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Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532/3–1588), Elizabeth I's favourite and only serious English suitor; Master of the Horse, Garter knight 1559, Privy Councillor 1562, Earl 1564; widowed by Amy Robsart's disputed 1560 death; commanded the 1585 Netherlands expedition.
Robert Durst
Robert Durst (1943-2022), New York Durst Organization heir, linked to Kathie McCormack's 1982 disappearance, Susan Berman's 2000 murder, and Morris Black's 2001 killing; acquitted in Texas, convicted in Los Angeles, died in prison.
Robert E. Bacharach
Robert Edwin Bacharach (born 1959) is an American jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit since 2013.
Robert E. Blackburn
Robert E. Blackburn, born in 1950 in Lakewood, Colorado, is a senior United States district judge for the District of Colorado, appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002.
Robert E. Cowen
Robert E. Cowen, born 1930 in Newark, New Jersey, is a former United States circuit judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by Ronald Reagan.
Robert E. Hall
Robert E. Hall is an American macroeconomist, emeritus professor at Stanford and a Hoover Institution senior fellow, who chairs the NBER committee dating U.S. recessions.
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee (1807-1870), US Army engineer and Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia; resigned April 1861, surrendered at Appomattox April 9, 1865, later president of Washington College.
Robert E. Lucas Jr.
Robert E. Lucas Jr., also known as Robert Lucas, was an American economist at the University of Chicago who transformed macroeconomics through rational expectations, winning the 1995 Nobel Prize.
Robert E. M. Hedges
Robert E. M. Hedges is an Emeritus Professor of Archaeological Science at Oxford, known for accelerator mass spectrometry radiocarbon dating and the 1988 dating of the Shroud of Turin.
Robert E. Payne
Robert E. Payne, born 1941 in Kentucky, is a senior United States district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992.
Robert E. Wier
Robert E. Wier, also known as Robert Earl Wier, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky since 2018.
Robert Earl
Robert Earl, born 1951 in Hendon, London, is a British-born restaurateur who co-founded Planet Hollywood in 1991, led it through 1990s boom and 1999 bankruptcy, and rebuilt it around the Las Vegas resort.
Robert Eisner
Robert Eisner (1922–1998) was an American macroeconomist at Northwestern University, known for his work on business investment, his inflation-adjusted deficit analysis, and as American Economic Association president in 1988.
Robert Evans (journalist)
Robert Evans is an American journalist, author, and founder of Cool Zone Media, host of Behind the Bastards and It Could Happen Here, a former Cracked editor and Bellingcat conflict reporter covering Iraq, Syria, Ukraine, and US far-right extremism.
Robert F. Engle
Robert F. Engle is an American econometrician, Professor Emeritus at NYU Stern, who originated the ARCH model for forecasting volatility and won the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Robert F. Graham
Robert F. Graham, known as Bob Graham (1929–1998), was an American semiconductor equipment executive who led Novellus Systems as CEO from 1986 and chairman from 1992.
Robert F. Kelly
Robert F. Kelly, born 1935, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987.
Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968), U.S. attorney general 1961-1964 under his brother President John F. Kennedy, then New York senator; assassinated June 5, 1968, in Los Angeles while campaigning for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination; Sirhan Sirhan convicted.
Robert F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories
Robert F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories dispute that Sirhan Sirhan acted alone in the June 1968 Los Angeles shooting, citing claims of 13 shots, a second gun, security guard Thane Cesar, and acoustic evidence, despite official findings.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., born 1954), American environmental lawyer, anti-vaccine activist, and 2024 independent presidential candidate; son of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, nephew of John F. Kennedy; confirmed 52-48 in February 2025 as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 presidential campaign was an independent US presidential bid launched in April 2023, suspended in August 2024 with an endorsement of Donald Trump.
Robert F. Rossiter, Jr.
Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. (born 1956) is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge for the District of Nebraska since 2016, appointed by President Barack Obama.
Robert F. Smith (investor)
Robert F. Smith, also known as Robert Frederick Smith, is an American investor who founded Vista Equity Partners in 2000, focused exclusively on enterprise software.
Robert F. Wagner
Robert Ferdinand Wagner (1877–1953), German-born U.S. senator from New York, author of the 1935 Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) and Senate sponsor of the Social Security Act; distinct from his son, New York mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Robert F. Wagner Jr.
Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1910–1991), 102nd Mayor of New York City 1954–1965, three terms; broke Tammany Hall in 1961, empowered municipal unions, signed the 1965 Landmarks Law, later Ambassador to Spain.
Robert Falck
Robert Falck is a Swedish entrepreneur who founded the autonomous electric freight company Einride in Stockholm in 2016 and led it as chief executive until 2025.
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), British naval officer, led the Discovery (1901-04) and Terra Nova (1910-13) Antarctic expeditions; his polar party reached the South Pole 33 days after Amundsen and died on the return.
Robert Fellowes Chisholm
Robert Fellowes Chisholm (1840–1915) was a British architect who pioneered the Indo-Saracenic style in India, designing Madras's Senate House and completing Baroda's Laxmi Vilas Palace.
Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes
Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes (1941–2024), British courtier, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II 1990–99; husband of Diana's sister Jane; drafted the Queen's 1997 broadcast; later crossbench peer and Prison Reform Trust chair.
Robert Fermier
Robert Fermier, also credited as Rob "Xemu" Fermier, is an American video-game programmer who co-founded Irrational Games in Boston in 1997 and was lead programmer on System Shock 2.