Robbins is an
English language surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community.
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Aaron Robbins
Aaron Robbins (born July 16, 1983) is a former American football linebacker. He played as a tight end and defensive end for the University of Wyoming. In 2007, Robbins signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent.
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(born 1983), American football player
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Alan Robbins (born 1943), American politician
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Alexandra Robbins (born 1976), American journalist and author
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Alfred Farthing Robbins
Sir Alfred Farthing Robbins ( Launceston 1 August 1856 - 9 March 1931) was a British journalist, political biographer and freemason.
Career
He was initiated in 1888 in Gallery Lodge No. 1928, which catered for members of the Press Gallery of the ...
(19th c.), British journalist and political biographer
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Alwyn Robbins
Dr Alwyn Robbins (1920 – 10 January 2002) was a distinguished British geodesist, being Chairman of the Royal Society's Geodesy Subcommittee, and was a Founding Fellow of St Cross College in Oxford.
Robbins' scientific publications covered a ...
(1920-2002), British geodesist
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Amy Robbins (born 1971), British stage, film and TV actress
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Amy Robbins (philanthropist)
Amy L. Towers (born 1970) is an American philanthropist and businesswoman who was formerly the chief operating officer of Glenview Capital Management.
Biography
Towers was a French language and Finance major in college and then worked as a banker ...
(born 1970), American businesswoman and philanthropist
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Andrea Robbins (born 1963), American artist
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Apollo Robbins (born 1974), American security consultant and magician
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Arthur Robbins (1920-2010), Australian rules football player
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Asher Robbins
Asher Robbins (October 26, 1761February 25, 1845) (also known as Ashur Robbins) was a United States senator from Rhode Island.
Early life
Born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, he graduated from Yale College in 1782, was a tutor in Rhode Island Co ...
(1757–1845), US Senator from Rhode Island
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Austin Robbins (born 1971), American football player
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Avalon Robbins
Avalon Robbins (born July 3, 2001) is an American model and actress. She had a major role in the 2012 film ''The Three Stooges (2012 film), The Three Stooges''.
Personal life
She lives in San Diego, California. She went to Earl Warren Middle Scho ...
(born 2001), American model and actress
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Ayn Robbins (late 20th c.), lyricist
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Barbara Robbins (1943–1965), first American woman killed in the Vietnam War and first female CIA employee to die in action
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Barret Robbins (born 1973), American football player
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Ben Robbins
Benjamin Anthony Robbins (born 27 December 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears, the Brisbane Lions and North Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL).
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(born 1976), Australian rules football player
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Benjamin Robbins
Benjamin Conrad "Cockie" Robbins (1857 – 20 January 1953) was a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council from 9 March 1936 to 8 March 1943; and 9 March 1943 to 8 March 1950.
Robbins was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, son of Capt. B. Robb ...
(1857–1953), New Zealand politician
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1809-1874), US attorney and Supreme Court Justice
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Bernie Robbins (early 21st c.), American businessman
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Betty Robbins (1924–2004), American cantor
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Brad Robbins
Bradley Robbins (born 12 January 1985) is an Australian basketball coach and former player who is most known for his time spent in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Perth Wildcats. He currently serves as an assistant coach with the ...
(born 1985), Australian basketball player
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Brent Robbins (early 21st c.), American psychology professor
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Bret Robbins Bret or BRET may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Bret (given name), a personal name, including a list of people and fictional characters
* Bret (surname), a list of people
Other uses
* a regional name for either the brill or the tu ...
(early 21st c.), Video game creative director
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Brian Robbins (born 1963), American actor and producer
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Bruce Robbins (born 1959), American baseball player
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Calvin H. Robbins (1840-1900), American physician and politician
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Carla Robbins
Carla Robbins is an American journalist and the former deputy editorial page editor of ''The New York Times''. Prior to her career at ''The New York Times'', Robbins worked for ''BusinessWeek'', '' U.S. News & World Report'', and ''The Wall Stree ...
(born c. 1952), American journalist
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Caroline Robbins (1903–1999), British historian
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Chandler Robbins
Chandler Seymour Robbins (July 17, 1918 – March 20, 2017) was an American ornithologist. His contributions to the field include co-authorship of an influential field guide to birds, as well as organizing the North American Breeding Bird Surve ...
(1918–2017), American ornithologist
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Charles Robbins (Royal Navy officer)
Charles Robbins (1782-1805) was a British Royal Navy officer and navigator in the early nineteenth century. He was involved in the early exploration of Bass Strait and Port Phillip in southern Australia.
Robbins held the rank of Midshipman aboa ...
(1782-1805), charted coast of southern Australia
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Charles Robbins (athlete), (1921-2006), American long distance runner
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Christopher Robbins
Christopher Robbins (19 November 1946 – 24 December 2012) was a British writer and journalist. He is best known for his 1978 bestseller '' Air America'', a non-fiction book which was made into a film in 1990. It is about the secret air ...
(1946–2012), British writer and journalist
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Christopher Robbins (artist)
Christopher Robbins is an American artist that focuses his art practice in the realm of public art and social sculpture. Robbins works internationally, using physical and conversational processes to create interactions between strangers in order to ...
(born 1973), American artist
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Chuck Robbins
Charles H. Robbins (born 1965/1966) is an American businessman, and the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Cisco Systems.
Early life
Robbins was born in Grayson, Georgia, and educated at Rocky Mount High School in Rocky Mount, North C ...
(late 20th/early 21st c.), American businessman
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Cindy Robbins
Cynthia Chenault (born January 5, 1937) is an American television actress and producer/writer active from the mid-1950s to the present. She used the screen name Cindy Robbins in her acting credits.
Early years
Robbins was born in Hammond, Louis ...
(born 1937), American television actress and producer/writer
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Clifton Robbins
Clifton Robbins (22 October 1890 – 9 December 1964) was an English journalist, writer of golden age detective fiction in the 1930s, and executive of the International Labour Organization. His stories of amateur detectives involved murder and i ...
(1890–1964), British journalist, writer, and executive of the International Labour Organization
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Clive Robbins
Clive Robbins, (23 July 1927 in Handsworth, West Midlands – 7 December 2011 in New York)
was a British music therapist, Special Needs educator, anthroposophist and co-founder of Nordoff-Robbins music therapy.
Early years
Born on 23 July 1927 ...
(1927–2011), British music therapist
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Clyde Robbins (born 1931), United States Coast Guard vice admiral and senior civil servant
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Clyde W. Robbins
Clyde W. Robbins (June 7, 1926–July 20, 2001) was an American farmer and politician.
Robbins was born in Akron, Ohio. He moved with his family to Wayne County, Illinois and settled in Geff, Illinois. Robbins went to the Wayne County publi ...
(1926–2001), American farmer and politician
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Colin Robbins (born 1964), British software engineer
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Corky Robbins (mid 20th c.), American singer and songwriter
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Cory Robbins (born 1957), American record executive
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Daniel Robbins (art historian) (1932-1995), American art historian
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Daniel Robbins (computer programmer)
Daniel Robbins is a computer programmer and consultant best known as the founder and former chief architect of the Gentoo Linux project. In 2008, he launched the Funtoo project, a free Linux distribution based on Gentoo, and he became the proj ...
(early 21st c.), American computer programmer
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Darren Robbins (late 20th/early 21st c.), American singer-songwriter
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Dave Robbins (trombonist)
David Thornburg Robbins (August 14, 1923 – September 23, 2005) was an American-Canadian trombonist, composer, arranger, and teacher.
Early life and education
Born in Greensburg, Indiana, Robbins studied music education at Sam Houston State U ...
(1923–2005), American trombonist, composer, and teacher
* Dave Robbins (late 20th/early 21st c.), American keyboardist with country music band
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Dave Robbins (basketball) (born 1942), American basketball coach
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David L. Robbins (Virginia writer)
David L. Robbins (born 1954) is an American author of several historical fiction novels, and a co-founder of the James River Writers. He founded the Richmond-based Podium Foundation.
Biography
The son of two World War II veterans, David Lea Ro ...
(born 1954)
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David P. Robbins
David Peter Robbins (12 August 1942 in Brooklyn – 4 September 2003 in Princeton) was an American mathematician. He is most famous for introducing alternating sign matrices.. He is also known for his work on generalizations of Heron's formula o ...
(1942–2003), American mathematician
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David Robbins (composer)
David Robbins is an American music composer. He is a brother of actor and director Tim Robbins
Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for portraying Andy Dufresne in the film '' The Shaw ...
(born 1955), American composer of film soundtracks
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David Robbins (artist)
David Robbins (born 1957 in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin) is an artist and writer who was one of the first to investigate the art world's entrance into the culture industry.
For three decades, in artworks and writing David Robbins has promoted a fr ...
(born 1957), American artist
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Derek Robbins (born 1952), Canadian skier
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Dennis Robbins (late 20th c.), American musician
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DeAnna Robbins
DeAnna Robbins (born June 15, 1959) is an American former actress known for her role as Lisa in the 1981 slasher film '' Final Exam'', and for her role as Cindy Lake on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. She also appeared as Diane ...
(born 1959), American actress
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Don Robbins (born c. 1934), American football coach
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Doren Robbins
Doren Robbins (born August 20, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is a contemporary American poet, prose poet, fiction writer, essayist, mixed media artist, and educator. As a cultural activist, he has organized and developed projects for Amnesty ...
(born 1949), American poet, writer, artist, educator, and cultural activist
* Doug Robbins (late 20th c.), founder of
Robbinex, a consultative business intermediary firm
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Doug Robbins (baseball)
Doug Robbins (born July 6, 1966) is a former professional baseball catcher.
Robbins played college baseball for Stanford University. Robbins was a member of the United States national baseball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1988 Baseball ...
(born 1966), former baseball catcher
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* Edith Hyde Robbins, better known as
Edith Hyde Robbins Macartney
Edith Norman Hyde Robbins Macartney (1895 – April 1978) became the first-ever "Miss America" in 1919 in a contest held in New York City. She later became a fortune teller under the pseudonym Pandora.
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She was born Edith Norma ...
(1895-1978), first holder of the Miss America title
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Edmund Yard Robbins (1867–1942), American philosopher and professor
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Edward Robbins (1758–1837), Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts and great-great-grandfather of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Edward E. Robbins (1860–1919), US Congressman from Pennsylvania
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Ellen Robbins
Ellen Robbins (1828 – 1905) was a 19th-century American botanical illustrator known for paintings of wildflowers and autumn leaves.
She was one of the contributors to the first annual exhibition of the American Watercolor Society in 1867/1868.
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(1828–1905), American botanical illustrator
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(early 20th c.), American musician
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Frank Robbins (1917–1994), American comic strip artist and writer
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Franklin Robbins (mid 20th c.), American tennis player
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Fred Robbins
Fred Robbins (born March 25, 1977) is a former American football defensive tackle. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wake Forest.
Robbins also played for the New Y ...
(born 1977), American football player
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Fred Robbins (broadcaster) (1919–1992), American radio personality and television host
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Fred A. Robins (early 20th c.), American football and baseball coach
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Frederick Chapman Robbins
Frederick Chapman Robbins (August 25, 1916 – August 4, 2003) was an American pediatrician and virologist. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and grew up in Columbia, Missouri, attending David H. Hickman High School.
He received the Nobel Prize in ...
(1916–2003), American pediatrician and virologist
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Gale Robbins (1921-1980), American actress and singer
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Garry Robbins
Garry Robbins (September 9, 1957 – December 11, 2013) was a Canadian actor and professional wrestler.
Early life
Robbins was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 1957.
Acting career
Robbins was discovered working as a bouncer in a lo ...
(1957-2013), Canadian actor and professional wrestler
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Gaston A. Robbins
Gaston Ahi Robbins (September 26, 1858 – February 22, 1902) was a United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative from Alabama.
Born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, Robbins moved to Randolph County, North Carolina.
He attended Tr ...
(1858–1902), US Congressman from Alabama
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George R. Robbins
George Robbins Robbins (September 24, 1808 – February 22, 1875) was an American Opposition Party/ Republican Party politician who represented New Jersey's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms f ...
(1808–1875), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
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George Collier Robbins (born 1823), mayor of Portland, Oregon, U.S., 1860–1861
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George Robbins (footballer)
George Mead Robbins (12 September 1903 – 5 October 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda, Carlton
Carlton may refer to:
People
* Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname
* Carlton (singe ...
(1903–1998), Australian rules footballer
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Gil Robbins (1931–2011), American singer, musician, and actor
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Gilbert F. Robbins
Gilbert F. Robbins (1838-1889) was the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, from 1887 to 1889.
Early life
Robbins was born in Burrillville, Rhode Island, to a family of farmers. He attended public schools until age 17, at which time he attende ...
(1838–1889), Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island
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Glen Robbins
Glen Robbins (13 July 1912 – 22 January 1992) was a Canadian cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1932 Summer Olympics
The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an ...
(early 20th c.), Canadian cyclist
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Glenn Robbins (born 1957), Australian comedian, writer, actor and radio personality
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Graham Robbins (born 1949), Australian rules football player
* Greg Robbins, American wrestler and silver medalist at
1987 Pan American Games
The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas c ...
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Hanmer Robbins
Hanmer Robbins (December 11, 1815 – July 9, 1890) was a teacher from Platteville, Wisconsin who served several times as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
He was born in Deerfield, New York. He moved to Platteville, Wisconsin in May 18 ...
(1815-1881), American politician
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Hargus "Pig" Robbins (1938-2022), American musician
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Harold Robbins (1916–1997), American author
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Harvey Frank Robbins (late 20th/early 21st c.), American cattle rancher
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Heidi Robbins (born 1991), American rower
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Herbert Robbins (1915–2001), American mathematician
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Hillman Robbins
Clarence Hillman Robbins Jr. (April 22, 1932 – November 6, 1981) was an American professional golfer who is best known for his amateur career, including winning the 1957 U.S. Amateur.
Early life
Robbins was born in Memphis, Tennessee. He was ...
(1932–1981), American golfer
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Hollis Robbins
Hollis Robbins (born 1963) is an American academic and essayist; Robbins currently serves as Dean of Humanities at University of Utah. Her scholarship focuses on African-American literature.
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Robbins was born and raised ...
(born 1963), American academic and scholar
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Horace Wolcott Robbins (1842–1904), American landscape painter
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Ira Robbins
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/ publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference t ...
(late 20th c.), editor and publisher of music magazine ''Trouser Press''
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Irv Robbins
Irvine Robbins (December 6, 1917 – May 5, 2008) was a Canadian-born American businessman. He co-founded the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain in 1945 with his partner and brother-in-law Burt Baskin.
Early life
Robbins was born in Winnip ...
(1917–2008), founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream parlor chain
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Jake Robbins
Phillip Jacob Robbins (born May 23, 1976) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who ended his career in the Chicago White Sox organization.
He appeared in only two major league games in for the Cleveland Indians at the age of 28. The only ru ...
(born 1976), American baseball player
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James Robbins (journalist) (born 1954), BBC journalist
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James Robbins (shipbuilder), (died 1680), Danish shipbuilder
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James S. Robbins
James S. Robbins (born 1962) is an American commentary writer for ''USA Today'' and Senior Fellow for National Security Affairs on the American Foreign Policy Council. He is the former Senior Editorial Writer for Foreign Affairs at the ''Washing ...
(born 1962), American author, professor, and special assistant to the US Undersecretary of Defense
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James Watson Robbins
James Watson Robbins (November 18, 1801 – January 10, 1879) was an American physician and botanist.
Robbins, son of Ammi R. and Salome Robbing, of Colebrook, Connecticut, and grandson of Rev. Ammi R. Robbins, of Norfolk, Connecticut, was born i ...
(1801-1879), American physician and botanist
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Jane Robbins (born 1962), British sculptor
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Jane D. Robbins
Jane D. Robbins (June 26, 1919 – March 1, 2008) served on the Compton
Compton may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Compton (electoral district), a former Quebec federal electoral district
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(1919 - 2008) American Compton City councillor
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J. Robbins
James Robbins (best known as J. Robbins) is an American rock musician.
Career
Robbins began his career as a bassist for Government Issue, and has also led five of his own bands: Jawbox, Rollkicker Laydown, Burning Airlines, Channels, and Off ...
(born 1976), American rock musician
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Jay M. Robbins (born 1945), American racehorse trainer
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Jay T. Robbins (1919–2001), U.S. Air Force General
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Jeff Robbins (born 1969), American musician and businessman
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Jennifer Niederst Robbins (late 20th/early 21st c.), American web designer
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Jerome Robbins (1918–1988), American choreographer, director, dancer, and theater producer
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Jess Robbins
Jess Robbins (April 30, 1886 – March 11, 1973) was an American film director, writer and producer. He directed more than 70 films between 1913 and 1927. He was the first director to direct Laurel and Hardy in the same motion picture, nam ...
(1886–1973), American film director, writer and producer
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Jesse Robbins (born 1978), American entrepreneur and firefighter
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Jimmy Robbins
James Michael Robbins (born September 3, 1989, in Raleigh, North Carolina) is a country music Award-winning American songwriter and producer.
Biography
In addition to having penned ten number-one singles, he won a CMA Triple Play Award in 2014 ...
(born 1989), American singer-songwriter and producer
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JoAnne Robbins
JoAnne Robbins is an American authority on dysphagia and biomedical engineering, and is professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. For more than three decades she has been a leading researcher in th ...
(late 20th/early 21st c.), American speech-language pathologist, academic, researcher and entrepreneur
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John Robbins (author) (born 1947), American author, known for his books on food and health
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John Robbins (congressman)
John Robbins (1808April 27, 1880) was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life and career
John Robbins was born in Bustleton, Philadelphia, Bustleton, Pennsylvania ...
(1808–1880), American congressman from Pennsylvania
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John Robbins (illustrator) (died 2016), host of the public television program ''Cover to Cover''
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John B. Robbins
John Bennett Robbins (December 1, 1932—November 27, 2019) was a senior investigator at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), best known for his contribution to the development of the vaccine against bacterial meningitis (Haemophilus influenza ...
(1932–2019), American medical researcher
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John Everett Robbins (1903–1995), Canadian educator, encyclopedia editor and diplomat
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Jack Robbins (1916–1983), American football player
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Jack W. Robbins
Jack W. Robbins (1919–2005) was a principal prosecutor for the United States in the Pohl Trial. The Pohl Trial was the fourth of twelve trials for war crimes the U.S. authorities held in Nuremberg, Germany, after the end of World War II
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(1919–2005), American prosecutor at Nuremberg trials
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Joel Robbins
Joel Robbins (born 1961) is an American Socio-Cultural Anthropology, anthropologist; he is at the University of Cambridge, where he is the Sigrid Rausing Professor of Social anthropology, Social Anthropology and the Deputy Head of Division and REF ...
(born 1961), American socio-cultural anthropologist
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Joni Robbins
Joni Robbins (born Joan Eva Rothman, died September 21, 2020) was an American veteran voice actress.
Biography
In the 1950s, her family moved to Los Angeles so that her father Michael "Max" Rothman could work as a masseur at the Beverly Hills H ...
(late 20th c.), American voice actress
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Joseph E. Robbins (1901-1989), American film technician
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Josh Robbins (born 1983), American activist, blogger, talent agent, writer, and social media marketer
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Kate Robbins (born 1958), English actress, comedian, singer and songwriter
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Kelly Robbins (born 1969), American golfer
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Kenneth X. Robbins
Kenneth X. Robbins is a psychiatrist, collector of south Asian art, and author known for his studies of expatriate communities in Asia. In 1990, Robbins donated a collection of materials relating to India to the Smithsonian Institution. (late 20th/early 21st c.), American psychiatrist, art collector, and author
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Kent Robbins
Kent Marshall Robbins (April 23, 1947 – December 27, 1997) was an American country music songwriter.
Robbins was born in Mayfield, Kentucky. He began writing for Charley Pride's Pi-Gem music in 1974. Between then and his death, he wrote so ...
(1947–1997), American songwriter
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Keith Robbins (1940-2019), British historian and university Vice-Chancellor
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Larry Robbins
Larry Robbins (born 1969) is an American hedge fund manager and philanthropist. He is the chief executive of Glenview Capital Management, a hedge fund with approximately $7.7 billion of capital under management as of March 2019.
Early life and e ...
(born 1969), American hedge fund manager
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Lee Robbins (1922–1968), American basketball player
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Lindy Robbins
Lindy Robbins is an American songwriter from Los Angeles, whose songs include Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper", Jason Derulo's " Want to Want Me", David Guetta's "Dangerous" featuring Sam Martin, MKTO's " Classic", Hot Chelle Rae's " Tonight, Toni ...
(late 20th/early 21st c.), American songwriter
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Lionel Robbins (1898–1984), British economist
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Lorcan Robbins (1885-1939), Irish politician
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Louise S. Robbins
Louise S. Robbins is an American academic and formerly director of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Library and Information Studies.
Robbins has won awards for her articles and books dealing with the history of librarians and inte ...
(late 20th/early 21st c.), American academic and librarian
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Lynn G. Robbins
Lynn Grant Robbins (born October 27, 1952) is a co-founder of Franklin Quest Company and has been a general authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since 1997. He was a member of the church's Presidency of the ...
(born 1952), American general authority of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Marc Robbins (1868–1931), American actor
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Marcus Robbins (1851–1924), US Army Medal of Honor recipient
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Marty Robbins (1925–1982), American country singer
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Matthew Robbins (footballer) (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
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Matthew Robbins (screenwriter) (born 1945), American screenwriter, producer and director
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Merle Robbins Merle Robbins (September 12, 1911 – January 14, 1984) was an American barber from Reading, Ohio who invented the card game UNO.
In 1971, he invented UNO to resolve an argument with his son Ray, a teacher, about the rules of Crazy Eights. ...
(c. 1912–1984), inventor of the card game UNO
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Michael Robbins (1930–1992), British actor
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Missy Robbins (born 1971), American chef
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Monte Robbins (born 1964), American football player
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Naomi B. Robbins
Naomi Robbins (née Bograd), also known by her initials NBR, is an American statistician, expert in data visualization, graphical data presentation consultant and author. She is the author of ''Creating More Effective Graphs'', a reference book o ...
, American expert in data visualization
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Neil Robbins (1929–2020), Australian long-distance runner
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Noah Robbins, American actor
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Obedience Robbins (1600–1662), Virginia burgess
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Oliver Robbins (born 1975), British civil servant and Permanent Secretary of the Department for Exiting the European Union
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Ormond Robbins
Ormond Orlea Robbins (March 14, 1910 – July 21, 1984) was an American author of hardboiled detective fiction and weird fiction. His work was primarily published in the Popular Publications catalog of pulp fiction. The most part of his ...
(1910–1984), American author
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Otho S. Robbins (1855-1927), American politician
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Paddy Robbins (1914–1986), Irish footballer
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Pete Robbins
Pete Robbins (born November 28, 1978) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer living in Brooklyn.
He graduated from the New England Conservatory in 2002.
He has performed or recorded with Vijay Iyer, John Hollenbeck, John Zorn, Craig T ...
(born 1978), American saxophonist and composer
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Peter Robbins (actor) (born 1956), voice of Charlie Brown
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Peter Robbins (author)
Peter Robbins (born 1946) is a British author whose published works include '' Stolen Fruit'' and a range of specialist books on related topics including precious metals markets, tropical commodity markets, trade sanctions, access to market in ...
(born 1946), British author
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Peter Robbins (rugby union)
Peter George Derek Robbins (21 September 193325 March 1987), also known as P. G. D. Robbins, was an international rugby union player who earned 19 caps playing for England.
Life
Robbins was born in Coventry on 21 September 1933, with his twin ...
(1933–1987), England rugby union player
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Phillips Robbins
Phillips Wesley Robbins is a professor emeritus in the department of molecular and cell biology at the Boston University School of Dental Medicine. He moved to BU in 1998 following a career of almost 40 years on the faculty at the Massachusetts Ins ...
(born 1930), American biochemistry professor
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Prospect K. Robbins
Prospect K. Robbins (December 22, 17881847) was an American surveyor
Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points an ...
(1788-1847), American surveyor
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Randy Robbins (American football)
Randy Robbins (born September 14, 1962 in Casa Grande, Arizona) is a former American football cornerback in the National Football League. He played college football at the University of Arizona. A fourth round selection (89th overall pick) in t ...
(born 1962), American football player
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Randy Robbins (director)
Randy J. Robbins (died May 18, 2015, in San Diego) was an American director.
Directing credits
*''The Young and the Restless'' (as Randy J. Robbins; 1985–1995)
*''Days of Our Lives'' (1995–2003)
Awards and nominations
*Directors Guild of ...
(late 20th/early 21st c.), American television director
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Raymond Francis Robbins (1912–1980), American artist
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Red Robbins (1944–2009), American basketball player
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Rex Robbins (1935–2003), American actor and singer
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Richard Robbins (anthropologist) (born 1940), American anthropology professor
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Richard Robbins (artist)
Richard Robbins (12 July 1927 – 28 July 2009) was a British artist, sculptor and art teacher, who ended his career as Head of Fine Art at Middlesex University.
Early life
Robbins was born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, in 1927. His paren ...
(1927-2009), British sculptor
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Richard Robbins (composer)
Richard Stephen Robbins (December 4, 1940 – November 7, 2012) was an American-born composer, best known for his motion picture scores for the Merchant Ivory films.
Robbins was born in South Weymouth, Massachusetts. In November 2012, he died ...
(1940-2012), American film score composer
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Richard Robbins (poet) (late 20th/early 21st c.), American poet
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Richard E. Robbins
Richard E. Robbins is an American filmmaker and documentary maker, who has produced and directed several documentaries for ABC and PBS. The most notable is '' Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience'', which puts forward the perspect ...
(early 21st c.), American filmmaker and documentarian
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Robert D. Robbins (born 1944), American politician
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Rockie Robbins Rockie Robbins is an American soul singer from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Biography
Robbins was born Edward W. Robbins Jr. He signed for A&M Records in 1979 and cut his first album, which was arranged and produced by veteran Chicago producers, Ric ...
(late 20th c.), American singer
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Royal Robbins (1935-2017), American climber
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Royal Robbins (minister) (1788–1861), American minister
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Ryan Robbins (born 1972), Canadian actor
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Ryan Robbins (footballer) (born 1988), English football player
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Sally Robbins (born 1981), Australian rower
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Samuel Robbins (born c. 1790), a member of the crew of HMS ''Victory''
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Samuel Robbins Brown (1810–1880), American missionary
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Samuel K. Robbins
Samuel Kirkbride Robbins (May 9, 1853 – December 26, 1926) was a Republican Party politician who served as Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.Lipponcott, William D. and V. Claude Palmer (Apri ...
(1853-1926), New Jersey state politician
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Sarah Robbins
Sarah Rebecca Robbins (born July 30, 1992) is a Canadian soccer player from Montreal, Quebec. She last played for Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
Early life
Robbins was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Robbins attend ...
(born 1992), Canadian soccer player
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Sarah Fraser Robbins
Sarah Fraser Robbins (December 27, 1911 – February 9, 2002) was an American writer and educator in the field of natural history and a dedicated environmentalist.
Her scientific specialty was the creatures that inhabit the shallow waters of the ...
(1911-2002) American natural history writer, educator and environmentalist
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Saul Robbins (1922-2010), American toy manufacturer, co-founder of Remco
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Silas Robbins (1857–1916), American lawyer
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Silas Webster Robbins (1785–1871), American lawyer and judge
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Stephen Robbins (born 1953), British Army Chaplain-General
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Stuart Robbins (1976–2010), British basketball player
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Ted Robbins (born 1955), English actor, television presenter and radio broadcaster
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Terence Robbins (1934–2015), Welsh rugby player
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Terry Robbins (1947–1970), American activist
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Terry Robbins (footballer) (born 1965), English footballer
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Thomas Robbins (minister)
Rev. Thomas Robbins, D.D. (August 11, 1777 – September 13, 1856) was a Congregational minister, a bibliophile, and an antiquarian. He became the first librarian of the Connecticut Historical Society.
Early years
Robbins was born in Norfolk, ...
(1777–1856), American teacher, minister, and librarian
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Thomas Robbins (sociologist) Thomas Robbins (1943 – 2015) was an author and an independent scholar of sociology of religion.
Life and work
Robbins obtained a B.A. in government from Harvard University in 1965, and a Ph.D. in Sociology, at the University of North Carolina in ...
(1943–2015), American scholar and author
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Thomas H. Robbins, Jr. (1900-1972), American admiral
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Tim Robbins (born 1958), American actor, director and activist
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Tod Robbins
Clarence Aaron Robbins (25 June 1888 – May 10, 1949), billed as C.A Robbins and better known as Tod Robbins, was an American author of horror and mystery fiction, particularly novels and short story collections.
Biography
Robbins was born i ...
(1888–1949), American author
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Todd Robbins (born 1958), American magician, lecturer, actor, and author
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Tom Robbins (born 1932), American author
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Tom Alan Robbins
Tom Alan Robbins (born March 29, 1954) is an American actor known for his roles in theatre and television.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Canton, Ohio, Robbins graduated from Lehman High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from ...
(early 21st c.), American actor
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Tony Robbins (born 1960), American motivational speaker and life coach
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Tootie Robbins
James Elbert Robbins (June 2, 1958 – August 2, 2020) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) from 1982 to 1993.
Life and career
A native of North Carolina, Robbins atte ...
(born 1958), American football player
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Trevor Robbins (born 1949), British professor of cognitive neuroscience
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Trina Robbins (born 1938), American cartoonist and author
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Tristan Robbins
Tristan Alexander Robbins (born 26 May 1996) is a British road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team .
Major results
;2012
: National Track Championships
::1st Youth points race
::3rd Junior points race
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: 1st J ...
(born 1996), British cyclist
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Vernon K. Robbins
Vernon Kay Robbins (born March 13, 1939 in Wahoo, Nebraska) is an American New Testament scholar and historian of early Christianity. He is currently Winship Distinguished Research Professor of New Testament and Comparative Sacred Texts at Emory Un ...
(born 1939), American bible scholar and historian
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Walter Robbins
Walter William Robbins (24 November 1910 –1979) was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales international.
Club career
Having previously worked for a local brewery, Robbins was serving a motor engineering apprenticeship when he rose to atte ...
(1910–1979), Welsh football player
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Warren Delano Robbins (1885–1935), American diplomat
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Warren M. Robbins
Warren Murray Robbins (September 4, 1923 – December 4, 2008) was an American art collector, whose collection of African art led to the formation of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution.
Robbins was born in Worceste ...
(1923–2008), American art collector
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Wayne Robbins (1914–1958), American author
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Wendy Robbins (born 1963), British radio and television presenter and producer
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William Robbins (actor) (died 1645), comic actor in the Jacobean and Caroline eras
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William Robbins (athlete) (1885–1962), American Olympic runner
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William D. Robbins
William Dullam Robbins (May 7, 1874 – March 25, 1952) was the 45th Mayor of Toronto from 1936 to 1937. He was appointed mayor after the death of incumbent Sam McBride and remained in office until defeated by Ralph Day in the 1937 elections. Robb ...
(1874–1952), Mayor of Toronto
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William Jacob Robbins
William Jacob Robbins (1890–1978) was an American botanist and physiologist. He attended Lehigh University from 1906 to 1910 and earned a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1915. He was director of the New York Botanical Garden from 1937 to 1957. ...
(1890-1978), American botanist and physiologist
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William M. Robbins (1828–1905), US Congressman from North Carolina
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