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United States

Robins, Iowa Robins is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States. The population was 3,353 at the time of the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Cedar Rapids and part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Robins is located at (42.072916 ...

, a small city * Robins, Ohio, an unincorporated community * Robins Township, Fall River County, South Dakota * Robins Island, of the coast of New York state *

Robins Air Force Base Robins Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located in Houston County, Georgia, United States. The base is located just east of the city of Warner Robins, south-southeast of Macon and approximately south-southeast o ...

, Georgia *

Robins Center The Robins Center is a 7,201-seat multi-purpose arena in Richmond, Virginia. Opened in 1972, the arena is home to the University of Richmond Spiders basketball. It hosted the ECAC South (now known as the Colonial Athletic Association) men's baske ...

, arena in Richmond, Virginia

People

* Alison Robins (1920-2017), worked at Bletchley Park "Y-Service" *General

Augustine Warner Robins General Augustine Warner Robins (September 29, 1882 – June 16, 1940) is often credited as the Father of Logistics in the modern United States Air Force, then known as the Army Air Corps. He was instrumental in the establishment of the first ...

(1882–1940), U.S. Army Air Corps *

Benjamin Robins Benjamin Robins (170729 July 1751) was a pioneering British scientist, Newtonian mathematician, and military engineer. He wrote an influential treatise on gunnery, for the first time introducing Newtonian science to military men, was an early en ...

(1707–1751), English scientist, mathematician, and engineer * Bryce Robins (rugby union, born 1958) (born 1958), New Zealand rugby union player and All Black *

Bryce Robins Bryce B. Robins (born 19 September 1980) is a New Zealand-born Japanese rugby union player who plays as a centre for the Munakata Sanix Blues in the Top League and Japan. He played for the Hurricanes in 2002 and 2003. On 22 April 2007, Robins m ...

(born 1980), New Zealand and Japanese rugby union player, son of above * C. A. Robins (1884–1970), 22nd Governor of Idaho * C. Richard Robins (1928-2020), American ichthyologist * Denise Robins (1897−1985), English romance novelist *

Derrick Robins Derrick Harold Robins (27 June 1914 – 3 May 2004) was an English cricketer and sports promoter, at one time chairman of Coventry City Football Club. He was born in Bexleyheath, Kent. Robins played two matches for Warwickshire in 1947, but did ...

(1914–2004), English cricketer and sports promoter * Edward H. Robins (1881-1955), American actor * Edwin Frederick Robins (1870-1951) Anglican Bishop in Canada *

Elizabeth Robins Elizabeth Robins (August 6, 1862 – May 8, 1952) was an actress, playwright, novelist, and suffragette. She also wrote as C. E. Raimond. Early life Elizabeth Robins, the first child of Charles Robins and Hannah Crow, was born in Louisville, ...

(1862–1952), actress, playwright, novelist, and suffragist * James Robins, American epidemiologist and biostatistician * John Robins (fl. 1650–2), English Ranter and plebeian prophet * John Robins (1926–2007), international union rugby player for Wales * Laila Robins (born 1959), American stage, film, and television actress * Mark Robins, English football manager *

Mikey Robins Mikel Mason "Mikey" Robins (born 8 December 1961) is an Australian media personality, comedian and writer. He is best known for the satirical game show ''Good News Week'', which ran on the ABC and Network Ten between 1996 and 2000, and returned ...

, Australian media personality, comedian, and writer *

Noel Robins David Noel Robins, OAM (3 September 1935 – 22 May 2003) was an Australian sailor. He began sailing as a child, and became partially quadriplegic after receiving a spinal fracture from a car crash at the age of 21. He was the sk ...

(1935–2003), Australian sailor * Patricia Robins (born 1921), English romance novelist, daughter of Denise Robins * Paul Robins (1804–1890), a pioneer of the Bible Christian movement in North America * Robert H. "Bobby" Robins (1921−2000), English linguist * Robyn Robins (born 1951), rock and roll keyboardist, founding member of the Bob Seger Silver Bullet Band *

Thomas Sewell Robins Thomas Sewell Robins ( Devonport 8 May 1810 – 9 August 1880) was a British painter of maritime subjects. Early life Born 8 May 1810 in Devonport, Devon, he was admitted into the Royal Academy Schools on 22 April 1829 under the sponso ...

(c. 1810–1880), British painter of maritime themes *

Toby Robins Toby Robins (March 13, 1931 – March 21, 1986) was a Canadian actress of film, stage and television. Robins starred in hundreds of radio and stage productions in Canada from the late 1940s through the 1960s, working with such performers as Jan ...

, Canadian actress and journalist *

Vanessa Robins Vanessa Robins is an Australian applied mathematician whose research interests include computational topology, image processing, and the structure of granular materials. She is a fellow in the departments of applied mathematics and theoretical ph ...

, Australian mathematician *

Walter Robins Robert Walter Vivian Robins (3 June 1906 – 12 December 1968) was an English cricketer and cricket administrator, who played for Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England. A right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break and googly bowler, he ...

(1906–1968), English cricketer and footballer

Entertainment

* ''Robins'' (talk show), a Swedish talk television show on SVT2 *

The Robins The Robins were a successful and influential American R&B group of the late 1940s and 1950s, one of the earliest such vocal groups who established the basic pattern for the doo-wop sound. They were founded by Ty Terrell, and twin brothers Bi ...

, an American R&B singing group of the 1940s and 1950s

Sport

* Brooklyn Robins, name between

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

and

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

of the baseball franchise now known as the

Los Angeles Dodgers The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Established in 1883 in the city of Brooklyn ...

. * Shochiku Robins and Taiyō-Shochiku Robins, two former names of the

Yokohama BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its curren ...

, a Japanese NPB team * The Robins, a nickname for Altrincham Football Club, based in Greater Manchester, England * The Robins, a nickname for Bracknell Town Football Club, based in England * The Robins, a nickname for Bristol City Football Club, based in England, because of their red playing kit * The Robins, a nickname for Cheltenham Town Football Club, based in England, because of their red playing kit * The Robins, a nickname for Evesham United Football Club, based in Worcestershire, England * The Robins, a nickname for

Hull Kingston Rovers Hull Kingston Rovers are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England, that competes in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league. The club has won five league championships, and one Challen ...

, the English Rugby league club, because of their red playing kit * The Robins, a nickname for Ilkeston Football Club, based in Derbyshire, England * The Robins, a nickname for Swindon Town Football Club, based in England, because of their red playing kit *

Swindon Robins The Swindon Speedway team, also known as the Swindon Robins, are an English motorcycle speedway team established in 1949 that have competed primarily in the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom. They are five times ...

, English Motorcycle Speedway team * Brighton Robins, Australian rules football club based in Tasmania *

Kermandie Robins The Kermandie Football Club was an Australian rules football club that played in the Southern Football League in Tasmania, Australia. The club was founded in 1887 and went out of existence in March 2010. Honours Club * Huon Football Associati ...

, Australian rules football club in Tasmania * Peekskill Robins, formerly the Stamford Robins, American collegiate baseball team playing in an NCAA summer league

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