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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 Hruod () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and berht "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert.

After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form Robert, where an Old English cognate form (Hrēodbēorht, Hrodberht, Hrēodbēorð, Hrœdbœrð, Hrœdberð, Hrōðberχtŕ) had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto.

Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be used as a French, Polish, Irish, Finnish, Romanian, and Estonian name as well.

Variations

Bert, Bertie, Berto, Bertus (also short for Albert or Herbert)

Popularity and trivia

The name Robert was a royal name in France, Germany, Scotland and England during the medieval period, and was the name of several kings, dukes, and other rulers and noblemen. It was one of the most popular male names in medieval Europe, likely due to its frequent usage amongst royalty and nobility. To this day, Robert remains one of the most frequently given male names.

Robert was in the top 10 most given boys' names in the United States for 47 years, from 1925 to 1972. While some names become less frequently used due to negative associations, Robert is still widely used despite its connection to many negatively evaluated historical figures.

It is the fourth most common name in the United States, according to 100 years of Social Security Administration naming and mortality data. There are 3,085,000 males and 13,571 females with this name, for a total of 3,098,571 people with this name.

In Italy during the Second World War, the form Roberto briefly acquired a new meaning derived from, and referring to the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis.

The name's second component, *berhta-, is the original root for the modern English word "bright".

People named Robert

Royalty

  1. Kings of Scotland

  2. Robert the Bruce (1274–1329) ("Robert I of Scotland"), king and national hero of Scotland, legendary for his victory at the Battle of Bannockburn, one of the most prominent and skilled warriors of his time who freed Scotland from the English rule during the Wars of Scottish Independence

  3. Robert II of Scotland (Robert Stewart) (1316–1390), one of the principal commanders at the Battle of Halidon Hill

  4. Robert III of Scotland (c. 1337/40–1406)

  5. Kings of France

  6. Robert I of France (c.866–923)

  7. Robert II of France (972–1031)

  8. King of Naples

  9. Robert, King of Naples (1276–1343)

  10. King of Germany

  11. Robert of Germany (Rupertus, Rex Romanorum) (1352–1410)

  12. King of Hungary and Croatia

  13. Charles I Robert (1288–1342)

  14. King of Bulgaria

  15. Robert of Bulgaria, Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria (1894–1943), one of the principal commanders of European theatre of World War II

  16. Dukes of Normandy

  17. Robert I, Duke of Normandy (1000–1035), also known as Robert the Magnificent or Robert the Devil; father of William the Conqueror

  18. Robert Curthose (c.1051–1134, son of William the Conqueror, claimant to throne of Kingdom of England.

  19. Duke of Chartres

  20. Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, Crown Prince of France (1840–1910)

  21. Duke of Parma

  22. Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848–1907)

  23. Count of Flanders

  24. Robert I, Count of Flanders (c.1035–1093)

  25. Robert II, Count of Flanders (c.1065–1111).

  26. Crown Prince of Bavaria

  27. Robert I, crown prince of Bavaria (1869–1955), also known as Prince Rupprecht, last heir apparent to the Bavarian throne.

  28. Latin Emperor

  29. Robert I, Latin Emperor (d. 1228), Emperor of the Latin Empire and Constantinopole

  30. Robert II of Taranto (died 1364), Angevin Dynasty, King of Albania and titular Latin Emperor

  31. Duke of Burgundy

  32. Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011–1076)

  33. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (1248–1306)

  34. Duke of Sicily and Prince of Benevento

  35. Robert Guiscard (c. 1015–1085), Norman nobleman, adventurer and explorer, leader of the conquest of southern Italy and Sicily

  36. Princes of Capua

  37. Robert I of Capua (died 1120), ruling Prince of Capua

  38. Robert II of Capua (died 1156), ruling Prince of Capua

  39. Robert III of Capua (1153–1158), Prince of Capua

  40. Counts and Lords of Artois

  41. Robert I, Count of Artois (1216–1250), first Count of Artois

  42. Robert II, Count of Artois (1250–1302), one of the principal Commanders of Franco-Flemish War, Battle of Furnes and Battle of Golden Spurs

  43. Robert III of Artois, one of the principal Commanders of Battle of Saint-Omer

  44. Robert III of Artois (1287–1342), Lord of Conches-en-Ouche, of Domfront, and of Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Earl of Richmond

  45. Franconian Babenbergers/Robertian Capetians

  46. Robert II, Count of Hesbaye (died 807), of Worms, Germany (a.k.a. Rutpert II, Hruodbertus II)

  47. Robert III, Count of Worms (800–834), Germany (a.k.a. Rutpert III, Hruodbertus III)

  48. Robert the Strong (c. 830 – 866) (a.k.a. Rutpert IV, Hruodbertus IV)

  49. Others

  50. Robert Fitzhamon (died 1107), Norman feudal baron of Gloucester and the Norman conqueror of Glamorgan, southern Wales, later became Lord of Glamorgan

  51. Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340–1420), a member of the Scottish royal house, regent to three different Scottish monarchs

  52. Robert, Count of Mortain (c. 1031–c. 1095), Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on his mother's side) of King William the Conqueror

Medieval figures

Folk heroes

  • Robert Huntington, known as Robin Hood, legendary heroic outlaw and nobleman originally depicted in English folklore, highly skilled archer and swordsman, sometimes regarded as a national hero of England

  • Robert Roy Macgregor (1671–1734), Scottish outlaw and national hero

Nobility

Religious figures and saints

Presidents and prime ministers

  1. British prime ministers

  2. Lord Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903), British statesman, serving as Prime Minister three times for a total

  3. Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (1661–1724), Lord High Treasurer of the British Empire, sometimes regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain

  4. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828), British statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

  5. Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850), British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, father of modern British policing, leader of Peelite, founder of Conservative Party of United Kingdom and the Metropolitan Police Service

  6. Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745), British statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain

  7. Australian prime ministers

  8. Robert "Bob" Hawke (1929–2019), Australian politician who served as Prime Minister of Australia and Leader of the Labor Party

  9. Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978), Australian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Australia, in office from 1939 to 1941 and again from 1949 to 1966

  10. Presidents and Prime Ministers from Asia / Oceania

  11. Robert Kocharyan (born 1954), Armenian politician who served as the first president of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and the second president of Armenia between 1998 and 2008

  12. Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831–1891), English statesman, Conservative politician, and poet, who served as Viceroy of India (Governor-General) between 1876 and 1880 and British Ambassador to France from 1887 to 1891

  13. Sir Robert Stout (1844–1930), New Zealand politician who served as 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand on two occasions in the 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand

  14. Presidents and Prime Ministers from Europe

  15. Robert Abela (born 1977), Maltese lawyer and politician, currently serving as the 14th prime minister of Malta

  16. Robert Fico (born 1964), Slovak politician who served as Prime Minister of Slovakia from 2012 to 2018

  17. Robert Haab (1865–1939), Swiss politician and President of Switzerland

  18. Robert Schuman (1886–1963), Luxembourg-born French statesman, Christian Democrat, activist, Prime Minister of France, a reformist minister of finance and a foreign minister, one of the founders of the European Union, the Council of Europe and NATO;

  19. Robert Themptander (1844–1897), Swedish politician and public official who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1884 to 1888

  20. Presidents and Prime Ministers from the Americas

  21. Sir Robert Borden (1854–1937), Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Canada

  22. Roberto Micheletti (born 1943), Honduran politician who served as the president of Honduras following the 2009 Honduran coup d'état

  23. Roberto Marcelino Ortiz (1886–1942), 19th president of Argentina during the Infamous Decade

  24. Roberto Suazo Córdova (1927–2018), 29th President of Honduras

  25. Roberto Sánchez Vilella (1913–1997), Governor of Puerto Rico, Head of State and Head of Government of Puerto Rico

Dictators

Secretaries of Defense

Wartime figures and military leaders

  1. American military

  2. Robert N. Adams (1835–1914), American Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War

  3. Robert S. Beightler (1892–1978), American military officer, major General, military governor of Okinawa, War Department General Staff, commander of the 37th Infantry Division

  4. Robert C. Bradshaw (1840–1927), American Brevet Brigadier General during the American Civil War

  5. Robert C. Buchanan (1811–1878), American military officer, one of the principal commanders of Black Hawk War and Rogue River Wars

  6. Robert Lee Bullard (1861–1947), senior officer in the United States Army during World War I

  7. Robert L. Eichelberger (1886–1961), general officer in the United States Army who commanded the Eighth United States Army in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II

  8. Robert L. Ghormley (1883–1958), admiral in the United States Navy, serving as Commander of South Pacific Area during World War II

  9. Robert H. Harrison (1745-1790), American lieutenant colonel of the Continental Army

  10. Robert Hoke (1837–1912), Confederate major general during the American Civil War

  11. Robert B. Johnston (1937–2023), retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant general whose last duty assignment was as Commander, Marine Forces Atlantic Marine Forces Europe and II Marine Expeditionary Force

  12. Robert E. Lee (1807–1870), American and Confederate general, supreme commander of the Confederate States Army during American Civil War

  13. Robert A. Lewis (1917–1983), United States Army Air Forces officer serving in the Pacific Theatre during World War II, one of the pilots of the Enola G

  14. Robert McGowan Littlejohn (1890–1982), major general in the United States Army, leader of War Assets Administration

  15. Robert McDade (1922–2009), United States Army colonel,

  16. Robert Mellard (1919–1976), United States Army sergeant who fought at the Battle of Monte Cassino

  17. Robert C. Murphy (1827–1888), American colonel during the American Civil War

  18. Robert "Robin" Olds Jr. (1922–2007), American fighter pilot and general officer in the U.S. Air Force

  19. Robert Olds Sr. (1896–1943), general officer in the US Army Air Forces

  20. Robert Patterson (general) (1792–1881), Irish-born United States major general during the American Civil War

  21. Robert W. Porter Jr. (1908–2000), United States Army four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command from 1965 to 1969

  22. Robert Gould Shaw (1837–1863), American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, commander of the first all-African American regiment

  23. Robert Sink (1905–1965), senior United States Army officer who fought during World War II, the Korean War, and early parts of the Vietnam War

  24. Robert G. Smith (colonel) (1854-1923), American colonel of the Spanish–American War

  25. Robert F. Stockton (1795–1866), United States Navy commodore, United States Senator from New Jersey, Military Governor of California

  26. Robert Alfred Theobald (1884–1957), United States Navy officer who served in World War I and World War II, achiever of the rank of rear admiral, the air forces commander during Attack on Pearl Harbor

  27. Robert F. Travis (1904–1950), United States Army Air Forces general during World War II

  28. Robert Toombs (1810–1885), American lawyer, planter, army general, and politician from Georgia who became one of the organizers of the Confederacy and served as its first Secretary of State

  29. Robert Treat (1624–1710), American colonial leader, militia officer and governor of the Connecticut Colony between 1683 and 1698 and the founder of Newark, New Jersey

  30. Robert C. Tyler (1832–1865), Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War

  31. Robert O. Tyler (1831–1874), American soldier who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War

  32. British / Scottish military

  33. Sir Robert Abercromby (1740–1827), British general

  34. Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941), British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Boy Scout Movement

  35. Robert Blake (1598–1657), British Royal Navy officer and one of the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England

  36. Robert Brooke-Popham (1878–1953), senior commander in the Royal Air Force and leader of Operation Matador (1941)

  37. Robert Brownrigg (1758–1833), British statesman, general and soldier who brought the last part of Sri Lanka under British rule, Governors of British Ceylon, General Officer Commanding, Ceylon

  38. Sir Robert Calder (1745–1818), British naval officer

  39. Robert Henry Dick (1787–1846), Scottish soldier

  40. Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766–1814), officer in the British Army

  41. Robert Haining (1882–1959), British Army officer

  42. Robert Peverell Hichens (1909–1943), British Lieutenant Commander and the most highly decorated officer of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (RNVR)

  43. Robert Kekewich (1854–1914), British Army officer

  44. Sir Robert Mansell (1573–1656), English Royal Navy officer and a member of parliament (MP), mostly for Welsh constituencies

  45. Robert Monckton (1726–1782), officer of the British Army and also a colonial administrator in British North America

  46. Robert Monro (died 1680), Scottish general during Thirty Years' War

  47. Sir Robert Moray (1608/09–1673), Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy and natural philosopher, one of the founders of Royal Society and Freemasonry

  48. Robert Munro, 18th Baron of Foulis (died 1633), known as the Black Baron, Scottish soldier and military warlord

  49. Robert Orme (c. 1725–1781/1790), British soldier and military leader

  50. Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet (1720–1796), British Army officer during the American Revolutionary War

  51. Robert Rogers (1731–1795), American colonial frontiersman and officer in the British Army, commander of Rogers' Rangers

  52. Robert Ross (1766–1814), officer in the British Army, born in Ireland

  53. Robert Sale (1782–1845), British army officer

  54. Sir Robert Stopford (1768–1847), distinguished officer in the Royal Navy

  55. Robert Stanford Tuck (1916–1987), British fighter pilot, flying ace, and test pilot, member of the Royal Air Force, war hero of World War II

  56. Robert Sturges (1891–1970), British Royal marine general

  57. Robert "Roy" Urquhart (1901–1988), British Army officer

  58. Robert Whittaker (1894–1967), City of London banker and a senior officer in Britain's part-time Territorial Army (TA), chief of staff at Anti-Aircraft Command during World War II

  59. Australian military

  60. Robert A. Little (1895–1918), World War I fighter pilot and the most successful Australian flying ace

  61. German / Austrian military

  62. Robert von Eggenberg (1546–1611), Austrian colonel-general

  63. Robert Gysae (1911–1989), a German U-boat commander in the Kriegsmarine during World War II

  64. Robert Ritter von Greim (1892–1945), German Field Marshal and pilot

  65. Robert Kosch (1856–1942), Prussian general in the Imperial German army

  66. Robert Zapp (1904–1964), German U-boat commander in World War II

  67. Irish military

  68. Robert Emmet (1778–1803), Irish Republican, orator and rebel leader

  69. Cuban military

  70. Roberto Rodriguez Fernandez (1935–1958), Cuban revolutionary

  71. Italian military

  72. Roberto Farinacci (1892–1945), leading Italian Fascist politician and important member of the Grand Council of Fascism, Secretary of National Fascist Party and one of the leading perpetrators of the Holocaust in Italy

  73. French military

  74. Robert Nivelle (1856–1924), French artillery officer who led the French forces during World War I as commander in-chief of French army

  75. Russian military

  76. Robert Bruce (1668–1720), first chief commander of Saint Petersburg

  77. Robert Segercrantz (1808—1879), Russian general in the Russian Imperial army

  78. Robert von Ungern-Sternberg (1886–1921), also known as The Mad Baron or The Bloody White Baron, Austrian-born, Russian Empire's Baltic German anti-Bolshevik lieutenant general in the Russian Civil War

  79. Robert Viren (1857–1917), general, admiral and career naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy in Russian Empire

Other military

Nazis

Nuclear physicists

Explorers

  • Robert Ballard (born 1942), retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island

  • Robert Bartlett (1875–1946), Newfoundland-born American Arctic explorer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, accompanied United States Navy Commander Robert Peary on his attempts to reach the North Pole

  • Robert O'Hara Burke (1821–1861), Irish soldier and police officer who explored Australia, leader of the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north

  • Robert Dudley (1574–1649), English explorer and cartographer

  • Sir Robert McClure (1807–1873), Irish explorer of the Arctic who in 1854 traversed the Northwest Passage by boat and sledge and was the first to circumnavigate the Americas

  • Robert Peary (1856–1920), American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic, reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909, believed to be the first man to have ever reached the North Pole

  • Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912), British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions

  • Robert Swan (born 1956), the first person to walk to both Poles

Intelligence officers

  • Robert P. Ashley Jr. (fl. 1980s–2020s), retired lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from 2017 to 2020

  • Robert Hanssen (1944–2023), FBI secret agent who spied for Soviet and Russian intelligence services against the United States from 1979 to 2001

  • Robert Maheu, American businessman and lawyer, known primarily for his work with the FBI and CIA, and Howard Hughes

  • Robert Mueller (1944–2026), American lawyer, Director of the FBI from 2001 to 2013

Movie industry

Musicians

  1. Record producers and DJs

  2. Robert Abisi (born 1989), member of the electronic music and DJ duo Lost Kings

  3. Robert Babicz (born 1973), Polish born German electronic music producer, DJ and mastering engineer

  4. Robert van de Corput (born 1988), real name of the award-winning Dutch DJ, twice worlds No.1 DJ, composer and music producer Hardwell

  5. Robert DeLong (born 1986), American electronic musician, record producer, composer and performer

  6. Robert Hughes (fl. 2010s–2020s), real name of the Canadian trap music DJ and record producer known as Vincent and Tiger Drool

  7. Robert Miles (1969–2017), Swiss-born Italian DJ and record producer, inventor of the dream trance genre;

  8. Robert Toomey (1955–2022), real name of the American DJ, keyboardist and mixologist Brother Cleve

  9. Robert "Bob" Rifo (born 1977), founder of the Italian electronic music project The Bloody Beetroots

  10. Robert "Rob" Swire (born 1982), Australian electronic music producer and DJ

  11. Singers

  12. Roberto Carlos (born 1941), Brazilian singer-songwriter, also known as King of Latin Music or simply The King

  13. Robert "Bob" Chilcott (born 1955), British choral composer, conductor, and singer

  14. Robert "Bob" Crosby (1913–1993), American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats

  15. Robert "Bobby" Darin (1936–1973), American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, impressionist, and actor

  16. Robert Francis (born 1987), American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter

  17. Robert Kelly (born 1967), American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former semi-professional basketball player who helped redefine R&B and hip hop, earning the nicknames "King of R&B" and "King of Pop-Soul"

  18. Robert Johnson (1911–1938), American blues singer-songwriter and musician

  19. Robert "Bob" Marley (1945–1981), Jamaican singer-songwriter

  20. Robert "Bobby" McFerrin (born 1950), American musician, singer, conductor, arranger and record producer

  21. Roberto "Bert" Nievera (1936–2018), Filipino-American singer

  22. Robert Palmer (1949–2003), English composer, songwriter, singer and record producer;

  23. Robert Ritchie (born 1971), American singer-songwriter, rapper, musician, record producer, and actor known as Kid Rock

  24. Robert "Bob" Seger (born 1945), American singer-songwriter and guitarist

  25. Robert Tepper (born 1950), American songwriter, composer, recording artist and singer

  26. Robert "Bobby" Vee (1943–2016), American singer, songwriter, musician and teen idol

  27. Robert "Robbie" Williams (born 1974), British singer and songwriter

  28. Robert "Rob" Zombie (born 1965), American musician, singer, songwriter, programmer, voice actor, filmmaker and founding member of the heavy metal band White Zombie

  29. Robert Allen Zimmerman (born 1941), real name of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan

  30. Band members

  31. Robert "Rob" Bourdon (born 1979), American musician, drummer and founding member of the rock band Linkin Park

  32. Robert "Rob" Cantor (born 1983), American singer-songwriter and creator of multiple viral videos. He is mostly known as a vocalist, guitarist, and co-writer for the indie rock band Tally Hall

  33. Robert Fripp (born 1946), English musician, songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the band King Crimson

  34. Robert "Rob" Halford (born 1951), English singer and songwriter, lead vocalist of the Grammy Award-winning heavy metal band Judas Priest, also a member of Fight, Two, Halford, Great White and Black Sabbath

  35. Robert Hunter (1941–2019), American poet, principle lyricist for the rock band Grateful Dead

  36. Robert "Rob" Hyman (born 1950), American singer, songwriter, keyboard and accordion player, producer, arranger, recording studio owner and a founding member of the rock band The Hooters

  37. Robert Janson (born 1965), Polish composer, singer, guitarist, leader and co-founder of the band Varius Manx

  38. Robert Jon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and founder of the band Robert Jon & the Wreck

  39. Robert "Robby" Krieger (born 1946), American guitarist and singer-songwriter best known as the guitarist of the rock band The Doors, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

  40. Robert Del Naja (born 1965), British artist, musician, singer and songwriter, founding member of the band Massive Attack

  41. Robert Plant (born 1948), English singer, songwriter, and musician, lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin

  42. Robert Smith (born 1959), lead singer of The Cure

  43. Robert Trujillo (born 1964), American singer and songwriter, one of the members of American heavy metal band Metallica

  44. Robert "Bob" Weir (1947–2026), American musician and songwriter, one of the founders of the rock band Grateful Dead, also a member of bands The Other Ones, The Dead, Kingfish, Bobby and the Midnites, RatDog, Furthur and Dead & Company

  45. Rappers

  46. Robert Ginyard (born 1967), real name of American hip hop artist Rob Base Robert Rihmeek Williams (born 1987), American rapper, singer and activist known as Meek Mill

  47. Robert Thomas (born 1999), American rapper known as Rob49

  48. Robert van Winkle (born 1967), real name of American rapper, actor, and television host Vanilla Ice

  49. Composers

  50. Robert Kajanus (1856–1933), Finnish composer, conductor and teacher, founder of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

  51. Robert Schumann (1810–1856), German composer and music critic, one of the greatest composers of romantic era

  52. Robert Volkmann (1815–1883), German composer

  53. Robert "Bob" Wiseman (born 1962), Canadian film composer, songwriter and music teacher

  54. Instrumentalists

  55. Robert "Rob" Barrett (born 1969), guitarist for death metal band Cannibal Corpse

  56. Robert "Bobby" Hackett (1915–1976), American jazz musician

  57. Robert "Bob" Kerr (born 1940), comic musician who plays trumpet and cornet

  58. Robert Mirabal (born 1966), Native American musician and flute player

  59. Robert "Rob" Scallon (born 1990), American YouTuber, musician and multi-instrumentalist

Scientists

  • Robert Arno, engineer

  • Robert Balch (born 1945), American sociologist

  • Robert Anthony Bonomo, American physician and academic

  • Robert Boyle (1627–1691), British natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, first modern chemist, and one of the founders of modern chemistry

  • Robert Bunsen (1811–1899), German chemist who discovered caesium in 1860 and rubidium in 1861, pioneer of photochemistry and organoarsenic chemistry and developer of the Bunsen burner

  • Robert F. Christy (1916–2012), Canadian-American theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, one of the last surviving people to have worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II

  • Robert Dorsey Coale (1857–1915), American chemist and colonel, professor and dean at the University of Maryland, Baltimore

  • Robert Colebunders (born 1949/1950), Belgian clinician and researcher

  • Robert Darwin (1766–1848), English medical doctor, father of the naturalist Charles Robert Darwin

  • Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881–1957), French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist, developer of ballistic missiles, father of modern rocketry

  • Robert Fulton (1765–1815), American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat known as North River Steamboat

  • Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945), American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor, credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, father of modern rocketry

  • Robert C. Green (fl. 1970s–2020s), American medical geneticist, physician, and public health researcher

  • Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901–1967), engineer and physicist, inventor of high-voltage Van de Graaff generators

  • Robert Gardiner Hill (1811–1878), British surgeon specialising in the treatment of lunacy

  • Robert Hooke (1635–1703), English natural philosopher, architect and polymath, best known for discovering and naming the cell in 1665

  • Robert J. K. Jacob, American computer scientist

  • Sir Robert Jones, 1st Baronet (1857–1933), Welsh orthopaedic surgeon who helped to establish the modern specialty of orthopaedic surgery in Britain, early proponent of the use of radiography in orthopaedics, and described the eponymous Jones fracture

  • Robert Koch (1843–1910), German physician and microbiologist, founder of modern bacteriology, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905 for his research on Tuberculosis

  • Robert Liston (1794–1847), Scottish surgeon

  • Robert F. Maronde (1920–2008), professor at University of Southern California Medical School

  • Robert Andrews Millikan (1868–1953), American experimental physicist honored with the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electric charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect

  • Robert Mitchell (geologist) (fl. 1980s–2020s), Distinguished Professor at Western Washington University

  • Sir Robert Robinson (1886–1975), Nobel Prize and Medal of Freedom winning British organic chemist

  • Robert Allen Rolfe (1855–1921), English botanist specialising in the study of orchids

  • Robert Shapiro (1935–2011), professor emeritus of chemistry at New York University, best known for his work on the origin of life

  • Robert I. Tilling (born 1935), Geologist known for research in Hawaii

  • Robert Winston, Baron Winston (born 1940), British professor, medical doctor, scientist

  • Robert Crooke Wood (1799–1869), American physicist and neurologist during the American Civil War

  • Robert W. Wood (1868–1955), American physicist and inventor who is often cited as being a pivotal contributor to the field of optics and a pioneer of infrared photography and ultraviolet photography

  • Robert J. White (1926–2010), American neurosurgeon best known for his head transplants on living monkeys

Prison officials

Criminals

Judges

Political figures

Secretaries of War

Secretaries of State

Governors

Mayors

Founding Fathers of United States

Literary figures

Businessmen

Administrators of NASA

Astronauts

Sportsmen

Others

Objects and artifacts

Fictional characters

Folklore

  • Puck, also Robert Goodfellow or Robin Goodfellow, a domestic and nature sprite, demon, or fairy in mythology

  • Knecht Ruprecht, or Knight Robert, a legendary Christmas character from German folklore

See also

References