Robert

Royalty

Kings of Scotland

• Robert I of Scotland ("Robert the Bruce")
• Robert II of Scotland
• Robert III of Scotland

Kings of France

• Robert I of France
• Robert II of France

King of Naples

• Robert of Naples

Dukes of Normandy

• Robert I, Duke of Normandy, also known as Robert the Magnificent; father of William the Conqueror
• Robert Curthose, son of William the Conqueror

King of Hungary

• Charles I Robert, King of Hungary and Croatia

Duke of Albany

• Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, a member of the Scottish royal house, regent to three different Scottish monarchs (Robert II, Robert III, and James I), Earl of Menteith, Earl of Fife, Earl of Buchan and Earl of Atholl, in addition to his 1398 creation as Duke of Albany

Duke of Chartres

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

Duke of Parma

• Robert I, Duke of Parma

Franconian Babenbergers/Robertian Capetians

• Robert II (Robert of Hesbaye) of Worms, Germany (a.k.a. Rutpert II, Hruodbertus II)
• Robert III of Worms, Germany (a.k.a. Rutpert III, Hruodbertus III)
• Robert the Strong (a.k.a. Rutpert IV, Hruodbertus IV)

Latin Emperor and Emperor of Constantinopole

• Robert I, Latin Emperor, Latin Emperor of Constantinopole

Lord of the Kingdom of Albania

• Robert II of Taranto, Angevin Dynasty, King of Albania and titular Latin Emperor

Princes of Capua

• Robert I of Capua (died 1120), ruling Prince of Capua
• Robert II of Capua (died 1156), ruling Prince of Capua
• Robert III of Capua (1153–1158), Prince of Capua

Religious figures and saints

• Saint Robert Bellarmine, Jesuit Doctor of the Church (died in 1621)
• Saint Robert of Molesme, founder of the Cistercian Order (d. 1111)
• Saint Robert of Newminster, established the Abbey of Newminster near the castle of Ralph de Merlay, at Morpeth, Northumberland (d. 1159)
• Saint Robert de Turlande, founding abbot of the Abbey of Casa Dei, also called Chaise-Dieu (d. 1067)

Legendary and Medieval figures

Legendary

• Robert the Devil, supposed medieval knight fathered by the devil

Medieval

• Brother Robert, 13th century translator of French works into Old Norse
• Robert of Avesbury, English historian
• Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, English noble
• Robert fitz Martin, Norman knight from the west of England
• Robert of Jumièges (died c. 1053), Archbishop of Canterbury and monk
• Robert of Melun, scholastic theologian
• Robert the Englishman
• Robert of Winchelsea, theologian and opponent of both Edward I and Edward II of England

Movie industry

• Robert Alvarez, American animator, television director, and writer;
• Robert Cummings, American actor;
• Robert De Niro, American actor, director and producer;
• Robert Downey Jr, American actor;
• Robert Duvall, American actor;
• Robert Hardy, British actor;
• Robert F. Hughes, American television director;
• Robert Knox, British actor;
• Robert "Rob" Minkoff, American film director;
• Robert Montgomery (actor), American actor, director and producer;
• Robert Pattinson, American actor;
• Robert Redford, American actor, director and producer;
• Robert "Rob" Renzetti, American animator and director;
• Robert Rodriguez, American film director, screenwriter and producer;
• Robert Ryan, American actor;
• Robert Schwentke, American film director;
• Robert Taylor (actor), American actor;
• Robert Vaughn, American actor.
• Robert Wagner, American actor;
• Robert Wise, American film director;
• Robert Zemeckis, American film director, screenwriter and producer, considered one of the greatest film directors of all time;

Musicians

• Robert Alzate, real name of the progressive house record producer and DJ KhoMha;
• Robert Connelly, real name of American DJ Sober Rob;
• Robert Francis (musician), American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter;
• Robert Vincent Hughes, real name of the Canadian trap music DJ and record producer Vincent;
• Robert Johnson, American blues singer-songwriter and musician;
• Robert Miles, Swiss-born Italian DJ and record producer, inventor of the dream trance genre.
• Robert Nickson, English/Norwegian DJ based in The Netherlands;
• Robert Palmer (singer), English composer, songwriter, singer and record producer;
• Robert Plant, English singer, songwriter, and musician, lead singer and lyricist of the English rock band Led Zeppelin;
• Robert Sargent, real name of the Canadian DJ Phiso;
• Robert Schumann, German composer and music critic, one of the greatest composers of romantic era;
• Robert Smith, lead singer of The Cure;
• Robert "Rob" Swire, British electronic music producer and DJ, also known as one of the members of dubstep/electro house duo Knife Party and drum and bass band Pendulum;
• Robert Trujillo, American singer and songwriter, one of the members of American heavy metal band Metallica;
• Robert van de Corput, real name of the award winningDutch DJ and music producer Hardwell;
• Robert Allen Zimmerman, real name of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan;

Notable criminals

• Robert Berdella, American serial killer, known as The Kansas City Butcher and The Collector
• Robert Black, Scottish serial killer
• Ted Robert Bundy, American serial killer, kidnapper, rapist, burglar, and necrophile
• Robert R. Cook, Canadian mass murderer
• Robert Newton Ford, 19th century American outlaw
• Robert Hansen, American serial killer
• Robert Pickton, Canadian serial murderer
• Robert Ben Rhoades, American serial killer
• Robert Shelton (Ku Klux Klan), leader of United Klans of America, a Ku Klux Klan group
• Robert Lee Yates, American serial killer from Spokane, Washington

Political Figures

• Robert J. Bentley, american politician and physician who served as the 53rd Governor of Alabama from 2011 until 2017;
• Robert Brent, the first Mayor of Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States;
• Robert J. Bulkley, United States Democratic Party Politician from Ohio;
• Robert Comtesse, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1899-1912), twice served as a president of the Swiss Confederation;
• Robert T. Conrad, the first mayor of Philadelphia to take office following the Consolidation Act of 1854;
• Robert Crosser, U.S. Representative from Ohio, the longest serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Ohio
• Robert Budd Dwyer, the 30th State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
• Robert Eikhe, Soviet Russian Bolshevik, chekist, a high functionary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, leader of Soviet Russian collectivization, dekulakization and Great Purge;
• Robert Farmar, acting governor of West Florida (20 Oct 1763 - Oct 1764) and Commandant at Fort de Chartres, Illinois (1765–1766)
• Robert L. Floyd, American politician who served as 24th mayor of the citi of Miami;
• Robert "Rob" Ford, Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th Mayor of Toronto;
• Robert H. Goldsborough, American politician from Talbot County, senator of Maryland;
• Robert Grawitz, Nazi German physician and an SS functionary during the Nazi era;
• Robert Haab, Swiss politician, who was elected to the Swiss Federal Council, twice served as President of the Swiss Confederation;
• Robert G. Harper, a Federalist, member of the United States Senate from Maryland, serving from January 1816 until December of the same year;
• Robert King High, American politician who served as 29th mayor of the city of Miami;
• Robert C. Hill, United states diplomat, who served as United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Spain and Argentina;
• Robert Hunter, British military officer, colonial governor of New York and New Jersey from 1710 to 1720, and governor of Jamaica from 1727 to 1734;
• Robert F. Kennedy, American politician and lawyer who served as a United States Senator for New York, assassinated in June 1968;
• Robert Kocharyan, Armenian politician who served as the second president of Armenia between 1998 and 2008;
• Robert M. La Follette, American lawyer and politician who served as the Governor of Wisconsin;
• Robert E. Lee, American and Confederate general, commander of the Confederate States Army;
• Robert Ley, high ranking member of the SS, head of the Nazi German Labour Front, known for creating an NSDAP school system in Nazi Germany;
• Robert Lowry, American politician and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War, who served as 32nd Governor of Mississippi;
• Robert Lucas, the 12th Governor of the U.S. state of Ohio;
• Robert Lurting, the 36th Mayor of New York City from 1726 to 1735, the first mayor of the city to die while in office;
• Robert Marcellus Stewart, 14th Governor of Missouri from 1857 to 1861, during the critical years just prior to the American Civil War;
• Robert Mohr, interrogation specialist of the Gestapo, head of the special commission that was responsible for the search and arrest of the White Rose, part of the German Resistance to Nazism;
• Robert H. Morris, 64th mayor of New York City;
• Robert Mugabe, former Zimbabwean politician and revolutionary, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and President from 1987 to 2017;
• Robert S. Mueller III, American attorney who served as the sixth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2001 to 2013;
• Robert Roosevelt, a sportsman, author and politician who served as a United States Representative from New York and as Minister to the Hague, brother of the president of America Theodore Roosevelt;
• Robert Schuman, 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;
• Robert K. Steel, American businessman, financier and government official;
• Robert Strettell, city councilman and mayor of Philadelphia;
• Robert A. Taft, American conservative politician, lawyer, and scion of the Taft family;
• Robert Anderson Van Wyck, the first mayor of New York City after the consolidation of five boroughs into the city of Greater New York in 1898;
• Robert Viren, admiral and career naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy in Russian Empire;
• Robert F. Wagner Jr., American politician who served three terms as the mayor of New York City from 1954 through 1965;
• Robert Heinrich Wagner, Gauleiter of Baden, Gauleiter of Alsace and Head of the Civil Government of Alsace during the Nazi German occupation of France during World War II, executed for war crimes;
• Robert Walters, Mayor of New York City from 1720 to 1725;
• Robert Wexler, president of Washington based S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace;
• Robert Wharton, the longest-serving Mayor of Philadelphia;
• Robert R. Williams, American politician who served as 18th mayor of the city of Miami;

Explorers

• Robert Peary, 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 first man to have ever stepped on North Pole
• Robert Falcon Scott, British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions

Literary figures

• Robert Burns, Scottish/British poet and lyricist, widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland
• Robert Cormier, American author and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels
• Robert A. Heinlein, American science-fiction writer
• Robert Rozhdestvensky, Soviet Russian poet, regarded as one of the most significant Russian poets
• Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer

Businessmen

• Robert Bosch, German industrialist, businessman, engineer and inventor, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch).
• Rob Kardashian, American TV personality and businessman;
• Robert Kiyosaki, American businessman and author, founder of the Rich Dad Company;

Prison officials

• Robert J. Kirby, 45th commandant of Sing Sing prison
• Robert Wiltse, Second commandant of Sing Sing prison

Scientists

• Robert Boyle, British natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, first modern chemist, and one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method
• Robert F. Christy, Canadian-American theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, one of the last surviving people to have worked on the Manhattan Project during World War II, president of California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
• Robert H. Goddard, American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor, credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket
• Robert Hooke, English natural philosopher, architect and polymath
• Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, founder of modern bacteriology, received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1905 for his research on Tuberculosis
• Robert Oppenheimer, American theoretical physicist, professor of physics at the University of California, wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory, developer and inventor of the atomic bomb
• Robert Robinson, Nobel Prize and Medal of Freedom winning British organic chemist
• Robert Shapiro, professor emeritus of chemistry at New York University, best known for his work on the origin of life, having written two books on the topic
• Robert Slocum, American botanist and biologist
• Robert J. White, American neurosurgeon best known for his head transplants on living monkeys

Astronauts

• Robert Lawrence, a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American astronaut
• Robert Curbeam, former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy
• Robert C. Springer, retired American astronaut and test pilot
• Robert Thirsk, a Canadian engineer and physician, and a former Canadian Space Agency astronaut

Others

• Robert Ballard, retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is best known for the discovery of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985
• Robert Capa, Hungarian war photographer and photojournalist
• Robert Conquest, an English-American historian and poet
• Robert (doll), a supposedly haunted doll exhibited at a museum
• Robert Eyssen, German admiral during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross of Nazi Germany
• Robert Fulton, American engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing a commercially successful steamboat
• Robert Gysae, a Nazi German U-boat commander in the Kriegsmarine during World War II
• Robert Hichens, British sailor who was part of the deck crew on board the RMS Titanic
• Robert Kirkman, American comic book author best known for creating The Walking Dead
• Robert Lewandowski, Polish football player
• Robert Jay Matthews, American neo-Nazi terrorist and the leader of The Order, an American white supremacist militant group
• Robert Mulka, SS-Obersturmführer, adjutant (second commandant) of Auschwitz concentration camp, holocaust perpetrator who played a major role in the transformation of Auschwitz from a concentration camp into an extermination complex;
• Robert Patterson, Irish-born United States major general during the American Civil War
• Robert M. Price, American theologian and writer
• Robert Ritter, Nazi German "racial scientist" doctor of psychology and medicine, with a background in child psychiatry and the biology of criminality
• Robert Ritter von Greim, a Nazi German Field Marshal and pilot
• Robert Segercrantz, military leader and artillery general in Russian Empire;
• Robert Stanford Tuck, British fighter pilot, flying ace, and test pilot, member of the Royal Air Force
• Robert-Richard Zapp, a Nazi German U-boat commander in World War II
• Robert Barron (bishop), American prelate of the Catholic Church, author, theologian and evangelist, known for his Word on Fire ministry
• Robert Wadlow, known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, an American who became famous as the tallest person in recorded history
• Robert Wipper, Russian historian of classical antiquity, medieval and modern period