Robert Anderson or Andersen may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Robert Anderson (editor and biographer) Robert Anderson (7 January 1750 – 20 February 1830) was a Scotland, Scottish author and critic. Son of David Anderson, W.S., he was born at Carnwath, Lanarkshire. He studied first divinity and then medicine at the University of Edinburgh, and ...

(1750–1830), Scottish literary scholar and editor *

Robert Anderson (poet) Robert Anderson (1770–1833), was an English labouring class poet from Carlisle. He was best known for his ballad-style poems in Cumbrian dialect. Life Robert Anderson was born on 1 February 1770, the youngest child of nine when his parents we ...

(1770–1833), English poet *

Robert Rowand Anderson Sir Robert Rowand Anderson, (5 April 1834 – 1 June 1921) was a Scottish Victorian architecture, Victorian architect. Anderson trained in the office of George Gilbert Scott in London before setting up his own practice in Edinburgh in 1860. ...

(1834–1921), Scottish architect *

Robert Anderson (silent film actor) Robert Anderson or Andersen may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Robert Anderson (editor and biographer) (1750–1830), Scottish literary scholar and editor * Robert Anderson (poet) (1770–1833), English poet * Robert Rowand Anderson (1834–19 ...

(1890–1963), Danish-born American actor *

Robert Alexander Anderson (composer) Robert Alexander Anderson (often given as R. Alex Anderson) (June 6, 1894 – May 30, 1995) was an American composer who was born and lived most of his life in Hawaii, writing many popular Hawaiian songs within the hapa haole genre including "Lo ...

(1894–1995), American composer *

Robert Anderson (filmmaker) Robert Anderson (1913 – June 3, 1997) was a Canadian filmmaker who specialized in films about psychiatry, first with the National Film Board of Canada, and then through his own company. He was the first filmmaker to create truthful, objective ...

(1913–1997), Canadian filmmaker *

Robert Anderson (playwright) Robert Woodruff Anderson (April 28, 1917 – February 9, 2009) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, for t ...

(1917–2009), American playwright and screenwriter *

Robert Anderson (singer) Robert Anderson (March 21, 1919 – June 15, 1995) was an American gospel singer and composer. Journalist Kenan Heise stated in the ''Chicago Tribune'' that "During the 'Golden Age of Gospel', the 1940s and 1950s, Anderson was the most highly re ...

(1919–1995), African-American gospel singer and composer *

Robert Theodore Anderson Robert Theodore Anderson (October 5, 1934 – May 29, 2009) was an American organist, composer and pedagogue. Biography He was born on October 5, 1934, in Chicago. He received his musical training at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicag ...

(1934–2009), American organist, composer, and pedagogue * Robert G. W. Anderson (born 1944), historian, former director of the British Museum * Robert Anderson (artist) (born 1946), American portrait artist *

Robert Mailer Anderson Robert Mailer Anderson (born 1968) is an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, Grammy-nominated producer and activist. He is the author of the bestselling novel '' Boonville'', which takes place in the Northern California town of Boonvil ...

(born 1968), American novelist

Law and politics

* Robert Anderson (mayor) (fl. 1810s–1820s), mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia *

Robert Stirling Hore Anderson Robert Stirling Hore Anderson, MLC (1821 – 26 October 1883) was an Irish-born solicitor and Australian colonial (Victorian) parliamentarian. Anderson was born at Articlave near Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland, and was educated at the ...

(1821–1883), Irish-born Australian colonial politician * Robert M. Anderson (politician) (1824–1878), lieutenant governor of California *

Robert H. Anderson (politician) Robert H. Anderson (1831December 29, 1879) was an American politician from New York. Life Anderson was born in Rochester, New York, or Pittsburgh. He learned the miller's trade, and at age 21 moved to Brooklyn to work in the flour mill of Smith, ...

(c. 1831–1879), American politician in New York * Sir Robert Anderson, 1st Baronet (1837–1921), Irish businessman and Lord Mayor of Belfast *

Robert Anderson (Scotland Yard official) Sir Robert Anderson (29 May 1841 – 15 November 1918) was the second Assistant Commissioner (Crime) of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1888 to 1901. He was also an intelligence officer, theologian and writer. Early life and education ...

(1841–1918), lawyer, British intelligence officer and London CID chief, in charge during the Jack the Ripper murders *

Robert Alexander Anderson (politician) Robert Alexander Anderson (14 August 1856 – 5 December 1916)"British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLKH-XQZ : 8 November 2017), Robert Alexander Anderson, 19 ...

(1858–1916), Canadian politician in British Columbia *

Robert King Anderson Robert King Anderson (August 29, 1861 – July 3, 1950) was a Canadian politician, physician and teacher. Biography Anderson graduated as a physician from the University of Toronto in 1888, and pursued postgraduate studies in Edinburgh, New York ...

(1861–1950), Canadian politician, physician and teacher *

Robert Newton Anderson Sir Robert Newton Anderson (8 December 1871 – 23 May 1948) was a unionist politician in Ireland. Born in County Fermanagh, Anderson ran a company making hosiery in Derry. He became active in the Irish Unionist Party and was elected as Mayor ...

(1871–1948), MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament for Londonderry *

Robert P. Anderson Robert Palmer Anderson (March 27, 1906 – May 2, 1978) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Di ...

(1906–1978), United States judge in Connecticut *

Robert B. Anderson (Texas politician) Robert Bernard Anderson (June 4, 1910 August 14, 1989) was an American Administration (government), administrator, politician, and businessperson, businessman. He served as the United States Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy between F ...

(1910–1989), businessman, politician, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury *

Robert B. Anderson (South Carolina politician) Robert Bernard Anderson (June 4, 1910 August 14, 1989) was an American administrator, politician, and businessman. He served as the Secretary of the Navy between February 1953 and March 1954. He also served as the Secretary of the Treasury from ...

, member of the South Carolina House of Representatives *

Robert Banneka Anderson Sr. Robert Banneka Anderson Sr. was an American teacher, state legislator, and postmaster in Georgetown, South Carolina. He served in the legislature from 1890 to 1896. He represented Georgetown County. He served at the South Carolina Constitutiona ...

, member of the South Carolina General Assembly *

Robert Anderson (diplomat) Robert Anderson (January 6, 1922 – April 5, 1996) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Dahomey, Morocco, and the Dominican Republic. Early life and education Anderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Afte ...

(1922–1996), United States ambassador to Morocco * Robert A. Anderson (1932–2006), American politician and businessman *

Robert Anderson (New Zealand politician) Robert Arnold Anderson (22 January 1936 – 24 October 1996) was a New Zealand politician. He was a National Party MP from 1987 to 1996. Biography Anderson was born in Epsom Epsom is a town in the borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, ...

(1936–1996), New Zealand politician * Robert T. Anderson (born 1945), American politician, lieutenant governor of Iowa *

Robert Anderson (Australian Aboriginal elder) Robert Vincent Anderson (born 31 July 1929) is an Australian Aboriginal elder and former union official. Anderson, often referred to as Uncle Bob, is known for his long association with the Building Workers' Industrial Union of Australia where ...

(born 1929), Australian Aboriginal elder and union official

Military

Robert Anderson (Revolutionary War) Robert Anderson (November 15, 1741 – January 9, 1813) was a politician, militia officer, and surveyor from South Carolina. He was a lifelong friend of General Andrew Pickens. Anderson, South Carolina, Anderson County, South Carolina, and the g ...

(1741–1813), Revolutionary War general and lieutenant governor of South Carolina *

Robert Anderson (Union officer) Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was the Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Battle of Fort Sumter, Fort Sumter in April 1861 whe ...

(1805–1871), Union commander at Fort Sumter at the start of the American Civil War * Robert H. Anderson (Confederate officer) (1835–1888), Confederate officer (brigadier general) in the American Civil War *

Robert Anderson (Medal of Honor) Robert N Anderson (December 25, 1843 – June 20, 1900) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Biography A native of Ireland, Robert Anderson was bo ...

(1843–1900), U.S. Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

Robert Anderson (Australian general) Brigadier General Sir Robert Murray McCheyne Anderson, (6 August 1865 – 30 December 1940) was a successful Sydney businessman and Australian Army officer. He served as head of the London-based Administrative Headquarters for the Australian ...

(1865–1940), Australian World War I brigadier general

Sports

Robert Anderson (MCC cricketer) Robert Milligan Anderson (8 August 1811 – 24 July 1891) was an English cricketer who played three first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club between 1837 and 1841. Very little is recorded of his feats, and his batting and bowli ...

(1811–1891), English cricketer, played for Hertfordshire 1835–36 and MCC 1837–41 *Robert Anderson (American cricketer) (1893–?), American cricketer *

Robert Anderson (New Zealand cricketer) Robert Wickham Anderson (2 October 1948 – 1 June 2025) was a New Zealand cricketer who played nine Test cricket, Test matches and two One Day Internationals for the New Zealand national cricket team between 1976 and 1978. Anderson was born i ...

(1948–2025), New Zealand cricketer, played nine Tests and two One Day Internationals for New Zealand *

Robert Anderson (rugby union) Robert Peter Anderson (1900 – c. 1979) was a rugby union player who represented Australia. Anderson, a centre, was born in Temora, New South Wales Temora () is a town in the north-east of the Riverina area of New South Wales, south-west ...

(c. 1900 – c. 1979), Australian rugby player * Robert Anderson (Australian rules footballer) (born 1959), Australian rules footballer * Robert Kiplagat Andersen (born 1972), Kenyan-born middle-distance runner who ran internationally for Denmark * Robbie Anderson (American football) (born 1993), American football wide receiver *

Robbie Anderson (footballer) Robert John Anderson (23 February 1936 – November 1996) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Mansfield Town Mansfield Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town ...

(1936–1996), English footballer

Other

* Robert Anderson (mathematician) (fl. 1668–1696), English mathematician and silk-weaver *

Robert Anderson (inventor) Robert Anderson was a 19th-century Scottish inventor, best known for inventing the first electric carriage, in Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-thi ...

(fl. 1830s), Scottish inventor *

Robert Anderson (Hollywood, Florida community leader) Robert Anderson (1912–1998) was a banker and community leader in Hollywood, Florida. He is on the List of Great Floridians. Anderson came to Miami from New York in 1922 with his family and, responding to marketing by Joseph W. Young, soon settl ...

(1912–1998), banker and community leader in Hollywood, Florida *

Robert Anderson (New Zealand philanthropist) Robert Anderson or Andersen may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Robert Anderson (editor and biographer) (1750–1830), Scottish literary scholar and editor * Robert Anderson (poet) (1770–1833), English poet *Robert Rowand Anderson (1834–1921 ...

, New Zealand businessman and philanthropist ( knighted 1934) *

Robert Orville Anderson Robert Orville Anderson (April 12, 1917 – December 2, 2007) was an American businessman, art collector, and philanthropist who founded Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO). Anderson also supported several cultural organizations, from the Los Angele ...

(1917–2007), American businessman and philanthropist *

Robert Marshall Anderson Robert Marshall Anderson (December 18, 1933 - May 3, 2011) was the Seventh Bishop of Minnesota in the Episcopal Church. Early life and education Anderson was born on December 18, 1933, in Staten Island, New York City, the son of Arthur Harold An ...

(1933–2011), Episcopal bishop of Minnesota *

Robert Leroy Anderson Robert Leroy Anderson (December 4, 1969 – March 30, 2003), known as the Duct Tape Killer, was an American murderer, rapist, and self-proclaimed serial killer who was Capital punishment in South Dakota, sentenced to death in South Dakota for the ...

(1969–2003), American murderer and self-proclaimed serial killer *

Robert Anderson (murderer) Robert James Anderson (May 29, 1966 – July 20, 2006) was an American criminal convicted and executed for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl. He was born in Great Lakes, Illinois. Crimes Anderson kidnapped and murdered five-year-old ...

(1966–2006), American murderer executed for killing a 5-year-old girl in Texas * Robert M. Anderson (mathematician) (born 1951), professor of economics and of mathematics *

Robert Henry Anderson Robert Henry Anderson (1899-1969) was botanist who in 1945 became the first Australian-born director of the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney. He remained director until his retirement in March 1964. Early life Anderson was born in Cooma, New S ...

(1899–1969), Australian botanist *

Robert Wherry Anderson Robert Wherry Anderson (1864 – 12 October 1937) was a British journalist and political activist. Anderson was a political journalist and more than a decade, he wrote the "Gracchus" column in '' Reynolds Newspaper''. He left the paper in 1 ...

(1864–1937), British journalist *

Robert S. Anderson Robert Stewart Anderson (born November 17, 1952) is an American geomorphologist at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. Anderson graduated from Williams College in 1974 and pursued a master's and doctoral degree from Stanford University an ...

(born 1952), American geomorphologist *

Robert J. Anderson (public health administrator) Robert J. Anderson (1914 – July 24, 1999) was the chief of the Communicable Disease Center (CDC) of the United States Public Health Service, forerunner to the modern Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, from October 1, 1956, to June 30, ...

(1914–1999), director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention * Robert Anderson (sex offender) (1928–2008), American sex offender * Robert Ball Anderson (1843–1930), African-American homesteader and landowner in Nebraska * Robert Anderson Middle School, school in Anderson, South Carolina.

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