Namesakes
Australian Prime Ministers:
2 prime ministers
Robert Menzies 1939-1941; 1949-1966 
Bob Hawke 1983-1991
British Prime Ministers:
5 prime ministers
Robert Walpole 1721-1742
Robert Jenkinson 1812-1827
Robert Peel 1834-1835; 1841-1846
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1885-1886; 1886-1892; 1895-1902
Anthony Eden (a.k.a. Robert) 1955-1957
Canadian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Robert Borden 1911-1920
Emmy Award Winners:
4 actors
(actor) Robert Stack 1960 The Untouchables
(actor) Robert Young 1957; 1958; 1970 Father Knows Best; Marcus Welby, M.D.
(actor) Robert Blake 1975 Baretta
(actor) Robert Guillaume 1985 Benson
Eurovision Song Contest Winners:
1 winner
Bobby G. 1981 United Kingdom
Fictional Characters from Books:
4 characters, 1 hero
Robert Ferrars 1811 Sense and Sensibility
Rob Roy 1817 Rob Roy
Robbie Lewis 1975 Last Bus to Woodstock
Robert Baratheon 1996 A Game of Thrones
Robert Langdon 2003 The Da Vinci Code
Fictional Characters from Television:
20 characters
Philip Kiriakis (middle name Robert) 1965 Days of Our Lives
Will Horton (middle name Robert) 1965 Days of Our Lives
Bobby Ewing 1978 Dallas
Bobby Brady 1969; 1990 The Brady Bunch; The Bradys
Bobby Simone 1993 NYPD Blue
Robert E. 1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Bob Fraser 1994 Due South
Robert Romano 1994 ER
Robert Barone 1996 Everybody Loves Raymond
Robert "Big Bob" Pataki 1996 Hey Arnold!
Bobby Hill 1997 King of the Hill
Robbie Hansen 1999 Providence
Bob Jackson 2000 Strong Medicine
Bobby Goren 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Robert Chase 2004 House
Robert California 2005 The Office
Robbie Lewis 1987; 2006 Inspector Morse; Lewis
Bobby Draper 2007 Mad Men
Mike Chang (middle name Robert) 2009 Glee
Robert Baratheon 2011 Game of Thrones
Frankish and French Kings:
2 kings
King Robert I Count of Paris 922-923
King Robert II the Pious 996-1031
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) Robert Schuman 1947-1948; 1948
Grammy Award Winners:
1 album of the year, 1 best new artist, 1 best new artist/album of the year, 1 best new artist/record of the year, 1 record of the year/album of the year
(best new artist/record of the year) Bobby Darin (middle name Robert) 1960 ; Mack the Knife
(best new artist/album of the year) Bob Newhart 1961 ; The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
(best new artist) Robert Goulet 1963
(album of the year) Bob Dylan (a.k.a. Robert) 1998 Time Out of Mind
(record of the year/album of the year) Robert Plant 2009 Please Read the Letter; Raising Sand
Hall-of-Famers:
18 basketball, 12 football, 9 ice hockey, 7 baseball
(baseball) Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove 1947
(basketball) Bob Kurland 1961
(ice hockey) Nels Stewart (a.k.a. Robert) 1962
(baseball) Bob Feller 1962
(football) Cal Hubbard (a.k.a. Robert) 1963
(basketball) Robert "Ace" Gruenig 1963
(football) Bob Waterfield 1965
(ice hockey) Ted Lindsay (a.k.a. Robert) 1966
(football) Bobby Layne 1967
(basketball) Bob Davies 1969
(basketball) Bob Cousy 1970
(basketball) Bob Pettit 1970
(baseball) Satchel Paige (middle name Robert) 1971
(basketball) Robert "Fuzzy" Vandivier 1974
(baseball) Bob Lemon 1976
(ice hockey) Bobby Orr 1979
(football) Bob Lilly 1980
(baseball) Bob Gibson 1981
(football) Sam Huff (a.k.a. Robert) 1982
(football) Bobby Mitchell 1983
(ice hockey) Bobby Hull 1983
(baseball) Bobby Doerr 1986
(basketball) Bobby Wanzer 1987
(basketball) Bob Houbregs 1987
(ice hockey) Bobby Clarke 1987
(basketball) Bobby McDermott 1988
(football) Bob St. Clair 1990
(ice hockey) Bob Pulford 1991
(basketball) Bob Lanier 1992
(ice hockey) Bob Gainey 1992
(ice hockey) Bobby Bauer 1996
(basketball) Bob McAdoo 2000
(basketball) Robert "Lute" Olson 2002
(basketball) Robert Parish 2003
(football) Bob "The Boomer" Brown 2004
(football) Gene Hickerson (a.k.a. Robert) 2007
(football) Bob Hayes 2009
(basketball) Bob Hurley 2010
(basketball) Bobby Leonard 2014
(baseball) Bobby Cox 2014
(ice hockey) Rob Blake 2014
(basketball) Robert Hughes 2017
(football) Bobby Beathard 2018
(football) Robert Brazile 2018
(basketball) Bobby Jones 2019
(basketball) Bob Dandridge 2021
Most Valuable Players:
12 winners
Bob O'Farrell 1926 baseball
Nels Stewart (a.k.a. Robert) 1926; 1930 ice hockey
Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove 1931 baseball
Bob Elliott 1947 baseball
Bobby Shantz 1952 baseball
Bob Cousy 1957 basketball
Bob Pettit 1956; 1959 basketball
Bobby Hull 1965; 1966 ice hockey
Bob Gibson 1968 baseball
Bobby Orr 1970; 1971; 1972 ice hockey
Bobby Clarke 1973; 1975; 1976 ice hockey
Bob McAdoo 1975 basketball
New Zealand Prime Ministers:
2 prime ministers
Robert Stout 1884; 1884-1887
Robert Muldoon 1975-1984
Nobel Prize Winners:
10 chemistry, 10 economics, 9 medicine, 6 physics, 1 literature, 1 peace
(medicine) Robert Koch 1905
(medicine) Charles Richet (middle name Robert) 1913
(medicine) Róbert Bárány 1914
(physics) Robert Andrews Millikan 1923
(peace) Robert Cecil 1937
(chemistry) Robert Robinson 1947
(physics) Robert Hofstadter 1961
(chemistry) Robert Burns Woodward 1965
(chemistry) Robert S. Mulliken 1966
(medicine) Robert W. Holley 1968
(medicine) Rodney Robert Porter 1972
(physics) John Robert Schrieffer 1972
(physics) Robert Woodrow Wilson 1978
(economics) Lawrence Klein (middle name Robert) 1980
(medicine) John Vane (middle name Robert) 1982
(chemistry) Robert Bruce Merrifield 1984
(economics) Robert Solow 1987
(chemistry) Robert Huber 1988
(chemistry) Thomas Cech (middle name Robert) 1989
(chemistry) Richard R. Ernst (middle name Robert) 1991
(economics) Robert Fogel 1993
(economics) Robert Lucas Jr. 1995
(chemistry) Robert Curl Jr. 1996
(physics) Robert Coleman Richardson 1996
(economics) Robert C. Merton 1997
(medicine) Robert F. Furchgott 1998
(physics) Robert B. Laughlin 1998
(economics) Robert Mundell 1999
(medicine) H. Robert Horvitz 2002
(economics) Robert F. Engle 2003
(economics) Robert Aumann 2005
(chemistry) Robert H. Grubbs 2005
(medicine) Robert Edwards 2010
(chemistry) Robert Lefkowitz 2012
(economics) Robert J. Shiller 2013
(literature) Bob Dylan (a.k.a. Robert) 2016
(economics) Robert B. Wilson 2020
Notable Activists and Revolutionaries:
1 activist
(activist) Robert Owen 1771-1858
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
119 actors, 3 actor/comedians, 3 presenters, 2 comedian/actors, 2 reality stars, 1 actor/presenter, 1 comedian
Robert Armstrong 1890-1973
Robert Harron 1893-1920
Robert Montgomery 1904-1981
Robert Donat 1905-1958
Robert Newton 1905-1956
Robert Young 1907-1998
Robert Morley 1908-1992
Robert Ryan 1909-1973
Robert Cummings 1910-1990
Robert Taylor 1911-1969
Robert Flemyng 1912-1995
Robert Strauss 1913-1975
Robert Alda 1914-1986
Dabbs Greer (a.k.a. Robert) 1917-2007
Steve Cochran (a.k.a. Robert) 1917-1965
André Bourvil (middle name Robert) 1917-1970
Robert Mitchum 1917-1997
Robert Sterling 1917-2006
Robert Preston 1918-1987
Robert Walker 1918-1951
Robert Stack 1919-2003
Louis Jourdan (middle name Robert) 1921-2015
Brian Keith (a.k.a. Robert) 1921-1997
Guy Madison (a.k.a. Robert) 1922-1996
Bob Barker 1923-2023
Rikki Fulton (a.k.a. Robert) 1924-2004
Robert Shaw 1927-1978
Rupert Crosse (a.k.a. Robert) 1927-1973
Robert Guillaume 1927-2017
Robert Lansing 1928-1994
Bob Newhart 1929-2024
Robert Loggia 1930-2015
Robert Wagner 1930-
Robert Culp 1930-2010
Robert Prosky 1930-2008
Robert Duvall 1931-
Robert Morse 1931-2022
Robert Stephens 1931-1995
Robert Reed 1932-1992
Robert Vaughn 1932-2016
Robert Blake 1933-2023
Bob Denver 1935-2005
Robert Conrad 1935-2020
Robert Redford 1936-
Gary Vinson (a.k.a. Robert) 1936-1984
Bobby Driscoll 1937-1968
Richard Jordan (a.k.a. Robert) 1937-1993
Oliver Reed (a.k.a. Robert) 1938-1999
Robert Walker Jr. 1940-2019
Robert Forster 1941-2019
Peter Coyote (a.k.a. Robert) 1941-
Robert Foxworth 1941-
Robert Klein 1942-
Stephen Macht (middle name Robert) 1942-
Robert Miano 1942-
Bob Hoskins 1942-2014
Bob Ross 1942-1995
Rob de Nijs 1942-
Robert De Niro 1943-
Robert Long 1943-2006
Bob Balaban 1945-
Bob Peck 1945-1999
Bob Gunton 1945-
Robert Urich 1946-2002
Robert Englund 1947-
Robert David Hall 1947-
Reb Brown (a.k.a. Robert) 1948-
James Rebhorn (middle name Robert) 1948-2014
George Wendt (middle name Robert) 1948-
Brad Davis (a.k.a. Robert) 1949-1991
Robbie Coltrane 1950-2022
Robert Pugh 1950-
Robert Joy 1951-
Michael Jeter (a.k.a. Robert) 1952-2003
Robert Wisdom 1953-
Robert Picardo 1953-
Robert Beltran 1953-
Kevin McNally (middle name Robert) 1956-
Bob Saget 1956-2022
LeVar Burton (middle name Robert) 1957-
Robert Bathurst 1957-
Steve Guttenberg (middle name Robert) 1958-
Robert Patrick 1958-
Robert Knepper 1959-
Steven Weber (middle name Robert) 1961-
Robert Carlyle 1961-
Clark Gregg (a.k.a. Robert) 1962-
Rob Morrow 1962-
Bob Odenkirk 1962-
Ben Browder (a.k.a. Robert) 1962-
Rob Estes 1963-
Rob Schneider 1963-
Robert Taylor 1963-
Rob Lowe 1964-
Bob Clendenin 1964-
Robert Duncan McNeill 1964-
Robert Downey Jr. 1965-
Jim Bob Duggar 1965-
Fred Armisen (middle name Robert) 1966-
Gary Dourdan (middle name Robert) 1966-
Robert Gant 1968-
Robert Sean Leonard 1969-
Alexis Arquette (a.k.a. Robert) 1969-2016
Barry Pepper (middle name Robert) 1970-
Rob Riggle 1970-
Bobby Cannavale 1970-
Rob Corddry 1971-
Mark Wahlberg (middle name Robert) 1971-
Jason Hervey (middle name Robert) 1972-
Scott Speedman (a.k.a. Robert) 1975-
Rob James-Collier 1976-
Rob McElhenney 1977-
Steve Howey (middle name Robert) 1977-
Rob Kerkovich 1979-
Shawn Ashmore (middle name Robert) 1979-
Robert Baker 1979-
Robert Buckley 1981-
Chris Evans (middle name Robert) 1981-
Boyd Holbrook (a.k.a. Robert) 1981-
Matt Smith (middle name Robert) 1982-
John Magaro (middle name Robert) 1983-
Robert Pattinson 1986-
Rob Kardashian 1987-
Michael Socha (middle name Robert) 1987-
Robert Sheehan 1988-
Robbie Amell 1988-
Jeremy Sumpter (middle name Robert) 1989-
Freddie Fox (middle name Robert) 1989-
Bo Burnham (a.k.a. Robert) 1990-
Austin Butler (middle name Robert) 1991-
Robert Capron 1998-
Notable Artists:
4 painters, 2 photographers, 1 cartoonist
Robert Campin c. 1375-1444
Robert Delaunay 1885-1941
Robert Doisneau 1912-1994
Bob Kane 1915-1998
Robert Rauschenberg 1925-2008
Bob Ross 1942-1995
Robert Mapplethorpe 1946-1989
Notable Athletes:
13 soccer, 10 basketball, 6 ice hockey, 6 rugby, 5 baseball, 3 football, 3 tennis, 1 boxing, 1 chess, 1 darts, 1 diving, 1 golf, 1 skating, 1 track
(skating) Clas Thunberg (middle name Robert) 1893-1973
(baseball) Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove 1900-1975
(golf) Bobby Jones 1902-1971
(baseball) Satchel Paige (middle name Robert) 1906-1982
(baseball) Bobby Doerr 1918-2017
(baseball) Bob Feller 1918-2010
(basketball) Bob Davies 1920-1990
(basketball) Bobby Wanzer 1921-2016
(basketball) Bob Kurland 1924-2013
(ice hockey) Ted Lindsay (a.k.a. Robert) 1925-2019
(basketball) Bob Cousy 1928-
(basketball) Bob Houbregs 1932-2014
(basketball) Bob Pettit 1932-
(soccer) Bobby Robson 1933-2009
(football) Sam Huff (a.k.a. Robert) 1934-2021
(baseball) Bob Gibson 1935-2020
(soccer) Bobby Charlton 1937-
(ice hockey) Bobby Hull 1939-2023
(soccer) Bobby Moore 1941-1993
(football) Bob Hayes 1942-2002
(chess) Bobby Fischer 1943-2008
(track) Bob Beamon 1946-
(ice hockey) Bobby Orr 1948-
(basketball) Bob Lanier 1948-2022
(ice hockey) Bobby Clarke 1949-
(basketball) Bob McAdoo 1951-
(basketball) Bobby Jones 1951-
(basketball) Robert Parish 1953-
(ice hockey) Bob Gainey 1953-
(soccer) Rob Witschge 1966-
(soccer) Robert Jarni 1968-
(ice hockey) Rob Blake 1969-
(soccer) Robert Kovač 1974-
(tennis) Bob Bryan 1978-
(rugby) Mike Ross (middle name Robert) 1979-
(soccer) Robbie Keane 1980-
(boxing) Kelly Pavlik (middle name Robert) 1982-
(soccer) Robert Almer 1984-
(football) Zak DeOssie (middle name Robert) 1984-
(tennis) Jamie Murray (middle name Robert) 1986-
(rugby) Rob Kearney 1986-
(rugby) Ben Smith (middle name Robert) 1986-
(tennis) Robert Farah 1987-
(soccer) Robert Lewandowski 1988-
(soccer) Ron-Robert Zieler 1989-
(rugby) Rob Simmons 1989-
(soccer) James Holland (middle name Robert) 1989-
(rugby) Rob Horne 1989-
(darts) Rob "Voltage" Cross 1990-
(soccer) Róbert Mak 1991-
(soccer) Robbie Brady 1992-
(rugby) Robbie Henshaw 1993-
(diving) Tom Daley (middle name Robert) 1994-
Notable Businesspeople:
3 businesspersons
Robert Bosch 1861-1942
Ted Turner (a.k.a. Robert) 1938-
Bob Iger 1951-
Notable Evildoers:
1 persecutor
Robert Mugabe 1924-2019
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
4 explorers
René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle 1643-1687
Robert Peary 1856-1920
Robert Falcon Scott 1868-1912
Robert Bartlett 1875-1946
Notable Filmmakers:
11 directors, 2 screenwriters, 1 director/screenwriter, 1 screenwriter/director
Robert Bresson 1901-1999
Robert Wise 1914-2005
Robert Aldrich 1918-1983
Robert Altman 1925-2006
Bob Fosse 1927-1987
Robert Benton 1932-
Robert Towne 1934-2024
Robert Redford 1936-
Robert Zemeckis 1951-
Bob Nelson 1956-
Stijn Coninx (middle name Robert) 1957-
Bobby Farrelly 1958-
Rob Zombie (a.k.a. Robert) 1965-
Robert Rodriguez 1968-
Matthew Vaughn (middle name Robert) 1971-
Notable Journalists:
1 photojournalist
(photojournalist) Robert Capa 1913-1954
Notable Military Figures:
1 general
Robert E. Lee 1807-1870
Notable Musicians:
16 singers, 13 musicians, 2 composers
Robert Schumann 1810-1856
Robert Johnson 1911-1938
Bobby Bland (a.k.a. Robert) 1930-2013
Bobby Darin (middle name Robert) 1936-1973
Joe Dolan (middle name Robert) 1939-2007
Bob Dylan (a.k.a. Robert) 1941-
Charlie Watts (middle name Robert) 1941-2021
Rob de Nijs 1942-
Bobby Womack 1944-2014
Joe Cocker (middle name Robert) 1944-2014
Bob Marley 1945-1981
Bob Seger 1945-
Bob Welch 1945-2012
Robert Plant 1948-
Robert Palmer 1949-2003
Peabo Bryson (a.k.a. Robert) 1951-
R. Stevie Moore (a.k.a. Robert) 1952-
Robert Smith 1959-
Rob Zombie (a.k.a. Robert) 1965-
Rob Pilatus 1965-1998
R. Kelly (a.k.a. Robert) 1967-
Percy "Master P" Miller (middle name Robert) 1967-
Robert "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle 1967-
Robert Rodriguez 1968-
Robbie Williams 1974-
Chad Kroeger (middle name Robert) 1974-
Robert Westerholt 1975-
Sam Rivers (middle name Robert) 1977-
Rob Bourdon 1979-
Bob Bryar 1979-2024
Robert "Meek Mill" Williams 1987-
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 economist, 1 sociologist
Thomas Robert Malthus 1766-1834
Robert K. Merton 1910-2003
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
5 politicians
Robert McNamara 1916-2009
Robert Boulin 1920-1979
Bob Dole 1923-2021
Robert F. Kennedy 1925-1968
J. B. Pritzker (middle name Robert) 1965-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
7 physicists, 3 chemists, 3 physicians, 2 astronomers, 2 biologists, 1 engineer, 1 inventor
Robert Boyle 1627-1691
Robert Hooke 1635-1703
Robert Fulton 1765-1815
Robert Brown 1773-1858
Robert Bunsen 1811-1899
Robert Stawell Ball 1840-1913
Robert Koch 1843-1910
Charles Richet (middle name Robert) 1850-1935
Robert Andrews Millikan 1868-1953
Róbert Bárány 1876-1936
Robert H. Goddard 1882-1945
J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904-1967
Robert Hofstadter 1915-1990
Robert Burns Woodward 1917-1979
Robert Edwards 1925-2013
John Robert Schrieffer 1931-2019
Robert Woodrow Wilson 1936-
Robert Coleman Richardson 1937-2013
Robert B. Laughlin 1950-
Notable Writers:
12 authors, 3 poets, 1 author/poet, 1 essayist/poet
Robert Burns 1759-1796
Robert Browning 1812-1889
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
Robert Frost 1874-1963
Robert Walser 1878-1956
Robert Musil 1880-1942
Robert Penn Warren 1905-1989
Robert A. Heinlein 1907-1988
Robert Hayden 1913-1980
Bob Kane 1915-1998
Robert Ludlum 1927-2001
Robert M. Pirsig 1928-2017
Gerald Vizenor (middle name Robert) 1934-
Robert James Waller 1939-2017
R. L. Stine (a.k.a. Robert) 1943-
Robert Munsch 1945-
Robert Jordan 1948-2007
Olympic Medalists:
31 gold, 21 bronze, 21 silver, 4 bronze/gold, 2 gold/silver, 2 silver/gold, 1 bronze/silver, 1 gold/bronze/silver, 1 gold/silver/bronze, 1 silver/bronze, 1 silver/bronze/gold, 1 silver/gold/bronze
(silver/gold/bronze) Robert Garrett 1896; 1900 discus throw; high jump; long jump; shot put; triple jump - standing
(bronze) Ernst Fast (middle name Robert) 1900 marathon
(gold/silver) Robert Williams 1904 archery - American round; archery - team round; archery - York round
(bronze) Robert Stangland 1904 long jump; triple jump
(bronze) William R. Orthwein (middle name Robert) 1904 swimming - 4x50 yard freestyle relay
(bronze/gold) Robert Kerr 1908 100 m; 200 m
(gold) Emil Voigt (middle name Robert) 1908 5 miles
(silver) Robert Cloughen 1908 200 m
(silver) Robert Schurrer 1912 4x400 m relay
(silver/bronze) Robert Andersson 1908; 1912; 1920 water polo
(gold) Robert Lindsay 1920 4x400 m relay
(silver/bronze/gold) Clas Thunberg (middle name Robert) 1924; 1928 speed skating
(bronze) Robert LeGendre 1924 pentathlon
(gold) Robert Desmettre 1924 water polo
(bronze) Robert Marchal 1924 cross country team
(gold) Bob Skelton 1924 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) Nion Tucker, Sr. (middle name Robert) 1928 bobsleigh
(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 Clark 1936 decathlon
(silver) Robert Young 1936 4x400 m relay
(gold) R. C. Pitts (a.k.a. Robert) 1948 basketball
(bronze) Robert Bennett 1948 hammer throw
(silver) Robert Chef d'Hôtel 1948 4x400 m relay
(silver) Alan Ford (middle name Robert) 1948 swimming - 100 m freestyle
(silver) Bob Cowell 1948 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(bronze/gold) Bob Richards 1948; 1952; 1956 pole vault
(gold) Jackie Robinson (a.k.a. Robert) 1948 basketball
(bronze) Bob Sohl 1948 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) Róbert Antal 1952 water polo
(gold) Bob Kurland 1948; 1952 basketball
(silver) Bob McMillen 1952 1500 m
(silver) Don Laz (middle name Robert) 1952 pole vault
(gold) Bob Mathias 1948; 1952 decathlon
(gold) Bob Kenney 1952 basketball
(silver) Norris Bowden (a.k.a. Robert) 1956 figure skating
(bronze/gold) Bob Clotworthy 1952; 1956 diving - springboard
(gold) Robert Jeangerard 1956 basketball
(silver) Bob Gutowski 1956 pole vault
(gold) Bobby Morrow 1956 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(gold) Robert Shavlakadze 1960 high jump
(gold) Edwyn Owen (middle name Robert) 1960 ice hockey
(gold) Bob Boozer 1960 basketball
(gold) Bob Schul 1964 5000 m
(gold) Bob Webster 1960; 1964 diving - platform
(silver) Robbie Brightwell 1964 4x400 m relay
(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) Kenneth Sitzberger (middle name Robert) 1964 diving - springboard
(bronze) Mike Ryan (middle name Robert) 1968 marathon
(gold) Bob Beamon 1968 long jump
(bronze) Robert Cusack 1968 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(gold/silver) Bob Seagren 1968; 1972 pole vault
(silver/gold) Robert Taylor 1972 100 m; 4x100 m relay
(gold) Robert Ouko 1972 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Robert Kasting 1972 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver/gold) Steve Genter (a.k.a. Robert) 1972 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver) Bobby Jones 1972 basketball
(silver) Bobby Hackett 1976 swimming - 1500 m freestyle
(bronze/silver) Ove Aunli (middle name Robert) 1980 cross-country skiing
(bronze) Paul Easter (middle name Robert) 1984 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Rob Woodhouse 1984 swimming - 400 m medley
(bronze) Mark Rowland (middle name Robert) 1988 3000 m steeplechase
(gold) Robert Změlík 1992 decathlon
(gold) Robert Esmie 1996 4x100 m relay
(bronze) R. A. Dickey (a.k.a. Robert) 1996 baseball
(gold) Mike Neill (middle name Robert) 2000 baseball
(bronze) Robert Newbery 2000; 2004 diving - synchronized springboard; diving - synchronized platform
(gold) Robert Korzeniowski 1996; 2000; 2004 20 km walk; 50 km walk
(silver) Tom Brice (middle name Robert) 2004 baseball
(gold/silver/bronze) Robert Scheidt 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012 sailing
(bronze) Robert Tobin 2008 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Robert Heffernan 2012 50 km walk
(bronze/gold) Bob Bryan 2008; 2012 tennis
(silver) Robert van der Horst 2012 field hockey
(gold) Robert Harting 2012 discus throw
(silver) Robert Gibson 2012 rowing
(bronze) Robert Förstemann 2012 cycling - track
(gold) Peter Wilson (middle name Robert) 2012 shooting
(bronze) Robbie Grabarz 2012 high jump
(bronze) Tom Daley (middle name Robert) 2012 diving
(silver) Anthony Gose (middle name Robert) 2020 baseball
(silver) Eric Filia (middle name Robert) 2020 baseball
Oscar Award Winners:
5 directors, 4 actors
(actor) Robert Donat 1940 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(director) Robert Wise 1962; 1966 West Side Story; The Sound of Music
(director) Bob Fosse 1973 Cabaret
(director) Robert Benton 1980 Kramer vs. Kramer
(director) Robert Redford 1981 Ordinary People
(actor) Robert De Niro 1975; 1981 The Godfather Part II; Raging Bull
(actor) Robert Duvall 1984 Tender Mercies
(director) Robert Zemeckis 1995 Forrest Gump
(actor) Robert Downey Jr. 2024 Oppenheimer
Other Leaders:
3 prime ministers, 2 prime minister/presidents
Prime Minister Bob Peliza (a.k.a. Robert) 1969-1972 Gibraltar
Prime Minister/President Robert Mugabe 1980-1987; 1987-2017 Zimbabwe
Prime Minister/President Robert Kocharyan 1992-1994; 1994-1997; 1997-1998; 1998-2008 Nagorno-Karabakh; Armenia
Prime Minister Robert Golob 2022- Slovenia
Prime Minister Robert Fico 2006-2010; 2012-2018; 2023- Slovakia
Other Notables:
2 persons
Rob Roy 1671-1734 outlaw
Robert Wadlow 1918-1940 height
Other Royalty:
1 grand duke
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (middle name Robert) 1964-2000 Luxembourg
Pulitzer Award Winners:
3 literatures
(literature) Robert Penn Warren 1947 All the King's Men
(literature) Robert Lewis Taylor 1959 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
(literature) Robert Olen Butler 1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers:
24 musicians
Bob Dylan (a.k.a. Robert) 1988
Charlie Watts (middle name Robert) 1989 The Rolling Stones
Bobby Darin (middle name Robert) 1990
Bob Gaudio 1990 The Four Seasons
Bobby Bland (a.k.a. Robert) 1992
Robby Krieger 1993 The Doors
Robert Hunter 1994 The Grateful Dead
Bob Marley 1994
Bob Weir 1994 The Grateful Dead
Robert Plant 1995 Led Zeppelin
Bobby Lester (a.k.a. Robert) 2000 The Moonglows
Bobby Hatfield 2003 The Righteous Brothers
Bob Seger 2004
Bob Burns 2006 Lynyrd Skynyrd
Joseph Robert "Grandmaster Flash" Saddler 2007 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Robert Keith "Keef Cowboy" Wiggins 2007 Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Bob Bogle 2008 The Ventures
Bobby Womack 2009
Robert Trujillo 2009 Metallica
Bobby Elliott 2010 The Hollies
Robert Lamm 2016 Chicago
Robert Smith 2019 The Cure
Robin Finck 2020 Nine Inch Nails
Bobby Smith 2023 The Spinners
Saints:
18 blessed, 10 saints
Saint Rupert of Salzburg (a.k.a. Robert) 660-718
Saint Rigobert (a.k.a. Robert) ?-745
Saint Robert of Syracuse ?-1000
Saint Robert of Molesme 1027-1111
Saint Robert of Chaise-Dieu ?-1067
Saint Robert of Frassinoro ?-1070
Saint Robert of Newminster 1100-1159
Blessed Robert of Bruges ?-1157
Blessed Robert of Knaresborough 1160-1218
Saint Robert Lawrence c. 1485-1535
Blessed Robert Salt ?-1537
Saint Roberto Bellarmino (a.k.a. Robert) 1542-1621
Blessed Robert Sutton 1545-1588
Blessed Robert Nutter 1557-1600
Blessed Robert Dibdale 1558-1586
Saint Robert Southwell 1561-1595
Blessed Robert Drury 1567-1607
Blessed Robert Middleton 1571-1601
Blessed Robert Watkinson 1579-1602
Blessed Robert Johnson ?-1582
Blessed Robert Anderson ?-1586
Blessed Robert Bickerdike ?-1586
Blessed Robert Morton ?-1588
Blessed Robert Widmerpool ?-1588
Blessed Robert Wilcox ?-1588
Blessed Robert Hardesty ?-1589
Blessed Robert Dalby ?-1589
Blessed Robert Thorpe ?-1591
Scottish Kings and Queens:
3 kings
King Robert I the Bruce 1306-1329
King Robert II 1371-1390
King Robert III 1390-1406
Shakespearian Characters:
3 characters
Robert Falconbridge King John
Robert Shallow Henry IV (2); The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir Robert Brakenbury Richard III
Swedish Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Robert Themptander 1884-1888
Swiss Presidents:
2 presidents
Robert Comtesse 1904; 1910
Robert Haab 1922; 1929