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Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell (Jan Ludvik Hoch, 1923–1991), Czechoslovak-born British publisher, Labour MP, and founder of Pergamon Press, who built a media empire including the Daily Mirror and Macmillan, then looted about $1.2 billion from his companies and pension funds before dying at sea in 1991.
Robert Maynard Hutchins
Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977), American educator and fifth president of the University of Chicago (1929-1951), reformed undergraduate education around general education, comprehensive exams, and Great Books with Mortimer Adler, later leading the Ford Foundation's Fund for the Republic.
Robert Mayne Patterson
Robert Mayne Patterson (1832–1911) was an American Presbyterian pastor who led churches in Chester County and Philadelphia, edited the Presbyterian Journal, and wrote books on Presbyterian history.
Robert McCorkle Netting
Robert McC. Netting (1934–1995) was an American anthropologist and cultural ecologist who studied smallholder farm families in Nigeria and the Swiss Alps, teaching at the University of Arizona.
Robert McCormick Adams Jr.
Robert McCormick Adams Jr. (1926–2018) was an American archaeologist who mapped Mesopotamian settlement and irrigation by field survey, and later served as the Smithsonian's ninth Secretary.
Robert McNamara
Robert Strange McNamara (1916–2009), American executive and official: Ford Motor Company president, longest-serving US Secretary of Defense (1961–1968) and Vietnam War strategist, then World Bank president (1968–1981) focused on absolute poverty.
Robert McNamara as Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara served as the eighth U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, directing the American war effort in Vietnam, which he later admitted was a mistake.
Robert Menzies
Robert Gordon Menzies (1894–1978), Australia's 12th and longest-serving prime minister, in office 1939–41 (United Australia Party) and 1949–66 (Liberal Party founder), totaling 18 years 5 months 10 days.
Robert Mercer
Robert Mercer, known as Bob Mercer, is an American computer scientist and hedge-fund executive who co-built Renaissance Technologies' Medallion fund system and co-led the firm from 2010 to 2018.
Robert Mittendorff MD
Robert Mittendorff, MD, is a General Partner and Global Head of Healthcare at B Capital, where he leads healthcare investing from San Francisco; he joined in 2021.
Robert Moffat
Robert Moffat was a Scottish London Missionary Society missionary in southern Africa from 1817 to 1870 who produced the first Bible translation into a South African language, Setswana.
Robert Moffitt
Robert Moffitt, born 1948, is an American labor economist at Johns Hopkins University known for his 1983 welfare stigma model and research on income transfer programs.
Robert Mondavi
Robert Gerald Mondavi (1913–2008) was an American winemaker who founded Robert Mondavi Winery in Oakville, Napa Valley, in 1966 and is credited with driving the premiumization of California wine.
Robert Monroe
Robert Allen Monroe (1915–1995) was an American radio broadcast executive who reported out-of-body experiences from 1958, founded The Monroe Institute, and patented the Hemi-Sync audio method.
Robert Morris (financier)
Robert Morris was a Philadelphia merchant who financed the American Revolution as Superintendent of Finance from 1781 to 1784 and founded the Bank of North America.
Robert Morris (pastor)
Robert Morris is an American pastor who founded Gateway Church in Texas in 2000, built it into one of America's largest churches, and resigned in 2024.
Robert Morris University
Robert Morris University (RMU), private university in Moon Township, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh; founded 1921 as Pittsburgh School of Accountancy, university status 2002; NCAA Division I Horizon League Colonials; AACSB and ABET accredited.
Robert Mueller
Robert S. Mueller III (1944-2026), American prosecutor, sixth FBI Director (September 4, 2001 to September 4, 2013, the second longest tenure) and Special Counsel for the 2017-2019 Russia investigation whose 448-page report found no established conspiracy but did not exonerate Trump on obstruction.
Robert Mugabe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (1924–2019), Zimbabwean liberation leader and autocrat; ZANU founder-leader, Prime Minister 1980, Executive President 1987–2017; Gukurahundi killings, 2000 land seizures, removed by the military in November 2017.
Robert Mundell
Robert A. Mundell (1932–2021) was a Canadian economist at Columbia University who won the 1999 Nobel Prize for work on exchange rates and currency areas.
Robert Murray (Virginia politician)
Robert Murray is an American politician who is the Republican nominee for the U.S. House in Virginia's 4th District in 2026, facing Democratic incumbent Jennifer McClellan.
Robert N. Chatigny
Robert N. Chatigny, born 1951, is an American jurist serving as a senior United States district judge for the District of Connecticut, appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994.
Robert N. Scola, Jr.
Robert N. Scola, Jr., also known as Robert Nichols Scola, Jr., is an American jurist who served as a United States district judge in Florida from 2011 until 2025.
Robert Nairac
Robert Nairac (1948-1977), Grenadier Guards captain and undercover Military Intelligence Liaison Officer, abducted from the Three Steps Bar in Dromintee, south Armagh, killed by the Provisional IRA, awarded the George Cross; his remains remain unfound.
Robert Napper
Robert Napper (born 1966) is a British serial rapist and triple killer who murdered Rachel Nickell (1992) and Samantha and Jazmine Bissett (1993), was held at Broadmoor, and admitted Nickell's manslaughter by diminished responsibility in 2008 after a DNA match.
Robert Neller
Robert B. Neller (born 1953, East Lansing, Michigan) is a retired Marine Corps general, 37th Commandant (2015–2019), who led the Corps' pivot to great-power competition and later served on the Naming Commission.
Robert Newlen
Robert Randolph Newlen is an American librarian who joined the Library of Congress in 1975 and has served as Acting Librarian of Congress since May 2025.
Robert Ng
Robert Ng Chee Siong is a Hong Kong property magnate who chaired the Sino Group from 1991 until 2025 and, with his brother Philip, controls Singapore's Far East Organization.
Robert Nichols (Texas politician)
Robert Nichols is an American politician and engineer who has represented East Texas's Senate District 3 as a Republican since 2007, chairing the Senate Transportation Committee.
Robert Novak
Robert Novak (1931-2009), American conservative political columnist and CNN commentator; co-author of the syndicated Inside Report column with Rowland Evans from 1963; known as the Prince of Darkness and for his 2003 disclosure of CIA officer Valerie Plame.