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Bob Rivers
Bob Rivers (1956–2025) was an American radio host and Twisted Tunes parody songwriter, creator of "The Twelve Pains of Christmas", the 25-year Seattle Bob Rivers Show, and a 2023 Radio Hall of Fame inductee.
Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts (1992) is Tim Robbins's mock-documentary political satire about a wealthy conservative folk singer's corrupt 1990 Pennsylvania U.S. Senate campaign against incumbent Brickley Paiste (Gore Vidal), culminating in a faked assassination attempt.
Bob Rock
Bob Rock, full name Robert Jens Rock, is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer born in 1954, known for Metallica's 1991 album and Mötley Crüe's Dr. Feelgood.
Bob Ross
Bob Ross (Robert Norman Ross, 1942–1995), American painter and host of PBS's The Joy of Painting (1983–1994), taught wet-on-wet oil landscape painting; Air Force master sergeant, Bob Ross Inc. co-founder, posthumous streaming and auction phenomenon.
Bob Ryan
Bob Ryan (born 1946), American sportswriter; Boston Globe columnist 1968-2012, Celtics beat writer from 1969; Red Smith Award, Curt Gowdy Award, NSSA Hall of Fame; author of Scribe.
Bob S. Carter
Bob S. Carter is an American neurosurgeon-scientist who became CEO of University of Utah Health in 2025 and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024.
Bob Saget
Bob Saget (Robert Lane Saget, 1956–2022), American comedian, actor, and host; Danny Tanner on Full House and Fuller House, original America's Funniest Home Videos host, How I Met Your Mother narrator, blue stand-up comic; died January 9, 2022, in Orlando from an accidental head injury.
Bob Sanders
Bob Sanders, former Indianapolis Colts safety from Erie, Pennsylvania, and Iowa Hawkeyes star; 2007 AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year, two-time All-Pro, and Super Bowl XLI champion despite a 5'8" frame and injury-shortened 50-game career.
Bob Sapp
Bob "The Beast" Sapp (born 1973), American super heavyweight fighter, ex-NFL lineman (Washington, Chicago Bears third-rounder), K-1 star in Japan who beat Ernesto Hoost twice, MMA record 12-20, first Black IWGP heavyweight champion.
Bob Schieffer
Bob Schieffer (born 1937) is an American broadcast journalist, CBS News chief Washington correspondent 1982-2015, and moderator of Face the Nation 1991-2015; also interim CBS Evening News anchor 2005-2006 and moderator of the 2004, 2008, and 2012 presidential debates.
Bob Schul
Bob Schul (Robert Keyser Schul, 1937-2024), American distance runner, West Milton, Ohio; won the 1964 Tokyo Olympic 5,000m in 13:48.8 and remains the only US Olympic champion at that event.
Bob Seagren
Bob Seagren (Robert Lloyd Seagren), American pole vaulter born 1946 in Pomona, California; 1968 Olympic gold and 1972 silver medalist, world record holder at 5.63 m from 1972 to 1975, later Superstars champion, actor, and RunRacing CEO.
Bob Seger
Bob Seger (Robert Clark Seger, born 1945) is an American rock singer and songwriter from the Detroit area, whose 1976 album Night Moves made him a national star.
Bob Seger discography
Bob Seger discography: 18 studio albums from Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1968) to I Knew You When (2017), plus Live Bullet, Night Moves, Against the Wind, and compilations, mostly on Capitol Records.
Bob Semple tank
The Bob Semple tank, also known as the Semple tank, was an improvised armored vehicle built on a Caterpillar D8 tractor in New Zealand in 1940.
Bob Sinclar
Bob Sinclar, stage name of Christophe Le Friant (born 1969, Paris), is a French house DJ and producer, Yellow Productions co-founder, known for Love Generation, World Hold On, Gym Tonic, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup anthem.
Bob Singer
Bob Singer, or Robert W. Singer, is an American Republican politician who represents New Jersey's 30th District in the State Senate and serves as Deputy Republican Leader.
Bob Skelton
Bob Skelton (Robert Danforth Skelton, 1903-1977), American breaststroke swimmer, 1924 Paris Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m breaststroke and first US breaststroke Olympic champion; not the WNEC wrestling coach.
Bob Smith
Bob Smith is an American politician and retired U.S. Navy commander, the 2026 Republican nominee challenging incumbent Democrat Salud Carbajal for California's 24th District House seat.
Bob Smith (New Jersey politician)
Bob Smith is an American Democratic politician who has represented New Jersey's 17th Legislative District, centered on New Brunswick, in the State Senate since 2002.
Bob Sproull
Bob Sproull, born Robert Fletcher Sproull, is an American computer scientist in computer graphics who coauthored the 1968 clipping divider with Ivan Sutherland and led Oracle Labs.
Bob Stoops
Bob Stoops (born 1960, Youngstown, Ohio) is a retired American football coach; Oklahoma head coach 1999-2017 (190-48, 2000 national title, 10 Big 12 championships), later XFL/UFL Dallas-Arlington Renegades coach and 2023 XFL champion.
Bob Sutton
Bob Sutton (Robert Mandel Sutton, 1911-1977), American Olympic sailor; gold medal in the 8-metre class at Los Angeles 1932 aboard Owen Churchill's Angelita, 10th at Berlin 1936; electrical engineering executive.
Bob T. Li
Bob T. Li (Bob Li) is an Australian medical oncologist in thoracic oncology who led trials producing the first KRAS-targeted and HER2-directed drug approvals in lung cancer.
Bob the Builder
Bob the Builder: British preschool animated franchise created by Keith Chapman for HIT Entertainment, first aired 1998. Stop-motion series with Bob, Wendy, and machines Scoop, Muck, Dizzy, Lofty; catchphrase "Can we fix it? Yes we can!"; 2015 CGI reboot under Mattel.
Bob the Drag Queen
Bob the Drag Queen (Caldwell Tidicue, also Christopher Caldwell) is a nonbinary American comedian, actor, author, and producer; winner of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 8 (2016), co-host of We're Here and the Sibling Rivalry podcast, NYT-bestselling author of Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert, and founder of Purse First Studios.
Bob Trevino Likes It
Bob Trevino Likes It is a 2024 American comedy-drama, Tracie Laymon's debut feature, inspired by her accidentally friending a stranger with her father's name on Facebook. It won SXSW 2024 Grand Jury and Audience Awards and stars Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo.
Bob Uecker
Bob Uecker (1934-2025), "Mr. Baseball," was a .200-hitting backup catcher who became the Milwaukee Brewers' radio voice for 54 seasons, a Ford C. Frick Award winner, and the Harry Doyle of "Major League."
Bob Vila
Bob Vila (Robert Joseph Vila), born in Miami, Florida, is an American contractor and TV host, original host of PBS's This Old House (1979–1989) and later Bob Vila's Home Again, Sears spokesman, author, and 2022 Daytime Emmy Lifetime Achievement honoree.
Bob Vylan
Bob Vylan: London punk-rap duo (Bobby and Bobbie Vylan, stage names), formed 2017, fusing grime, punk, and hip-hop; albums Dread, We Live Here, The Price of Life (UK No. 18), Humble As The Sun; independent on Ghost Theatre; 2025 Glastonbury 'Death to the IDF' controversy.