Robert Hunter may refer to:

Arts

Robert Hunter (painter) Robert Hunter (fl. 1748–1780) was a portrait-painter and a native of Ulster. He studied under the elder Pope, and had a considerable practice in Dublin in the middle of the eighteenth century. He modelled his tone of colouring on the painting ...

(died 1780), Irish portrait painter *

Robert Hunter (encyclopædist) Robert Hunter (1823–25 February 1897) was the lead editor of the '' Encyclopædic Dictionary'', which he produced in seven volumes between 1879 and 1888. In addition, he was an ordained minister and missionary for the Free Church of Scotland ...

(1823–1897), British editor of the ''Encyclopædic Dictionary'' *

Robert Hunter (author) Robert Hunter (''né'' Wiles Robert Hunter; April 10, 1874 – May 14, 1942) was an American sociologist, progressive author, and golf course architect. Early life and family Wiles Robert Hunter was born on April 10, 1874, at Terre Haute, Indian ...

(1874–1942), American sociologist and progressive author *

Bob Hunter (Los Angeles sportswriter) Bob Hunter (March 19, 1913 – October 21, 1993) was a Los Angeles sportswriter for 58 years and the 1989 winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for distinguished baseball writing. Early life Bob Hunter was born March 19, 1913, and went to Hu ...

(1913–1993) *

Robert Hunter (lyricist) Robert C. Christie Hunter (born Robert Burns; June 23, 1941 – September 23, 2019) was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his work with the Grateful Dead. Born near San Luis Obispo, California, Hunte ...

(1941–2019), American lyricist, poet, songwriter, singer *

Robert Hunter (journalist) Robert Lorne Hunter (October 13, 1941 – May 2, 2005) was a Canadian environmentalist, journalist, author and politician. He was a member of the Don't Make a Wave Committee in 1969, and a co-founder of Greenpeace in 1971 and its first president. ...

(1941–2005), Canadian environmentalist and journalist, co-founder of Greenpeace *

Bob Hunter (Ohio sportswriter) Robert E. (Bob) Hunter is a sports columnist for ''The Columbus Dispatch''. He became a sportswriter for the Ohio newspaper in 1975, after working at '' The Journal-News'' of Hamilton, Ohio from 1972-75. He became a columnist at the ''Dispatch'' in ...

(fl. 1975–2010s), American columnist *

Hunter (rapper) Robert Alan Hunter (1 October 1975 – 20 October 2011), better known as Hunter or Huntz, was an Australian rapper and hip hop artist. He was a founder of Perth's hip hop scene in the 1990s and a member of the MC collective Syllabolix (SBX) ...

or Robert Alan Hunter (1975–2011), Australian hip hop artist

Politics

Robert Hunter (governor) Robert Hunter (1666–1734) was a British military officer, colonial governor of New York and New Jersey from 1710 to 1720, and governor of Jamaica from 1727 to 1734. Biography Hunter was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1666, grandson of the twe ...

(1666–1734), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Colony, Governor of New York, New Jersey, Jamaica *

Robert M. T. Hunter Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 – July 18, 1887) was an American lawyer, politician and planter. He was a U.S. representative (1837–1843, 1845–1847), speaker of the House (1839–1841), and U.S. senator (1847 ...

(1809–1887), U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives * Robert W. Hunter (1837–1916), Virginia newspaper editor and Confederate officer *

Robert Hunter (Australian politician) Robert Hunter (24 August 1877 – 10 June 1960) was an Australian politician who represented the South Australian House of Assembly multi-member seat of Murray from 1930 to 1933. He was elected as a member of the Labor Party, but was expelled ...

(1877–1960), member of the South Australian House of Assembly *

Robert Dean Hunter Robert Dean Hunter (June 25, 1928 – February 11, 2023) was an American politician and academic administrator. He served as vice president at Church of Christ-affiliated Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, and as a Republican Party ...

(born 1928), American politician from Texas *

Robert E. Hunter Robert Edwards Hunter is an American government employee and foreign policy expert who served as United States ambassador to NATO during the Clinton administration. Early life and education Hunter was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1940 ...

(born 1940), U.S. Ambassador to NATO *

Robert C. Hunter Robert Carl "Bob" Hunter (born January 14, 1944) is an American jurist, who served as a Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals from 1998 through 2014. Hunter, born in Marion, North Carolina, earned a degree in political science from the U ...

(born 1944), U.S. judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals *

Robert N. Hunter Jr. Robert Neal "Bob" Hunter, Jr. (born March 30, 1947) is a North Carolina lawyer and retired jurist formerly serving on the North Carolina Court of Appeals and on the North Carolina Supreme Court. A graduate of the University of North Carolina ...

(born 1947), U.S. judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals

Sport

Robert Hunter (footballer) Robert Hunter (1883–1962) was an English professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, ...

(1883–1962), English footballer *

Robert Hunter (golfer) Robert Edward Hunter (November 20, 1886 – March 28, 1971) was an American amateur golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. In 1904, Hunter was part of the American team which won the gold medal. He finished fourth in this competitio ...

(1886–1971), American golfer and Olympic gold medalist *

Robbie Hunter (cyclist) Robert "Robbie" Hunter (born 22 April 1977) is a retired South African professional road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 1999 and 2013. Hunter competed with UCI ProTeam during his final professional season. Career Hunter b ...

(born 1977), South African cyclist

Other people

Robert Hunter (merchant) Robert Hunter (27 November 1792 – 7 September 1848) was a Scottish merchant and unofficial diplomat in Siam during the reign of King Rama III. Hunter settled in Bangkok in 1824 and served as an intermediary between Westerners and the court until ...

(1792–1848), British diplomat and trader in southeast Asia *

Robert Hunter (civil servant) Sir Robert Hunter (27 October 1844 – 6 November 1913) was a solicitor, civil servant and co-founder of the National Trust. From the 1860s Hunter was interested in conservation of public open spaces, and worked with other pioneers in this fie ...

(1844–1913), British civil servant, co-founder of the National Trust *

Robert Hunter, Baron Hunter of Newington Robert Brockie Hunter, Baron Hunter of Newington LLD MBE DL FRSE (14 July 1915 – 24 March 1994) was a physician and university administrator. He was the personal physician to Field Marshal Montgomery, during the Second World War in North west E ...

(1915–1994), British physician and university administrator *

Robert S. Hunter The Battle of La Flor was fought in May 1928 between the United States Marines, their Nicaraguan National Guardsmen allies, and a force of Sandinista rebels.Musicant, I, The Banana Wars, 1990, New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., It occurred a ...

, recipient of the Navy Cross

Fictional

* Robbie Hunter (''Home and Away''), a character on ''Home and Away'' * Bob Hunter (''Desperate Housewives''), a character on ''Desperate Housewives''

Other uses

* MY ''Steve Irwin'' or ''Robert Hunter'', Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship {{disambiguation Hunter, Robert