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Bob Knight
Bob Knight (1940–2023), American college basketball coach, won three NCAA titles at Indiana including the 1976 undefeated 32-0 season, coached 1984 Olympic gold, and was fired in 2000.
Bob Kocher
Bob Kocher is an American physician-turned-venture-capitalist who has led Venrock's health tech investing since 2011, backing Aledade, Devoted Health, and Lyra Health after serving in the Obama Administration.
Bob Kulick
Bob Kulick (Robert J. Kulick, 1950-2020), American session guitarist and Grammy-winning producer; uncredited Kiss studio player, Lou Reed's Coney Island Baby, Meat Loaf, W.A.S.P., SpongeBob's 'Sweet Victory', Triple H's 'The Game'.
Bob Kurland
Bob Kurland (Robert Albert Kurland, "Foothills"), 1924-2013, American 7-foot center; two NCAA titles with Oklahoma A&M, first two-time tournament MOP, two Olympic basketball golds 1948/1952, Hall of Fame 1961, never played pro ball.
Bob Ladouceur
Bob Ladouceur (born 1954, Detroit) is the retired De La Salle High School (Concord, California) football coach, 1979-2012, whose 399-25-3 record and national-record 151-game win streak made him California's winningest high school coach; he returned as a freshman coach in 2026.
Bob Latta
Bob Latta, born 1956, is an American Republican politician who has represented Ohio's 5th congressional district in the House since 2007, chairing the Energy Subcommittee.
Bob Layton
Bob Layton (born 1953), American comic book artist, writer, and editor; reinvented Marvel's Iron Man with David Michelinie, created Hercules: Prince of Power, co-founded Valiant Comics, and co-created War Machine and The Huntress.
Bob Lazar
Bob Lazar (Robert Scott Lazar, born 1959) is the American claimant who said in 1989 KLAS-TV interviews with George Knapp that he reverse-engineered alien craft at S-4 near Area 51 using element 115 fuel; his credentials are unverified and the claims uncorroborated.
Bob le Flambeur
Bob le flambeur (Bob the Gambler) is Jean-Pierre Melville's 1955 French black-and-white crime film starring Roger Duchesne as an aging Montmartre gambler planning the Deauville casino heist; a key precursor of the French New Wave.
Bob Leakey
Bob Leakey (Robert Dove Leakey, 1914–2013), British caver who discovered and mapped Mossdale Caverns solo in 1941, founded the Northern Speleological Group and Cave Preservation Society, climbed in the wartime Himalaya, and later patented fishing gear and ran for Parliament.
Bob Lee (businessman)
Bob Lee, born Robert Lee, was an American software engineer who created Cash App and was Square's first chief technology officer. He was fatally stabbed in San Francisco in April 2023.
Bob Lee Swagger
Bob Lee Swagger is Stephen Hunter's fictional ex-Marine sniper, first in Point of Impact (1993). Twelve novels (1993–2022), adapted as the film and TV series Shooter; father Earl and son Ray Cruz have their own books.
Bob Lilly
Bob Lilly (Robert Lewis Lilly), nicknamed Mr. Cowboy, is a former Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle who played from 1961 to 1974 and became the first Cowboy enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Bob Love
Bob Love (1942-2024), nicknamed Butterbean, was a three-time NBA All-Star forward for the Chicago Bulls, 21.3 ppg there, No. 10 retired in 1994; after retirement he overcame a severe stutter to become the Bulls' community ambassador.
Bob Löwenberg
Bob Löwenberg, also published as B. Löwenberg, is a Dutch hematologist at Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, known for practice-changing acute myeloid leukemia trials and founding HOVON.
Bob Mackie
Bob Mackie (Robert Gordon Mackie, 1939/1940–2026), American costume and fashion designer, the 'Sultan of Sequins,' known for dressing Cher and Carol Burnett, nine Emmys, a 2019 Tony for The Cher Show, and the Bob Mackie Barbie line.
Bob Marley
Bob Marley (Robert Nesta Marley, 1945–1981), Jamaican reggae pioneer and leader of the Wailers; Tuff Gong founder, Island Records star, Exodus author, survived 1976 assassination attempt, Order of Merit recipient.
Bob Marley and the Wailers discography
Bob Marley and the Wailers discography: catalog of the reggae band (also called Bob Marley & The Wailers), covering nine Island studio albums (1973–1980, plus Confrontation 1983), early ska-era releases, Live! (1975), the 56-week UK hit Exodus (1977), and Legend (1984), the best-selling reggae album of all time, through posthumous releases into the 2020s.
Bob Marley Museum (music)
The Bob Marley Museum is a museum in Kingston, Jamaica, at the house where Bob Marley lived and recorded from 1975 until his death in 1981.
Bob Marley: One Love
Bob Marley: One Love is Paramount Pictures' 2024 biographical drama directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley. It covers 1976-1978, the Exodus album and One Love Peace Concert, grossing $180,971,146 worldwide.
Bob Martin
Bob Martin (Robert Doud Martin, 1925-2012), American rower and University of Washington athlete; won gold in the men's coxed fours at the 1948 London Olympics with Westlund, Will, Giovanelli, and cox Morgan; WWII Navy veteran and Weyerhaeuser executive.
Bob Mathias
Bob Mathias (1930-2006), American decathlete, won Olympic decathlon gold at London 1948 at 17, the youngest track and field champion, and again at Helsinki 1952; later a Republican U.S. congressman from California.
Bob McAdoo
Bob McAdoo (Robert Allen McAdoo Jr., born 1951) is an NBA Hall of Fame center-forward, 1975 MVP, three-time scoring champion with Buffalo, two-time Lakers champion, and longtime Miami Heat assistant coach.
Bob McDonnell
Bob McDonnell (born 1954) is a Republican who served as Virginia's 71st governor (2010-2014), 44th attorney general, and House delegate; his 2014 federal corruption conviction over Star Scientific gifts was unanimously vacated by the Supreme Court in 2016.
Bob McGrath
Bob McGrath, born Robert Emmett McGrath, was an American singer and actor best known as an original Sesame Street cast member, playing music teacher Bob from 1969 until 2016.
Bob McNair
Bob McNair (Robert C. McNair, 1937-2018), Houston businessman, founder of Cogen Technologies, and owner who won the NFL's 32nd expansion franchise for a record $700 million in 1999, founding the Houston Texans (play began 2002).
Bob Melvin
Bob Melvin (Robert Paul Melvin, born 1961) is a former MLB catcher and manager who led the Mariners, Diamondbacks, Athletics, Padres, and Giants from 2003 to 2025, winning Manager of the Year in both leagues.
Bob Menendez
Bob Menendez (born 1954) was a Democratic U.S. senator from New Jersey, 2006-2024, and Foreign Relations chairman, convicted in 2024 of bribery and foreign-agent charges and sentenced to 11 years.
Bob Merrill
Bob Merrill (Henry Robert Merrill Levan, 1921-1998), American songwriter and Broadway composer-lyricist of "Doggie in the Window" and Funny Girl's "People"; composed on a toy xylophone without reading music.
Bob Meyers
Bob Meyers (Robert Roderick Meyers, 1924-2014), Canadian ice hockey defenseman with the Edmonton Mercurys; won gold for Canada at the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics, Canada's last men's hockey gold until 2002.