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

Arts and entertainment

Robert Boyd (journalist) Robert Skinner Boyd (January 11, 1928 – September 20, 2019) was an American journalist who spent most of his career working for the Knight Newspaper Group, spending two decades as the group's Washington bureau chief. He and Clark Hoyt won a ...

(1928–2019), American journalist, writer, and winner of the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting *

Dice (rapper) Robert Boyd (born October 16, 1970), known professionally as Dice, is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. Biography Dice began his career in 1992, signing with World One Records, who released his debut album, ''The 40 Made Me Do It'' thro ...

(Robert Boyd, born 1970), American rapper *

Robert Boyd (director) Robert Boyd is a Canadian former film and television director. His credits include the films ''South of Wawa'' and '' The Canadian Conspiracy'', as well as episodes of ''Road to Avonlea ''Road to Avonlea'' is a Canadian television series fir ...

(fl. 1980s–1990s), Canadian film director * Robert Boyd (comics) (fl. 1990s), comics editor and critic on ''

The Big Book Of ''The Big Book Of'' is a series of graphic novel comics anthology, anthologies published by American company DC Comics imprint (trade name), imprint Paradox Press. Publication history The ''Big Books'' were published between 1994 and 2000. Just o ...

'' * Robbie Boyd, British singer and songwriter

Nobility

Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd Robert Boyd, 1st Lord Boyd (died 1482) was a Scottish statesman, Lord Chamberlain of Scotland from 1467. Biography Robert Boyd was knighted and was created a Peer of Parliament (Lord Boyd) by James II of Scotland at some date between 1451 a ...

(died c. 1482), Scottish statesman *

Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd Robert Boyd, 4th Lord Boyd ( – 3 January 1558) was a Scottish nobleman who supported various factions attempting to dominate Scottish politics during the reign of King James V of Scotland, James V and the minority of Mary, Queen of Scots. Bio ...

(died 1557/8), Scottish nobleman, grandson of the 1st Lord Boyd *

Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd Robert Boyd, 5th Lord Boyd (c. 1517 – 3 January 1590) was a Scottish noble and courtier. Biography Robert was the only son and heir of Robert, 4th Lord Boyd. He was born about 1517, and first appears in the historical record on 5 May 1534, wh ...

(c. 1517–1590), Scottish nobleman *

Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd Robert Boyd, 7th Lord Boyd (November 1595 – 28 August 1628),Also known as Lord Boyd of Kilmarnock was a Scottish noble. Early life Robert Boyd was born in November 1595. He was the son of Jean ( Kerr) Boyd and Robert Boyd, Master of Boyd, who ...

(1595–1628), Scottish noble * Robert Boyd, 8th Lord Boyd (c. 1618–1640), Scottish noble and politician

Politics and law

* Robert Boyd (British Army officer) (1710–1794), British army officer and governor of Gibraltar *

Robert Boyd (civil servant) Robert Boyd was the third Accountant General and Civil Auditor in British Ceylon. He was appointed on 29 September 1802, succeeding Thomas Frazer, and held the office until 1 October 1806. He was succeeded by Samuel Tolfrey Samuel Tolfrey (die ...

(fl. 1802–1812), British civil servant in British Ceylon *

Robert Boyd (Australian politician) Robert Livingstone Boyd (11 December 1885 – 30 May 1951) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Boyd was born at "Lara", on the Logan River in Queensland, the son of Robert Boyd Snr. and his wife May (née McDonald). ...

(1885–1951), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly * Robert Boyd (military officer) (1805–1831), Irish officer in the army of the British East India Company

Science and medicine

* Robert Boyd (writer) (1803–1883), British physician and writer on diseases of the insane * Robert F. Boyd (1858–1912), American physician and dentist * Robert A. Boyd (1918–2006), Canadian electrical engineer; leader of the James Bay hydroelectric project *

Robert Boyd (physicist) Sir Robert Lewis Fullarton Boyd FRS (19 October 1922 – 5 February 2004) was a pioneer of British space science and founding director of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory (part of University College London). Robert Boyd was born in Saltcoats, ...

(1922–2004), Scottish physicist and pioneer of British space science *

Robert Boyd (paediatrician) Sir Robert David Hugh Boyd (born 14 May 1938) is a British paediatrician and head of research and Development for Greater Manchester NHS. From 1989 to 1993 he was Dean of the Medical School and Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Manch ...

(born 1938), British paediatrician *

Robert Boyd (anthropologist) Robert Turner Boyd (born February 11, 1948) is an American anthropologist. He is professor of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) at Arizona State University (ASU). His research interests include evolutionary psycho ...

(born 1948), American anthropologist *

Robert W. Boyd Robert William Boyd (born 8 March 1948) is an American physicist noted for his work in optical physics and especially in nonlinear optics. He is currently the Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Quantum Nonlinear Optics based at the Uni ...

(born 1948), American optical physicist

Sports

* Bob Boyd (footballer) (1867–1930), Scottish footballer *

Bob Boyd (baseball) Robert Richard Boyd (October 1, 1919 – September 7, 2004) was an American first baseman in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball. Career Nicknamed "Rope" for his line-drive hitting, Boyd served in the US Army during World War II, and pl ...

(1919–2004), American first baseman in the Negro leagues and MLB *

Bob Boyd (American football) Robert Barrett Boyd (March 7, 1928 – May 14, 2009) was an American professional football player who was an end and defensive back for eight seasons with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). His most spectacular season w ...

(1928–2009), American football end and wide receiver *

Bob Boyd (basketball) William Robert Boyd (June 7, 1930 – January 14, 2015) was an American collegiate men's basketball coach who was head coach at Seattle University, the University of Southern California (USC) and Mississippi State University. Playing career & h ...

(1930–2015), American basketball coach *

Bobby Boyd Robert Dean Boyd (December 3, 1937 – August 28, 2017) was an American professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). Boyd spent his entire nine-year career as a cornerback for the Baltimore Colts from 1960 to 1968. He pl ...

(1937–2017), American football player for the Baltimore Colts *

Bob Boyd (ice hockey) Robert "Bob" Boyd (born November 27, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA). Career Boyd was drafted in the eighth round of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft by the Detroit Red ...

(born 1951), Canadian ice hockey player * Bob Boyd (golfer) (1955–2011), American golfer * Rob Boyd (born 1966), Canadian alpine skier

Others

Robert Boyd (university principal) Robert Boyd of Trochrig (1578–1627) was a Scottish theological writer, teacher and poet. He studied at the University of Edinburgh and after attending lectures by Robert Rollock, prosecuted his studies in France, and became a minister in the ...

(1578–1627), Principal of the University of Edinburgh * Robert Napuʻuako Boyd (1863–1914), Hawaiian insurgent leader * Robert Boyd (stenographer) (1870–?), Canadian inventor of Boyd's Syllabic Shorthand * Robert Boyd (bishop) (1890–1958), Anglican bishop of Killaloe and Clonfert and of Derry and Raphoe * Robert Boyd (RAF officer) (1916–1975), British flying ace of the Second World War * Bobby Boyd, husband of fellow real estate agent

Josh Flagg Joshua Daniel Flagg (born August 20, 1985) is an American real estate agent, television personality and author. He is an original cast member on the show ''Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles'' on the Bravo television network. The show follows y ...

Other uses

Robert Boyd Publications Robert Boyd Publications is a book publishing company based in Witney, Oxfordshire, England. It concentrates on books covering the history of Oxfordshire in general and Oxford in particular, including "''The Changing Faces of ...''" book serie ...

, English publishing company