Robert Thornton may refer to:

Politics

Robert Thornton (MP) Robert Thornton (9 January 1759 – 16 March 1826) was the MP for Bridgwater from 21 July 1785 till 1790 and MP for Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in northeastern Essex, England. It is the second-largest settlement in the county, with ...

(1759–1826), British MP *

Robert Stirton Thornton Robert Stirton Thornton (8 May 1863 – 17 September 1936) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1910, and again from 1914 to 1922. Thornton was a Liberal, and served as a cab ...

(1863–1936), Manitoba politician * Robert L. Thornton (1880–1964), American businessman, philanthropist, and mayor of Dallas, Texas * Robert Y. Thornton (1910–2003), American attorney and politician

Sports

Robert Thornton (sailor) Robert Thornton (born 17 February 1941) is an Australian former sailor who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), wer ...

(born 1941), Australian sailor *

Bob Thornton Robert George Thornton (born July 10, 1962) is an American basketball coach and former player who played nine seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He last served as the lead assistant coach for the Perth Wildcats in the Austral ...

(born 1962), American basketball player *

Robert Thornton (darts player) Robert Thornton (born 17 July 1967) is a Scottish professional darts player. He competes in World Seniors Darts (WSD) events; he has won the WSD World Championship twice. He also won the 2022 World Seniors Matchplay. Thorton previously partici ...

(born 1967), Scottish darts player *

Robert Thornton (jockey) Robert "Choc" Thornton (born 14 July 1978 in Darlington) is a retired England, English National Hunt racing, National Hunt jockey. Career Robert "Chocolate" Thornton (known as Choc) was one of the United Kingdom's leading National Hunt jockeys ...

(born 1978), English National Hunt jockey

Other

Robert Thornton (scribe) Robert Thornton (floruit, fl. 1418 – 1456) was a Yorkshire landowner, a member of the landed gentry. His efforts as an amateur scribe and manuscript compiler resulted in the preservation of many valuable works of Middle English literature, and ha ...

(died 1460), English scribe and compiler of manuscripts *

Robert John Thornton Robert John Thornton (1768–1837) was an English physician and botanical writer, noted for ''A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnæus'' (1797–1807) and ''"The British Flora"'' of 1812. Life He was the son of Bonnell Tho ...

(1768–1837), English physician and writer on botany * Robert Lyster Thornton (1908–1985), English/American physicist *

Robert Thornton (explorer) The Thornton expedition was a 1608 Tuscan expedition under Captain Robert Thornton, an Englishman, sent by Ferdinando I of Tuscany. It was done in order to explore northern Brazil and the Amazon River and prepare for the establishment of a set ...

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