Namesakes for ROBERT:
Shakespearian Characters:
3 characters
Robert Shallow Henry IV (2), The Merry Wives of Windsor
Robert Falconbridge King John
Sir Robert Brakenbury Richard III
Kings of the Franks and France:
2 kings
King Robert I Count of Paris 922-923
King Robert II the Pious 996-1031
Nobel Prize Winners:
6 chemistry, 6 economics, 6 physics, 5 medicine, 1 peace
(chemistry) Robert F. Curl Jr. 1996
(chemistry) Robert Huber 1988
(chemistry) Robert Bruce Merrifield 1984
(chemistry) Robert S. Mulliken 1966
(chemistry) Robert Burns Woodward 1965
(chemistry) Sir Robert Robinson 1947
(economics) Robert F. Engle 2003
(economics) Robert A. Mundell 1999
(economics) Robert C. Merton 1997
(economics) Robert E. Lucas Jr. 1995
(economics) Robert W. Fogel 1993
(economics) Robert M. Solow 1987
(medicine) H. Robert Horvitz 2002
(medicine) Robert F. Furchgott 1998
(medicine) Robert W. Holley 1968
(medicine) Robert Bárány 1914
(medicine) Robert Koch 1905
(peace) Lord Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne Cecil 1937
(physics) Robert B. Laughlin 1998
(physics) Robert C. Richardson 1996
(physics) Robert Woodrow Wilson 1978
(physics) Robert Schrieffer 1972
(physics) Robert Hofstadter 1961
(physics) Robert A. Millikan 1923
Oscar Award Winners:
4 directors, 3 actors
(actor) Robert De Niro 1974, 1980
(actor) Robert Donat 1939
(actor) Robert Duvall 1983
(director) Robert Benton 1979
(director) Robert Redford 1980
(director) Robert Wise 1961, 1965
(director) Robert Zemeckis 1994
Saints:
18 blessed, 10 saints
Saint Rupert of Salzburg (a.k.a. Robert, Hrodbert) ?-718
Saint Rigobert (a.k.a. Robert, Rigoberto) ?-745
Saint Robert of Syracuse ?-1000
Saint Robert of Chaise-Dieu ?-1067
Saint Robert of Frassinoro ?-1070
Saint Robert of Molesme 1027-1111
Blessed Robert of Bruges ?-1157
Saint Robert of Newminster 1100-1159
Blessed Robert of Knaresborough 1160-1218
Saint Robert Lawrence ?-1535
Blessed Robert Salt ?-1537
Blessed Robert Johnson ?-1582
Blessed Robert Dibdale 1558-1586
Blessed Robert Bickerdike ?-1586
Blessed Robert Anderson ?-1586
Blessed Robert Morton ?-1588
Blessed Robert Sutton 1545-1588
Blessed Robert Widmerpool ?-1588
Blessed Robert Wilcox ?-1588
Blessed Robert Hardesty ?-1589
Blessed Robert Dalby ?-1589
Blessed Robert Thorpe ?-1591
Saint Robert Southwell 1561-1595
Blessed Robert Nutter 1557-1600
Blessed Robert Middleton 1571-1601
Blessed Robert Watkinson 1579-1602
Blessed Robert Drury 1567-1607
Saint Roberto Bellarmino (a.k.a. Robert) 1542-1621
Kings and Queens of Scotland:
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
Sports Stars:
8 basketball, 1 baseball
(baseball) Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove 1947
(basketball) Robert J. Cousy 1970
(basketball) Robert E. Davies 1969
(basketball) Robert "Ace" Gruenig 1963
(basketball) Robert J. Houbregs 1987
(basketball) Robert Kurland 1961
(basketball) Robert L. Pettit 1970
(basketball) Robert "Fuzzy" Vandivier 1974
(basketball) Robert F. Wanzer 1987
Notable Explorers and Adventurers:
4 explorers
(explorer) René Robert Cavelier de La Salle (a.k.a. Robert) 1643-1687
(explorer) Robert Peary 1856-1920
(explorer) Robert Falcon Scott 1868-1912
(explorer) Robert Bartlett 1875-1946
Notable Writers:
3 poets, 2 authors
(poet) Robert Burns 1759-1796
(poet) Robert Browning 1812-1889
(author) Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
(poet) Robert Frost 1874-1963
(author) Robert A. Heinlein 1907-1988
Notable Musicians:
3 musicians, 1 composer
(composer) Robert Schumann 1810-1856
(musician) Roberto Carlos Braga (a.k.a. Robert) 1941-
(musician) Bob Marley (a.k.a. Robert) 1945-1981
(musician) Robert Plant 1948-
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 physicist
(physicist) J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904-1967
