Robinson is an

English language English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples th ...

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

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, originating in England. It means "son of Robin (a diminutive of

Robert 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 ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, prais ...

)". There are similar surname spellings such as Robison and Robeson. Robinson is the 15th-most common surname in the United Kingdom. According to the 1990

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, Robinson was the twentieth most frequently encountered surname among those reported, accounting for 0.23% of the population. 1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1–100).

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(9 May 1995). In Ireland, Robinson is most common in

Ulster Ulster (; or ; or ''Ulster'') is one of the four traditional or historic provinces of Ireland, Irish provinces. It is made up of nine Counties of Ireland, counties: six of these constitute Northern Ireland (a part of the United Kingdom); t ...

. The two names had been used interchangeably in some areas of the province around the beginning of the 20th century. Robinson, the compound word, is a rare

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, while its derivative, Robin, has the distinction of being both a masculine and feminine given name.

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* Robinson Canó (born 1982), Dominican professional baseball player *

Robinson Crusoe ''Robinson Crusoe'' ( ) is an English adventure novel by Daniel Defoe, first published on 25 April 1719. Written with a combination of Epistolary novel, epistolary, Confessional writing, confessional, and Didacticism, didactic forms, the ...

, fictional eponymous hero of Daniel Defoe's novel *

Robinson Duckworth Robinson Duckworth (4 December 1834 – 20 September 1911) was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). H ...

(1834–1911), British priest and clergyman * Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962), American poet * Robinson Leyer (born 1993), Dominican professional baseball player * Robinson Merchán (born 1974), Venezuelan road cyclist *

Robinson Odoch Robinson Odoch Opong (born 10 May 1989) is a Ugandan professional basketball player who last played for MBB of the Basketball Africa League (BAL). He also plays for the Uganda national basketball team. Career On 11 April 2020, Opong signed w ...

(born 1989), Ugandan basketball player * Robinsón Pitalúa (1964–1985), Colombian boxer

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* Aaron Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Abraham Robinson Abraham Robinson (born Robinsohn; October 6, 1918 – April 11, 1974) was a mathematician who is most widely known for development of nonstandard analysis, a mathematically rigorous system whereby infinitesimal and infinite numbers were reincorp ...

(1918–1974), German-American mathematician * Adrian Robinson (1989–2015), American football linebacker * Adrian Robinson (born 2000), Botswana swimmer * Adrian Henry Wardle Robinson (1925–2018), British geographer * Adrien Robinson (born 1988), American football player *

Alastair Robinson Alastair S. Robinson (born 1980) is a taxonomist and field botanist specialising in the carnivorous plant genus ''Nepenthes'', for which he is regarded as a world authority.Ellison, A. & Adamec, L. eds., 2017. Contributing Author Information ...

(born 1980), British botanist * Alastair Robinson (rugby union) (born 1956), New Zealand rugby union player * Albert William Robinson (1877–1943), Australian parliamentarian * Alexander "Buck Alec" Robinson (–1995), Irish boxer, loyalist paramilitary and Ulster Special Constabulary reservist * Alice Robinson (born 2001), New Zealand World Cup ski racer *

Allen Robinson Allen Bernard Robinson II (born August 24, 1993) is an American professional American football, football wide receiver. He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions football, Penn State Nittany Lions, earning first-team College Fo ...

(born 1993), American football player * Alton Robinson (born 1998), American football player * Alvin Robinson (musician) (1937–1989), American R&B singer, songwriter and guitarist * Amber Chardae Robinson (born 1989), American actress * Amy Robinson (born 1948), American actress and film producer * Amy Robinson (athlete) (born 1996), New Zealand field hockey and volleyball player * Andrew Robinson, multiple people, includes Andy Robinson * Angus Hargreaves Robinson (1907–1973), Australian grazier and ornithologist * Anna Robinson (born 1996), New Zealand singer-songwriter known as Robinson * Anna Lynch-Robinson, costume designer *

Anne Robinson Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is a British journalist and television presenter, best known as the host of BBC game show ''The Weakest Link'' from 2000 to 2012, and again in 2017 for a one-off celebrity special for ''Children ...

(born 1944), British television presenter and journalist, host of ''

The Weakest Link ''Weakest Link'' (also known as ''The Weakest Link'') is a television game show which The Weakest Link (British game show), first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and originally ended on 31 March 2012 when its host ...

'' * Annot Robinson, née Wilkie, nicknamed Annie (1874–1925), British pacifist and suffragette * Anthony Charles Robinson (born 1952), English business speaker, author and micro-enterprise campaigner * Arnie Robinson (1948–2020), American athletics long jumper * Arthur Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * A. N. R. Robinson (1926–2014), the President (1997–2003) and Prime Minister (1986–1991) of Trinidad and Tobago * Bambie Ray Robinson (born 1994), known as Bambie Thug, Irish singer songwriter and Eurovision contestant * Barbara Robinson (author) (1927–2013), American children's writer * Basil Robinson (RAF officer) (1912–1943), British pilot with RAF Bomber Command during World War II * Basil Robinson (cricketer) (1919–2012), Canadian cricketer * Basil William Robinson (1912–2005), British art scholar and author *

Benjamin Lincoln Robinson Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (November 8, 1864 – July 27, 1935) was an American botanist. Biography Robinson was born on November 8, 1864, in Bloomington, Illinois. In 1887, he received an A.B. from Harvard. He married Margaret Louise Casson on ...

(1864–1935), American botanist * Berenice Robinson (1909–1990) American author and composer * Bernadette Robinson, Australian stage actress *

Bertram Fletcher Robinson Bertram Fletcher Robinson (22 August 1870 – 21 January 1907) was an English sportsperson, sportsman, journalist, editor, author and Liberal Unionist Party activist. During his life-time, he wrote at least three hundred items, including a ser ...

(1870–1907), British journalist, editor, author and sportsperson * Beth Robinson (born 1965), member of the Supreme Court of Vermont * Betty Robinson (1911–1999), American sprinter, winner of the first Olympic 100m for women * Bijan Robinson (born 2002), American football player * Bill Robinson (author) (1918–2007), American editor, author and sailor * Bishop Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Bo Robinson (born 1956), American football player * Brian Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Brooks Robinson Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. (May 18, 1937 – September 26, 2023) was an American baseball player who played his entire 23-year career in Major League Baseball as a third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles from 1955 to 1977. Nicknamed "Mr. Hoove ...

(1937–2023), American baseball player * Bruce Robinson (born 1946), American film director * Bryan Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Cam Robinson (born 1995), American football player * Carl Robinson (born 1976), Welsh football player * Cecilia Robinson (cricketer) (1924–2021), English cricketer *

Cedric Robinson Cedric James Robinson (November 5, 1940 – June 5, 2016) was an American professor in the Department of Black Studies and the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He headed the Department of Bla ...

(1940–2016), American author and professor of Black Studies * Cedric Robinson (guide) (1933–2021), British guide to Morecambe Bay Sands, England * Charles Robinson, multiple people * Chop Robinson (born 2003), American football player *

Chris Robinson (American actor) Christopher Brown Robinson (November 5, 1938 – June 9, 2025) was an American actor, screenwriter, and film director, sometimes credited as Christopher Robinson. Career Robinson began his career as an actor in the 1950s. Robinson was a young ad ...

(born 1938), American film and television actor * Chuckie Robinson (born 1994), American baseball player * Claire Robinson (born c. 1978), American cook and television host * Claude C. Robinson (1881–1976), Canadian ice hockey and sports executive * Claude E. Robinson (1900–1961), American pioneer in advertising and public opinion research * Clement Robinson (fl. 1566–1584), English writer and editor of songs and ballads * Craig Robinson (actor) (born 1971), American actor and comedian *

Craig Robinson (basketball) Craig Malcolm Robinson (born April 21, 1962) is an American college basketball coach, basketball executive, and broadcaster. He is a former head men's basketball coach at Oregon State University and Brown University. He was a star forward as a p ...

(born 1962), American college basketball coach * Curtis Robinson (born 1998), American football player * Cynthia Robinson (1944–2015), American trumpeter * David Robinson (born 1965), American basketball player * David Robinson (disambiguation), multiple other people * Denard Robinson (born 1990), American football player * Derek Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Doane Robinson (1856–1946), American historian * Dollie Lowther Robinson (died 1983), American politician and labor rights worker * Dominique Robinson (born 1998), American football player * Douglas Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Duncan Robinson (art historian) (1943–2022), British art historian, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge * Duncan Robinson (basketball) (born 1994), American basketball player * Dunta Robinson (born 1982), American NFL cornerback, playing for the Houston Texans

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Earl Robinson Earl Hawley Robinson (July 2, 1910 – July 20, 1991) was an American composer, arranger and folk music singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Robinson is remembered for his music, including the cantata " Ballad for Americans" and songs s ...

(1910–1991), American singer-songwriter, father of Perry Robinson * Eddie Robinson (American football coach) (1919–2007), American college football coach * Eddie-Joe Robinson (born 1994), English actor * Edmond Robinson (born 1992), American football player *

Edward Robinson (scholar) Edward Robinson (April 10, 1794 – January 27, 1863) was an American biblical scholar known for his magnum opus, ''Biblical Researches in Palestine'', the first major work in biblical geography and biblical archaeology, which earned him the ep ...

(1794–1863), American biblical scholar * Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973), Romanian-American actor * Edward N. Robinson (1873–1945), American college football coach *

Edwin Arlington Robinson Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet and playwright. Robinson won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry on three occasions and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Early life Robins ...

(1869–1935), American poet * Effie Robinson (1920–2003), American social worker and public housing director * Eleanor Robinson (swimmer) (born 2001), British para-swimmer and Paralympic gold medalist * Elisha Smith Robinson (1817–1885), British paper and packaging manufacturer * Elzadie Robinson (1897–1975), American classic female blues singer and songwriter *

Emily Robinson Emily Robinson (born October 18, 1998) is an American actress, director and producer. Biography Robinson began her career modeling at age six after her neighbor introduced her to Ford Models who then represented her. At the age of seven, Robin ...

(born 1998), American actress * Eric Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Ezekiel Robinson (1815–1894), American Baptist clergyman * Fiona Robinson (born 1969), Australian basketball and handball player * Floyd Robinson (singer) (1932–2016), American country singer * Foster Robinson (1880–1957), British cricketer and businessman * Frances C. Robinson (1858–1905), Canadian author, composer, and music educator * Frank Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (1782–1859), British statesman and prime minister *

Gene Robinson Vicky Gene Robinson (born May 29, 1947) is a retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Robinson was elected Coadjutor bishop, bishop coadjutor in 2003 and succeeded as bishop diocesan in March 2004. Before becoming bishop, he se ...

(born 1947), American, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of New Hampshire * George Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Georgia Ann Robinson (1879–1961), American law enforcement officer and activist * Gerald Robinson (1938–2014), American priest, convicted of the murder of Margaret Ann Pahl * Gerald Robinson (American football) (born 1963), American football player * Gerald Robinson (basketball, born 1984), American basketball player * Gerald Robinson (basketball, born 1989), American basketball player * Sir Gerry Robinson (1948–2021), Irish-born British businessman * Gertrude Ina Robinson (1868–1950), American author, composer and harpist * Gertrude Maud Robinson, British organic chemist * Gil Robinson (1910–1985), American football player *

Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson, MBE (3 June 1906 – 8 April 1992) was a Canadian mathematician most famous for his work on combinatorics and representation theory of the symmetric groups, including the Robinson-Schensted algorithm. Biography Gi ...

(1906–1992), Canadian mathematician * Gilbert Robinson, British rugby league footballer of the 1930s for Great Britain, Wakefield Trinity, and Castleford * Glenn Robinson (born 1973), American basketball player * Glenn Robinson III (born 1994), son of the above, also a basketball player *

Greg Robinson (American football coach) Gregory McIntosh Robinson (October 9, 1951 – January 5, 2022) was an American college football, college and professional American football, football coach. Robinson served as the head football coach at Syracuse University from 2005 to 2008. ...

(1951–2022), American football coach * Greg Robinson (running back) (born 1969), American football running back * Greg Robinson (offensive tackle) (born 1992), American football offensive tackle * Hamilton Robinson (South Carolina politician), American politician *

Hannah Robinson Hannah Robinson (born in Derbyshire) is a British songwriter. Her best-known compositions include Rachel Stevens's UK No. 2 hit " Some Girls", Ladyhawke's " My Delirium" and Annie's "Chewing Gum". Robinson began her career as a vocalist and ...

, British songwriter * Harry Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Harry Perry Robinson (1859–1930), British war correspondent and writer * Harvey Miguel Robinson (born 1974), American serial killer and rapist * Harvey Leigh Robinson (1908–1979), American football player and coach * Hastings Robinson (1792–1866), Church of England clergyman, Anglican divine, editor * Helen Ring Robinson (1878–1923), second woman to serve as a state senator in the United States * Henry Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Herbert Christopher Robinson (1874–1929), British zoologist and ornithologist *

Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead Hercules George Robert Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead, (19 December 1824 – 28 October 1897), was a British colonial administrator who became the 5th Governor of Hong Kong, then 13th Governor of Ceylon, and subsequently, the 14th Governor of ...

(1824–1897), British colonial administrator, Governor of Hong Kong * Hervey Robinson (1874–1954), English professional footballer * Hubbell Robinson (1905–1974), American broadcasting executive * Ian Robinson (cricket umpire) (1947–2016), Zimbabwean cricket umpire * Iris Robinson (born 1949), Northern Irish politician * Isaac Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people

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* Jack Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Jackie Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Jakob Robinson, American football player * Jamal Robinson (American football) (born 1993), American football player * James Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people, including Jim and Jamie Robinson * Jammie Robinson (born 2001), American football player * Janarius Robinson (born 1998), American football player * Jane Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Jason Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Jaxson Robinson (born 2002), American basketball player * Jennifer Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Jerry Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Jerzy Robinson (born 2008), American basketball player *

Joan Robinson Joan Violet Robinson ( Maurice; 31 October 1903 – 5 August 1983) was a British economist known for her wide-ranging contributions to economic theory. One of the most prominent economists of the century, Robinson incarnated the "Cambridge Sc ...

(1903–1983), British economist * John Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Joseph Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Josephine Robinson Roe (1858–1946), American mathematician and university professor * Joyce Robinson (1925–2013), Jamaican public servant * Julia Robinson (née Bowman, 1919–1985), American mathematician, first female president of the AMS * Julian Robinson, Jamaican politician * Kara Robinson, American kidnap victim * Karen Robinson (born 1968), British-Canadian actress * Keilan Robinson (born 2000), American football player * Keith Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Ken Robinson (disambiguation) Ken, Kenny or Kenneth Robinson may refer to: Law and politics *Kenneth Robinson (British politician) (1911–1996), British Labour politician *J. Kenneth Robinson (1916–1990), U.S. Representative from Virginia *Kenneth Albert Robinson (1914–200 ...

, multiple people * Khiry Robinson (born 1989), American football player *

Kim Stanley Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952) is an American science fiction writer best known for his ''Mars'' trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological, cultural, and political themes and feature scientists as heroes. Robinson has ...

(born 1952), American science fiction writer *Kristian Craig Robinson, English musician and producer working under the alias Capitol K * Kristian Robinson (baseball) (born 2000), Bahamian baseball player * Larry Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Layden Robinson (born 2001), American football player * Leora Bettison Robinson (1840–1914), American author, educator * Liam Robinson (footballer) (born 1965), English footballer *

Liam Robinson (politician) Liam Robinson (born 1982) is a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician who has served as the leader of Liverpool City Council since the reestablishment of the position in May 2023. Additionally as The City of Liverpool's representative ...

(born 1983), British Labour and Co-operative Party politician * Lionel Keir Robinson (1897–1983), British antiquarian bookseller * Lucius Robinson (1810–1891), New York Governor 1877–1879 * Lucy Robinson (actress) (born 1966), British actress * Luke Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Luther Robinson (born 1991), American football player * Magnus Lewis Robinson (1852–1918), American newspaper editor and Black community leader *

Maria D. Robinson Maria Dorothea Robinson, née Webb (1840–1920) was an Irish-British painter active in St. Ives, Cornwall. Life Robinson was born in Ireland and moved to Paris, where she was a pupil at the Académie Julian. She met and married the painter Hen ...

(1840–1920), British-Irish artist * Marc Robinson (born 1964), Indian actor and model * Marc Robinson (politician) (born 1953), Australian politician in the Australian Capital Territory * Mark Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Mary Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people *

Marilynne Robinson Marilynne Summers Robinson (born November 26, 1943) is an American novelist and essayist. Across her writing career, Robinson has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2005, National Humanities Medal in 2012, and th ...

(born 1943), American writer * Matthew Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Micah Robinson (born 2002), American football player * Michael Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Michelle Robinson (Michelle Obama, born 1964), American lawyer and First Lady of the United States * Mitch Robinson (born 1989), Australian rules footballer * Moncure Robinson (1802–1891), American civil engineer and railroad executive * Morgana Robinson (born 1982), British comedian * Morris Robinson (born 1969), American operatic bass * Moses Robinson (1741–1813), American statesman, governor of the Vermont Republic (1789–1790), one of the first two United States senators from the state of Vermont (1791–1796) * Moushaumi Robinson (born 1981), American track and field sprinter * Muriel Robinson (born 1954), British academic administrator and education scholar

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* Nate Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people * Nathan Robinson, multiple people * Navia Robinson (born 2005), American actress * Neville Robinson (1925–1996), British physicist * Nick Robinson (American actor) (born 1995), American actor *

Nick Robinson (journalist) Nicholas Anthony Robinson (born 5 October 1963) is a British journalist who has been a presenter on BBC Radio 4's ''Today (BBC Radio 4), Today'' programme since 2015. Before this, he spent ten years as political editor for BBC News and has had ...

(born 1963), Journalist * Norm Robinson (1900–1980), Australian rugby league footballer and coach * Ollie Robinson (born 1993), English cricketer * Orlando Robinson (born 2000), American basketball player * Orphy Robinson (born 1960), British jazz multi-instrumentalist * Patricia Robinson (1931–2009), Trinidadian economist * Paul Robinson, multiple people * Perry Robinson (1938–2018), American jazz clarinetist and composer, son of Earl Robinson * Peter Robinson, multiple people * Phoebe Robinson (born 1984), American comedian, writer, and actress * Piers Robinson (born 1970), British writer and former academic * Porter Robinson (born 1992), American electronic musician * Que Robinson (born 2001), American football player *

Rachel Robinson Rachel Annetta Robinson (''née'' Isum; born July 19, 1922) is an American former professor and registered nurse. She is the widow of professional baseball player Jackie Robinson. After her husband's death, she founded the Jackie Robinson Found ...

(born 1922), American, widow of Jackie Robinson and founder of the Jackie Robinson Foundation * Raphael M. Robinson (1911–1995), American mathematician * Ray Charles Robinson (1930–2004), American pianist commonly known as Ray Charles * Reggie Robinson (born 1997), American football player * Richard Robinson, multiple people * Rix Robinson (1789–1875), American politician * Roderick Robinson II (born 2004), American football player *

Robert Robinson (disambiguation) Robert Robinson may refer to: Politicians * Robert Robinson (Australian politician) (1811–1852), Australian politician * Robert Robinson (Canadian politician) (1826–1885), Canadian merchant and politician in New Brunswick * Robert E. Robinso ...

, multiple people * Rodney Robinson (born 1978), American educator * Rod Robinson (born 1976), American football player *

Roger Robinson (poet) Roger Robinson Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, FRSL is a British writer, musician and performer who lives between England and Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad. He is best known for ''A Portable Paradise'', which won the T. S. Eliot Prize ...

, British/Trinidadian writer, musician and performer * Romona Robinson (born 1959), American television news anchor *

Ronald Robinson Ronald "Robbie" Edward Robinson, CBE, DFC, FBA (3 September 1920 – 19 June 1999) was a distinguished historian of the British Empire who between 1971 and 1987 held the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth History at the University of Oxford. ...

(1920–1999), British historian of Africa * Ryan Robinson, multiple people * Samuel Robinson, multiple people * Samuel Robinson, alias of South American philosopher and educator Simón Rodríguez (1769–1854) * Seamus Robinson (fencer) (born 1975), Australian fencer * Séumas Robinson (Irish republican) (1890–1961), Irish Republican * Shanquella Robinson (1997–2022), American murder victim *

Shawna Robinson Shawna Robinson (born November 30, 1964) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. She was a competitor in all three of NASCAR's national touring series, as well as the ARCA Racing Series, ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series and the ISC ...

(born 1964), American female NASCAR driver * Sidney Robinson, multiple people * Sozhasingarayer Robinson (born 1980), basketball player for India's national team *

Smokey Robinson William "Smokey" Robinson Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. He was the founder and frontman of the pioneering Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he ...

(born 1940), African-American R&B and soul singer and songwriter * Spider Robinson (born 1948), American science fiction writer * Stanley Robinson, multiple people * Steve Robinson, multiple people, includes Stephen Robinson *

Sugar Ray Robinson Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989), better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is often regarde ...

(Walker Smith Jr., 1921–1989), American boxer *

The Swiss Family Robinson ''The Swiss Family Robinson'' (German: ''Der Schweizerische Robinson'', "The Swiss Robinson") is a novel by the Swiss author Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Aus ...

, characters in eponymous books and films * T. Robinson (fl. 1990s), Bermudian cricketer * Tavius Robinson (born 1999), Canadian-American football player * Tayvion Robinson, American football player * TeJyrica Robinson (born 1998), American hurdler * Thomas Robinson, multiple people * Tim Robinson, multiple people * Todd D. Robinson (born 1963), American diplomat and ambassador * Tony Robinson (born 1946), British television comedy actor and political campaigner * Trayvon Robinson (born 1987), American baseball player * Trent Robinson (born 1977), Australian Rugby League coach for the Sydney Roosters * Ty Robinson (born 2001), American football player * Tyree Robinson (born 1994), American football player * Tyrese Robinson (born 1999), American football player * V'Alonee Robinson (born 1992), Bahamian sprinter * V. Gilpin Robinson (1851–1942), American politician * Vicki Sue Robinson (1954–2000), American singer and actress * Wan'Dale Robinson (born 2001), American football player * W. Andrew Robinson (born 1957), British author and editor * W. Heath Robinson (William Heath Robinson, 1872–1944), British cartoonist and illustrator * William Robinson, multiple people * Winifred Josephine Robinson (1867–1962), American botanist * Wirt Robinson (1864–1929), US army officer and naturalist * Xavier Robinson, American football player * Yolanda Hill Robinson (born 1968), American businesswoman, accountant, and civic leader * Zeno Robinson (born 1993), American voice actor

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