Namesakes
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
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
Fictional Characters from Television:
2 characters
Philip Kiriakis (a.k.a. Robert) 1965 Days of Our Lives
Will Horton (a.k.a. Robert) 1965 Days of Our Lives
Frankish and French Kings:
2 kings
King Robert I Count of Paris 922-923
King Robert II the Pious 996-1031
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) Robert Schuman 1947-1948; 1948
Hall-of-Famers:
10 basketball, 1 baseball, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove 1947
(basketball) Bob Kurland (a.k.a. Robert) 1961
(basketball) Robert "Ace" Gruenig 1963
(ice hockey) Ted Lindsay (a.k.a. Robert) 1966
(basketball) Bob Davies (a.k.a. Robert) 1969
(basketball) Bob Cousy (a.k.a. Robert) 1970
(basketball) Bob Pettit (a.k.a. Robert) 1970
(basketball) Robert "Fuzzy" Vandivier 1974
(basketball) Bobby Wanzer (a.k.a. Robert) 1987
(basketball) Bob Houbregs (a.k.a. Robert) 1987
(basketball) Robert "Lute" Olson 2002
(basketball) Robert Parish 2003
Nobel Prize Winners:
9 chemistry, 9 economics, 9 medicine, 6 physics, 1 literature, 1 peace
(medicine) Robert Koch 1905
(medicine) Charles Richet (a.k.a. Robert) 1913
(medicine) Róbert Bárány 1914
(physics) Robert Andrews Millikan 1923
(peace) Robert Cecil 1937
(chemistry) Robert Robinson 1947
(physics) Robert Hofstadter 1961
(chemistry) Robert Burns Woodward 1965
(chemistry) Robert S. Mulliken 1966
(medicine) Robert W. Holley 1968
(medicine) Rodney Robert Porter 1972
(physics) John Robert Schrieffer 1972
(physics) Robert Woodrow Wilson 1978
(economics) Lawrence Klein (a.k.a. Robert) 1980
(medicine) John Vane (a.k.a. Robert) 1982
(chemistry) Robert Bruce Merrifield 1984
(economics) Robert Solow 1987
(chemistry) Robert Huber 1988
(chemistry) Thomas Cech (a.k.a. Robert) 1989
(economics) Robert Fogel 1993
(economics) Robert Lucas Jr. 1995
(chemistry) Robert Curl Jr. 1996
(physics) Robert Coleman Richardson 1996
(economics) Robert C. Merton 1997
(medicine) Robert F. Furchgott 1998
(physics) Robert B. Laughlin 1998
(economics) Robert Mundell 1999
(medicine) H. Robert Horvitz 2002
(economics) Robert F. Engle 2003
(economics) Robert Aumann 2005
(chemistry) Robert H. Grubbs 2005
(medicine) Robert Edwards 2010
(chemistry) Robert Lefkowitz 2012
(economics) Robert J. Shiller 2013
(literature) Bob Dylan (a.k.a. Robert) 2016
Notable Actors and Actresses:
36 actors, 1 actor/comedian, 1 comedian/actor
Robert Donat 1905-1958
Robert Young 1907-1998
Robert Taylor 1911-1969
Dabbs Greer (a.k.a. Robert) 1917-2007
Robert Mitchum 1917-1997
Robert Stack 1919-2003
Rikki Fulton (a.k.a. Robert) 1924-2004
Robert Guillaume 1927-
Robert Wagner 1930-
Robert Duvall 1931-
Robert Morse 1931-
Robert Stephens 1931-1995
Robert Blake 1933-
Robert Redford 1936-
Robert Forster 1941-
Robert Miano 1942-
Robert De Niro 1943-
Robert Englund 1947-
Robert David Hall 1947-
Reb Brown (a.k.a. Robert) 1948-
Robert Grubb 1950-
Robert Joy 1951-
Robert Picardo 1953-
Robert Beltran 1953-
Robert Bathurst 1957-
Robert Patrick 1958-
Robert Carlyle 1961-
Robert Taylor 1963-
Robert Duncan McNeill 1964-
Robert Downey, Jr. 1965-
Gary Dourdan (a.k.a. Robert) 1966-
Robert Sean Leonard 1969-
Barry Pepper (a.k.a. Robert) 1970-
Rob Riggle (a.k.a. Robert) 1970-
Robert Baker 1979-
Robert Pattinson 1986-
Robert Sheehan 1988-
Freddie Fox (a.k.a. Robert) 1989-
Notable Artists:
1 painter, 1 photographer
Robert Rauschenberg 1925-2008
Robert Mapplethorpe 1946-1989
Notable Athletes:
10 soccer, 9 basketball, 4 rugby, 3 tennis, 2 football, 1 baseball, 1 boxing, 1 cricket, 1 ice hockey
(baseball) Robert Moses "Lefty" Grove 1900-1975
(basketball) Robert "Fuzzy" Vandivier 1903-1983
(basketball) Robert "Ace" Gruenig 1913-1958
(basketball) Bob Davies (a.k.a. Robert) 1920-1990
(basketball) Bobby Wanzer (a.k.a. Robert) 1921-
(basketball) Bob Kurland (a.k.a. Robert) 1924-2013
(ice hockey) Ted Lindsay (a.k.a. Robert) 1925-2019
(basketball) Bob Cousy (a.k.a. Robert) 1928-
(basketball) Bob Houbregs (a.k.a. Robert) 1932-2014
(basketball) Bob Pettit (a.k.a. Robert) 1932-
(soccer) Bobby Robson (a.k.a. Robert) 1933-2009
(basketball) Robert Parish 1953-
(soccer) Robert Jarni 1968-
(soccer) Robert Kovač 1974-
(tennis) Bob Bryan (a.k.a. Robert) 1978-
(rugby) Mike Ross (a.k.a. Robert) 1979-
(soccer) Robbie Keane (a.k.a. Robert) 1980-
(boxing) Kelly Pavlik (a.k.a. Robert) 1982-
(soccer) Robert Almer 1984-
(football) Zak DeOssie (a.k.a. Robert) 1984-
(tennis) Jamie Murray (a.k.a. Robert) 1986-
(rugby) Ben Smith (a.k.a. Robert) 1986-
(tennis) Robert Farah 1987-
(soccer) Robert Lewandowski 1988-
(soccer) Ron-Robert Zieler 1989-
(rugby) Rob Simmons (a.k.a. Robert) 1989-
(soccer) James Holland (a.k.a. Robert) 1989-
(rugby) Rob Horne (a.k.a. Robert) 1989-
(football) Robert Nelson 1990-
(cricket) Seren Waters (a.k.a. Robert) 1990-
(soccer) Róbert Mak 1991-
(soccer) Robbie Brady (a.k.a. Robert) 1992-
Notable Evildoers:
1 persecutor
Robert Mugabe 1924-2019
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:
5 directors, 1 screenwriter/producer/director/editor/cinematographer
Robert Wise 1914-2005
Robert Benton 1932-
Robert Redford 1936-
Robert Zemeckis 1951-
Stijn Coninx (a.k.a. Robert) 1957-
Robert Rodriguez 1968-
Notable Hosts and Presenters:
3 television, 1 radio/television
(television) Robert Long 1943-2006
(television) Robert ten Brink 1955-
(television) Kristian Luuk (a.k.a. Robert) 1966-
(radio/television) Robert Jensen 1973-
Notable Journalists:
1 television
(television) Mike Willesee (a.k.a. Robert) 1942-2019
Notable Musicians:
5 musicians, 5 singers, 2 composers, 1 musician/singer
Robert Schumann 1810-1856
Robert Johnson 1911-1938 blues
Bobby Darin (a.k.a. Robert) 1936-1973
Roberto Carlos (a.k.a. Robert) 1941-
Bob Dylan (a.k.a. Robert) 1941- folk
Robert Long 1943-2006
Bob Marley (a.k.a. Robert) 1945-1981
Robert Plant 1948-
R. Stevie Moore (a.k.a. Robert) 1952-
Percy "Master P" Miller (a.k.a. Robert) 1967- hip hop
Robert "Vanilla Ice" Van Winkle 1967- hip hop
Robert Rodriguez 1968-
Robert "Meek Mill" Williams 1987- hip hop
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 economist
Thomas Robert Malthus 1766-1834
Notable Politicians and Statespeople:
1 politician
Robert Boulin 1920-1979
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
2 physicists, 1 astronomer, 1 chemist, 1 inventor, 1 naturalist
Robert Boyle 1627-1691
Robert Hooke 1635-1703
Robert Fulton 1765-1815
Robert Ball 1802-1857
Robert Stawell Ball 1840-1913
J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904-1967
Notable Writers:
6 authors, 3 poets
Robert Burns 1759-1796
Robert Browning 1812-1889
Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894
Robert Frost 1874-1963
Robert Musil 1880-1942
Robert A. Heinlein 1907-1988
Gerald Vizenor (a.k.a. Robert) 1934-
Robert James Waller 1939-2017
Robert Perišić 1969-
Olympic Medalists:
28 gold, 18 bronze, 17 silver, 4 bronze/gold, 3 silver/gold, 2 bronze/silver, 2 gold/bronze/silver, 2 silver/gold/bronze, 1 gold/silver
(silver/gold/bronze) Robert Garrett 1896; 1900 discus throw; high jump; long jump; shot put; triple jump - standing
(silver/gold) Robert Williams 1904 archery - American round; archery - team round; archery - York round
(bronze) Robert Stangland 1904 long jump; triple jump
(bronze) William R. Orthwein (a.k.a. Robert) 1904 swimming - 4x50 yard freestyle relay
(bronze/gold) Robert Kerr 1908 100 m; 200 m
(gold) Emil Voigt (a.k.a. Robert) 1908 5 miles
(bronze/silver) Robert Andersson 1908; 1912; 1920 water polo
(silver) Robert Cloughen 1908 200 m
(silver) Robert Schurrer 1912 4x400 m relay
(gold) Robert Lindsay 1920 4x400 m relay
(gold/bronze/silver) Clas Thunberg (a.k.a. Robert) 1924; 1928 speed skating
(bronze) Robert LeGendre 1924 pentathlon
(gold) Robert Desmettre 1924 water polo
(bronze) Robert Marchal 1924 cross country team
(gold) Robert Skelton 1924 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) Nion Tucker, Sr. (a.k.a. Robert) 1928 bobsleigh
(gold) Bob King (a.k.a. Robert) 1928 high jump
(gold) Bob Tisdall (a.k.a. Robert) 1932 400 m hurdles
(silver) Robert Van Osdel 1932 high jump
(gold) Bob Kiesel (a.k.a. Robert) 1932 4x100 m relay
(silver) Bob Clark (a.k.a. Robert) 1936 decathlon
(silver) Robert Young 1936 4x400 m relay
(bronze) Robert Bennett 1948 hammer throw
(gold) R. C. Pitts (a.k.a. Robert) 1948 basketball
(silver) Robert Chef d'Hôtel 1948 4x400 m relay
(silver) Alan Ford (a.k.a. Robert) 1948 swimming - 100 m freestyle
(silver) Robert Cowell 1948 swimming - 100 m backstroke
(gold) Bob Kurland (a.k.a. Robert) 1948; 1952 basketball
(bronze/gold) Robert Richards 1948; 1952; 1956 pole vault
(gold) Jackie Robinson (a.k.a. Robert) 1948 basketball
(bronze) Robert Sohl 1948 swimming - 200 m breaststroke
(gold) Róbert Antal 1952 water polo
(silver) Robert McMillen 1952 1500 m
(silver) Don Laz (a.k.a. Robert) 1952 pole vault
(gold) Robert Mathias 1948; 1952 decathlon
(gold) Bob Kenney (a.k.a. Robert) 1952 basketball
(bronze/gold) Robert Clotworthy 1952; 1956 diving - springboard
(silver) Norris Bowden (a.k.a. Robert) 1956 figure skating
(gold) Robert Jeangerard 1956 basketball
(silver) Bob Gutowski (a.k.a. Robert) 1956 pole vault
(gold) Bobby Morrow (a.k.a. Robert) 1956 100 m; 200 m; 4x100 m relay
(gold) Robert Shavlakadze 1960 high jump
(gold) Edwyn Owen (a.k.a. Robert) 1960 ice hockey
(gold) Bob Boozer (a.k.a. Robert) 1960 basketball
(bronze) Robert Earl Bennett 1960; 1964 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke
(gold) Bob Schul (a.k.a. Robert) 1964 5000 m
(gold) Robert Webster 1960; 1964 diving - platform
(silver) Robert McGregor 1964 swimming - 100 m freestyle
(gold/bronze/silver) Robert Windle 1964; 1968 swimming - 1500 m freestyle; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(gold) Kenneth Sitzberger (a.k.a. Robert) 1964 diving - springboard
(bronze) Mike Ryan (a.k.a. Robert) 1968 marathon
(bronze) Robert Cusack 1968 swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay
(gold/silver) Bob Seagren (a.k.a. Robert) 1968; 1972 pole vault
(gold) Robert Ouko 1972 4x400 m relay
(silver/gold) Robert Taylor 1972 100 m; 4x100 m relay
(bronze) Robert Kasting 1972 swimming - 4x100 m medley relay
(silver/gold) Steven Genter (a.k.a. Robert) 1972 swimming - 200 m freestyle; swimming - 400 m freestyle; swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(silver) Bobby Jones (a.k.a. Robert) 1972 basketball
(silver) Robert Hackett 1976 swimming - 1500 m freestyle
(bronze/silver) Ove Aunli (a.k.a. Robert) 1980 cross-country skiing
(bronze) Paul Easter (a.k.a. Robert) 1984 swimming - 4x200 m freestyle relay
(bronze) Robert Woodhouse 1984 swimming - 400 m medley
(bronze) Mark Rowland (a.k.a. Robert) 1988 3000 m steeplechase
(gold) Robert Změlík 1992 decathlon
(gold) Robert Esmie 1996 4x100 m relay
(bronze) R. A. Dickey (a.k.a. Robert) 1996 baseball
(gold) Robert Korzeniowski 1996; 2000; 2004 20 km walk; 50 km walk
(silver/gold/bronze) Robert Scheidt 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012 sailing
(bronze) Robert Newbery 2000; 2004 diving - synchronized springboard; diving - synchronized platform
(bronze/gold) Bob Bryan (a.k.a. Robert) 2008; 2012 tennis
(silver) Robert van der Horst 2012 field hockey
(gold) Robert Harting 2012 discus throw
(silver) Robert Gibson 2012 rowing
(bronze) Robert Förstemann 2012 cycling - track
(gold) Peter Wilson (a.k.a. Robert) 2012 shooting
(bronze) Robert Grabarz 2012 high jump
(bronze) Tom Daley (a.k.a. Robert) 2012 diving
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
(actor) Robert De Niro 1974; 1980 The Godfather Part II; Raging Bull
(director) Robert Benton 1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
(director) Robert Redford 1980 Ordinary People
(actor) Robert Duvall 1983 Tender Mercies
(director) Robert Zemeckis 1994 Forrest Gump
Other Leaders:
3 prime ministers, 2 prime minister/presidents
Prime Minister Robert Stout 1884; 1884-1887 New Zealand
Prime Minister Bob Peliza (a.k.a. Robert) 1969-1972 Gibraltar
Prime Minister Robert Muldoon 1975-1984 New Zealand
Prime Minister/President Robert Mugabe 1980-1987; 1987-2017 Zimbabwe
Prime Minister/President Robert Kocharyan 1992-1994; 1994-1997; 1997-1998; 1998-2008 Nagorno-Karabakh; Armenia
Other Royalty:
1 grand duke
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (a.k.a. Robert) 1964-2000 Luxembourg
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 Robert I the Bruce 1306-1329
King Robert II 1371-1390
King Robert III 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
Swedish Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
Robert Themptander 1884-1888
Title Characters:
1 book, 1 musical, 1 song
(book) Rob Roy (a.k.a. Robert) 1817 Rob Roy
(musical) Robert 1964 Robert and Elizabeth
(song) Bob Dylan (a.k.a. Robert) 1968 Bob Dylan Blues