Society and history

Rob Bell

Rob Bell, born Robert Holmes Bell Jr., is an American author and former pastor who founded Mars Hill Bible Church and wrote the 2011 bestseller Love Wins.

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 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 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 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 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 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.

Rob Granieri

Rob Granieri is an American trader who co-founded Jane Street in 2000 and sits on its operating committee, after starting his career at Susquehanna International Group.

Rob Hadick

Rob Hadick is an American venture capitalist who has been a General Partner at Dragonfly, a crypto-focused investment firm, since November 2022, investing in Polymarket and Rain.

Rob Harrington

Rob Harrington is an American lawyer and registered Democrat who became the 60th mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, appointed by the city council in July 2026 to fill Vi Lyles' term.

Rob Hayes

Rob Hayes is an American venture capitalist who joined First Round Capital in 2006, opening its San Francisco office, and led its 2010 seed investment in Uber.

Rob Hutter

Rob Hutter, also known as Robert Hutter, is a Harvard-educated venture investor who founded Learn Capital, an education technology firm with early bets including Coursera, Udemy, and Photomath.

Rob Hutton

Rob Hutton, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1967, is a Republican Wisconsin State Senator for the 5th district who announced he will not seek another four-year term.

Rob Jetten

Rob Jetten (born 1987, Veghel) is the Dutch Prime Minister since February 2026, D66 leader, youngest and first openly gay premier, heading a D66–VVD–CDA minority cabinet with 66 of 150 seats.

Rob K. Henderson

Rob K. Henderson, American writer and psychologist (Yale BS; Cambridge PhD), coined 'luxury beliefs' in 2019 and wrote the 2024 memoir Troubled about foster care, family, and social class.

Rob Keldoulis

Rob Keldoulis, also known as Robert Keldoulis, is an Australian proprietary trader who founded and led Optiver Asia Pacific from 1995 to 2009, then founded Sydney-based VivCourt Trading in 2011.

Rob Long

Rob Long is an American Democratic politician and former Delray Beach vice mayor who won a 2025 special election to the Florida House from District 90.

Rob Marciano

Rob Marciano (born 1968, Glenville, Connecticut) is an American broadcast meteorologist, CBS News national weather correspondent since 2024, formerly ABC senior meteorologist and CNN anchor, Cornell-trained, AMS CBM, Peabody-winning Katrina reporter.

Rob Martwick

Rob Martwick is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic Illinois senator from the 10th district, appointed in 2019 after six years in the Illinois House.

Rob McColley

Rob McColley is an American Republican politician serving as President of the Ohio Senate for the 1st District, and in 2026 he is running for lieutenant governor of Ohio as Vivek Ramaswamy's running mate.

Rob Menendez

Robert "Rob" Menendez is an American Democratic politician and the U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 8th district since 2023, representing most of Hudson County, Newark's East and North Wards, and Elizabeth.

Rob Merrilees

Rob Merrilees is a Chicago trader who founded the proprietary trading firm Spot Trading in 1999 and led it as chief executive officer until 2013.

Rob Moffat

Rob Moffat is a Partner at Balderton Capital, a multistage European venture firm he joined in 2009, known for investments including Dream Games, Wooga, Zego, Cleo, and Carwow.

Rob Ortt

Rob Ortt, also known as Robert G. Ortt, is an American Republican politician, a New York State Senator since 2015 and Minority Leader since 2020, and a former mayor of North Tonawanda.

Rob Porter

Rob Porter, Trump White House staff secretary (2017 to February 7, 2018), resigned after two ex-wives alleged abuse; he worked a year on an interim security clearance while the FBI repeatedly reported the allegations to the White House.

Rob Portman

Rob Portman, Republican senator from Ohio 2011-2023, earlier a seven-term congressman, U.S. Trade Representative, and OMB Director; retired January 2021; succeeded by J.D. Vance.

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 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.