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:
12 saints, 7 blessed
Blessed Robert Wilcox
Blessed Robert Widmerpool
Blessed Robert Watkinson
Blessed Robert Sulton
Saint Robert Southwell
Blessed Robert Salt
Saint Robert of Syracuse
Saint Robert of Newmister
Saint Robert Morton
Saint Robert of Molesmes
Saint Robert Lawrence
Saint Robert Johnson
Saint Robert of Frassinoro
Blessed Robert Dalby
Saint Robert of Chaise Dieu
Saint Robert of Burstemunds
Saint Robert of Burges
Saint Robert Bellarmine
Blessed Robert Anderton
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 (a.k.a. Moses) 1947
(basketball) Robert J. Cousy (a.k.a. Bob) 1970
(basketball) Robert E. Davies (a.k.a. Bob) 1969
(basketball) Robert "Ace" Gruenig 1963
(basketball) Robert J. Houbregs 1987
(basketball) Robert Kurland (a.k.a. Bob) 1961
(basketball) Robert L. Pettit (a.k.a. Bob) 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 (a.k.a. Rabbie) 1759-1796
(poet) Robert Browning 1812-1889
(author) Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
(poet) Robert Frost 1874-1963
(author) Robert A. Heinlein 1907-1988