Robert, Bob or Bobby Adams may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

*Bob Adams (1874–1948), one half of American vaudeville duo

The Two Bobs The Two Bobs were an American vaudeville duo who performed successfully in British music halls, and recorded, in the early twentieth century. They were Robert Lee Alden (1876–1932) and Robert Joseph Adams (1874–1948). Biography Bo ...

Robert Adams (actor) Robert Adams (1902 – 1965) was a British Guyanese actor of stage and screen. He was the founder and director of the Negro Repertory Arts Theatre, one of the first professional black theatre companies in Britain, and became the world's first b ...

(1906–1965), British Guyanese actor * Robert Adams (sculptor) (1917–1983), British sculptor and designer *

Robert Adams (science fiction writer) Franklin Robert Adams (August 31, 1933 – January 4, 1990), who published as Robert Adams, was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is known best for his '' Horseclans'' books. Writings Robert Adams is known primarily for his p ...

(1933–1990), American science fiction and fantasy writer, best known for his ''Horseclans'' series *

Robert Adams (photographer) Robert Adams (born 1937) is an American photographer who has focused on the changing landscape of the American West.

(born 1937), American photographer * Robert 'Shellsuit Bob' Adams, fictional character in BBC Scotland's ''River City''

Sportsmen

Bob Adams (1920s pitcher) Robert Burnette Adams (July 24, 1901 – October 17, 1996) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. Biography Adams was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and attended Lehigh University. While at Lehigh, he played bo ...

(1901–1996), American League baseball pitcher * Bob Adams (1930s pitcher) (1907–1970), National League baseball pitcher * Bob Adams (footballer) (1917–1970), English footballer who played in the Football League for Bristol Rovers, Cardiff City and Millwall *

Bobby Adams Robert Henry Adams (December 14, 1921 – February 13, 1997) was an American professional baseball third baseman and second baseman. He played in Major League Baseball from 1946 through 1959 for the Cincinnati Reds / Redlegs, Chicago White Sox, ...

(1921–1997), Major League Baseball infielder *

Bob Adams (decathlete) Robert Adams (20 December 1924 – 23 February 2019) was a Canadian decathlete who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also represented Canada at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, taking part in the pole vault and high jump d ...

(1924–2019), Canadian decathlete *

Robert Adams (rower) Robert P. Adams (born 26 October 1942) is a Canadian rower. He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international m ...

(born 1942), Canadian rower *

Bob Adams (American football) Robert Bruce Adams (born August 15, 1946) is an American former professional football tight end in the National Football League (NFL) and a spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International. He attended El Camino High School during the 1 ...

(born 1946), American football tight end for several National Football League teams * Robert Adams (Australian footballer) (born 1949), Australian rules footballer *

Bob Adams (first baseman) Robert Melvin Adams (born January 6, 1952) is a former professional baseball first baseman and catcher. He played 15 games in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1977, mostly as a pinch hitter. Of the three games he played in the fie ...

(born 1952), Major League Baseball utility player

Politicians

* Robert H. Adams (1792–1830), US senator from Mississippi, 1830 * Robert Patten Adams (1831–1911), puisne judge and politician in Tasmania, Australia *

Robert Adams Jr. Robert Adams Jr. (February 26, 1849 – June 1, 1906) was an American diplomat and politician from Pennsylvania who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1893 to 190 ...

(1849–1906), member of the US House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, 1893–1906 *

Robert Adams VI Robert Adams VI (July 3, 1963 - January 26, 2019) was a lobbyist, political campaign manager and strategist, and political candidate from Columbia, South Carolina. He was born in Columbia, South Carolina to Ambassador Weston Adams (diplomat) an ...

(1963–2019), lobbyist, political campaign manager and strategist *

Robert Stanley Adams Robert Stanley Adams (August 27, 1895 – April 1, 1943) served in the Florida State Senate for the 30th district. Early life Adams was born August 27, 1895, in Jasper, Florida to Frank Adams (Florida politician), Frank Adams and Alice Vivian ...

(1895–1943), member of the Florida State Senate *

Robert Watkins Adams Robert Watkins Adams (October 20, 1839 – August 15, 1886) was a soldier during the American Civil War and a Florida State Senator. He was born in Athens, Georgia, served in the Confederate Army, and was imprisoned after the war. He lived in Wh ...

(1839–1886), member of the Florida State Senate

Others

Robert Adams (architect) Robert Adams (1540–1595) was a 16th-century English architect, engraver and surveyor of buildings to Queen Elizabeth. He was a son of Clement Adams. He was a son of Clement Adams, a schoolmaster and map maker. He wrote about the voyages of ...

(1540–1595), English architect *

Robert Adams (sailor) Robert Adams (born ) was a twenty-five-old American sailor who claimed to be enslaved in North Africa for three years, from 1810 to 1814. During this time, he claimed to have visited Timbuktu, which would have made him the first Westerner to reac ...

(1790–?), American sailor and explorer *

Robert Adams (physician) Robert Adams (1791 – 13 January 1875) was an Irish surgeon and was three times President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), in 1840, 1860 and 1867. Early life and education Adams was born in 1791 in Dublin, Ireland and studied ...

(1791–1875), Irish physician *

Robert Adams (handgun designer) Robert Adams (1 December 1809 – 13 September 1870) was a 19th-century British gunsmith who patented the first successful semi-double-action revolver in 1851. His revolvers were used during the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, the American Civil ...

(1810–1880), British designer and manufacturer of firearms * Robert Dudley Adams (1829–1912), businessman in colonial Australia, and littérateur * Robert Adams II (1832–1882), cotton planter and officer in the army of the Confederate States of America *Sir

Robert Bellew Adams Major-General Sir Robert Bellew Adams (Muree, Punjab, India, 26 July 1856 – 13 February 1928, Inverness) was a Scottish general of the Indian Army and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry i ...

(1856–1928), British general and 1897 recipient of the Victoria Cross * Robert M. Adams (literary scholar) (1915–1996), American literary scholar *

Robert McCormick Adams Jr. Robert McCormick Adams Jr. (July 23, 1926 – January 27, 2018) was an American anthropologist and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1984–94). He worked in both the Near East and Mesoamerica. A long time professor of the University of C ...

(1926–2018), American anthropologist * Robert Adams (spiritual teacher) (1928–1997), American teacher of Advaita Vedanta (Non-dualism) *

Robert Merrihew Adams Robert Merrihew Adams (September 8, 1937 – April 16, 2024) was an American analytic philosopher. He specialized in metaphysics, philosophy of religion, ethics, and the history of early modern philosophy. Life and career Adams was born on Se ...

(1937–2024), American philosopher * Rob Adams (architect) (born 1948), director of City Design, City of Melbourne, Australia * Bob Adams (road manager) (fl. 1960s–1981), British road manager * Bob Adams (electrical engineer) (fl. 1977–2018), American engineer *

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 an ...

, American brevet brigadier general during the American Civil War

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