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Rob Bironas
Rob Bironas (1978-2014), American NFL placekicker for the Tennessee Titans 2005-2013; set the NFL record of eight field goals in one game (2007), was a 2007 Pro Bowl and All-Pro selection, and died in a 2014 car crash.
Rob Blake
Rob Blake, born 1969 in Simcoe, Ontario, is a Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman, 2001 Stanley Cup and 2002 Olympic gold winner, former Los Angeles Kings GM (2017-25), now Nashville Predators EVP of hockey operations.
Rob Bonta
Rob Bonta is an American politician and attorney who has served as California's Attorney General since 2021, previously serving over eight years in the State Assembly.
Rob Bourdon
Rob Bourdon (born 1979, Calabasas, California) is an American drummer, founding member of Linkin Park from 1996 to 2017, known for Hybrid Theory, Meteora, and The Hunting Party; he stepped away before the band's 2024 reunion and was replaced by Colin Brittain.
Rob Bresnahan
Rob Bresnahan Jr. (born 1990), also Robert P. Bresnahan Jr., Republican U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 8th district since 2025; construction executive who defeated Matt Cartwright in 2024 and drew scrutiny for stock trading despite pledging a congressional trading ban.
Rob Brown (actor)
Rob Brown (born 1984, Harlem, New York) is the American actor discovered for the lead in Finding Forrester (2000), later starring in Coach Carter, The Express, HBO's Treme as Delmond Lambreaux, and NBC's Blindspot as Edgar Reade, distinct from the several other actors named Rob or Robert Brown.
Rob Brydon
Rob Brydon (Robert Brydon Jones, born 1965) is a Welsh actor, comedian and impressionist: Uncle Bryn in Gavin & Stacey, host of Would I Lie to You? since 2009, and Steve Coogan's co-star in The Trip.
Rob Burrow
Rob Burrow (1982–2024), English rugby league scrum-half who spent his whole career at Leeds Rhinos, winning eight Super League titles, and became a leading MND campaigner after his 2019 diagnosis, inspiring the Rob Burrow Leeds Marathon and Centre for MND.
Rob Clifton
Rob Clifton is an American Republican politician who has represented New Jersey's 12th district in the General Assembly since 2012, and previously served as mayor of Matawan.
Rob Cohen
Rob Cohen (born 1949, Cornwall, New York) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter, distinct from other Robert Cohens in TV comedy. He produced The Wiz and The Witches of Eastwick, then directed The Fast and the Furious (2001), xXx, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
Rob Conway
Rob Conway (Robert Thomas Conway Jr., born 1972) is an American professional wrestler, three-time WWE World Tag Team Champion with La Résistance and two-time NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion, now a part-time independent wrestler.
Rob Corddry
Rob Corddry (born 1971, Weymouth, Massachusetts) is an American actor and comedian, a Daily Show correspondent 2002–2006 and creator-star of the Emmy-winning Adult Swim parody Childrens Hospital, later in Hot Tub Time Machine, Ballers, and AMC's The Audacity.
Rob Cunningham
Rob Cunningham is a Canadian video game executive and designer who co-founded Relic Entertainment, was art director on Homeworld (1999), and founded Blackbird Interactive in Vancouver.
Rob de Castella
Rob de Castella (Robert Francois de Castella, born 1957), Australian marathoner nicknamed Deek: 1981 Fukuoka world record 2:08:18, 1983 Helsinki World Championships gold, dual Commonwealth gold, 1986 Boston 2:07:51, four-time Olympian, AIS director 1990-1995.
Rob Delaney
Rob Delaney (born 1977) is an American comedian, actor, and writer, co-creator and co-star of Catastrophe with Sharon Horgan, known for Twitter fame, Peter W. in Deadpool 2, and the grief memoir A Heart That Works.
Rob Derbyshire
Rob Derbyshire (John Henry Derbyshire, 1878–1938), Manchester swimmer and water polo player; Olympic gold in water polo 1900 and 4x200m freestyle relay 1908; first Englishman under one minute for 100 yards; later leading British Olympic coach.
Rob Druppers
Rob Druppers (born 1962, Utrecht) is a Dutch former 800 m runner, 1983 World Championships silver medallist in 1:44.20, Dutch record holder at 1:43.56 (1985), European indoor champion 1987, Seoul 1988 Olympian.
Rob Dunbar
Rob Dunbar, or Robert B. Dunbar, is an oceanographer and biogeochemist who is Keck Professor of Earth Sciences at Stanford, known for reconstructing past ocean temperatures from corals and sediments.
Rob Dyrdek
Rob Dyrdek (born 1974, Kettering, Ohio), American pro skateboarder turned entrepreneur; founder of Street League Skateboarding (2010) and Dyrdek Machine, and MTV host of Rob & Big and Ridiculousness.
Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory
Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory is an MTV reality comedy series (2009, 7 seasons, TV-PG) in which skateboarder Rob Dyrdek runs eccentric ventures from a 25,000-square-foot skateable Los Angeles warehouse with Big Black, Drama, Big Cat, Steelo Brim, and Chanel West Coast.
Rob Edwards (footballer, born 1982)
Rob Edwards (born 1982, Telford) is a Welsh-capped former defender and football manager who led Forest Green Rovers and Luton Town to promotion, then managed Middlesbrough and Wolves, being sacked in June 2026.
Rob Estes
Rob Estes (Robert Alan Estes), American actor born 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia; known for Sgt. Chris Lorenzo in Silk Stalkings, Kyle McBride in Melrose Place, and Harry Wilson in 90210; also directed episodes of those series.
Rob Ezell
Rob Ezell, American college football coach, Wake Forest offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach since 2025; former Alabama walk-on, ex-South Alabama OC, power spread offense, Duke's Mayo Bowl winner.
Rob Fergus
Rob Fergus is a computer scientist and NYU professor known for spectral hashing and camera-shake removal, who co-founded Facebook AI Research and became its head in 2025.
Rob Font
Rob Font (Robert Spencer Font, born 1987) is an American UFC bantamweight boxer-style fighter, 22-10 pro, 12-9 in the UFC, former CES featherweight champion, notable for wins over Garbrandt and Moraes and never losing by KO.
Rob Ford
Rob Ford (Robert Bruce Ford, 1969-2016) was the 64th Mayor of Toronto, 2010-2014, and an Etobicoke North councillor. His populist term was defined by the 2013 crack-smoking video scandal, stripped council powers, and a 2016 death from cancer.
Rob Garrison
Rob Garrison (1960–2019), American actor from Wheeling, West Virginia, played Tommy in The Karate Kid films and Cobra Kai, known for the line "Get him a body bag, yeah!" Not the DA Jim Garrison or silent-era Robert Garrison.
Rob Gee
Rob Gee, born Robert Gilmore in 1971, is an American hardcore and gabber DJ from New Jersey, best known for the 1996 single "Ecstasy, You Got What I Need".
ROB GEE b2b LENNY DEE
ROB GEE b2b LENNY DEE is the billing for a one-hour back-to-back DJ set by American hardcore artists Rob Gee and Lenny Dee at EDC Las Vegas 2026.
Rob Go
Rob Go is an American venture capitalist who co-founded NextView Ventures in 2010, a Boston firm investing at the pre-seed and seed stage in consumer and software startups.