All articles starting with R

Rob Rolison

Rob Rolison is an American Republican politician who represents New York's 39th State Senate district in the Hudson Valley and previously served as Mayor of Poughkeepsie.

Rob Roy (1995 film)

Rob Roy is a 1995 historical adventure film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Liam Neeson as Scottish outlaw Robert Roy MacGregor and Jessica Lange as his wife Mary.

Rob Roy (1817) is Walter Scott's sixth Waverley novel, a first-person historical novel set during the 1715 Jacobite rising, narrated by Frank Osbaldistone; it sold 10,000 copies in two weeks and became a Scottish stage classic.

Rob Roy MacGregor

Rob Roy MacGregor, born Robert Roy MacGregor and Gaelic Raibert Ruadh, was a Scottish Highland outlaw and cattleman who became a folk hero as the "Scottish Robin Hood".

Rob Rueckert

Rob Rueckert is an American venture capitalist who co-founded Sorenson Ventures in 2017, raising over $410 million across three funds for early-stage cybersecurity and B2B software investments.

Rob Runesson

Rob Runesson, also printed as Robert Runesson, is a Swedish video-game art director who co-founded Embark Studios in 2018 and served as its chief content officer until 2026.

Rob Ryan

Rob Ryan (born 1962, Ardmore, Oklahoma) is an American football coach, son of Buddy Ryan and twin of Rex Ryan; NFL assistant 1994-2024, defensive coordinator for Raiders, Browns, Cowboys, Saints, two Super Bowls with New England, now USC assistant head coach for defense.

Rob Sampson

Rob Sampson is an American Republican politician who served four terms in the Connecticut House from 2011 to 2018 and now represents the 16th district in the Connecticut Senate.

Rob Schneider

Rob Schneider (born 1963, San Francisco) is an American actor, comedian, and SNL alumnus known for Deuce Bigalow, The Hot Chick, and Adam Sandler comedies, later a political commentator and stand-up touring headliner.

Rob Stafsholt

Rob Stafsholt is an American Republican politician and fourth-generation farmer who represents Wisconsin's 10th Senate district, after serving in the State Assembly from 2017; he was re-elected in 2024.

Rob Stewart (Alabama politician)

Rob Stewart, or Robert L. Stewart, is an American Democratic member of the Alabama Senate from the 23rd district, a Selma native and former congressional staffer who won his first public office in 2022.

Rob Stewart (filmmaker)

Rob Stewart (1979-2017) was a Canadian filmmaker and shark conservationist from Toronto, director of Sharkwater, Revolution, and Sharkwater Extinction, who died diving in the Florida Keys.

Oct 21, 2026

Rob Suter

Rob (Bob) Suter, 1957–2014, American ice hockey defenseman from Madison, Wisconsin; won 1980 Olympic gold with the Miracle on Ice team, played all seven games on a broken ankle, later ran Gold Medal Sports.

Rob Swire

Rob Swire, full name Robert Swire-Thompson, is an Australian producer and singer who founded the drum and bass band Pendulum and the electro house duo Knife Party.

Rob Thomas (musician)

Rob Thomas (Robert Kelly Thomas, b. 1972, Landstuhl, West Germany), American singer-songwriter, frontman and principal songwriter of Matchbox Twenty and co-writer of Santana's 'Smooth'; 80+ million records, three Grammys, six solo albums including All Night Days (2025).

Rob Thomas (writer)

Rob Thomas (born 1965, Sunnyside, Washington) is the American television writer-producer behind Veronica Mars, Party Down, Cupid, and iZombie, distinct from the Matchbox Twenty singer; also a YA novelist whose 2013 Kickstarter funded the Veronica Mars film.

Rob Van Dam

Rob Van Dam (RVD), ring name of Robert Alex Szatkowski (born 1970), is an American wrestler of ECW, WWE, and TNA who held the WWE and ECW Championships simultaneously in 2006 and entered the WWE Hall of Fame in 2021.

Rob van den Heuvel

Rob van den Heuvel is a Dutch technology entrepreneur who co-founded Sendcloud in Eindhoven in 2012 and leads it as chief executive, serving more than 30,000 online merchants across Europe.

Rob Vicious

Rob Vicious, born Robert Magee, is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, a founding member of Shoreline Mafia whose 2018 song "Bands" is certified 2x Platinum.

Oct 21, 2026

Rob Waddell

Rob Waddell, New Zealand rower (born 1975, Te Kuiti), Olympic single sculls gold at Sydney 2000, world champion 1998 and 1999, Team New Zealand grinder, fourth in double sculls at Beijing 2008.

Rob Wagner

Rob Wagner is an American Democratic politician who serves as President of the Oregon State Senate, representing Senate District 19, and previously served on the Lake Oswego School Board.

Rob Walker (electrical engineer)

Rob Walker (1935–2016) was a Silicon Valley engineer who co-founded the chip company LSI Logic in 1980 and led Stanford's Silicon Genesis oral history project.

Rob Wiethoff

Rob Wiethoff, American actor and Indiana University alumnus, provides the voice and motion capture of John Marston in Red Dead Redemption (2010), Undead Nightmare, and Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018); otherwise works in construction.

Rob Wittman

Robert J. "Rob" Wittman, born 1959, is an American Republican politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Virginia's 1st Congressional District since 2007, after serving in the Virginia House of Delegates.

Rob Zastryzny

Rob Zastryzny (Robert John Zastryzny, born 1992, Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian left-handed MLB relief pitcher, Cubs 2013 second-round pick, who has pitched for the Cubs, Pirates, Mets, Angels, Yankees, and Brewers with a 3.84 career ERA.