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Robert C. O'Brien
Robert C. O'Brien (born 1966), American lawyer and diplomat, 27th U.S. National Security Advisor 2019–2021 and hostage-affairs envoy 2018–2019; distinct from the novelist Robert C. O'Brien and the Irish company director.
Robert Capa
Robert Capa (Endre Ernő Friedmann, 1913–1954), Hungarian-born war photographer who covered Spain, D-Day, and Indochina, co-founded Magnum Photos, and died on a landmine in 1954.
Robert Carroll (New York politician)
Robert C. Carroll is an American Democratic politician who has represented Brooklyn's 44th district in the New York State Assembly since 2016, chairing the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology.
Robert Catesby
Robert Catesby (c. 1572–1605), Warwickshire Catholic gentleman, masterminded the 1605 Gunpowder Plot to blow up James I and Parliament; Guy Fawkes was only his explosives expert. Catesby died at Holbeach House.
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563–1612), English statesman, son of Lord Burghley; Secretary of State to Elizabeth I and James I, chief minister who secured James VI's accession in 1603, managed the Gunpowder Plot response, proposed the 1610 Great Contract, and built Hatfield House.
Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, was a British statesman and principal draftsman of the League of Nations Covenant in 1919, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1937.
Robert Chambers (criminal)
Robert Chambers, the "Preppy Killer," an American convicted of strangling Jennifer Levin, 18, in Central Park in August 1986; pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1988, served 15 years, later 19 years for cocaine sales, released July 2023.
Robert Christgau
Robert Christgau, aka Xgau, the self-styled Dean of American Rock Critics, created the letter-graded Consumer Guide (1969) and edited the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop poll; now writing on Substack.
Robert Cialdini
Robert B. Cialdini, American social psychologist and Regents' Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University, author of Influence (1984) and Pre-Suasion (2016), known for the principles of persuasion, seven million copies in 44 languages, NAS 2019.
Robert Citrone
Robert Citrone, also known as Rob Citrone, is an American hedge fund manager who founded Discovery Capital Management in 1999, a global macro firm in South Norwalk, Connecticut.
Robert Clive
Robert Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), "Clive of India", East India Company officer and Governor of Bengal; victor of Plassey 1757, obtained the diwani in 1765, died after parliamentary inquiry, probably by suicide.
Robert Costa (journalist)
Robert Costa is an American political journalist, national correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and chief Washington analyst for CBS News, formerly of the Washington Post, PBS Washington Week, and co-author with Bob Woodward of Peril.
Robert Creamer
Robert Creamer, known as Rob Creamer, is an American trading executive who has served as President and CEO of Chicago-based proprietary trading firm Geneva Trading since 2010.
Robert Crews
Robert Crews is an American historian and Professor of History at Stanford University who writes on Afghanistan, Russia, Central Asia, and Islam, and authored Afghan Modern (2015).
Robert Crichton Wyllie
Robert Crichton Wyllie was a Scottish physician and businessman who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Hawaii from 1845 until his death in 1865.
Robert Cromwell
Robert Cromwell (died June 1617) was an English Huntingdon gentleman, MP for Huntingdon in 1593, bailiff, and justice of the peace; second son of Sir Henry Cromwell, husband of Elizabeth Steward, and father of Oliver Cromwell, his only son to survive infancy.
Robert Curthose
Robert Curthose (c.1050–1134), eldest son of William the Conqueror, was Duke of Normandy 1087–1106, a First Crusade leader who pawned Normandy to Rufus, invaded England in 1101, and died imprisoned at Cardiff.
Robert D. Drain
Robert D. Drain, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York (2002-2022), presided over major chapter 11 cases including Purdue Pharma, Sears, and Windstream, later joining Skadden and M3 Partners.
Robert D. Haswell
Robert D. Haswell, also known as Bob Haswell, is a South African–trained accountant who co-founded Dominus Capital, a New York middle-market private equity firm, in 2008.
Robert D. Mare
Robert D. Mare (1951-2021) was a Canadian-born American sociologist and demographer, Distinguished Professor at UCLA, known for the Mare model of school transitions and research on educational assortative mating.
Robert D. Mariani
Robert D. Mariani, also known as Robert David Mariani, is an American jurist who has served as a United States district judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania since 2011.
Robert D. Putnam
Robert D. Putnam, Harvard political scientist, author of Making Democracy Work (1993) and Bowling Alone (2000), developer of bonding and bridging social capital, Skytte Prize 2006, National Humanities Medal 2013.
Robert D. Rupert
Robert D. Rupert, American philosopher at University of Colorado Boulder, leading critic of the extended mind hypothesis; author of 'Challenges to the Hypothesis of Extended Cognition' (2004) and Cognitive Systems and the Extended Mind (2009), defending embedded cognition.
Robert D. Sack
Robert David Sack, born 1939, is a senior US circuit judge on the Second Circuit, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1998 and taking senior status in 2009.
Robert Dahl
Robert Dahl (1915–2014) was an American political scientist at Yale University, a founder of pluralist theory and of polyarchy, called the dean of American political scientists.
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104–1168), nicknamed le Bossu, twin of Waleran of Meulan; English magnate and chief justiciar of England from 1155 to 1168 under Henry II, founder of St Mary de Pré, Garendon, and Nuneaton.
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale
Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale (July 1243–March 1304), also Robert Bruce, jure uxoris Earl of Carrick, Anglo-Scottish baron, father of King Robert I, fought for Edward I at Dunbar in 1296.
Robert Defares
Robert Defares, known as Rob Defares, is a Dutch trading executive who co-founded Amsterdam market maker IMC Financial Markets in 1989 and served as its chief executive until 2025.
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565–1601), English courtier, soldier, and royal favourite of Elizabeth I; led the Cadiz capture of 1596, failed as lord lieutenant of Ireland in 1599, and was executed for treason after the Essex Rebellion of 8 February 1601.
Robert Drennan
Robert Drennan was an American archaeologist at the University of Pittsburgh known for the comparative study of early complex societies and regional chiefdoms, and a National Academy of Sciences member.