Society and history

Robert Wright (journalist)

Robert Wright is an American journalist and author known for books applying evolutionary theory and game theory to human behavior and religion, including The Moral Animal and The Evolution of God.

Robert Yates (1738–1801), New York judge and Anti-Federalist politician; Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court 1790–1798; 1787 Constitutional Convention delegate who withdrew, kept convention notes, and is the presumed author of the "Brutus" essays.

Sep 21, 2026

Robert Yerkes

Robert Yerkes (1876–1956) was an American psychologist and primatologist who developed comparative psychology, created the Yerkes–Dodson law and Army mental tests, and founded the Yale Laboratories of Primate Biology.

Robert-François Damiens

Robert-François Damiens (1715–1757) was a French domestic servant who stabbed Louis XV at Versailles on 5 January 1757. The last person in France drawn and quartered, executed 28 March 1757, he is famous through Foucault's Discipline and Punish.

Robert's Rules of Order

Robert's Rules of Order, first published 1876 by Henry M. Robert as the Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies, is America's most widely used parliamentary manual; the current Newly Revised 12th edition appeared in 2020.

Roberta Lange

Roberta Lange is an American politician and Democrat serving in the Nevada Senate, representing the 7th district, where she has sponsored legislation to bring more filmmaking to Nevada.

Roberta McCain

Roberta Wright McCain (1912–2020), Oklahoma-born oil heiress, Washington socialite, and Navy wife, mother of Senator John McCain; eloped in 1933, campaigned at 95/96 in 2008, died at 108.

Roberta Metsola

Roberta Metsola, Maltese Nationalist Party politician (EPP), born 1979; MEP since 2013 and President of the European Parliament since January 2022, the youngest ever, re-elected July 2024.

Robertas Kaunas

Robertas Kaunas is a Lithuanian politician of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania who serves as Minister of National Defence, keeping the portfolio in Prime Minister Sinkevičius's third cabinet formed in 2026.

Roberto A. Lange

Roberto A. Lange, born Roberto Antonio Lange in 1963, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in South Dakota since 2009, appointed by President Barack Obama.

Roberto Alves (politician)

Roberto Alves (Benedito Roberto Alves Ferreira, born 1960, Taubaté) is a Brazilian Republicanos politician, evangelical pastor, and public manager; three-term federal deputy for São Paulo known for child-protection laws, distinct from Danbury, Connecticut mayor Roberto Lopes Alves.

Roberto Calderoli

Roberto Calderoli, born in Bergamo in 1956, is an Italian Lega politician who has served as Minister for Regional Affairs and Autonomies in Giorgia Meloni's government since 2022.

Roberto Calvi

Roberto Calvi, known as "God's banker", was an Italian banker and chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, whose 1982 collapse left over $1 billion missing; he was found hanged under Blackfriars Bridge in London.

Roberto Colaninno

Roberto Colaninno (1943–2023) was an Italian entrepreneur and chair of Immsi who led Olivetti's record 1999 takeover of Telecom Italia and turned Piaggio into Europe's largest scooter maker.

Sep 23, 2026

Roberto de Nobili

Roberto de Nobili (தத்துவபோத சுவாமி), an Italian Jesuit missionary in South India, founded the Madurai mission in 1606 and presented Christianity in Brahmin dress, language, and custom, earning the nickname the White Brahmin.

Roberto Escobar

Roberto Escobar Gaviria, El Osito, Colombian accountant of the Medellín Cartel and older brother of Pablo Escobar; surrendered 1991, blinded by a letter bomb in prison, wrote The Accountant's Story, founded Escobar Inc., and demanded $1 billion from Netflix over Narcos.

Roberto Farinacci

Roberto Farinacci (1892–1945), ras of Cremona and leader of fascism's intransigent wing; PNF secretary 1925–1926, founder of Il Regime Fascista, most pro-German hierarch, executed by partisans 28 April 1945.

Roberto Fico

Roberto Fico is an Italian politician of the Movimento 5 Stelle, elected President of Campania in 2025 after serving as President of the Chamber of Deputies.

Roberto Goizueta

Roberto Goizueta was a Cuban-born chemical engineer who led Coca-Cola from 1981 until his death in 1997, growing its value from $4 billion to over $130 billion.

Roberto Gualtieri

Roberto Gualtieri (born Rome, 1966) is an Italian Democratic Party historian and politician, Mayor of Rome since 21 October 2021, formerly Minister of Economy and Finance in the Conte II government (2019-2021) and three-time Member of the European Parliament.

Roberto Hernández Ramírez

Roberto Hernández Ramírez is a Mexican banker and investor who co-founded the brokerage Accival in 1971, won Banamex in the 1991 privatization, and sold it to Citigroup in 2001 for $12.5 billion.

Roberto Kury

Roberto Kury is an Ecuadorian politician serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility since 2026, after serving as telecommunications minister and general manager of state-owned CNT EP.

Roberto Medina

Roberto Medina is a Brazilian event producer who created the Rock in Rio festival in 1985 and, as president of Rock World, has organized every edition since.

Roberto Mignone

Roberto Mignone is an American investor who founded Bridger Management, a New York healthcare-focused hedge fund, in 2000 with $2.1 billion, after Tiger Management and Blue Ridge Capital.

Roberto Nazal Jr.

Roberto Gerard Lopez Nazal Jr. (born 1973) is a Filipino businessman and Bagong Henerasyon party-list representative in the Philippine House since 2025, after a contested 2022 Magsasaka proclamation the Supreme Court overturned in 2024.

Roberto Occhiuto

Roberto Occhiuto, born in Cosenza in 1969, is an Italian politician of Forza Italia, its vice secretary, and President of Calabria, first elected in October 2021.

Roberto Quintanilla

Roberto Quintanilla Pereira, Bolivian police intelligence chief under Arguedas, ordered the amputation of Che Guevara's hands in 1967; as consul general in Hamburg he was shot dead on 1 April 1971, an assassination attributed to ELN guerrilla Monika Ertl.