Namesakes for ROBERT:
Australian Prime Ministers:
2 prime ministers
Robert Menzies 1939-1941; 1949-1966 
Bob Hawke (a.k.a. Robert) 1983-1991
British Prime Ministers:
5 prime ministers
Robert Walpole 1721-1742
Robert Jenkinson 1812-1827
Sir Robert Peel 1834-1835; 1841-1846
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1885-1886; 1886-1892; 1895-1902
Anthony Eden (a.k.a. Robert) 1955-1957
Canadian Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Robert Borden 1911-1920
Emmy Award Winners:
4 actors
(actor) Robert Young 1957; 1958; 1970 Father Knows Best; Marcus Welby, M.D.
(actor) Robert Stack 1960 The Untouchables
(actor) Robert Blake 1975 Baretta
(actor) Robert Guillaume 1985 Benson
Fictional Characters from Books:
2 characters, 1 hero
Robert Ferrars 1811 Sense and Sensibility
Robert Baratheon 1996 A Game of Thrones
Robert Langdon 2003 The Da Vinci Code
Frankish and French Kings:
2 kings
King Robert I Count of Paris 922-923
King Robert II the Pious 996-1031
Hall-of-Famers:
10 basketball, 1 baseball
(baseball) Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove 1947
(basketball) Robert Kurland 1961
(basketball) Robert "Ace" Gruenig 1963
(basketball) Robert E. Davies 1969
(basketball) Robert J. Cousy 1970
(basketball) Robert L. Pettit 1970
(basketball) Robert "Fuzzy" Vandivier 1974
(basketball) Robert J. Houbregs 1987
(basketball) Robert F. Wanzer 1987
(basketball) Robert "Lute" Olson 2002
(basketball) Robert Parish 2003
Nobel Prize Winners:
6 chemistry, 6 economics, 6 medicine, 6 physics, 1 peace
(medicine) Robert Koch 1905
(medicine) Charles Robert Richet 1913
(medicine) Robert Bárány 1914
(physics) Robert A. Millikan 1923
(peace) Lord Robert Cecil 1937
(chemistry) Sir Robert Robinson 1947
(physics) Robert Hofstadter 1961
(chemistry) Robert Burns Woodward 1965
(chemistry) Robert S. Mulliken 1966
(medicine) Robert W. Holley 1968
(physics) Robert Schrieffer 1972
(physics) Robert Woodrow Wilson 1978
(chemistry) Robert Bruce Merrifield 1984
(economics) Robert M. Solow 1987
(chemistry) Robert Huber 1988
(economics) Robert W. Fogel 1993
(economics) Robert E. Lucas Jr. 1995
(chemistry) Robert F. Curl Jr. 1996
(physics) Robert C. Richardson 1996
(economics) Robert C. Merton 1997
(medicine) Robert F. Furchgott 1998
(physics) Robert B. Laughlin 1998
(economics) Robert A. Mundell 1999
(medicine) H. Robert Horvitz 2002
(economics) Robert F. Engle 2003
Notable Actors and Actresses:
19 actors
Robert Donat 1905-1958
Robert Young 1907-1998
Robert Taylor 1911-1969
Robert Mitchum 1917-1997
Robert Stack 1919-2003
Robert Guillaume 1927-
Robert Wagner 1930-
Robert Duvall 1931-
Robert Blake 1933-
Robert Redford 1936-
Robert De Niro 1943-
Robert Englund 1947-
Robert Grubb 1950-
Robert Beltran 1953-
Robert Patrick 1958-
Robert Carlyle 1961-
Robert Downey Jr. 1965-
Robert Sean Leonard 1969-
Robert Pattinson 1986-
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
4 explorers
René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle 1643-1687
Robert Peary 1856-1920
Robert Falcon Scott 1868-1912
Robert Bartlett 1875-1946
Notable Filmmakers:
4 directors, 1 director/editor/cinematographer/screenwriter/producer
Robert Wise 1914-2005
Robert Benton 1932-
Robert Redford 1936-
Robert Zemeckis 1951-
Robert Rodriguez 1968-
Notable Hosts and Presenters:
1 television, 1 television/radio
Television Robert ten Brink 1955-
Television/Radio Robert Jensen 1973-
Notable Musicians:
3 musicians, 2 composers
Robert Schumann 1810-1856
Roberto Carlos Braga (a.k.a. Robert) 1941-
Bob Marley (a.k.a. Robert) 1945-1981
Robert Plant 1948-
Robert Rodriguez 1968-
Notable Professional Athletes:
9 basketball, 1 baseball
(basketball) Robert J. Cousy
(basketball) Robert E. Davies
(baseball) Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove
(basketball) Robert "Ace" Gruenig
(basketball) Robert J. Houbregs
(basketball) Robert Kurland
(basketball) Robert Parish
(basketball) Robert L. Pettit
(basketball) Robert "Fuzzy" Vandivier
(basketball) Robert F. Wanzer
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904-1967
Notable Writers:
3 poets, 2 authors
Robert Burns 1759-1796
Robert Browning 1812-1889
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
Robert Frost 1874-1963
Robert A. Heinlein 1907-1988
Oscar Award Winners:
4 directors, 3 actors
(actor) Robert Donat 1939 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
(director) Robert Wise 1961; 1965 West Side Story; The Sound of Music
(director) Robert Benton 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
(director) Robert Redford 1980 Ordinary People
(actor) Robert De Niro 1974; 1980 The Godfather Part II; Raging Bull
(actor) Robert Duvall 1983 Tender Mercies
(director) Robert Zemeckis 1994 Forrest Gump
Pulitzer Award Winners:
5 winners
Robert Penn Warren 1947 All the King's Men
Robert Lewis Taylor 1959 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Robert Stone 1982 A Flag for Sunrise
Robert M. Pirsig 1992 Lila: An Inquiry into Morals
Robert Olen Butler 1993 A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Saints:
18 blessed, 10 saints
Saint Rupert of Salzburg (a.k.a. Robert) ?-718
Saint Rigobert (a.k.a. Robert) ?-745
Saint Robert of Syracuse ?-1000
Saint Robert of Molesme 1027-1111
Saint Robert of Chaise-Dieu ?-1067
Saint Robert of Frassinoro ?-1070
Saint Robert of Newminster 1100-1159
Blessed Robert of Bruges ?-1157
Blessed Robert of Knaresborough 1160-1218
Saint Robert Lawrence ?-1535
Blessed Robert Salt ?-1537
Saint Roberto Bellarmino (a.k.a. Robert) 1542-1621
Blessed Robert Sutton 1545-1588
Blessed Robert Nutter 1557-1600
Blessed Robert Dibdale 1558-1586
Saint Robert Southwell 1561-1595
Blessed Robert Drury 1567-1607
Blessed Robert Middleton 1571-1601
Blessed Robert Watkinson 1579-1602
Blessed Robert Johnson ?-1582
Blessed Robert Anderson ?-1586
Blessed Robert Bickerdike ?-1586
Blessed Robert Morton ?-1588
Blessed Robert Widmerpool ?-1588
Blessed Robert Wilcox ?-1588
Blessed Robert Dalby ?-1589
Blessed Robert Hardesty ?-1589
Blessed Robert Thorpe ?-1591
Scottish Kings and Queens:
3 kings
King Raibeart I the Bruce (a.k.a. Robert) 1306-1329
King Raibeart II (a.k.a. Robert) 1371-1390
King Raibeart III (a.k.a. Robert) 1390-1406
Shakespearian Characters:
3 characters
Sir Robert Brakenbury Richard III
Robert Falconbridge King John
Robert Shallow Henry IV (2); The Merry Wives of Windsor
