The name Robert is an ancient

Germanic given name Germanic languages, Germanic given names are traditionally wikt:dithematic, dithematic; that is, they are formed from two elements (word stem, stems), by joining a prefix and a suffix. For example, Æthelred the Unready, King Æþelred's name was ...

, from

Proto-Germanic Proto-Germanic (abbreviated PGmc; also called Common Germanic) is the linguistic reconstruction, reconstructed proto-language of the Germanic languages, Germanic branch of the Indo-European languages. Proto-Germanic eventually developed from ...

"fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare

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''Robrecht'' and

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''

berht Bert is a hypocoristic form of a number of various Germanic given names, such as Robert, Albert, Elbert, Herbert, Hilbert, Hubert, Gilbert, Wilbert, Filbert, Fulbert, Norbert, Osbert, Roberto, Roberta, Bertram, Berthold, Bertrand ...

'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in

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, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an

Old English Old English ( or , or ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-S ...

cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Du ...

. The feminine version is

Roberta Roberta is a feminine version of the given names Robert and Roberto. It is a Germanic name derived from the stems *hrod meaning "famous", "glorious", "godlike" and *berht meaning "bright", "shining", "light". People with the name *Roberta Achtenbe ...

. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English,

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be used as a French, Polish, Irish, Finnish, Romanian, and Estonian name as well.

Variations

'' Bert, Bertie, Berto, Bertus'' (also short for '' Albert'' or '' Herbert'') * ''Beto'' (Portuguese, Spanish) * ''Betinho'' (Portuguese) * '' Bo, Bob, Bobbie, Bobby'' * ''Beau'' * ''Chrodobert, Chrodobrecht'' (

Frankish Frankish may refer to: * Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture ** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages, a group of Low Germanic languages also commonly referred to as "Frankish" varieties * Francia, a post-Roman ...

) * ''Dobbie, Dobby'' * '' Boris'' ( Bulgarian) (possibly not etymologically connected, but linked together through nickname "Bob") * '' Hob, Hopkin'' ( Medieval English) * ''Hopcyn'' ( Welsh) * ''Hrodberaht, Hrodebert, Hrodpreht'' (

) * ''Rab, Rabbie'' ( Scots) * ''Raibeart'' (

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

) * ''Rhobert'' ( Welsh) * '' Roibeárd, Riobárd'' (Irish) * '' Rob,

Robb Robb is a surname of Scottish origin, formed from a diminution (reduction) of the name Robert. Robert was a popular name, especially after its use by three Scots Kings in the fourteenth century. Rob is first recorded as a surname in the mid-15th ...

Robbie Robbie and Robby, also Robbi and Roby, are given names. They are usually encountered as a nickname or a shortened form of Robert, Rob or Robin. The name experienced a significant rise in popularity in Northern Ireland in 2003. Robbie is also a s ...

, Robby'' (also short for '' Robin'') * '' Rod'' * '' Robbe'' ( Dutch, Frisian and

Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ...

short form) * ''Roban'' * ''Robban'' ( Swedish) * '' Robbert'' ( Dutch) * ''Robbi'', ''Hrobbi'', ''Hrobjartur'', ''Bjartur'', ''Art'' ( Icelandic) * ''Robertus'', ''Robert'' ( Indonesian) * ''Robercik'' or ''Robuś'' ( Polish, "Little Robert") * ''Robere'' (

Old French Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th Hungarian, Icelandic, Slovak) * ''Robertas">Slovak language">Slovak) * ''Robertas'' (Lithuanian) * ''Roberto'' (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish) * ''Robertino'' (Italian, "Little Robert") * ''Robertinho'' (Portuguese, "Little Robert") * ''Роберт'' (Robert), ''Роман'' (Roman (given name)">Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of Roman civilization *Epistle to the Romans, shortened to Romans, a letter w ...

) (Russian) * Ροβέρτος, ''Rovértos'' (Greek) * ''Raivo'' (Estonian language, Estonian) * ''Roberts (given name), Roberts'' (Latvian language, Latvian) * ''Raivis'' (Latvian language, Latvian form of the Estonian language, Estonian variant) * ''

Robertson Robertson may refer to: People * Robertson (surname) (includes a list of people with this name) * Robertson (given name) * Clan Robertson, a Scottish clan * Robertson, stage name of Belgian magician Étienne-Gaspard Robert (1763–1837) Plac ...

'' (English given name) * ''Robertus'' (

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

) * ''Robetus'' (Medieval misspelling?) * ''Robi'' ( Croatian, Hungarian,

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

, Serbian) * ''Röbi'' (

Swiss German Swiss German (Standard German: , ,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no #Conventions, defined orthography for any of them, many different spellings can be found. and others; ) is any of the Alemannic German, Alemannic ...

) * '' Robin'' (Medieval diminutive in English, Dutch, Swedish) * ''Robo'' * ''Robrecht'' (

) * ''Rochbert'' * ''Rodbeard, Rodbeart'' * ''Rodbert, Rodebert, Rotbert, Roteberht, Rotebert'' ( Germanic) * ''Rodbertus, Rodepertus'' (

) * ''Rodebrecht'' (Old German) * ''Röpke'' (

diminutive form) * ''Rotbryht'' (Old English) * ''Rothbert'' * ''Roopertti, Pertti, Roope'' (Finnish) * ''Robertukka'', ''Roopertukka'', '' Tuukka'' (Finnish nicknames) * '' Ropars'', ''Ropartz'', ''Roparzh'' (

Breton Breton most often refers to: *anything associated with Brittany, and generally **Breton people **Breton language, a Southwestern Brittonic Celtic language of the Indo-European language family, spoken in Brittany ** Breton (horse), a breed **Gale ...

) * ''Ruben, Rupen, Roupen'' (

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

) * ''

Reuben Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Reuvein in Yiddish or as an English variant spelling on th ...

'' (

Hebrew Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...

) * ''Rutbert, Rubert, Ruby'' (

) * ''Rudebet, Rudbert, Rudbert, Rudpert, Rudbrecht, Rudprecht'' * '' Rupert'' (Dutch, English, German, Polish) * ''Ruperto'' (Spanish) * ''Rupertus, Rvpertvs'' (Latin) * ''Rutpert, Ruppert, Rupprecht, Ruprecht'' (Upper German) * '' Trebor'' (reversal) * Feminine forms: * ''Bobbi, Bobbie'' * ''Robbi, Robbie'' * ''

'' * ''Robertina, Robertine'' * ''Robina'' * ''Robyn, Robynne'' * ''Ruprette, Rupretta'' (archaic French) * Surnames: * ''

Robert 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 ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...

'', '' Roberts'', ''

'', '' Roberson'', ''

Robinson Robinson may refer to: People and names * Robinson (name) Fictional characters * Robinson Crusoe, the main character, and title of a novel by Daniel Defoe, published in 1719 Geography * Robinson projection, a map projection used since the 19 ...

'', ''Robero'', ''

Romero The name Romero is a nickname type of surname for an Ancient Roman or a modern day Italian. The name was originally derived from the Latin word Romaeus and the Greek word Romaios, which mean Rome, Roman. #A person on a religious journey or pilgrim ...

'', ''Bertson'', ''Bertke'', ''Robertsen'', ''Robertov'', ''Robright''

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, who may have made important cultural, social, political, scientific or technological impacts on humanity. They are often widely known for their achievements, whether favourably or unfavoura ...

. It is the fourth most common name in the United States, according to 100 years of

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naming and mortality data. There are 3,085,000 males and 13,571 females with this name, for a total of 3,098,571 people with this name. In Italy during the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

, the form 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 the Bruce Robert I (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329), popularly known as Robert the Bruce (), was King of Scots from 1306 until his death in 1329. Robert led Kingdom of Scotland, Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence against Kingdom of Eng ...

(1274–1329) ("Robert I of Scotland"), king and national hero of Scotland, legendary for his victory at the

Battle of Bannockburn The Battle of Bannockburn ( or ) was fought on 23–24 June 1314, between the army of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and the army of King Edward II of England, during the First War of Scottish Independence. It was a decisive victory for Ro ...

, 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 14th centuries. The First War (1296–1328) began with the English invasion of Scotla ...

Robert II of Scotland Robert II (2 March 1316 – 19 April 1390) was List of Scottish monarchs, King of Scots from 1371 to his death in 1390. The son of Walter Stewart, 6th High Steward of Scotland, and Marjorie Bruce, Marjorie, daughter of King Robert the Bruce, h ...

(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 ( – 4 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 (1368–1390 ...

(c. 1337/40–1406) ;Kings of France *

Robert I of France Robert I ( – 15 June 923) was the elected King of West Francia from 922 to 923. Before his election to the throne he was Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris and Marquess, Marquis of Neustria and Orléans. He succeeded the overthrown Carolingian ...

(c.866–923) *

Robert II of France Robert II ( 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious () or the Wise (), was List of French monarchs, King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned Junior King in 987, he assisted his father on military matters ...

(972–1031) ;King of Naples *

Robert, King of Naples Robert of Anjou (), known as Robert the Wise (; 1276 – 20 January 1343), was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time. He was the thir ...

(1276–1343) ;King of Germany * Robert of Germany (Rupertus, Rex Romanorum) (1352–1410) ;King of Hungary and Croatia * Charles I Robert (1288–1342) ;King of Bulgaria * Robert of Bulgaria,

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of the

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(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, taking place from September 1939 to May 1945. The Allied powers (including the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and Franc ...

;Dukes of Normandy *

Robert I, Duke of Normandy Robert I of Normandy (22 June 1000– July 1035), also known as Robert the Magnificent and by other names, was a Norman noble of the House of Normandy who ruled as duke of Normandy from 1027 until his death in 1035. He was the son of Duke Ri ...

(1000–1035), also known as Robert the Magnificent or Robert the Devil; father of William the Conqueror *

Robert Curthose Robert Curthose ( – February 1134, ), the eldest son of William the Conqueror, was Duke of Normandy as Robert II from 1087 to 1106. Robert was also an unsuccessful pretender to the throne of the Kingdom of England. The epithet "Curthose" ...

(c.1051–1134, son of William the Conqueror, claimant to throne of Kingdom of England. ;Duke of Chartres *

Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres (Robert Philippe Louis Eugène Ferdinand; 9 November 1840 – 5 December 1910), was the son of Prince Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans, and thus, a grandson of King Louis-Philippe of France. He fought for the ...

, Crown Prince of France (1840–1910) ;Duke of Parma *

Robert I, Duke of Parma Robert I (Italian: ''Roberto Carlo Luigi Maria'') (French: ''Robert Charles Louis Marie''); 9 July 1848 – 16 November 1907) was the last sovereign Duke of Parma, Duke of Parma and Piacenza from 1854 until 1859, when the duchy was annexed to Kin ...

(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 until 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 Robert II, Count of Flanders ( 1065 – 5 October 1111) was Count of Flanders from 1093 to 1111. He became known as Robert of Jerusalem (''Robertus Hierosolimitanus'') or Robert the Crusader after his exploits in the First Crusade. Early lif ...

(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 *

Robert I, Latin Emperor Robert I (died 1228), also known as Robert of Courtenay, was Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1221 until his death in 1228. He was a younger son of the emperor Peter II of Courtenay, and Yolanda of Flanders. When it became known in France tha ...

(d. 1228), Emperor of the Latin Empire and Constantinopole * Robert II of Taranto (died 1364), Angevin Dynasty,

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and titular Latin Emperor ;Duke of Burgundy *

Robert I, Duke of Burgundy Robert I (1011 – 21 March 1076), known as the Old or the Headstrong (), was Duke of Burgundy from 1032 to his death. Robert was the third son of King Robert II of France and Constance of Arles. His brother was Henry I of France. Life In ...

(1011–1076) *

Robert II, Duke of Burgundy __NOTOC__ Robert II (1248 – 21 March 1306) was Duke of Burgundy between 1272 and 1306 as well as titular king of Thessalonica. Robert was the third son of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, and Yolande of Dreux. He married Agnes, youngest daughter ...

(1248–1306) ;Duke of Sicily and Prince of Benevento *

Robert Guiscard Robert Guiscard ( , ; – 17 July 1085), also referred to as Robert de Hauteville, was a Normans, Norman adventurer remembered for his Norman conquest of southern Italy, conquest of southern Italy and Sicily in the 11th century. Robert was born ...

(c. 1015–1085), Norman nobleman, adventurer and explorer, leader of the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily ;Princes of Capua *

Robert I of Capua Robert I (born 1080 – died 1120), was count of Aversa and prince of Capua from 1106, on the death of his elder and heirless brother Richard. Robert was the second eldest son of Jordan I of Capua and Gaitelgrima, daughter of Guaimar IV of Salern ...

(died 1120), ruling Prince of Capua * Robert II of Capua (died 1156), ruling Prince of Capua * Robert III of Capua (1153–1158), Prince of Capua ; Counts and Lords of Artois * Robert I, Count of Artois (1216–1250), first Count of Artois *

Robert II, Count of Artois Robert II (September 1250 – 11 July 1302) was the Count of Artois, the posthumous son and heir of Robert I and Matilda of Brabant. He was a nephew of two kings; Louis IX of France and Charles I of Sicily. A capable military commander and ad ...

(1250–1302), one of the principal Commanders of

Franco-Flemish War The Franco-Flemish War>(; ) was a conflict between the Kingdom of France and the County of Flanders between 1297 and 1305. The war should be seen as related to the original Gascon War and the First War of Scottish Independence, as Philip IV of ...

Battle of Furnes The Battle of Furnes, also known as Battle of Veurne and Battle of Bulskamp, was fought on 20 August 1297 between French and Flemish forces. The French were led by Robert II of Artois and the Flemish by Guy of Dampierre. The French forces wer ...

and Battle of Golden Spurs *

Robert III of Artois Robert III of Artois (1287 – between 6 October & 20 November 1342) was a French nobleman of the House of Artois. He was the Lord of Conches-en-Ouche, of Château de Domfront, Domfront, and of Mehun-sur-Yèvre, and in 1309 he received as appan ...

, one of the principal Commanders of

Battle of Saint-Omer The Battle of Saint-Omer, fought on 26 July 1340, was a major engagement in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War, during Edward III's 1340 summer campaign against France launched from Flanders. The campaign was initiated in the aftermath of ...

(1287–1342), Lord of Conches-en-Ouche, of Domfront, and of Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Earl of Richmond ;Franconian Babenbergers/ Robertian Capetians *

Robert II, Count of Hesbaye Robert II (Rodbert, Chrodobert) (died 12 July 807) was a Frankish nobleman who was count of Worms and of Rheingau and count of Hesbaye around the year 800. It has been proposed that he is the father of Robert III of Worms, and the earliest-kno ...

(died 807), of Worms, Germany (a.k.a. ''Rutpert II'', ''Hruodbertus II'') * Robert III, Count of Worms (800–834), Germany (a.k.a. ''Rutpert III'', ''Hruodbertus III'') *

Robert the Strong Robert the Strong (; c. 830 – 866) was the father of two kings of West Francia: Odo (or Eudes) and Robert I of France. His family is named after him and called the Robertians. In 853, he was named '' missus dominicus'' by Charles the Bald, ...

(c. 830 – 866) (a.k.a. ''Rutpert IV'', ''Hruodbertus IV'') ; Others * Robert Fitzhamon (died 1107), Norman feudal baron of Gloucester and the Norman conqueror of Glamorgan, southern Wales, later became Lord of Glamorgan *

Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340 – 3 September 1420) was a member of the Scottish royal family who served as regent (at least partially) to three Scottish monarchs ( Robert II, Robert III, and James I). A ruthless politician, Albany ...

(c. 1340–1420), a member of the

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

royal house,

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to three different Scottish monarchs *

Robert, Count of Mortain Robert, Count of Mortain, first Earl of Cornwall of 2nd creation (–) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on their mother's side) of King William the Conqueror. He was one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror at t ...

(c. 1031–c. 1095), Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on his mother's side) of King

William the Conqueror William the Conqueror (Bates ''William the Conqueror'' p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was D ...

Medieval figures

Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury Robert de Bellême ( – after 1130), seigneur de Bellême (or Belèsme), seigneur de Montgomery, viscount of the Hiémois, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury and Count of Ponthieu, was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, and one of the most prominent figures ...

, 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 The House of Bellême also referred to as the Family of Bellême was an important seigneurial family in Kingdom of France, France during the 10th through the 12th centuries. Members of this family held the important castles of Bellême, Alenço ...

Robert de Craon Robert de Craon or Robert Burgundio (died 13 January 1149) was the second Grand Master of the Knights Templar from June 1136 until his death. He was instrumental in getting papal sanction for the Templar Order, making it independent from ecclesi ...

(died 1147), the second Grand Master of the

Knights Templar The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a Military order (religious society), military order of the Catholic Church, Catholic faith, and one of the most important military ord ...

from June 1136 until his death. *

Robert de Juilly Robert de Juilly or Robert de Juliac (died 29 July 1377) was the Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1374 to his death. He was succeeded by Juan Fernández de Heredia. References

*Setton, Kenneth M. (general editor) ''A History of ...

(died 1377), Grand Master of the

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from 1374 to his death *

Robert IV of Sablé Robert IV de Sablé (or de Sabloil; 1150 − 23 September 1193) was Lord of Sablé-sur-Sarthe, Sablé, the eleventh Grand master of the Knights Templar, Grand Master of the Knights Templar from 1191 to 1192 and Lord of Cyprus from 1191 to 1192. ...

(1150–1193), eleventh

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from 1191 to 1192 and Lord of Cyprus from 1191 to 1192. * Robert Le Mennot or ''The Hermit'' (14th century) French visionary and intermediary between King Charles VI of France and King Richard II of England and member of the Order of the Passion (now extinct)

Folk heroes

* Robert Huntington, known as

Robin Hood Robin Hood is a legendary noble outlaw, heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature, theatre, and cinema. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions o ...

, 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 (1671–1734), Scottish outlaw and national hero

Nobility

Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley Robert Benson, 1st Baron Bingley, (9 April 1731) was an English Tory politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons from 1702 until 1713 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Bingley and sat in the House of Lords. He serve ...

(c. 1676–1731) *

Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, 16 December 1582 – 24 October 1642, was an English peer, naval officer, soldier and courtier. Personal details Robert Bertie was the son of Peregrine Bertie, 13th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (b. 12 October ...

(1582–1642) *

Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury Robert Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury (later styled Aylesbury) and 2nd Earl of Elgin, Privy Council of England, PC, Royal Society, FRS (ca. March 1626 – 20 October 1685), was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons of England, ...

(c. 1626–1685) *

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 (office), chamberlain and first cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, ...

(c. 1560–1639) *

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 Thomas Kerr of Ferniehirst, Sir Thomas Kerr ( ...

(c. 1587–1645) *

Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, (14 September 1864 – 24 November 1958), known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923,As the younger son of a Marquess, Cecil held the courtesy title of "Lord". However, h ...

(1864–1958), British lawyer, politician and diplomat, one of the architects of the

League of Nations The League of Nations (LN or LoN; , SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference (1919–1920), Paris Peace ...

; *

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury, (1 June 156324 May 1612) was an English statesman noted for his direction of the government during the Union of the Crowns, as Tudor England gave way to Stuart period, Stuart rule (1603). Lord Salisbury ser ...

(1563–1612) *

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 fortunes ...

(1662–1734), English politician *

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (; 10 November 1565 – 25 February 1601) was an English nobleman and a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Politically ambitious, he was placed under house arrest following a poor campaign in Ireland during th ...

(1565–1601), English nobleman and military commander *

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (24 June 1532 – 4 September 1588) was an English statesman and the favourite of Elizabeth I from her accession until his death. He was a suitor for the queen's hand for many years. Dudley's youth was ove ...

(1532–1588), 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 ...

(1591–1646), British nobleman and military leader in

English Civil War The English Civil War or Great Rebellion was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Cavaliers, Royalists and Roundhead, Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of th ...

and

Roundhead Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651). Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I of England and his supporters, known as the Cavaliers or Royalists, who ...

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, was a British barrister and politician who was Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1916 to 1919. Backgrou ...

(1842–1929),

Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain The Lord Chancellor, formally titled Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom. The lord chancellor is the minister of justice for England and Wales and the highest-ra ...

Sir Robert Gordon, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Gordon of Gordonstoun (14 May 1580 – 1656) was a Scottish politician and courtier, known as the historian of the noble house of Sutherland. Early life Born at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland, on 14 May 1580, he was the fourt ...

(1580–1656), Scottish politician and courtier *

Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke (May 1607 – 4 March 1643) was an English politician, military officer and peer. A leading opponent of Charles I of England, when the First English Civil War began in August 1642, he was appointed as the command ...

(1607–1643), English Baron, military commander and

general * Robert Harley (1579–1656), British statesman and

Master of the Mint Master of the Mint is a title within the Royal Mint given to the most senior person responsible for its operation. It was an office in the governments of Scotland and England, and later Great Britain and then the United Kingdom, between the 16th ...

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 o ...

(c. 1708–1772),

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 ...

(1791–1862) *

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 ( ...

(1786–1855), 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 ...

(c. 1578–1654) *

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 ...

(1636–1703) * Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronet (1730–1805), Royal navy officer *

Robert III de La Marck Robert III de La Marck (1491–1537), ''Seigneur'' of Florange, Fleuranges, was a Marshal of France and historian. Self-styled "The Young Adventurer," he was one of Francis I's close companions in the last years of Louis XII's life, and remained c ...

(1491–1537), ''Seigneur'' of Fleuranges,

Marshal of France Marshal of France (, plural ') is a French military distinction, rather than a military rank, that is awarded to General officer, generals for exceptional achievements. The title has been awarded since 1185, though briefly abolished (1793–1804) ...

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 ...

(after 1586–1646), 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 distingui ...

(1493–1546), 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. However, as the clan does not currently have a chief, it is considered an armigerous clan. History Origins of the clan The cla ...

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 167 ...

(1631–1683) *

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 the early textile manufacturers of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First ...

(1750–1830), British politician and industrialist and one of early textile manufacturers of the

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a transitional period of the global economy toward more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes, succee ...

, father of Sir

Robert Peel Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835, 1841–1846), and simultaneously was Chancellor of the Exchequer (1834–183 ...

, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom *

Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (6 August 158425 July 1643) was an English nobleman who joined the Royalist side in the English Civil War after some delay and became lieutenant-general of the counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Hunt ...

(1584–1643) *

Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond, (20 December 167318 March 1733) was an English judge, politician and peer who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain, British House of Commons between 1710 and 1724. Life Raymond was the son of the ju ...

(1673–1733) *

Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn, (3 April 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British lawyer, judge and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1905 and 1912. Background and educa ...

(1846–1923) *

Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick 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'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

(1587–1658) *

Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth, PC (18 December 1790 – 26 July 1868) was a British lawyer and Liberal politician. He twice served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Background and education Born at Cranworth, Norfolk, he ...

(1790–1868),

* Lord

Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford, Knight of the Bath, KB (1701 – 31 March 1751), was a British Peerage, peer and politician, styled Lord Walpole from 1723 to 1745. Origins He was the eldest son of Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), the Ki ...

(1701–1751), 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 Party (UK), Conservative politician. He was the founding Presi ...

(1857–1923), 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 Irish Parliament who, exceptionally for an Ulster Scot and Presbyterian, rose within the ranks of Ireland's ...

(1739–1821) *

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 Kingdom of Ireland, Ir ...

(1769–1822), Irish/British statesman, and British Foreign Secretary * Robert Wrey (1855-1917), prominent member of the Devonshire gentry

Religious figures and saints

* Saint

Robert Bellarmine Robert Bellarmine (; ; 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. He was one of the most important figure ...

(died in 1621), Jesuit

Doctor of the Church Doctor of the Church (Latin: ''doctor'' "teacher"), also referred to as Doctor of the Universal Church (Latin: ''Doctor Ecclesiae Universalis''), is a title given by the Catholic Church to saints recognized as having made a significant contribut ...

, one of the leaders of

Roman Inquisition The Roman Inquisition, formally , was a system of partisan tribunals developed by the Holy See of the Catholic Church, during the second half of the 16th century, responsible for prosecuting individuals accused of a wide array of crimes according ...

and

Galileo affair The Galileo affair was an early 17th century political, religious, and scientific controversy regarding the astronomer Galileo Galilei's defence of heliocentrism, the idea that the Earth revolves around the Sun. It pitted supporters and opponent ...

* Saint

Robert of Bury 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 in M ...

(died 1181) * Saint Robert of Knaresborough (13th century) medieval English hermit and Catholic saint. *

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 theatre, West End and elsewhere, since the 1970s. He was ...

(1521–1579), 36th

Abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from ''abba'', the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ''ab'', and means "father". The female equivale ...

Ten Duinen Abbey Ten Duinen Abbey or the Abbey of the Dunes () was a Cistercian monastery at Koksijde in what is now Belgium. It was one of the richest and most influential religious institutions in the medieval County of Flanders. It later relocated from Koksijde ...

* Saint

Robert of Molesme Robert of Molesme (1028 – 17 April 1111) was an abbot, and a founder of the Cistercian Order. He is venerated as a Christian saint. Life Robert was born about 1029 near Troyes, a younger son of Thierry and Ermengarde, nobles of Champagne. ...

(d. 1111), founder of the

Cistercian Order The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, 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 Benedict, as well as the contri ...

* Saint

Robert of Newminster Robert of Newminster (–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 Morpeth, Nor ...

(d. 1159), established the Abbey of Newminster at Morpeth, Northumberland * Saint Robert Lawrence (died 1535), Carthusian priest and martyr of England * Blessed Robert Meyler (died 1581), Irish sailor martyred in Wexford * Robert Scurlock (died 1581), young Irish lay man and martyr * Blessed Roberto Malatesta (15th century), young Italian prince and member of the secular Franciscan order. Declared blessed by popular acclaim. * Blessed Robert Grissold (died 1604), English layman and martyr * Roberto of La Florida (dates unknown), Catholic Native American martyr *

Robert Fitzgerald Robert Stuart Fitzgerald (12 October 1910 – 16 January 1985) was an American poet, literary critic and translator whose renderings of the Greek classics "became standard works for a generation of scholars and students".Mitgang, Herbert (Januar ...

(died 1581), Irish Catholic layman and martyr *

Roberto de Nobili Roberto de Nobili (1577 – 16 January 1656) was an Italian priest, a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), who worked as a missionary in Southern India. He used novel methods to preach Christianity, adopting many local customs of India whi ...

(1577–1656), Italian Jesuit missionary to Southern India *

Roberto de' Nobili Roberto de Nobili (1577 – 16 January 1656) was an Italian priest, a member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), who worked as a missionary in Southern India. He used novel methods to preach Christianity, adopting many local customs of India whi ...

(1541–1559),

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal most commonly refers to * Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of three species in the family Cardinalidae ***Northern cardinal, ''Cardinalis cardinalis'', the common cardinal of ...

* Robert Naoussi (20th century) a young Cameroonian man who suffered from leprosy and died with a reputation for holiness. His cause for sainthood is underway. *

Robert de Sorbon Robert de Sorbon (; 9 October 1201 – 15 August 1274) was a French theologian Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an academic discipline, typic ...

(1201–1274), French theologian and founder of

College of Sorbonne The College of 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. The Sorbonne was disestablished by decree of 5 April 1792, after th ...

* 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 dialect, Auvergnat: ''La Chasa Dieu'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Loire Departments of France, department in south-central France. Its inhabitants are called ''Casadéens'', from the Latin name of ...

* Robert Francis Prevost (born 1955), American Roman Catholic priest who became Pope Leo XIV.

Presidents and prime ministers

;British Prime Ministers * Lord

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (; 3 February 183022 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for ...

(1830–1903), British statesman, serving as Prime Minister three times for a total *

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, KG PC FRS (5 December 1661 – 21 May 1724) was a British statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods. He began his career as a Whig, before defecting to a new Tory ministr ...

(1661–1724),

Lord High Treasurer The Lord High Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Acts of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third-highest-ranked Great Officer of State in England, below the Lord H ...

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 Tories (British political party), Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. Before becoming Prime Minister ...

(1770–1828), British statesman and

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister Advice (constitutional law), advises the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, sovereign on the exercise of much of the Royal prerogative ...

from 1812 to 1827,

Secretary of State for War and the Colonies The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a British cabinet-level position responsible for the army and the British colonies (other than India). The Secretary was supported by an Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. Hist ...

* Sir

(1788–1850), British statesman who served as

, father of modern British policing, leader of

Peelite The Peelites were a breakaway 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 whilst the bulk ...

, founder of Conservative Party of United Kingdom and the Metropolitan Police Service * Sir

Robert Walpole Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (; 26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whigs (British political party), Whig statesman who is generally regarded as the ''de facto'' first Prim ...

(1676–1745), 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. Modern pr ...

;Australian Prime Ministers * Robert "Bob" Hawke (1929–2019), Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and Leader of the Labor Party * Sir

Robert Menzies 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'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

(1894–1978), Australian politician who twice served as

Prime Minister of Australia The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia. The prime minister is the chair of the Cabinet of Australia and thus the head of the Australian Government, federal executive government. Under the pr ...

, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966 ;Presidents and Prime Ministers from Asia / Oceania *

Robert Kocharyan Robert Sedraki Kocharyan ( ; born 31 August 1954) is an Armenian politician. He served as the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from 1994 to 1997 and Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh from 1992 to 1994. He served as the second Presiden ...

(born 1954), Armenian politician who served as the first president of

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Artsakh ( ), officially the Republic of Artsakh or the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh ( ), was a list of states with limited recognition, breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory was internationally recognised as part of Azerbai ...

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: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

between 1998 and 2008 *

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton Edward Robert Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, (8 November 1831 – 24 November 1891), was an English statesman, Conservative politician and poet who used the pseudonym Owen Meredith. During his tenure as Viceroy of India between 1876 ...

(1831–1891), English statesman,

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

politician, and poet, who served as

Viceroy of India The governor-general of India (1833 to 1950, from 1858 to 1947 the viceroy and governor-general of India, commonly shortened to viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom in their capacity as the Emperor of ...

(Governor-General) between 1876 and 1880 and British Ambassador to France 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 ...

(1844–1930), New Zealand politician who served as 13th

Prime Minister of New Zealand The prime minister of New Zealand () is the head of government of New Zealand. The prime minister, Christopher Luxon, leader of the New Zealand National Party, took office on 27 November 2023. The prime minister (informally abbreviated to P ...

on two occasions in the 19th century, and later

Chief Justice of New Zealand The chief justice of New Zealand () 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. Before the establishment of the Supreme C ...

;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 the Malta Labour Party since 2020. The son of former president George Abela, he was elected to Parliament in 2017 ...

(born 1977), Maltese lawyer and politician, currently serving as the 14th prime minister of

Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea, between Sicily and North Africa. It consists of an archipelago south of Italy, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The two ...

Robert Fico Robert Fico (; born 15 September 1964) is a Slovak politician who has served as the prime minister of Slovakia since 2023. He previously served as prime minister from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018. He founded the left-wing political party D ...

(born 1964), Slovak politician who served as

Prime Minister of Slovakia The prime minister of Slovakia, officially the chairman of the government of the Slovak Republic (Slovak language, Slovak: ''Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky''), commonly referred to in Slovakia as ''Predseda vlády'' or informally as ''Prem ...

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 is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective hea ...

(1865–1939), Swiss politician and

President of Switzerland The president of the Swiss Confederation, also known as the president of the confederation, federal president or colloquially as the president of Switzerland, is as ''primus inter pares'' among the other members of the Federal Council formal ...

Robert Schuman Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (; 29 June 1886 – 4 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born France, French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democrat, Christian democratic (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist. ...

(1886–1963), Luxembourg-born French statesman,

Christian Democrat Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian ethics#Politics, Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics. Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo ...

, activist,

Prime Minister of France The prime minister of France (), officially the prime minister of the French Republic (''Premier ministre de la République française''), is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of its Council of Ministers. The prime ...

, a reformist Minister of Finance and a Foreign Minister, one of the founders of the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are Geography of the European Union, located primarily in Europe. The u ...

, the

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; , CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergovernmental organisation, represe ...

and

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

; *

Robert Themptander Oscar Robert Themptander (14 February 1844 – 30 January 1897) was a Swedish politician and public official who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1884 to 1888 during the reign of King Oscar II, and Governor of Stockholm County from 1888 to ...

(1844–1897), Swedish politician and public official who served as

Prime Minister of Sweden The prime minister of Sweden (, "minister of state") is the head of government of the Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are subject to th ...

from 1884 to 1888 ;Presidents and Prime Ministers from the Americas * Sir

Robert Borden Sir Robert Laird Borden (June 26, 1854 – June 10, 1937) was a Canadian lawyer and Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942), Conservative politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920. He is best known ...

(1854–1937), Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth

prime minister of Canada The prime minister of Canada () is the head of government of Canada. Under the Westminster system, the prime minister governs with the Confidence and supply, confidence of a majority of the elected House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons ...

Roberto Micheletti Roberto Micheletti Baín (born August 13, 1943) is a Honduran politician who served as the interim and 36th president of Honduras from June 28, 2009, to January 27, 2010, as a result of the 2009 Honduran coup d'état. The Honduran military o ...

(born 1943), Honduran politician who served as the president of

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

following the

2009 Honduran coup d'état The 2009 Honduran coup d'état, which took place during the 2009 Honduran constitutional crisis, occurred after President of Honduras, President Manuel Zelaya failed to follow a Supreme Court of Honduras, Honduran Supreme Court ruling. On 28 ...

Roberto María Ortiz Jaime Gerardo Roberto Marcelino María Ortiz (24 September 1886 – 15 July 1942) was President of Argentina from 1938 until his resignation in 1942. He became president in 1938 following the 1937 presidential election, described ...

(1886–1942), 19th president of

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

during the

Infamous Decade The Infamous Decade () was a period in Argentine history that began with the 1930 coup d'état against President Hipólito Yrigoyen. This decade was marked on one hand by significant rural exodus, with many small rural landowners ruined b ...

Roberto Suazo Córdova Roberto Suazo Córdova (March 17, 1927 – December 22, 2018) was the 29th President of Honduras from January 27, 1982 until January 27, 1986. Suazo Córdova died on December 22, 2018 following an ulcer surgical operation at the age of 91. Pr ...

(1927–2018), 29th President of

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 ''Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, Partido Po ...

(1913–1997),

Governor of Puerto Rico The governor of Puerto Rico () is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. Elected to a 4 year-term through popular vote by the residents of the archipelago and island, ...

Head of State A head of state is the public persona of a sovereign state.#Foakes, Foakes, pp. 110–11 "

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being an embodiment of the State itself or representative of its international persona." The name given to the office of head of sta ...

and

Head of Government In the Executive (government), executive branch, the head of government is the highest or the second-highest official of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presid ...

of Puerto Rico

Dictators

* Baron

Robert Clive Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, (29 September 1725 – 22 November 1774), also known as Clive of India, was the first British List of governors of Bengal Presidency, Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Clive has been widely credited for l ...

(1725–1774),

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army officer and

privateer A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign o ...

who established the military and political supremacy of the

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, 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 th ...

(1924–2019), former

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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 appointed by President George W. Bush and retained b ...

(born 1943), American statesman, scholar, intelligence analyst, and university president who served as the director of

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(CIA),

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and 22nd

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from 2006 to 2011 *

Robert A. Lovett Robert Abercrombie Lovett (September 14, 1895May 7, 1986) was an American politician who served as the fourth United States Secretary of Defense, having been promoted to this position from Deputy Secretary of Defense. He served in the cabinet of ...

(1895–1986), fourth

Robert McNamara Robert Strange McNamara (; June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American businessman and government official who served as the eighth United States secretary of defense from 1961 to 1968 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson ...

(1916–2009), American business executive and the eighth

Wartime figures and military leaders

;American military *

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 ...

(1835–1914), American Brevet Brigadier General during the

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Robert S. Beightler Robert Sprague Beightler (March 21, 1892 – February 12, 1978) was a United States Army two-star General officer, general and Ohio political insider, engineer, and business owner. In the military, he reached the rank of major general, and serv ...

(1892–1978), 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 (1840–1927) was an American Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War. He commanded the 44th Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union), 44th Missouri Infantry Regiment throughout various battles of the Franklin–Na ...

(1840–1927), American Brevet Brigadier General during the

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 con ...

(1811–1878), 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 The Rogue River Wars were an armed conflict in 1855–1856 between the U.S. Army, local militias and volunteers, and the Native American tribes commonly grouped under the designation of Rogue River Indians, in the Rogue Valley area of wha ...

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 t ...

(1861–1947), 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 South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Southwest Pacific Area during W ...

(1886–1961), general officer in the United States Army who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II, Southwest Pacific Area during World War II * Robert L. Ghormley (1883–1958), admiral in the United States Navy, serving as Commander of South Pacific Area during World War II * Robert Hoke (1837–1912), Confederate major general during the American Civil War * Robert B. Johnston (born 1937), 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 * Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), American and Confederate States of America, Confederate general, supreme commander of the Confederate States Army during

* Robert A. Lewis (1917–1983), United States Army Air Forces Officer (armed forces), officer serving in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Pacific Theatre during World War II, one of the Aircraft pilot, pilots of the Enola Gay, Enola G * Robert McGowan Littlejohn (1890–1982), major general in the United States Army, leader of War Assets Administration * Robert McDade (1922–2009), United States Army colonel, * Robert Mellard (1919–1976), United States Army sergeant who fought at the Battle of Monte Cassino * Robert C. Murphy (colonel), Robert C. Murphy (1827–1888), American colonel during the

* Robin Olds, Robert "Robin" Olds Jr. (1922–2007), American fighter pilot and general officer in the U.S. Air Force * Robert Olds, Robert Olds Sr. (1896–1943), general officer in the US Army Air Forces * Robert Patterson (1792–1881), Irish-born United States major general during the

* Robert W. Porter Jr. (1908–2000), United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command from 1965 to 1969 * Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863), American officer in the Union Army during the

, commander of the first all-African Americans, African American regiment * Robert Sink (1905–1965), 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) (1854-1923), American colonel of the Spanish–American War * Robert F. Stockton (1795–1866), United States Navy commodore, United States Senate, United States Senator from New Jersey, List of Governors of California before 1850, Military Governor of California * Robert Alfred Theobald (1884–1957), United States Navy officer who served in World War I and World War II, achiever of the rank of rear admiral, the air forces commander during Attack on Pearl Harbor * Robert F. Travis (1904–1950), United States Army Air Forces general during World War II * Robert Toombs (1810–1885), American lawyer, planter, army general, and politician from Georgia who became one of the organizers of the Confederate States of America, Confederacy and served as its first Confederate States Secretary of State, Secretary of State * Robert Treat (1624–1710), American colonial leader, militia officer and governor of the Connecticut Colony between 1683 and 1698 and the founder of Newark, New Jersey * Robert C. Tyler (1832–1865), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War * Robert O. Tyler (1831–1874), American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War ;British / Scottish military * Sir Robert Abercromby of Airthrey, Robert Abercromby (1740–1827), British general * Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941), British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scouting, Boy Scout Movement * Robert Blake (admiral), Robert Blake (1598–1657), British Royal Navy officer and one of the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England * Robert Brooke-Popham (1878–1953), senior commander in the Royal Air Force and leader of Operation Matador (1941) * Robert Brownrigg (1758–1833), British statesman, general and soldier who brought the last part of Sri Lanka under British rule, Governors of British Ceylon, General Officer Commanding, Ceylon * Sir Robert Calder (1745–1818), British naval officer * Robert Henry Dick (1787–1846), Scottish soldier * Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766–1814), officer in the British Army * Robert Haining (1882–1959), British Army officer *Robert Peverell Hichens (1909–1943), British Lieutenant Commander and the most highly decorated officer of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) * Robert Kekewich (1854–1914), British Army officer * Sir Robert Mansell (1573–1656), English Royal Navy officer and a member of parliament (MP), mostly for Welsh constituencies * Robert Monckton (1726–1782), Officer (armed forces), officer of the British Army and also a colonial Public administration, administrator in British North America * Robert Monro (died 1680), Scottish general during Thirty Years' War * Sir Robert Moray (1608/09–1673), Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy and natural philosopher, one of the founders of Royal Society and Freemasonry * Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis (died 1633), known as the Black Baron, Scottish soldier and military warlord * Robert Orme (British Army officer), Robert Orme (c. 1725–1781/1790), British soldier and military leader * Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet (1720–1796), British Army officer during the American Revolutionary War * Robert Rogers (British Army officer), Robert Rogers (1731–1795), Thirteen Colonies, American colonial frontiersman and officer in the British Army, commander of Rogers' Rangers * Robert Ross (British Army officer), Robert Ross (1766–1814), officer in the British Army, born in Ireland * Robert Sale (1782–1845), British army officer * Sir Robert Stopford (Royal Navy officer), Robert Stopford (1768–1847), distinguished officer in the Royal Navy * Robert Stanford Tuck (1916–1987), British fighter pilot, flying ace, and test pilot, member of the Royal Air Force, war hero of World War II * Robert Sturges (1891–1970), British Royal marine general * Roy Urquhart, Robert "Roy" Urquhart (1901–1988), British Army officer * Robert Whittaker (British Army officer), Robert Whittaker (1894–1967), City of London banker and a senior officer in Britain's part-time Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Territorial Army (TA), chief of staff at Anti-Aircraft Command during World War II ;Australian military * Robert A. Little (1895–1918), World War I fighter pilot and the most successful Australian flying ace ;German / Austrian military * Ruprecht von Eggenberg, Robert von Eggenberg (1546–1611), Austrian colonel-general * Robert Gysae (1911–1989), a German U-boat commander in the Kriegsmarine during World War II * Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945), Generalfeldmarschall, German Field Marshal and pilot * Robert Kosch (1856–1942), Prussian general in the Imperial German army * Robert-Richard Zapp, Robert Zapp (1904–1964), German U-boat commander in World War II ;Irish military * Robert Emmet (1778–1803), Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader ; Cuban military * :es:Roberto Rodríguez Fernández, Roberto Rodriguez Fernandez (1935–1958), Cuban revolutionary ;Italian military * Roberto Farinacci (1892–1945), leading Italian Fascist politician and important member of the Grand Council of Fascism, Secretary of National Fascist Party and one of the leading perpetrators of the Holocaust in Italy ;French military * Robert Nivelle (1856–1924), French artillery officer who led the French forces during World War I as commander in-chief of French army ;Russian military * Robert Bruce (1668–1720), Robert Bruce (1668–1720), first chief commander of Saint Petersburg * :ru:Сегеркранц, Роберт Фёдорович, Robert Segercrantz (1808—1879), Russian general in the Russian Imperial army * Robert von Ungern-Sternberg (1886–1921), also known as The Mad Baron or The Bloody White Baron, Austrian-born, Russian Empire's Baltic German Anti-Leninism, anti-Bolshevik lieutenant general in the Russian Civil War * Robert Viren (1857–1917), general, admiral and career naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy in Russian Empire

Other military

* Robert B. Abrams (born 1960), four-star General (United States), general in the United States Army * Robert Bartels (1911–1943), German U-boat commander in World War II * Robert Grierson Combe (1880–1917), Scottish-Canadian military officer * Robert E. Cushman Jr. (1914–1985), United States Marine Corps General (United States), general who served as the 25th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Commandant of the Marine Corps * Robert Duff (Royal Navy officer), Robert Duff (c. 1721–1787), British Royal Navy officer * Robert Kajuga (Interahamwe), Robert Kajuga (1960–2007), national president and leader of the MRND-affiliated extremist militia, the Interahamwe * Robert James Miller (1983–2008), Special Forces (United States Army), United States Army Special Forces soldier * Robert Miller Montague (1899–1958), Lieutenant General (United States), lieutenant general in the United States Army * Robert Neller (born 1953), retired United States Marine Corps four-star General (United States), general who served as the 37th Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Commandant of the Marine Corps * Robert H. Reed (1929–2017), General (United States), General in the United States Air Force and the former chief of staff of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe * Robert Rheault (1925–2013), American colonel in the U.S. Army Special Forces * Robert Roddam (1719–1808), British Royal Navy officer * Robert M. Shoemaker (1924–2017), United States Army general and former commander of the United States Army Forces Command, inductee into the Aviation Hall of Fame

Nazis

* Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Robert Grawitz (1899–1945), Nazi German physician and an SS functionary, chief physician of the SS, head of the German Red Cross * Robert Ley (1890–1945), DAF ''Führer'' of Nazi Germany (head of the German Labour Front), high-ranking member of the SS, labour and economical leader of Nazi Germany, founder of Volkswagen, creator of Adolf Hitler Schools, NSDAP School system * Robert Mulka (1895–1969), German Nazi ''SS-Hauptsturmführer'' and later ''SS-Obersturmführer'', commander of Auschwitz concentration camp * Robert Ritter (1901–1951), Nazi German "racial scientist" doctor of psychology and medicine, with a background in child psychiatry and the biology of criminality * Robert Heinrich Wagner (1895–1946), ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Baden, ''Gauleiter'' of Alsace 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 * Robert Serber (1909–1997), American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project

Explorers

* Robert Ballard (born 1942), retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island * Robert Bartlett (explorer), Robert Bartlett (1875–1946), 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 (1821–1861), Irish soldier and police officer who explored Australia, leader of the first Burke & Wills expedition, expedition to cross Australia from south to north * Robert Dudley (explorer), Robert Dudley (1574–1649), English explorer and cartographer * Sir Robert McClure (1807–1873), Irish explorer of the Arctic who in 1854 traversed the Northwest Passage by boat and sledge and was the first to circumnavigate the Americas * Robert Peary (1856–1920), American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic, reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909, believed to be the first man to have ever reached the North Pole * Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions * Robert Swan (born 1956), the first person to walk to both Geographical pole, Poles

Intelligence officers

* Robert P. Ashley Jr. (fl. 1980s–2020s), retired lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2017 to 2020 * Robert Hanssen (1944–2023), 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 Mueller, Robert S. Mueller III (born 1944), 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 * Robbie Amell, Robert "Robbie" Amell (born 1988), Canadian-American actor and producer * Rob Benedict, Robert "Rob" Benedict (born 1970), American actor and writer * Robert Benton (1932–2025), American film director and screenwriter * Bob Bergen, Robert "Bob" Bergen (born 1964), American voice actor * Robert Carlyle (born 1961), Scottish actor * Bob Chapek, Robert "Bob" Chapek (born 1960), American media executive and businessman, chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, the current CEO of Walt Disney Company * Robbie Coltrane, 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. (1936–2021), American actor, director and producer * Robert Downey Jr. (born 1965), American actor * Roberto Draghetti (1960–2020), Italian actor and voice actor * Robert Duvall (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 (actor), Robert Fuller (fl. 1950s-2000s), American horse rancher and actor * Robert Goulet (1933–2007), French-Canadian singer and actor * Robert Guillaume (1927–2017), American actor and singer * Robert Gustafsson (born 1964), Swedish comedian and actor * Robert Gwisdek (born 1984), German actor and musician * Robert Hardy (1925–2017), British actor * Robert Hays (born 1947), American actor * Robert Hegyes (1951–2012), American actor * Bob Iger, Robert "Bob" Iger (born 1951), American media executive, film producer, author and businessman, chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company * Robert Iler (born 1985), American actor * Robert Irwin (television personality), Robert Irwin (born 2003), Australian television personality and wildlife photographer * Rob Kardashian, Robert "Rob" Kardashian (born 1987), American television personality * Robert Knepper (born 1959), American actor * Robert Lansing (actor), Robert Lansing (1928–1994), American stage, film and television actor * Rob Letterman, Robert "Rob" Letterman (born 1970), American film director and screenwriter * Rob Lowe, Robert "Rob" Lowe (born 1964), American actor, producer and director * Rob Marshall, Robert "Rob" Marshall (born 1960), American film and theater director, producer and choreographer * Rob McElhenney, Robert "Rob" McElhenney (born 1977), American actor, producer and screenwriter * Robert McKimson (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 (born 1964), American director, producer, and actor * Rob Minkoff, 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 (actor), Robert Montgomery (1904–1981), American actor, director and producer * Robert Mulligan (1925–2008), American film director * Robert Patrick (born 1958), American actor and voice actor * Robert Pattinson (born 1986), British actor * Bob Peck, Robert "Bob" Peck (1945–1999), English stage, television and film actor * Robert Redford,(born 1936), American actor, director and producer * Robert Rodriguez (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,(born 1968), German film director * Robert Sheehan (born 1988), Irish actor * Robert Singer (producer), Robert Singer (fl. 1970s–2020s), American film director and producer * Robert Smigel (born 1960), American actor, voice actor, comedian, humorist, writer, director, producer and puppeteer * Robert A. Stemmle (1903–1974), German screenwriter and film director * Robert Stromberg (born 1965), American special effects artist, designer and film director * Robert Taylor (American actor), 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 (actor, born 1918), Robert Walker (1918–1951), American actor * Robert B. Weide (born 1959, American screenwriter, producer and director * Robert Wiene (1873—1938), film director of the silent era of German cinema * Robert Wise (1914–2005), American film director * Robert Young (actor), Robert Young (1907–1998), American actor * Robert Zemeckis (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 (born 1989), member of the electronic music and DJ duo Lost Kings * Robert Babicz (born 1973), Polish born German electronic music producer, DJ and mastering engineer * Robert van de Corput (born 1988), real name of the award-winning Dutch DJ, twice worlds No.1 DJ, composer and music producer Hardwell * Robert DeLong (born 1986), American electronic musician, record producer, composer and performer * Robert Hughes (fl. 2010s–2020s), real name of the Canadian trap music DJ and record producer known as Vincent (music producer), Vincent and Tiger Drool * Robert Miles (1969–2017), Swiss-born Italian DJ and record producer, inventor of the dream trance genre; * Robert Toomey (1955–2022), real name of the American DJ, keyboardist and mixologist Brother Cleve * Robert "Bob" Rifo (born 1977), founder of the Italian electronic music project The Bloody Beetroots * Rob Swire, Robert "Rob" Swire (born 1982), Australian electronic music producer and DJ ;Singers * Roberto Carlos (singer), Roberto Carlos (born 1941), Brazilian singer-songwriter, also known as King of Latin Music or simply The King * Bob Chilcott, Robert "Bob" Chilcott (born 1955), British choral composer, conductor, and singer * Bob Crosby, Robert "Bob" Crosby (1913–1993), American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats * Bobby Darin, Robert "Bobby" Darin (1936–1973), American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor * Robert Francis (musician), Robert Francis (born 1987), American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter * R. Kelly, Robert Kelly (born 1967), 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 (1911–1938), American blues singer-songwriter and musician * Bob Marley, Robert "Bob" Marley (1945–1981), Jamaican singer-songwriter * Bobby McFerrin, Robert "Bobby" McFerrin (born 1950), American musician, singer, conductor, arranger and record producer * Bert Nievera, Roberto "Bert" Nievera (1936–2018), Filipino-American singer * Robert Palmer (1949–2003), English composer, songwriter, singer and record producer; * Robert Ritchie (born 1971), American singer-songwriter, rapper, musician, record producer, and actor known as Kid Rock * Bob Seger, Robert "Bob" Seger (born 1945), American singer-songwriter and guitarist * Robert Tepper (born 1950), American songwriter, composer, recording artist and singer * Bobby Vee, Robert "Bobby" Vee (1943–2016), American singer, songwriter, musician and teen idol * Robbie Williams, Robert "Robbie" Williams (born 1974), British singer and songwriter * Rob Zombie, Robert "Rob" Zombie (born 1965), American musician, singer, songwriter, programmer, voice actor, filmmaker and founding member of the heavy metal band White Zombie (band), White Zombie * Robert Allen Zimmerman (born 1941), real name of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan ;Band members * Rob Bourdon, Robert "Rob" Bourdon (born 1979), American musician, drummer and founding member of the rock band Linkin Park * Rob Cantor, Robert "Rob" Cantor (born 1983), American singer-songwriter and creator of multiple viral videos. He is mostly known as a vocalist, guitarist, and co-writer for the indie rock band Tally Hall (band), Tally Hall * Robert Fripp (born 1946), English musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the band King Crimson * Rob Halford, Robert "Rob" Halford (born 1951), English singer and songwriter, lead vocalist of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest, also a member of Fight (band), Fight, Two (metal band), Two, Halford (band), Halford, Great White and Black Sabbath * Robert Hunter (lyricist), Robert Hunter (1941–2019), American poet, principle lyricist for the rock band Grateful Dead * Rob Hyman, Robert "Rob" Hyman (born 1950), American singer, songwriter, keyboard and accordion player, producer, arranger, recording studio owner and a founding member of the rock band The Hooters * Robert Janson (born 1965), Polish composer, singer, guitarist, leader and co-founder of the band Varius Manx * Robert Jon & the Wreck, Robert Jon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and founder of the band Robert Jon & the Wreck * Robby Krieger, Robert "Robby" Krieger (born 1946), American guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the guitarist of the rock band The Doors, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame * Robert Del Naja (born 1965), British artist, musician, singer and songwriter, founding member of the band Massive Attack * Robert Plant (born 1948), English singer, songwriter, and musician, lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin * Robert Smith (musician), Robert Smith (born 1959), lead singer of The Cure * Robert Trujillo (born 1964), American singer and songwriter, one of the members of American heavy metal band Metallica * Bob Weir, Robert "Bob" Weir (born 1947), American musician and songwriter, one of the founders of the rock band Grateful Dead, also a member of bands The Other Ones, The Dead (band), The Dead, Kingfish (band), Kingfish, Bobby and the Midnites, RatDog, Furthur (band), Furthur and Dead & Company ;Rappers * Robert Rihmeek Williams (born 1987), American rapper, singer and activist known as Meek Mill * Robert van Winkle (born 1967), real name of American rapper, actor, and television host Vanilla Ice * Robert Ginyard (born 1967), real name of American hip hop artist Rob Base ;Composers * Robert Kajanus (1856–1933), Finnish composer, conductor and teacher, founder of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra * Robert Schumann (1810–1856), German composer and music critic, one of the greatest composers of romantic era * Robert Volkmann (1815–1883), German composer * Bob Wiseman, Robert "Bob" Wiseman (born 1962), Canadian film composer, songwriter and music teacher ;Instrumentalists * Rob Barrett, Robert "Rob" Barrett (born 1969), guitarist for death metal band Cannibal Corpse * Bobby Hackett, Robert "Bobby" Hackett (1915–1976), American jazz musician * Bob Kerr (musician), Robert "Bob" Kerr (born 1940), comic musician who plays trumpet and cornet * Robert Mirabal (born 1966), Native American musician and flute player * Rob Scallon, Robert "Rob" Scallon (born 1990), American YouTuber, musician and multi-instrumentalist

Scientists

* Robert Arno, engineer * Robert Balch (born 1945), American sociologist * Robert Boyle (1627–1691), British natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, first modern chemist, and one of the founders of modern chemistry * Robert Bunsen (1811–1899), German chemist who discovered caesium in 1860 and rubidium in 1861, pioneer of photochemistry and organoarsenic chemistry and developer of the Bunsen burner * Robert F. Christy (1916–2012), 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 (1857–1915), American chemist and colonel, professor and dean at the University of Maryland, Baltimore * Robert Colebunders (born 1949/1950), Belgian clinician and researcher * Robert Darwin (1766–1848), English medical doctor, father of the naturalist Charles Robert Darwin * Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881–1957), French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist, developer of ballistic missiles, father of modern rocketry * Robert Fulton (1765–1815), American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat known as North River Steamboat * Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945), American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor, credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, father of modern rocketry * Robert C. Green (fl. 1970s–2020s), American medical geneticist, physician, and public health researcher * Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901–1967), engineer and physicist, inventor of high-voltage Van de Graaff generators * Robert Gardiner Hill (1811–1878), British surgeon specialising in the treatment of lunacy * Robert Hooke (1635–1703), English natural philosopher, architect and polymath, best known for discovering and naming the cell in 1665 * Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet (1857–1933), Welsh orthopaedic surgeon who helped to establish the modern specialty of orthopaedic surgery in Britain, early proponent of the use of radiography in orthopaedics, and described the eponymous Jones fracture * Robert Koch (1843–1910), German physician and microbiologist, founder of modern bacteriology, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905 for his research on Tuberculosis * Robert Liston (1794–1847), Scottish surgeon * Robert F. Maronde (1920–2008), professor at University of Southern California Medical School * Robert Andrews Millikan (1868–1953), 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 * Robert Mitchell (geologist) (fl. 1980s–2020s), Distinguished Professor at Western Washington University * Sir Robert Robinson (chemist), Robert Robinson (1886–1975), Nobel Prize and Medal of Freedom winning British organic chemist * Robert Allen Rolfe (1855–1921), English botanist specialising in the study of orchids * Robert Shapiro (chemist), Robert Shapiro (1935–2011), professor emeritus of chemistry at New York University, best known for his work on the origin of life * Robert I. Tilling (born 1935), Geologist known for research in Hawaii * Robert Winston, Baron Winston (born 1940), British professor, medical doctor, scientist * Robert Crooke Wood (1799–1869), American physicist and neurologist during the American Civil War * Robert W. Wood (1868–1955), 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 * Robert J. White (1926–2010), American neurosurgeon best known for his head transplants on living monkeys

Prison officials

* Robert McKenty (fl. 1900s–1920s), warden of Eastern State Penitentiary * Robert J. Kirby (1889–1944), 45th commandant of Sing Sing prison

Criminals

* Robert Anderson (murderer), Robert J. Anderson (1966–2006), American murderer * Robert Bales (born 1973), former United States army soldier who committed the Kandahar massacre * Robert John Bardo (born 1970), American assassin of Rebecca Schaeffer * Robert Biehler (1934–1993), American serial killer * Robert Berdella, American serial killer, known as The Kansas City Butcher and The Collector * Robert H. Birch, (c. 1827 – c. 1866), American criminal * Robert Black (serial killer), Robert Black (1947–2016), Scottish serial killer * Robert Eugene Brashers (1958–1999), American serial killer and rapist * Robert Charles Browne (born 1952), American murderer * Robert Anthony Buell (1940–2002), American serial killer * Robert Francis Burns (1840–1883), Irish Australian murderer and probable serial killer * Robert Edward Chambliss (1904–1985), white supremacist terrorist * Robert Glen Coe (1956–2000), American murderer * Robert Wayne Danielson (1946–1995), American serial killer * Robert Durst (1943–2022), American convicted murderer * Robert Mark Edwards (born 1961), American murderer * Robert William Fisher (born 1961), American fugitive * Robert Ford (outlaw), Robert Newton Ford, 19th century American outlaw * Robert Garrow (1936–1978), American spree killer * Robert Hansen (1939–2014), American serial killer known as "The Butcher Baker" * Robert Wayne Harris (1972–2012), American mass murderer and serial killer * Robert Hawkins (born c. 1988), mass murderer who perpetrated the Westroads Mall shooting * Robert Dale Henderson (1945–1993), American spree killer * Robert Hohenberger (1943–1978), American criminal, kidnapper and serial rapist * Robert Wesley Knighton (1941–2003), American serial killer * Robert Seldon Lady (born 1954), United States agent convicted of kidnapping in Italy * Robert Liberty (1947–1971), American serial killer * Robert A. Long (born 1999), American spree killer who perpetrated the 2021 Atlanta spa shootings * Bobby Joe Long, Robert "Bobby" Long (1953–2019), American serial killer and rapist * Robert Jay Mathews (1953–1984), American neo-Nazi terrorist and the leader of The Order, an American white supremacist militant group * Robert Maudsley (born 1953), English serial killer * Robert Napper (born 1966), 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 (1949–2024), Canadian serial killer * Robert Ben Rhoades (born 1945), American serial killer known as "The Truck Stop Killer" * Robert Dale Rowell (1955–2005), American murderer * Schellenberg smuggling incident, Robert Lloyd Schellenberg (born 1982), Canadian drug contrabandist * Robert Shelton (Ku Klux Klan), Robert M. Shelton (1929–2003), leader of United Klans of America, a Ku Klux Klan group * Robert Steinhäuser (1983–2002), German mass murderer and perpetrator of the Erfurt school massacre * Robert Stroud (1890–1963), 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 (born 1946), American televangelist and fraudster * Robert Trimbole (1931–1987), Australian businessman, drug baron and organized crime boss * Robert Lee Yates (born 1952), American serial killer from Spokane, Washington * Robert Zarinsky (1940–2008), American murderer

Judges

* Robert C. Brickell (1824–1900), associate justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama * Robert J. Cindrich (born 1943), American judge, former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania * Robert H. Jackson (1892–1954), American attorney and judge who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 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 * Robert Mangion, Maltese judge * Robert Morgenthau (1919–2019), American lawyer, District Attorney for New York County and United States Attorney for the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Southern District of New York * Robert Price (judge), Robert Price (1653–1733), British judge and politician * Robert T. Price (1903–1982), justice of the Kansas Supreme Court * R. R. Selvadurai, Robert Rajanayagam Selvadurai (1894–1973), Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, police magistrate, and civil servant

Political figures

* Robert Antropov (born 1965), Estonian politician * Robert Buckland (born 1968), Welsh Conservative Party politician and barrister who served as Solicitor General for England and Wales and Minister of State for Prisons, currently serving as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor * Robert J. Bulkley (1880–1965), United States Democratic Party Politician from Ohio; * Robert Baird (clergyman), Robert Baird (1798–1863), American clergyman and author * Bob Brogoitti, Robert "Bob" Brogoitti (1920-2009), member of the Oregon House of Representatives * Robert Byrd (1917–2010), 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 (politician), Robert Chadwick (1879–1939), Pennsylvania State Representative * Robert J. Clendening (1914–1982), Pennsylvania State Representative * Robert Crosser (1874–1957), U.S. Representative from Ohio, the longest serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Ohio * Bob Dole, Robert "Bob" Dole (1923–2021), American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996 * R. Budd Dwyer, Robert Budd Dwyer (1939–1987), the 30th State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, best remembered for his public suicide on live TV; * Robert Eikhe (1890—1940), Latvian Bolshevik, provincial head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in Siberia * Robert M. La Follette Jr. (1895–1953), U.S. senator from Wisconsin from 1925 to 1947 * Robert H. Foerderer (1860–1903), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania from 1901 to 1903 * Robert J. Gamble (1851–1924), Representative and Senator from South Dakota * Robert Gichimu Githinji (fl. 1990s–2020s), Kenyan MP * Robert Goguen (born 1957), Canadian politician * Robert A. Green (1892–1973), U.S Representative from Florida * Arthur Robert Guinness (1846–1913), Zealand politician and Speaker of the House of Representatives * Robert Gunawardena (1904–1971), founder of the Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party, diplomat * Robert Habeck (born 1969), German politician and writer, Vice Chancellor of Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action * Robert Goodloe Harper (1765–1825), a Federalist, member of the United States Senate from Maryland, serving from January 1816 until December of the same year * Robert Edward Jayatilaka (born 1911, fl. 1950s/60s), Sri Lankan Sinhala politician * Robert F. Kennedy (1925–1968), 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 * Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (born 1954), American politician serving as the 26th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. * Sir Robert Laurie, 5th Baronet (c. 1738–1804), Scottish soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1804 * Robert L. Henry (1864–1931), Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas from 1897 to 1917 * Robert Hertzberg (born 1954), American politician serving as Majority Leader in the California State Senate * Robert Laimer (born 1966), Austrian politician * Robert Lowe (1811–1892), British statesman and pivotal figure who shaped British politics in the latter half of the 19th century * Robert James Manion, Canadian politician best known for leading the Conservative Party of Canada from 1938 until 1940 * Robert Maxwell (1923–1991), Czechoslovak-born British media proprietor and member of parliament * Bob Moses (activist), Robert "Bob" Moses (1935–2021), American educator and civil rights activist * Beto O'Rourke, Robert "Beto" O'Rourke (born 1972), American politician * Robert Schmidt (German politician), Robert Schmidt (1864–1943), Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture of Germany * Robert Sobukwe (1924–1978), prominent South African political dissident and teacher who founded and became the first president of the Pan Africanist Congress * Robert Roosevelt (1829–1906), a sportsman, author and politician who served as a United States representative from New York and as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands, Minister to the Hague brother of the president of America Theodore Roosevelt; * Robert K. Steel (born 1951), American businessman, financier and government official * Robert A. Taft (1889–1953), American conservative politician, lawyer, and scion of the Taft family * Robert Toupin (born 1949), Canadian politician * Bob Turner (New York politician), Robert L. "Bob" Turner (born 1941), American businessman and politician * Roberto Mangabeira Unger (born 1947), Brazilian philosopher and politician * Robert F. Williams (1925–1996), American civil rights leader and author best known for serving as president of the Monroe, North Carolina chapter of the NAACP

Secretaries of War

* Robert Todd Lincoln (1843–1926), American politician, lawyer, and businessman, the first son of Abraham Lincoln, United States Secretary of War and List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Kingdom, United States Minister to the United Kingdom * Robert P. Patterson (1891–1952), United States Secretary of War

Secretaries of State

* Lord Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1858–1945), Secretary of State for India during World War I and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland * Robert M. T. Hunter (1809–1887), Virginia lawyer, politician and plantation owner, United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Speaker of the House (1839–1841), and United States Senate, U.S. Senator (1847–1861), during the

, the Confederate States Secretary of State (1861–1862) and then a Congress of the Confederate States, Confederate Senator (1862–1865) * Robert Smith (Cabinet member), Robert Smith (1757–1842), second United States Secretary of the Navy from 1801 to 1809 and the sixth United States Secretary of State from 1809 to 1811 * Robert Southwell (diplomat), Sir Robert Southwell (1635–1702), Irish diplomat, Secretary of State for Ireland and President of the Royal Society from 1690

Governors

* Robert J. Bentley, American politician and physician who served as the 53rd Governor of Alabama from 2011 until 2017; * Robert Brooke (Virginia governor), Robert Brooke, soldier and Virginia political figure who served as the List of Governors of Virginia, tenth Governor of Virginia * Robert Brooke (East India Company officer), Robert Brooke, lieutenant-colonel in the army of

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 (colonial administrator), 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 Confederate States Army general during the

, 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, 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 Evans Peterson (1812-1894), American book publisher 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 T. Bess (1889–after 1958), British Guiana-born American stockbroker and civil rights activist * Robert Budi Hartono (born 1941), Indonesian businessman, founder Djarum and owner of Bank Central Asia, BCA * 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 (1910–1943), Irish sportsman * Roberto Baggio (born 1967), Italian professional footballer who mainly played as a second striker, or as an attacking midfielder * Bob Bateson, Robert Bateson (born 1961), American football player * Robert Bundtzen (born 1949), American physician and dog musher * Roberto Carlos (born 1973), Brazilian footballer, widely regarded as one of the best football players of all time * Roberto Clemente (1934–1972), Puerto Rican baseball player * Rob Conway, Robért Conway (born 1974), American professional wrestler * Robert Dunning (born 1997), American hurdler * Robert Emmiyan, Armenian and Soviet long jumper * Robert Enteric (fl. 1950s), French sprint canoer * Robert Fein (1907–1975), Austrian Olympic champion weightlifter * Robert Gaca (born 1980), former Polish professional footballer who played as defender * Robert Gibson (cricketer, born 1801), Robert Gibson (born 1801, fl. 1820s), 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 Harting, German Olympic gold medalist and world champion discus thrower * Robert Helenius, Finnish professional boxer * Robert Howard (martial artist), Robert Howard, Irish Grandmaster (martial arts), Grandmaster of taekwondo * Robert Hübner (1948–2025), German chess grandmaster and papyrologist * Bobby Hull, Robert "Bobby" Hull, Canadian 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 (racing driver), Robert "Robbie" Kerr, British racing driver * Robert Kiprop (born 1997), Kenyan long-distance runner *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 * Robert Longerbeam (born 2001), American football player * Roberto López Ufarte, Basque footballer * Roberto Mancini, Italian football manager and former player who is the manager of the 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 Mocellini, Italian bobsledder * Robert Mühren, Dutch professional footballer * Robert Person (born 1969), American baseball player * Bobby Orr, Robert "Bobby" Orr, Canadian professional ice hockey player, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest of all time * Robert Remus, American professional wrestler known as Sgt. Slaughter * Robert Shwartzman, Russian-Israeli racing driver * Robert Spears-Jennings (born 2004), American football player * Robert Stevenson (Scottish footballer), Scottish footballer * Rob Terry, Robert "Rob" Terry, Welsh professional wrestler and bodybuilder * Robert Walls (1950–2025), Australian footballer, coach and commentator * Robert Whittaker (fighter), Robert Whittaker, New Zealand-born Australian professional mixed martial artist * Robert Wickens, Canadian racing driver

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 Arntfield, Canadian intensivist and medical educator * 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 (artist), British painter, drawing, draughtsman and lithographer, founding member of the Camden Town Group, the London Group, and the Cumberland Market Group * Róbert Cvi Bornstein (1926–2024), Slovak antifascist fighter * Robert Boylestad, American academic * 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 S. Ellwood (born 1933), American academic * Robert Elms, English writer and broadcaster * Robert Ford (disambiguation), Robert Ford, multiple people with the name * Robert Garrow (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 (bishop), 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 * Robert Hollander (1933–2021), American academic and translator, best known for his work regarding the poet Dante Alighieri * Carl Robert Jakobson, Estonian writer, politician and teacher, one of the most important people in the Estonian national awakening * Robert Jarczyk (born 1959), German television actor * 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, Chilean painter and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art * Robert Mallard (1918–1958) African-American man who was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan * 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, British Army 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 Patterson (educator), Robert Patterson (1743-1824), Irish-American educator and 4th director of the United States Mint * Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854), American professor and 6th director of the United States Mint * 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 Spoo (born 1957), American legal scholar and educator * 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 Thompson (murderer), British murderer * Robert Vilvain (1575?–1663), English physician and philanthropist * 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 * Roberto (streamer), Roberto (born 1997), known online as Fanum, American streamer and content creator

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* Robert (doll), Robert the Doll, a supposedly haunted doll exhibited at a museum, center of an urban legend * Robert (robot name), real and fictional robots named Robert

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* 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) * Robert McCall, vigilante CIA agent and main character in the film The Equalizer (film), Equalizer * 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 "Bob" Daly, a main antagonist of ''Black Mirror'' episodes, USS Callister and USS Callister: Into Infinity * 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 MacCready, character in Fallout 3 and Fallout 4 * 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 Randell, the main character in the Canadian-produced sitcom ''Learning the Ropes'' * 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 Stanton, a character from the American horror franchise Five Nights at Freddy's * Robert Onderdonk Terwilliger, known as Sideshow Bob, a character from the animated series The Simpsons *Robert Garcia (Art of Fighting), Robert Garcia, a characters from the ''Art of Fighting'' and ''The King of Fighters'' series of video games *Dr. Robert Vaughan, a character from Cronenbergs's ''Crash (1996 film)'' * Robert, the primary antagonist of the 1977 Indian film ''Amar Akbar Anthony'', a crime boss portrayed by Jeevan (Hindi actor), Jeevan in the film * Robert Accutrone, a Quincy and a member of the Wandenreich's Sternritter with the designation "N" from the Bleach manga *Lord Robert, known as Rab, is a character from the video game ''Dragon Quest XI ''

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* Puck (folklore), Puck, also Robert Goodfellow or Robin Goodfellow, a domestic and nature sprite, demon, or fairy in mythology * Knecht Ruprecht, or Knight Robert, a legendary Christmas character from German folklore

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