Robert Hicks or Bob Hicks may refer to: *

Barbecue Bob Robert Hicks, better known as Barbecue Bob (September 11, 1902 – October 21, 1931), was an early American Piedmont blues musician. His nickname was derived from his working as a cook in a barbecue restaurant. One of the three extant photogra ...

(1902–1931), early American blues musician born Robert Hicks *

Bob Hicks (activist) Robert Hicks (February 20, 1929 – April 13, 2010) was a prominent leader in Bogalusa, Louisiana during the Civil Rights Movement, whose activism helped put an end to segregation and discriminatory practices in education, housing, employment, pu ...

(1929–2010), American civil rights activist in Louisiana *

Bob Hicks (American football) Robert Bruce Hicks (July 12, 1921 – November 24, 2012) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Indiana University for one season in 1957, compiling a record of 1–8. Hicks was born on July 12, 1 ...

(1921–2012), American college football coach *

Bobby Hicks Bobby Hicks (born July 21, 1933) is a Grammy Awardbr>winningAmerican bluegrass fiddler and a professional musician with more than fifty years of experience. Career Hicks was born in Newton, North Carolina and learned to play the fiddle before h ...

(born 1933), American bluegrass fiddler *

Robert C. Hicks The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(1927–2018), American college football coach *

Robert Drew Hicks Robert Drew Hicks (29 June 1850 – 8 March 1929) was a classical scholar, and a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. The son of William Hicks, head clerk in the post office at Bristol,Alumni Cantabrigienses part II, vol. III, John Venn, 1944, p ...

(1850–1929), English classical scholar *

Robert Hicks (American author) Robert Benjamin Hicks III (January 30, 1951 – February 25, 2022) was an American author. He wrote The New York Times Bestseller ''The Widow of the South'' and has played a major role in preserving the historic Carnton mansion, a focal point ...

(1951–2022), American author and preservationist * Robert Hicks (American football) (born 1974), NFL offensive tackle *

Robert Hicks (Australian footballer) Robert Hicks (born 9 October 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian ...

(born 1991), Australian rules footballer *

Robert Hicks (British politician) Sir Robert Adrian Hicks (born 18 January 1938) is a former Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. Hicks unsuccessfully contested Aberavon in 1966. He was Member of Parliament for Bodmin from 1970 to February 1974 (when the seat w ...

(born 1938), British Conservative Member of Parliament for Cornish constituencies *

Robert Hicks (Canadian politician) Robert Nelson David Hicks (4 June 1933 – 25 November 2014) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He became a teacher and school principal by career. Hicks studied at McMaster University and the Univ ...

(1933–2014), Canadian Progressive Conservative politician

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