Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob or Bobby Williams may refer to:

Entertainment

Film

Robert Williams (actor, born 1894) Robert Williams (September 15, 1894 – November 3, 1931) was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for his first, and only, leading role in the 1931 romantic comedy '' Platinum Blonde'', opposite Loretta Young and Jean Harlow ...

(1894–1931), American stage and film actor * Robert B. Williams (actor) (1904–1978), American film actor *

R. J. Williams Robert Jackson Williams (born July 19, 1978) is an American media and Internet entrepreneur, and former child actor. He is the founder of the media company Young Hollywood. Early life and education RJ Williams was born in Los Angeles, Californi ...

(born 1978), American former child actor and later internet entrepreneur *

Rob Williams (filmmaker) Rob Williams is an American independent film director, producer and screenwriter."Rob Williams and Rodney Johnson: The Movie Lovers". '' Instinct'', November 2008. In 2005, he co-founded the independent production house Guest House Films LLC wi ...

, American film director

Music

Robert Pete Williams Robert Pete Williams (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980) was an American Louisiana blues musician. His music characteristically employed unconventional structures and guitar tunings, and his songs are often about the time he served in pris ...

(1914–1980), American blues guitarist * Chocolate Williams (Robert Williams Jr., 1916–1984), jazz bassist and blues vocalist *

Bob Williams (singer) The Williams Brothers featuring Andy Williams were a singing quartet formed in the mid 1930s. They initially entertained on radio stations and later appeared in four musical films in the 1940s. After recording with Bing Crosby led to a nightc ...

(1918–2003), American singer and one of the Williams Brothers * Robert Williams (singer) (1949–2022), Greek singer and composer * Robert S. Williams (born 1949), bassoon player of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra *

Robert Williams (drummer) Robert Williams (born 1955 in Boston) is a drummer and solo artist who has worked with Captain Beefheart, Hugh Cornwell, John Lydon, the Spo-it's, Tex and the Horseheads, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and Zoogz Rift, and also performed on r ...

(born 1955), Captain Beefheart, Hugh Cornwell, and solo *

Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, and achieved commercial success after launching a solo career in 1996. His debut stud ...

(born 1974), British pop singer and former member of

Take That Take That are an English pop group formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. Barlow is the group's lead singer ...

* Rob Williams (1979–2009), partner of business

Dolphin Music Dolphin Music was an online retailer selling a vast array of musical instruments and recording equipment online and is currently owned by S&T Audio. It first began in Liverpool, England in 1999. History Robert Williams (11 September 1979 &mdas ...

Meek Mill Robert Rihmeek Williams (born May 6, 1987), known professionally as Meek Mill, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he embarked on his music career as a battle rapper, and later formed a short-lived rap group, ...

(Robert Rihmeek Williams, born 1987), American rapper

Writers

* Robert Williams (poet) (1744–1815), Welsh poet *

Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu) Robert Williams, bardic name Robert ap Gwilym Ddu (1766–1850) was a Welsh bard. Life Son of William Williams, he was born at Betws Fawr in the parish of Llanystumdwy, Caernarfonshire. His father was a small freeholder, and he succeeded him in t ...

(1767–1850), Welsh-language poet * Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) (1830–1877), Welsh-language poet *

Robert Moore Williams Robert Moore Williams (June 19, 1907 – May 12, 1977) was an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Pseudonyms included John S Browning, H. H. Harmon, Russell Storm and E. K. Jarvis (a house name). Williams was born in Farmington, Mis ...

(1907–1977), American science fiction novelist *

Robert Williams (artist) Robert L. Williams, often styled Robt. Williams (born March 2, 1943), is an American painter, cartoonist, and founder of '' Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine''. Williams was one of the group of artists who produced '' Zap Comix'', along with other ...

(born 1943), cartoonist and painter *

Rob Williams (comics) Rob Williams is a Welsh comics writer, working mainly for '' 2000 AD''. He is currently writing books for DC Comics and its Vertigo imprint. Career Williams started out as a freelance journalist and creator of corporate videos.

, British comic writer

Military

* Robert Williams (Royal Navy officer) (1765–1827) English rear-admiral in the Royal Navy *

Robert Williams (adjutant general) Robert Williams (November 5, 1829–August 24, 1901) was an officer in the United States Army who served as Adjutant General of the U.S. Army from 1892 to 1893. Biography He was born in Culpeper County, Virginia and graduated from the Uni ...

(1829–1901), American brigadier general and Adjutant General of the US Army *

Robert Williams (Medal of Honor) Robert Williams (1837–unknown) was an American sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, oth ...

(1837–unknown), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient * Robert B. Williams (general) (1901–1977), World War II major general in the United States Army Air Forces * Robert H. Williams (soldier) (1908–1983), American Marine brigadier general

Politics

UK

* Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet (c. 1627–1678), MP for Carnarvonshire, 1656–1658, and for Carnarvon Boroughs, 1659 *

Robert Williams (died 1763) Robert Williams (c. 1695–1763), of Erbistock, Denbighshire, was a Welsh politician. Williams was the second son of Sir William Williams, 2nd Baronet. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Montgomeryshire , HQ= ...

(1695–1763), MP for Montgomeryshire, 1740–1741 and 1742–1747 *

Robert Williams (1735–1814) Robert Williams (23 April 1735 – 17 January 1814) was one of the oldest MPs in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected at 71 in the 1807 general election. Williams was member of a Dorset family who had had a business career in London, wh ...

(1735–1814), MP for Dorchester, 1807–1812 *

Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet (20 July 1764 – 1 December 1830) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1790 to 1830. Williams was the son of Sir Hugh Williams, 8th Baronet and his wife Emma Rowland. Williams was el ...

(1764–1830) of Penryn, MP for Carnarvonshire, 1790–1826, and for Beaumaris, 1826–1831 *

Robert Williams (1767–1847) Robert Williams (11 February 1767 – 10 March 1847) was an English banker and politician. He purchased the Bridehead estate near Dorchester, Dorset, around 1797. It comprised the manor of Littlebredy, Bridehead being a name fabricated by Willia ...

(1767–1847), MP for Dorchester, 1812–1835 *

Robert Williams (1811–1890) Robert Williams (23 January 1811 – 7 June 1890) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Early life Williams was born on 23 January 1811. He was the eldest son of the English banker and politician Robert Williams MP and th ...

(1811–1890), MP for Dorchester, 1835–1841 * Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Bridehead (1848–1943), Conservative MP for West Dorset, 1895–1922

US

Robert Williams (Mississippi politician) Robert Williams ( ca. 1770January 25, 1836) was Governor of the Mississippi Territory from 1805 to 1809. Biography Robert Williams was born in Surry County, North Carolina. Sources vary on his birth year, with some listing 1768 or 1770 or 1773 ...

(1773–1836), Governor of the Mississippi Territory * Robert P. Williams (1841–1910), State Treasurer of Missouri, 1901–1905 *

Robert L. Williams Robert Lee Williams (December 20, 1868 – April 10, 1948) was an American lawyer, judge, and the third governor of Oklahoma. Williams played a role in the drafting of the Oklahoma Constitution and served as the first Oklahoma Supreme Court ch ...

(1868–1948), American politician, governor of Oklahoma * Robert R. Williams,

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, 1937–1939 * Bo Williams (Robert Warren Williams, born 1938), mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana *

Bob Williams (West Virginia politician) Robert 'Bob' Lynn Williams (born September 10, 1951 in Clarksburg, West Virginia) is an American politician and a Democratic member of the West Virginia Senate representing District 14 from January 2009 until his defeat by Randy Smith in 2016. ...

(born 1951), American politician and state senator in West Virginia *

Bob Williams (Washington politician) Gomer Robert Williams (March 15, 1942 – March 15, 2022) was an American accountant and politician who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the Washington's 18th legislative district, 18th district from 197 ...

, member of the Washington House of Representatives * Robert Q. Williams (born 1964), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives

Elsewhere

* Robert Wynn Williams (1864–1929), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Australia *

Robert Williams (Victorian politician) Robert Henry Williams (2 June 1870 – 17 March 1938) was an Australian politician. He was born in Fitzroy to American-born grain merchant Robert Williams and Fanny Kendall. He attended state school and worked for his father before followi ...

(1870–1938), Australian politician *

Robert Arthur Williams Robert Arthur Williams (born January 20, 1933) is a consultant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver East in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1976 and from 1984 to 1991 as a New Democratic ...

(born 1933), consultant and political figure in British Columbia, Canada * Robbie Williams (politician) ( 1960–2007), Australian politician

Religion

* Robert Williams (antiquary) (1810–1881), Welsh Anglican clergyman and Celtic scholar * Robert Williams (archdeacon of Carmarthen) (1863–1938), Welsh historian and Anglican priest * Robert Dewi Williams (1870–1955), Welsh schoolteacher, Presbyterian minister, and author *

Robert Williams (archdeacon of Gower) Robert Williams (born 1951) is a Welsh Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Gower from 2000 to 2016. Williams was educated at the University of Wales Bangor and St. Michael's College, Llandaff and ordained in 1976. He held incumbencies at ...

(born 1951), Welsh Anglican priest * Robert Williams (American priest) (1955–1992), first openly gay male priest in the American Episcopal Church

Science

Robert Statham Williams Robert Statham Williams (May 6, 1859 – March 14, 1945) was an American bryologist who specialized in the mosses of the Yukon and South America. Early life Williams was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 6, 1859. Since childhood, he had alw ...

(1859–1945), American bryologist *

Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, (21 January 1860 – 25 April 1938) was a Scottish mining engineer, pioneering explorer of Africa, entrepreneur, and railroad developer who was chiefly responsible for the discovery of the vast copper deposits ...

(1860–1938), Scottish mining engineer, explorer, and railway developer * Robert R. Williams (1886–1965), American chemist who first synthesized vitamin B₁ * Robert Hardin Williams (1909–1979), American endocrinologist and diabetologist * Robert Williams (physician) (1916–2003), Welsh pathologist *

Robin Williams (mathematician) Robert Martin Williams (30 March 1919 – 18 March 2013), generally known as Robin Williams, was a New Zealand mathematician, academic administrator and public servant. He served as vice chancellor of the University of Otago from 1967 to 1972, ...

(1919–2013), New Zealand mathematician, university administrator and civil servant * Robert Williams (English chemist) (1926–2015), Professor of Oxford University *

Robert Williams (psychologist) Robert Lee Williams II (February 20, 1930 – August 12, 2020) was a professor emeritus of psychology and African and Afro-American studies at the Washington University in St. Louis and a prominent figure in the history of African-American Psycho ...

(born 1930), second president of the Association of Black Psychologists * Robert Williams (astronomer) (born 1940), director of STScI 1993–98; president of IAU, 2009–2012 * Robin Williams (physicist) (Robert Hughes Williams, born 1941), Welsh physicist and academic * Robert H. Williams (physicist), environmental scientist at the Princeton Environmental Institute * Bobby G. Williams (born 1951), Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer; namesake of asteroid 5642 Bobbywilliams

Sports

American football

* Bob Williams (coach) (1877–1957), American college football coach * Bob Williams (quarterback) (1930–2016), football player for Notre Dame * Bobby Williams (defensive back) (1942–2012), American pro football player, St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Lions *

Bob Williams (American football coach) Bob Williams was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at the Livingston State Teachers College (now the University of West Alabama) in 1952. During his one season there, he compiled an overall record of four wins and si ...

, at Livingston State Teachers College, now University of West Alabama, 1952 *

Robert Williams (quarterback) Dr. Robert "Bob" Williams (born c. 1938 – July 21, 1990) was an American football player for the University of Notre Dame. Williams won three championships with G.A.R. Memorial High School in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. From his years playin ...

, football player for Notre Dame, 1956–1958 *

Bobby Williams Robert Vann Williams (born November 21, 1958) is an American football coach who most recently served as the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at the University of Oregon from 2018 to 2021. Williams served as the head coach at Mich ...

(born 1958), tight end, coach *

Robert Williams (cornerback) Robert Cole Williams (born October 2, 1962) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins and Kansas City Chiefs. He played college football at Baylor University. Early ...

(born 1962), former American football cornerback *

Bobbie Williams Bobbie Joe Williams, Jr. (born September 25, 1976) is a former American football guard. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arkansas. Williams has also played for th ...

(born 1976), American football guard *

Robert Williams (defensive back) Robert M. Williams (born May 29, 1977) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. Williams played college football at North Carolina ...

(born 1977), former American football cornerback

Baseball

Bob Williams (baseball) Robert Elias Williams (April 27, 1884 – August 6, 1962) was an American baseball player who was a catcher with the New York Highlanders/Yankees in the American League. He was released by the Yankees in 1913 to the Rochester Club of the Interna ...

(1884–1962), baseball player for the New York Highlanders/Yankees * Bobby Williams (baseball) (1895–1978), American baseball shortstop and manager in the Negro leagues * Robert Williams (baseball) (1917–2000), American baseball pitcher and infielder in the Negro leagues

Basketball

* Bob Williams (basketball, born 1931), American professional basketball player, played collegiately at Florida A&M *

Bob Williams (basketball, born 1953) Robert Allen Williams (born July 13, 1953) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the UC Santa Barbara. He is sometimes referred to as the Dean of the Big West Conference's basketball coaches. He was ...

, American basketball coach, most recently with UC Santa Barbara *

Rob Williams (basketball) Robert Aaron Williams (May 5, 1961 – March 10, 2014), was an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the first round (19th pick overall) of the 1982 NBA draft. A 6-foot-2 point guard from the Un ...

(1961–2014), American professional basketball player, played collegiately for Houston *

Robert Williams III Robert Lee Williams III (born October 17, 1997), nicknamed "Time Lord", is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies. ...

(born 1997), American professional basketball player, played collegiately for Texas A&M * Robert Williams (Grambling State basketball), American college basketball player for Grambling State

Cricket

Robert Williams (South African cricketer) Robert James Williams (12 April 1912 – 14 May 1984) was a South African cricketer who played first-class cricket for Natal between 1930–31 and 1950–51 and was Jock Cameron's deputy wicketkeeper on the 1935 South African tour of England, ...

(1912–1984), South African cricketer *

Robert Williams (English cricketer) Robert James Williams (born 12 December 1970) is a former English cricketer. Williams was a right-handed batsman who bowled off break and who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Williams made hi ...

(born 1970), English former cricketer *

Robbie Williams (cricketer) Robert Edward Morgan Williams (born 19 January 1987, in Pembury, Kent) is an English cricketer. Williams made his first-class debut for Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence in three matches during 2007 as a six-foot right-arm medi ...

(born 1987), English cricketer for Middlesex

Football and rugby

* Bobbie Williams (rugby union) (1865–1967), Welsh international rugby union player * Bobby Williams (Scottish footballer) (died 1916), Scottish footballer *

Bob Williams (rugby) Robert Williams (1886–1969) was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer for the Eastern Suburbs club. Playing career Williams, a dock worker from Woolloomooloo, had a distinguished career with the Eastern Suburbs club. He was a long s ...

(1886–1969), Australian rugby league footballer *

Bob Williams (Australian rules footballer) Robert Williams (14 April 1913 – 30 June 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Used mostly on the wing or half forward flanks, Williams spent 13 years at Hawthorn, after comi ...

(1913–2004), Australian rules footballer with Hawthorn *

Bobby Williams (footballer, born 1932) Bobby Williams (born 24 November 1932) is an English footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, clo ...

, English footballer for Chester City *

Bobby Williams (footballer, born 1940) Robert Gordon Williams (born 17 February 1940) is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside left. He made over 320 Football League appearances in the years after the Second World War. Career Williams played locally in B ...

, English footballer *

Robbie Williams (footballer, born 1979) Robert "Robbie" Williams (born 12 April 1979 in Liverpool, Merseyside) is an English footballer playing for Warrington Town. Accrington Stanley Williams signed for Accrington Stanley in July 1999 from Liverpool County Football Combination sid ...

, English footballer for Warrington Town *

Robbie Williams (footballer, born 1984) Robert Ian Williams (born 2 October 1984) is an English Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Full-back, left back for Pike Rovers F.C., Pike Rovers. Born in Pontefract, he has made 225 Football League ...

, English footballer for Limerick *

Robert Williams (footballer, born 1927) Raymond Robert Williams (born 25 October 1927) is an English former professional footballer who played as an inside forward. He made appearances in the English Football League for Wrexham and Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is ...

, English footballer for Wrexham and Shrewsbury Town *

Robert Williams (footballer, born 1932) George Robert Williams (18 November 1932 – March 2003) was an English professional footballer who played as a right half. Career Born in Felling, Williams spent his early career with Rotherham United, Sheffield United and Wisbech Town. He sig ...

, English footballer for Mansfield Town

Other sports

* Robert Williams (archer) (1841–1914), American archer * Bob Williams (rower) (1931–2017), Canadian rower *

Robbie Williams (snooker player) Robbie Williams (born 28 December 1986) is an English professional snooker player. Williams turned professional in 2012 after qualifying in Event 3 of the Q School and gained a two-year tour card for the 2012/13 and 2013/14 snooker seasons ...

(born 1986), English snooker player *

Rob Williams (rower, born 1960) Rob Williams (born 9 December 1960) is a British lightweight rower. He now works as a rowing coach at Mersey Rowing Club and lives in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia. References * 1960 births Living people British male rowers Sportsp ...

, British rower *

Rob Williams (rower, born 1985) Rob Williams (born 21 January 1985, in Taplow) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Williams was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where ...

, British Olympian

Other

* Robert A. Williams Jr., American lawyer and professor * Robert S. C. Williams, community service worker in Ontario, Canada * Robert C. Williams, the namesake of the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum * Robert F. Williams (1925–1996), American civil rights activist * Robert Wayne Williams (1952–1983), American murderer executed in Louisiana * Robert Williams (architect) (1848–1918), Welsh architect and social campaigner *

Robert Williams (geometer) Robert Edward Williams (born 1942) is an American designer, mathematician, and architect. He is noted for books on the geometry of natural structure, the discovery of a new space-filling polyhedron, the development of theoretical principles of Ca ...

(born 1942), American designer, mathematician, and architect * Robert Williams (robot fatality) (1953–1979), the first person to be killed by a robot * Robert Williams (trade union leader) (1881–1936), British trade union organizer * Robert D. Williams, American businessman