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Robin Woods

Robin Woods (Robert Wilmer Woods, 1914–1997) was a Church of England bishop who served as Dean of Windsor and as Bishop of Worcester from 1971 to 1981.

Robin Wright

Robin Wright (born 1966, Dallas) is the American actress of The Princess Bride, Forrest Gump, and House of Cards; first actress to win a Golden Globe for an online-only series; distinct from journalist Robin Wright.

Robin Yount

Robin Yount (born 1955) is a Hall of Fame shortstop and center fielder who played 20 seasons (1974-1993) entirely for the Milwaukee Brewers, won AL MVP in 1982 and 1989, and collected 3,142 hits.

Robin Zander

Robin Zander (born 1953, Beloit, Wisconsin) is the American lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Cheap Trick, joined 1974; famed for Live at Budokan, Lap of Luxury, the 1993 solo album, and 2016 Rock Hall induction.

Robin Zasio

Robin Zasio (Dr. Z) is an American licensed clinical psychologist and LCSW, the most frequent therapist on A&E's Hoarders since season 2, founder of Sacramento's Anxiety Treatment Center, and author of The Hoarder in You.

Robina Gokongwei

Robina Gokongwei-Pe is a Filipino businesswoman, eldest daughter of tycoon John Gokongwei, Jr., who rose from stockroom clerk in 1984 to lead Robinsons Retail Holdings.

Robinah Nabbanja

Robinah Nabbanja, born 1969, is a Ugandan politician appointed Prime Minister of Uganda by President Yoweri Museveni in 2021, the first woman to hold the office.

Robinho

Robinho (Robson de Souza, born 1984, São Vicente) is a Brazilian former forward for Santos, Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Milan, 100 Brazil caps, now serving a nine-year Italian rape sentence in Brazil since March 2024; distinct from namesake Robson Azevedo da Silva (born 1995).

Robinho Júnior

Robinho Júnior (Robson de Souza Júnior, Juninho), born 2007 in Santos, is a Santos FC left-sided attacker and son of Robinho; Paulista Sub-17 top scorer 2024, professional debut July 2025, contract to April 2027.

Robinhood (2025 film)

Robinhood (రాబిన్‌హుడ్) is a 2025 Telugu action comedy directed by Venky Kudumula, starring Nithiin and Sreeleela for Mythri Movie Makers. Released March 28, 2025, it flopped, earning about ₹13 crore on a ₹70 crore budget, and streamed on Zee5 from May 10, 2025.

Robinhood Markets

Robinhood Markets is an American financial services company, founded in 2013 by Vlad Tenev and Baiju Bhatt, known for pioneering commission-free stock and cryptocurrency trading.

Robinia pseudoacacia

Robinia pseudoacacia, black locust or false acacia, is a fast-growing, nitrogen-fixing North American tree introduced to Europe in the early 17th century, widely planted for durable wood and honey yet ranked among Europe's 100 most invasive alien species.

Robinio Mundibu

Robinio Mundibu, the stage name of Mongala Akelembi, is a Congolese singer and dancer, born 1985 in Mbuji-Mayi, who rose through Wenge Musica Maison Mère and blends rumba with urban styles.

Robinio Vaz

Robinio Vaz (born 2007, Mantes-la-Jolie) is a French centre-forward from the Sochaux academy who broke through at Marseille, moved to AS Roma in January 2026 for a reported €25m, and joined Hull on loan in 2026/27.

Robinne Lee

Robinne Lee (born 1974) is a Jamaican-Chinese American author, actor, and producer; debut novel The Idea of You (2017) and its 2024 Anne Hathaway film; second novel Crash Into Me (2026).

Robinow syndrome

Robinow syndrome, also called fetal face syndrome or COVESDEM syndrome (recessive form), is a rare skeletal dysplasia with mesomelic limb shortening, fetal facies, and genital hypoplasia, caused by WNT/PCP pathway genes ROR2, WNT5A, DVL1/3, FZD2, and NXN.

ROBINS-I

ROBINS-I (Risk Of Bias In Non-randomised Studies - of Interventions) is a tool for assessing risk of bias in non-randomized studies of interventions, introduced in BMJ in 2016.

Robinson annulation

The Robinson annulation is an organic reaction combining a Michael addition and an aldol condensation to build a six-membered ring on a ketone, described in 1935 by Rapson and Robinson.

Robinson arithmetic

Robinson arithmetic, usually denoted Q, is a finitely axiomatized first-order theory of the natural numbers introduced by Raphael Robinson in 1950 that drops Peano arithmetic's induction schema.

Robinson Canó

Robinson Canó (Robinson José Canó, born 1982, San Pedro de Macorís) is a Dominican second baseman; Yankees 2005-13, Mariners 2014-18, Mets 2019-22; .301, 335 HR, 2,639 hits, 2009 World Series, 2013 WBC MVP, now with Diablos Rojos del México.

Robinson Crusoe

Robinson Crusoe is a 1719 novel by Daniel Defoe, telling how its hero survived a shipwreck and lived twenty-eight years alone on an uninhabited island.

Robinson Crusoe (1954 film)

Robinson Crusoe, aka The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, is Luis Buñuel's 1954 Mexican color film adapting Daniel Defoe's novel, starring Oscar-nominated Dan O'Herlihy with Jaime Fernández as Friday, shot in Manzanillo in 1952.

Robinson Crusoe (2016 film)

Robinson Crusoe, aka The Wild Life, is a 2016 Belgian-French nWave 3D animated film by Ben Stassen and Vincent Kesteloot retelling Defoe from the animals' viewpoint; $13M budget, about $39.9M worldwide gross.

Robinson Crusoe Island

Robinson Crusoe Island (Isla Robinson Crusoe), formerly Más a Tierra, is a 48 km² Chilean island in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, 650 km offshore, famed for endemic flora, Selkirk's 1704–1709 marooning, and 1935 national park status.

Robinson Ekspeditionen 2026

Robinson Ekspeditionen 2026, the 27th Danish season of the reality survival show, premiered 24 August 2026 on Viaplay and TV3: 20 contestants in Malaysia, host Jakob Kjeldbjerg, 500,000 kroner prize.

Robinson Helicopter Company

Robinson Helicopter Company, founded by Frank Robinson in California in 1973, makes the two-seat R22, four-seat R44, and turbine R66, making helicopter flight training and ownership affordable.

Robinson Jeffers

Robinson Jeffers (1887–1962) was an American poet who built his fame on long narrative poems set on the Carmel–Big Sur coast of California and formulated the philosophy of Inhumanism.

Robinson Nuclear Plant

The Robinson Nuclear Plant, formally the H.B. Robinson Steam Electric Plant, is a single-unit pressurized water reactor near Hartsville, South Carolina, operated by Duke Energy.

Robinson projection

The Robinson projection, also called orthophanic, is a pseudocylindrical compromise world map projection created by Arthur H. Robinson in 1963 for Rand McNally from tabular coordinates rather than formulas; National Geographic used it 1988–1998 before adopting Winkel tripel.

Robinson R22

The Robinson R22 is a two-seat, single-engine piston light helicopter made by Robinson Helicopter of Torrance, California, first flown in 1975 and the standard civilian helicopter trainer worldwide.