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Robert Swanson (venture capitalist)
Robert A. Swanson, known as Bob Swanson, was an American venture capitalist who co-founded Genentech with Herbert Boyer in 1976 and led it as chief executive until 1990.
Robert Sweet (musician)
Robert Sweet (Robert Lee Sweet, born 1960, Lynwood, California), American drummer and founding member of Christian metal band Stryper with brother Michael Sweet; nicknamed the Visual Timekeeper for his sideways stage drum setup; Stryper 1983-1992 and 2003-present.
Robert Swenson
Robert "Jeep" Swenson (1957-1997), American bodybuilder, wrestler, stuntman, and actor; Guinness-record biceps, WCCW and WCW wrestler as The Ultimate Solution, played Bane in Batman & Robin (1997).
Robert Sycz
Robert Sycz (born 1973, Warsaw) is a Polish rower, two-time Olympic champion in the lightweight double sculls (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004) with Tomasz Kucharski, Poland's first Olympic rowing gold, and later national team coach.
Róbert Szelepcsényi
Róbert Szelepcsényi (born 1966) is a computer scientist who, as an undergraduate at Comenius University in Bratislava, proved in 1987 that nondeterministic space is closed under complementation.
Robert T. Abraham
Robert T. Abraham, known as Bob Abraham, is an American cancer biologist and Chief Scientific Officer of Engine Biosciences, known for work on PI3K and mTOR signaling.
Robert T. Bakker
Robert T. Bakker, American paleontologist of the Dinosaur Renaissance, author of The Dinosaur Heresies and Raptor Red; argued dinosaurs were warm-blooded, active ancestors of birds, and rejected the asteroid-impact extinction theory.
Robert T. Dawson
Robert Toombs Dawson (born 1938) is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge for the Western District of Arkansas from 1998 to 2015.
Robert T. Jensen
Robert T. Jensen is an American gastroenterologist who leads the Gastrointestinal Cell Biology Section at NIDDK, NIH, known for decades of research on gastrointestinal hormones and Zollinger-Ellison syndrome.
Robert T. Kennedy
Robert T. Kennedy is an analytical chemist who holds the Hobart H. Willard Distinguished Professorship at the University of Michigan, developing microfluidics and capillary electrophoresis for bioanalysis.
Robert T. Knight
Robert T. Knight is an American cognitive neuroscientist and neurologist at UC Berkeley, known for work on the prefrontal cortex, attention, and memory, and for developing electrocorticography.
Robert T. Paine
Robert T. Paine (1933–2016) was an American ecologist and University of Washington professor who coined the keystone species concept through his 1960s sea star removal experiments on the Washington coast.
Robert T. Reives II
Robert T. Reives II is an American Democratic politician and attorney who has represented North Carolina House District 54 since 2014 and serves as the House Minority Leader.
Robert T. Sauer
Robert T. Sauer is an American biochemist and MIT professor emeritus who studies how cells select, unfold, and destroy proteins, known for work on ATP-dependent proteases like ClpXP.
Robert T. Schooley
Robert T. Schooley is an American infectious disease physician and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC San Diego, who chaired the NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Group from 1995 to 2002.
Robert T. Simpson
Robert T. Simpson (1938–2004) was a molecular biologist known for his work on chromatin at the NIH and Penn State, including nucleosome positioning and defining the chromatosome.
Robert T. Watson
Robert T. Watson, born 1948, is a British atmospheric chemist who built the scientific assessments behind the Montreal Protocol and chaired the IPCC from 1997 to 2002.
Robert Tampé
Robert Tampé is a German biochemist and structural biologist who has been professor and director of the Institute of Biochemistry at Goethe University Frankfurt since 2001.
Robert Tappan Morris
Robert Tappan Morris is an American computer scientist who created the 1988 Morris worm and became the first person convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Robert Taylor
Robert Taylor (1948–2007) was an American sprinter who won silver in the 100 m and gold in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Robert Taylor (American actor)
Robert Taylor (Spangler Arlington Brugh, 1911–1969), American MGM leading man of Magnificent Obsession, Camille, Quo Vadis, and Ivanhoe; distinct from the Australian actor Robert Taylor (born 1963) of Longmire.
Robert Taylor (Australian actor)
Robert John Taylor (born 1963, Melbourne) is an Australian actor known as Sheriff Walt Longmire in Longmire (2012–2017) and Agent Jones in The Matrix (1999); distinct from the American actor Robert Taylor and from Rod Taylor.
Robert Taylor (footballer, born 1994)
Robert Thomas Taylor (born 1994, Kuopio) is a Finnish winger/forward for LA Galaxy; formerly SK Brann, Inter Miami (2023 Leagues Cup, 2024 Shield), Austin FC; 34 Finland caps, EURO 2020 squad.
Robert Taylor Homes
Robert Taylor Homes was a Chicago public housing project of 28 high-rises along State Street, opened in 1962 as the nation's largest and demolished by 2007.
Robert Thalén
Robert Thalén, born Tobias Robert Thalén, was a Swedish physicist and astronomer who mapped spectral wavelengths with Ångström, measured thorium's first spectral lines, and built an iron-ore magnetometer.
Robert the Bruce
Robert the Bruce (Robert I, 1274-1329), King of Scots from 1306, killed John Comyn, defeated Edward II at Bannockburn in 1314, and won recognition of Scottish independence by the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328.
Robert the Bruce (film)
Robert the Bruce (2019) is a historical drama directed by Richard Gray, written with Eric Belgau, starring Angus Macfadyen reprising his Braveheart role; released on VOD April 24, 2020 after its theatrical run was canceled; 43% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Robert the Doll (film series)
Robert the Doll film series: five British supernatural B-horror films (Robert, The Curse of Robert the Doll, The Toymaker, The Legend of Robert the Doll, Robert Reborn) made 2015-2019 by Andrew Jones for North Bank Entertainment; unauthorized fan fiction, reboot due 2027.
Robert Thomas (glaciologist)
Robert H. (Bob) Thomas (1937–2015) was a British-born glaciologist who coined "ice-shelf buttressing" and led NASA's PARCA program, producing the first accurate mass-balance assessment of a polar ice sheet.
Robert Thomas Jones (aerodynamicist)
Robert Thomas Jones (1910–1999) was an American aerodynamicist who, working at NACA's Langley laboratory, independently discovered the swept-back wing theory and later proposed the oblique wing.