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Bobby Digital (Jamaican record producer)

Bobby Digital, born Robert Dixon, was a Jamaican dancehall producer and engineer who ran the Digital B label and studio in Kingston from the late 1980s.

Bobby Dodd

Bobby Dodd, born Robert Lee Dodd, was an American college football coach at Georgia Tech from 1945 to 1966 who compiled a 165-64-8 record and won the 1952 national championship.

Bobby Dodd Stadium

Bobby Dodd Stadium, historically known as Grant Field, is the on-campus football stadium of Georgia Tech's Yellow Jackets in Midtown Atlanta. Opened in 1913, it seats 51,913.

Bobby Driscoll

Bobby Driscoll (Robert Cletus Driscoll) was an American child actor who starred in Walt Disney's films of the 1940s and early 1950s and voiced Peter Pan.

Bobby Duffy

Bobby Duffy is a British social researcher, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Policy Institute at King's College London, who spent 24 years at Ipsos MORI and wrote The Perils of Perception.

Bobby Dyer

Robert M. "Bobby" Dyer is an American Republican politician who has served as Mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia, since 2018, after 14 years on the city council.

Bobby E. Shepherd

Bobby E. Shepherd, born 1951, is an American judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2006.

Bobby Eaton

Bobby Eaton (1958–2021), "Beautiful" Bobby, American professional wrestler from Huntsville, Alabama; Midnight Express member with Dennis Condrey and Stan Lane under Jim Cornette; NWA and WCW tag team champion.

Bobby Ewing

Bobby Ewing, also known as Bobby James Ewing, is a character on the TV series Dallas, played by Patrick Duffy from 1978 to 1991 and again in the 2012 revival.

Bobby Farrell

Bobby Farrell (Roberto Alfonso Farrell, 1949-2010), Aruban dancer and frontman of disco group Boney M., formed by producer Frank Farian; he lip-synched to Farian's studio vocals, later toured as Bobby Farrell's Boney M, and died in St Petersburg.

Bobby Farrelly

Bobby Farrelly (Robert Leo Farrelly Jr., born 1958) is the younger of the Farrelly Brothers, co-director of Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary, and solo director of Champions (2023), Dear Santa, and Driver's Ed.

Bobby Fischer

Bobby Fischer (Robert James Fischer, 1943–2008), American grandmaster and 11th World Chess Champion (1972–1975), who beat Spassky in Reykjavik 1972, peaked at Elo 2785, forfeited the title in 1975, and invented Chess960.

Bobby Fish

Bobby Fish (Robert Anthony Fish, born 1976, Albany, NY) is an American professional wrestler; Pro Wrestling NOAH and NJPW veteran, reDRagon tag champion, and founding member of WWE NXT's Undisputed Era.

Bobby Flay

Bobby Flay, American chef and Food Network personality; French Culinary Institute class of 1984; opened Mesa Grill in 1991; star of Beat Bobby Flay and Iron Chef America with 202 chefs having beaten him.

Bobby Friction

Bobby Friction, born Paramdeep Sehdev, is a British DJ and radio broadcaster who has championed British Asian and bhangra music on BBC Radio 1 and the Asian Network since 2002.

Bobby Fuller

Bobby Fuller (1942-1966) was a Texas rock and roll singer-guitarist whose band the Bobby Fuller Four hit the US Top 10 in 1966 with "I Fought the Law"; he died at 23 in Los Angeles in unexplained, gasoline-related circumstances.

Bobby George

Bobby George (Robert George, born 1945), English darts player nicknamed King of Bling; twice BDO World Championship runner-up (1980, 1994), News of the World and Butlins Grand Masters winner, BBC pundit 1998-2017.

Bobby George (restaurateur)

Bobby George is an American restaurateur from Lakewood, Ohio, who owns TownHall, REBoL, and other restaurants through Ethos Hospitality Group; in 2025 he received five years of probation.

Bobby Gillespie

Bobby Gillespie (born 1961, Glasgow) is the founder and frontman of Primal Scream and former drummer of The Jesus and Mary Chain on Psychocandy; Screamadelica won the first Mercury Music Prize in 1992.

Bobby Goldsboro

Bobby Goldsboro (Robert Charles Goldsboro, born 1941) is an American singer-songwriter from Marianna, Florida, ex-guitarist for Roy Orbison, best known for the 1968 number-one hit "Honey" and later TV, publishing, and painting work.

Bobby Grich

Bobby Grich, born Robert Anthony Grich in 1949, is an American former baseball second baseman who played 17 seasons with the Orioles and Angels, from 1970 to 1986.

Bobby Guerra

Bobby Guerra, born in 1953, is an American Democratic politician and lawyer who served in the Texas House of Representatives from District 41, first elected in 2012.

Bobby Hackett

Bobby Hackett (Robert William Hackett Jr., born 1959, Yonkers, NY) is an American swimmer, not the Australian Grant Hackett: 1976 Olympic 1500m freestyle silver medalist at 16, former 800m freestyle world record holder, Harvard standout, Emory coach.

Bobby Harshbarger

Bobby Harshbarger is an American politician and pharmacist. A Republican, he represents Tennessee's 4th Senate district and was appointed by Governor Bill Lee to the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy.

Bobby Hatfield

Bobby Hatfield (Robert Lee Hatfield, 1940–2003), American tenor of the Righteous Brothers with Bill Medley; sang "Unchained Melody" and "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"; 2003 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee; died in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Bobby Heenan

Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (Raymond Louis Heenan, 1944-2017), American pro wrestling manager and color commentator for AWA, WWF, and WCW; led the Heenan Family including Andre the Giant and Mr. Perfect; 2004 WWE Hall of Famer.

Bobby Hill (King of the Hill)

Bobby Hill, full name Robert Jeffrey Hill, is the son of Hank and Peggy Hill in the animated sitcom King of the Hill, voiced by Pamela Adlon.

Bobby Holland Hanton

Bobby Holland Hanton (born 1984, Portsmouth) is a British stunt performer, Chris Hemsworth's stunt double since Thor: The Dark World and Daniel Craig's double in Quantum of Solace, with SAG, Emmy, and Taurus awards.

Bobby Hull

Bobby Hull, "The Golden Jet" (1939-2023), Canadian NHL left wing for the Chicago Black Hawks and WHA Winnipeg Jets; 610 NHL goals, 1961 Stanley Cup, two Harts, three Art Ross trophies, Hall of Fame 1983.

Bobby Hurley

Bobby Hurley (born 1971, Jersey City) is a former Duke point guard, NCAA career assists record holder (1,076), two-time national champion, five-season NBA player, and head coach at Buffalo and Arizona State until March 2026.