Robert MacFarlane or McFarlane may refer to:

General

* Robert Macfarlan (schoolmaster) (1734–1804), Scottish writer, journalist and translator * Sir Robert Henry MacFarlane (1771–1843), British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars * Robert MacFarlane, Lord Ormidale (1802–1880), Scottish advocate and judge * Robert MacFarlane (Canadian politician) (1835–1872), Canadian politician * Robert Stetson Macfarlane (1899–1982), American businessman * Robert Macfarlane (New Zealand politician) (1900–1982), New Zealand politician * Robert Gwyn Macfarlane (1907–1987), British hematologist * Robert McFarlane (American government official) (1937–2022) * Robert McFarlane (photographer) (1942–2023), Australian photographer * Robert Macfarlan (Australian judge) (born 1949) * Robert Macfarlane (writer) (born 1976), British travel writer

Sports

* Robert MacFarlane (cricketer) (1908–1986), Scottish cricketer and administrator * Robert McFarlane (cricketer) (born 1955), Australian cricketer * Rab Macfarlane (1875–1943), Scottish footballer * Bob McFarlane (footballer, died 1898) (?–1898), Scottish footballer * Bob McFarlane (footballer, born 1887) (1887–1955), Scottish footballer and engineer * Bobby McFarlane (1913–1971), Scottish footballer * Bob McFarlane (Canadian athlete) (1927–2006), Canadian runner, football player and plastic surgeon {{hndis, Macfarlane, Robert