Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob or Bobby Williams may refer to:

Architecture

Robert Edmund Williams 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'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, reno ...

(1874–1960), Canadian-American architect * Robert Williams (architect) (1848–1918), Welsh architect and social campaigner

Arts

Film

* R. J. Williams (born 1978), American former child actor and later internet entrepreneur * Rob Williams (filmmaker), American film director * Robert B. Williams (actor) (1904–1978), American film actor *

Robert Guillaume Robert Guillaume (born Robert Peter Williams; November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017) was an American actor and singer. He played Fishbone on television series " Good Times", Benson DuBois in the ABC television series ''Soap'' and its spin-o ...

(1927–2017), American film actor whose birth name is Robert Williams *

Robert Williams (actor, born 1894) Robert Williams (September 15, 1894 – November 3, 1931) was an American stage and film actor. He is best known for his first, and only, leading role in the 1931 romantic comedy '' Platinum Blonde'', opposite Loretta Young and Jean Harlow ...

(1894–1931), American stage and film actor

Music

* Bob Williams (singer) (1918–2003), American singer and one of the Williams Brothers * Chocolate Williams (Robert Williams Jr., 1916–1984), American jazz bassist and blues vocalist *

Meek Mill Robert Rihmeek Williams (born May 6, 1987), known professionally as Meek Mill, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he embarked on his career as a battle rapper, and later formed a short-lived rap group the Blo ...

(Robert Rihmeek Williams, born 1987), American rapper * Rob Williams (1979–2009), partner of business

Dolphin Music Dolphin Music was an online retailer selling a vast array of musical instruments and recording equipment online and is currently owned by S&T Audio. It first began in Liverpool, England in 1999. History Robert Williams (11 September 1979 &mda ...

Robbie Williams Robert Peter Williams (born 13 February 1974) is an English singer and songwriter. He found fame as a member of the pop group Take That from 1990 to 1995, launching a solo career in 1996. His debut studio album, ''Life thru a Lens'', was re ...

(born 1974), British pop singer and former member of Take That *

Robert Pete Williams Robert Pete Williams (March 14, 1914 – December 31, 1980) was an American Louisiana blues musician. His music characteristically employed unconventional structures and guitar tunings, and his songs are often about the time he served in pri ...

(1914–1980), American blues guitarist * Robert S. Williams (born 1949), American bassoon player of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra *

Robert Williams (drummer) Robert Williams (born 1955 in Boston) is a drummer and solo artist who has worked with Captain Beefheart, Hugh Cornwell, John Lydon, the Spo-it's, Tex and the Horseheads, Cassandra Peterson, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and Zoogz Rift, and al ...

(born 1955), American drummer with Captain Beefheart, Hugh Cornwell, and solo * Robert Williams (singer) (1949–2022), Greek singer and composer

Writing

Rob Williams (comics) Rob Williams is a Welsh People, Welsh comics writer, working mainly for ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD''. He is currently writing books for DC Comics and its Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo imprint. Career Williams started out as a freelance journali ...

, British comic writer *

Robert Moore Williams Robert Moore Williams (June 19, 1907 – May 12, 1977) was an American writer, primarily of science fiction. Pseudonyms included John S Browning, H. H. Harmon, Russell Storm and E. K. Jarvis (a house name). Williams was born in Farmington, Miss ...

(1907–1977), American science fiction novelist *

Robert Williams (artist) Robert L. Williams, often styled Robt. Williams (born March 2, 1943), is an American painter, cartoonist, and founder of '' Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine''. Williams was one of the group of artists who produced ''Zap Comix'', along with other ...

(born 1943), American cartoonist and painter * Robert Williams (poet) (1744–1815), Welsh poet * Robert Williams (Robert ap Gwilym Ddu) (1767–1850), Welsh-language poet * Robert Williams (Trebor Mai) (1830–1877), Welsh-language poet

Killings

* Robert E. Williams (murderer) (1936–1997), American murderer executed in Nebraska * Robert W. Williams (murderer) (1952–1983), American murderer executed in Louisiana *

Robert Williams (robot fatality) Robert Nicholas Williams (May 2, 1953 – January 25, 1979) was an American factory worker who was the first known human to be killed by a robot. While working at the Ford Motor Company's Michigan Casting Center, Williams was struck and killed b ...

(1953–1979), the first person to be killed by a robot

Military

Robert B. Williams (general) Robert Boyd Williams (November 9, 1901 – February 10, 1977) was a major general in the United States Army Air Forces and an eminent combat commander during World War II. He personally led the B-17 raid on the Schweinfurt ball-bearing factorie ...

(1901–1977), World War II major general in the United States Army Air Forces * Robert H. Williams (soldier) (1908–1983), American Marine brigadier general *

Robert Williams (adjutant general) Robert Williams (November 5, 1829–August 24, 1901) was an American military officer who was Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, Adjutant General of the United States Army from 1892 to 1893. Biography He was born in Culpeper County, Virgin ...

(1829–1901), American brigadier general and Adjutant General of the US Army *

Robert Williams (Medal of Honor) Robert Williams (c. 1837–unknown) was an American sailor and recipient of the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names ...

(1837–unknown), American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient *

Robert Williams (Royal Navy officer) Robert Williams (1765–1827) was a rear-admiral in the Royal Navy. Life Robert Williams, born in 1765, entered the navy in January 1777 on board the '' Ardent'', then commanded by Lord Mulgrave. Early in 1778 he was moved to the ''Americ ...

(1765–1827) English rear-admiral in the Royal Navy

Politics

Robert Arthur Williams Robert Arthur Williams (January 20, 1933 – July 7, 2024) was a Canadian consultant and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver East in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1976 and from 1984 to 19 ...

(1933–2024), consultant and political figure in British Columbia, Canada

Australia

Robbie Williams (politician) Robbie Williams (12 June 1962 – 20 December 2007) was the first Indigenous Australian councillor to sit on the Brisbane City Council. He had held the role only since October 2007, but had been tipped to win a seat in the council elections in M ...

( 1960–2007), Australian politician *

Robert Williams (Victorian politician) Robert Henry Williams (2 June 1870 – 17 March 1938) was an Australian politician. He was born in Fitzroy, Victoria, Fitzroy to American-born grain trade, grain merchant Robert Williams and Fanny Kendall. He attended state school and worked ...

(1870–1938), Australian politician *

Robert Wynn Williams Robert Godfrey Wynn Williams (11 September 1864 – 8 September 1929) was a solicitor and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early days Wynn Williams was born on 11 September 1864 in Jermyn Street (now Anzac Avenue), Auckland, New ...

(1864–1929), member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, Australia

UK

* Robert Williams (1735–1814) (1735–1814), MP for Dorchester, 1807–1812 *

Robert Williams (1767–1847) Robert Williams (11 February 1767 – 10 March 1847) was an English banker and politician. He purchased the Bridehead estate near Dorchester, Dorset, around 1797. It comprised the manor of Littlebredy, Bridehead being a name fabricated by William ...

(1767–1847), MP for Dorchester, 1812–1835 * Robert Williams (1811–1890) (1811–1890), MP for Dorchester, 1835–1841 * Robert Williams (died 1763) (1695–1763), MP for Montgomeryshire, 1740–1741 and 1742–1747 * Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Bridehead (1848–1943), Conservative MP for West Dorset, 1895–1922 *

Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet Sir Robert Williams, 2nd Baronet (ca. 1627–1678), was a politician in Wales. He was a Member of Parliament for Caernarvonshire, 1656–1658, and for Caernarvon Boroughs in 1659. He was one of the Williams-Bulkeley baronets; he became a bar ...

(c. 1627–1678), MP for Carnarvonshire, 1656–1658, and for Carnarvon Boroughs, 1659 * Sir Robert Williams, 9th Baronet (1764–1830) of Penryn, MP for Carnarvonshire, 1790–1826, and for Beaumaris, 1826–1831

US

Bob Williams (Washington politician) Gomer Robert Williams (February 8, 1942 – March 15, 2022) was an American accountant and politician who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 18th district from 1979 to 1983 and the 19th district fro ...

(1942–2022), member of the Washington House of Representatives * Bob Williams (West Virginia politician) (born 1951), American politician and state senator *

Robert F. Williams Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was an American civil rights leader and author best known for serving as president of the Monroe, North Carolina chapter of the NAACP in the 1950s and into 1961. He succeeded ...

(1925–1996), American political and civil rights activist *

Robert L. Williams Robert Lee Williams (December 20, 1868 – April 10, 1948) was an American lawyer, judge, and the third governor of Oklahoma. Williams played a role in the drafting of the Oklahoma Constitution and served as the first Oklahoma Supreme Court chie ...

(1868–1948), American politician, governor of Oklahoma * Robert P. Williams (1841–1910), state treasurer of Missouri, 1901–1905 * Robert Q. Williams (born 1964), member of the South Carolina House of Representatives * Robert R. Williams (politician) (died 1966), mayor of Miami, 1937–1939 * Robert Williams (Mississippi politician) (1773–1836), governor of the Mississippi Territory * Robert Williams (Virginia politician) (c. 1740–c. 1793), American lawyer, patriot, planter and politician

Religion

* Robert Dewi Williams (1870–1955), Welsh schoolteacher, Presbyterian minister, and author * Robert Williams (American priest) (1955–1992), first openly gay male priest in the American Episcopal Church *

Robert Williams (antiquary) Robert Williams (1810–1881) was a Welsh Anglican clergyman and Celtic scholar. Life Robert Williams, born at Conway, Carnarvonshire, on 29 June 1810, was the second son of Robert Williams, perpetual curate of Llandudno. He matriculated ...

(1810–1881), Welsh Anglican clergyman and Celtic scholar * Robert Williams (archdeacon of Carmarthen) (1863–1938), Welsh historian and Anglican priest * Robert Williams (archdeacon of Gower) (born 1951), Welsh Anglican priest

Science

* Bobby G. Williams (born 1951), Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer; namesake of asteroid 5642 Bobbywilliams * Robert H. Williams (physicist), environmental scientist at the Princeton Environmental Institute *

Robert Hardin Williams Robert Hardin Williams (September 27, 1909, Savannah, Tennessee – November 4, 1979) was a physician, specializing in endocrinology and diabetology. He was the 49th President of The Endocrine Society. Biography After growing up and graduating fr ...

(1909–1979), American endocrinologist and diabetologist *

Robert R. Williams Robert Runnels Williams (February 16, 1886 – October 2, 1965) was an American chemist, known for being the first to chemically fully characterize and then synthesize thiamine (vitamin B1). He first isolated thiamine in 1933, and synthesized ...

(1886–1965), American chemist who first synthesized vitamin B₁ * Robert Statham Williams (1859–1945), American bryologist * Robert Williams (astronomer) (born 1940), director of STScI 1993–98; president of IAU, 2009–2012 *

Robert Williams (English chemist) Robert Joseph Paton Williams (25 February 1926 – 21 March 2015) was an English chemist, an Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College, Oxford and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford. Education and early life Robert Joseph Paton Williams ...

(1926–2015), professor of Oxford University *

Robert Williams (geometer) Robert Edward Williams (born 1942) is an American designer, mathematician, and architect. He is noted for books on the geometry of natural structure, the discovery of a new space-filling polyhedron, the development of theoretical principles of Ca ...

(born 1942), American designer, mathematician, and architect * Robert Williams (pathologist) (1916–2003), Welsh pathologist * Robert Williams (physician, died 1845) (1787?– 1845), English physician * Robert Williams (psychologist) (1930–2020), president of the Association of Black Psychologists *

Robin Williams (mathematician) Robert Martin Williams (30 March 1919 – 18 March 2013), generally known as Robin Williams, was a New Zealand mathematician, academic administrator and public servant. He served as vice chancellor of the University of Otago from 1967 to 1972, ...

(1919–2013), New Zealand mathematician, university administrator and civil servant *

Robin Williams (physicist) Sir Robert Hughes Williams, (born 22 December 1941), commonly known as Robin Williams, is a Welsh physicist and academic specialising in solid state physics and semiconductors, and Chancellor of Bangor University. He was Vice-Chancellor of ...

(Robert Hughes Williams, born 1941), Welsh physicist and academic *

Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, of Park Sir Robert Williams, 1st Baronet, (21 January 1860 – 25 April 1938) was a Scottish mining engineer, pioneering explorer of Africa, entrepreneur, and railroad developer who was chiefly responsible for the discovery of the vast copper deposits ...

(1860–1938), Scottish mining engineer, explorer, and railway developer * Robert W. Williams (professor), American professor of genetics, genomics and informatics

Sports

American football

* Bob Williams (American football coach), at Livingston State Teachers College, now University of West Alabama, 1952 *

Bob Williams (coach) Charles Robert Williams (August 1, 1877 – October 17, 1957) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. Williams coached at South Carolina, Davidson, Clemson, and Virginia Tech. Early years Williams was born on Augus ...

(1877–1957), American college football coach * Bob Williams (quarterback) (1930–2016), football player for Notre Dame * Bobbie Williams (born 1976), American football guard *

Bobby Williams Robert Vann Williams (born November 21, 1958) is an American football coach. Williams served as the head football coach at Michigan State University from 1999 to 2002, compiling a record of 16–17. Playing career During his time at Purdue Univ ...

(born 1958), tight end, coach *

Bobby Williams (defensive back) Robert Vann Williams (born November 21, 1958) is an American football coach. Williams served as the head football coach at Michigan State University from 1999 to 2002, compiling a record of 16–17. Playing career During his time at Purdue Univ ...

(1942–2012), American pro football player, St. Louis Cardinals and the Detroit Lions * Robert Williams (defensive back, born 1962), former American football cornerback * Robert Williams (defensive back, born 1977), former American football cornerback * Robert Williams (quarterback) ( 1938–1990), football player for Notre Dame, 1956–1958

Baseball

* Bob Williams (baseball) (1884–1962), baseball player for the New York Highlanders/Yankees * Bobby Williams (baseball) (1895–1978), American baseball shortstop and manager in the Negro leagues * Robert Williams (baseball) (1917–2000), American baseball pitcher and infielder in the Negro leagues

Basketball

* Bob Williams (basketball, born 1931) (1931–2021), American basketball player, played collegiately at Florida A&M *

Bob Williams (basketball, born 1953) Robert Allen Williams (born July 13, 1953) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball, UC Santa Barbara. He is sometimes referred to as the Dean of the Big W ...

, American basketball coach, most recently with UC Santa Barbara *

Rob Williams (basketball) Robert Aaron Williams (May 5, 1961 – March 10, 2014), was an American professional basketball player who was selected by the Denver Nuggets in the first round (19th pick overall) of the 1982 NBA draft. A 6-foot-2 point guard from the Uni ...

(1961–2014), American basketball player, played collegiately for Houston * Robert Williams (Grambling State basketball), American college basketball player for Grambling State *

Robert Williams III Robert Lee Williams III (born October 17, 1997), nicknamed “Time Lord”, is an American professional basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Texas A&M ...

(born 1997), American basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers, played collegiately for Texas A&M

Cricket

* Robbie Williams (cricketer) (born 1987), English cricketer for Middlesex * Robert Williams (English cricketer) (born 1970), English former cricketer * Robert Williams (South African cricketer) (1912–1984), South African cricketer

Football and rugby

* Bobbie Williams (rugby union) (1865–1967), Welsh international rugby union player * Bobby Williams (Scottish footballer) (died 1916), Scottish footballer * Bob Williams (rugby) (1886–1969), Australian rugby league footballer * Bob Williams (Australian rules footballer) (1913–2004), Australian rules footballer with Hawthorn * Bobby Williams (footballer, born 1932), English footballer for Chester City * Bobby Williams (footballer, born 1940), English footballer * Robbie Williams (footballer, born 1979), English footballer for Warrington Town * Robbie Williams (footballer, born 1984), English footballer for Limerick * Robert Williams (footballer, born 1927), English footballer for Wrexham and Shrewsbury Town * Robert Williams (footballer, born 1932) (1932–2003), English footballer for Mansfield Town

Other sports

* Bob Williams (pole vaulter), American pole vaulter, 1965 All-American for the Maryland Terrapins track and field team * Bob Williams (rower) (1931–2017), Canadian rower * Rob Williams (rower, born 1960), British rower *

Rob Williams (rower, born 1985) Rob Williams (born 21 January 1985, in Taplow) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Williams was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where he ...

, British Olympian *

Robbie Williams (snooker player) Robbie Williams (born 28 December 1986) is an England, English professional snooker player. Williams turned professional in 2012 after qualifying in Event 3 of the Q School and gained a two-year tour card for the 2012–13 snooker season, 2012 ...

(born 1986), English snooker player * Robert Williams (archer) (1841–1914), American archer

Other

Robert A. Williams Jr. Robert A. Williams Jr. is an American lawyer, author, and legal scholar. He works in the fields of federal Indian law, international law, indigenous peoples' rights, critical race and post- colonial theory. Williams teaches at the University of A ...

(born 1955), American lawyer and professor * Robert C. Williams, the namesake of the

Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking The Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking is a research institution and public museum dedicated to the preservation of the history of paper and paper technology. Located inside the Paper Tricentennial Building at the Georgia Institute of Techn ...

* Robert S. C. Williams, community service worker in Ontario, Canada *

Robert Williams (trade union leader) Robert Williams (1881 – 1 February 1936) was a British trade union organiser. He was born in Swansea, Wales, and began his working life as a coal trimmer at the docks. He became active in his union, the National Amalgamated Labourers' Union, ...

(1881–1936), British trade union organizer *

Vila Robert Williams Vila may refer to: People *Vila (surname) Places Andorra * Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp Brazil * Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso * Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State of ...

, former name of Caála, Angola