australian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Bob Hawke 1983-1991 
Fictional Characters from Movies:
1 character
Bob Wiley 1991 What About Bob?
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals:
1 character
Bob Acres 1775 The Rivals
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
2 characters
(character) Bob 1992 Bob
(character) Bob 1993 Bob
Fictional Characters from Television:
7 characters
Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe 1993 Frasier
Bob Fraser 1994 Due South
Robert "Big Bob" Pataki (a.k.a. Bob) 1996 Hey Arnold!
Bob Pinciotti 1998 That '70s Show
Bob Jackson 2000 Strong Medicine
Bob Hunter 2004 Desperate Housewives
Robert California (a.k.a. Bob) 2005 The Office
Grammy Award Winners:
1 album of the year, 1 best new artist/album of the year
(best new artist/album of the year) Bob Newhart 1961 ; The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
(album of the year) Bob Dylan 1998 Time Out of Mind
Hall-of-Famers:
9 basketball, 6 football, 3 baseball, 2 ice hockey
(basketball) Bob Kurland 1961
(baseball) Bob Feller 1962
(football) Bob Waterfield 1965
(basketball) Bob Davies 1969
(basketball) Bob Cousy 1970
(basketball) Bob Pettit 1970
(baseball) Bob Lemon 1976
(football) Bob Lilly 1980
(baseball) Bob Gibson 1981
(basketball) Bob Houbregs 1987
(football) Bob St. Clair 1990
(football) Bob Griese 1990
(ice hockey) Bob Pulford 1991
(basketball) Bob Lanier 1992
(ice hockey) Bob Gainey 1992
(basketball) Bob McAdoo 2000
(football) Bob "The Boomer" Brown 2004
(football) Bob Hayes 2009
(basketball) Bob Hurley 2010
(basketball) Bob Dandridge 2021
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms:
3 hurricanes
Hurricane Bob 1979
Hurricane Bob 1985
Hurricane Bob 1991
Most Valuable Players:
6 winners
Bob O'Farrell 1926 baseball
Bob Elliott 1947 baseball
Bob Cousy 1957 basketball
Bob Pettit 1956; 1959 basketball
Bob Gibson 1968 baseball
Bob McAdoo 1975 basketball
Nobel Prize Winners:
1 literature
(literature) Bob Dylan 2016
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
8 actors, 3 presenters, 2 actor/comedians, 1 actor/presenter, 1 reality star
Bob Hope 1903-2003
Bob Barker 1923-2023
Bob Newhart 1929-2024
Bob Denver 1935-2005
Bob Hoskins 1942-2014
Bob Ross 1942-1995
Robert Long (a.k.a. Bob) 1943-2006
Bob Balaban 1945-
Bob Peck 1945-1999
Bob Gunton 1945-
Billy Bob Thornton 1955-
Bob Saget 1956-2022
Bob Odenkirk 1962-
Bob Clendenin 1964-
Jim Bob Duggar 1965-
Notable Artists:
1 cartoonist, 1 painter
Bob Kane 1915-1998
Bob Ross 1942-1995
Notable Athletes:
7 basketball, 2 baseball, 1 football, 1 ice hockey, 1 tennis, 1 track
(baseball) Bob Feller 1918-2010
(basketball) Bob Davies 1920-1990
(basketball) Bob Kurland 1924-2013
(basketball) Bob Cousy 1928-
(basketball) Bob Houbregs 1932-2014
(basketball) Bob Pettit 1932-
(baseball) Bob Gibson 1935-2020
(football) Bob Hayes 1942-2002
(track) Bob Beamon 1946-
(basketball) Bob Lanier 1948-2022
(basketball) Bob McAdoo 1951-
(ice hockey) Bob Gainey 1953-
(tennis) Bob Bryan 1978-
Notable Businesspeople:
1 businessperson
Bob Iger 1951-
Notable Filmmakers:
1 director, 1 screenwriter
Bob Fosse 1927-1987
Bob Nelson 1956-
Notable Journalists:
1 journalist
(journalist) Bob Woodward 1943-
Notable Musicians:
4 musicians, 1 singer
Bob Dylan 1941-
Bob Marley 1945-1981
Bob Seger 1945-
Bob Welch 1945-2012
Bob Bryar 1979-2024
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician
Bob Dole 1923-2021
Notable Writers:
1 author
Bob Kane 1915-1998
Olympic Medalists:
13 gold, 9 silver, 3 bronze, 3 bronze/gold, 1 gold/bronze/silver, 1 gold/silver, 1 silver/gold/bronze
(bronze) Robert LeGendre (a.k.a. Bob) 1924 pentathlon
(gold) Bob Skelton 1924 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) Bob King 1928 high jump
(gold) Bob Tisdall 1932 400 m hurdles
(silver) Bob Van Osdel 1932 high jump
(gold) Bob Kiesel 1932 4x100 m relay
(silver) Bob Maas 1932 sailing
(silver) Bob Clark 1936 decathlon
(silver) Robert Young (a.k.a. Bob) 1936 4x400 m relay
(silver) Bob Cowell 1948 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(bronze) Bob Sohl 1948 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) Bob Kurland 1948; 1952 basketball
(silver) Bob McMillen 1952 1500 m
(gold) Bob Mathias 1948; 1952 decathlon
(gold) Bob Kenney 1952 basketball
(bronze/gold) Bob Richards 1948; 1952; 1956 pole vault
(bronze/gold) Bob Clotworthy 1952; 1956 diving - springboard
(silver) Bob Gutowski 1956 pole vault
(gold) Edwyn Owen (a.k.a. Bob) 1960 ice hockey
(gold) Bob Boozer 1960 basketball
(gold) Bob Schul 1964 5000 m
(gold) Bob Webster 1960; 1964 diving - platform
(gold) Bob Hayes 1964 100 m; 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Bob Bennett 1960; 1964 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke
(silver) Bob McGregor 1964 swimming - 100 m freestyle
(gold/bronze/silver) Bob Windle 1964; 1968 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Bob Beamon 1968 long jump
(gold/silver) Bob Seagren 1968; 1972 pole vault
(silver/gold/bronze) Bob de Jong 1998; 2006; 2010; 2014 speed skating
(bronze/gold) Bob Bryan 2008; 2012 tennis
(silver) Bob de Voogd 2012 field hockey
Oscar Award Winners:
1 director
(director) Bob Fosse 1973 Cabaret
Other Leaders:
1 prime minister
Prime Minister Bob Peliza 1969-1972 Gibraltar
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
7 musicians
Bob Dylan 1988
Bob Gaudio 1990 The Four Seasons
Bob Marley 1994
Bob Weir 1994 The Grateful Dead
Bob Seger 2004
Bob Burns 2006 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Bob Bogle 2008 The Ventures
Tolkien's Characters:
1 character
Bob (m)