Arts and Music

• Robert Adamson
  • A member of the International Photography Hall of Fame (see list of International Photography Hall of Fame)
• Robert Capa (born 1913, died 1954)

  Hungarian-American photographer known for his war photos.

  • A member of the International Photography Hall of Fame (see list of International Photography Hall of Fame)
• Robert Crumb (born 1943)

  American cartoonist.

  • Fritz the Cat; Mr. Natural (see list of Cartoonists)
• Robert Mapplethorpe (born 1946, died 1989)

  American photographer.

  • Some of his male nudes helped fuel controversy over the National Endowment for the Arts (see list of Miscellaneous Photographers)
• Robert Palmer (born 1949)

  English singer.

  • 1986 MTV Networks award for best video by a male artist, for ''''Addicted to Love'''' (see list of Winners of MTV Video Music Awards)
• Robert Rauschenberg (born 1925)

  American painter.

  • Known for his use of silkscreen and collage; painted Trapeze (see list of 20th-century Contemporary Artists)
• Robert Lewis Ridarelli
  • Bobby Rydell (see list of Nicknames of Musicians)
• Robert Schumann (born 1810, died 1856)

  German composer, pianist and music critic.

  • Composer of symphonies, choral works, piano pieces and songs (see list of Romantic Composers)
• Robert Ward
  • 1962 Pulitzer Prize winner for Music Composition (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Music)
• Robert Van Winkle
  • Vanilla Ice (see list of Nicknames of Musicians)
• Robert Allan Zimmerman
  • Bob Dylan (see list of Nicknames of Musicians)

Leadership

• Robert E. Allen
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company AT&T (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company AT&T (see list of 1997 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert H. Benmosche
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Metropolitan Life Insurance (see list of 1999 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert N. Burt
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company FMC (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert H. Campbell
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Sun (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (born 1769, died 1822)

  British statesman. The stress of his active political life eventually led him to commit suicide.

  • British foreign secretary, 1812-22; played an important role in the Napoleonic Wars and the ensuing settlements (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
• Robert Gascoyne Cecil, Viscount of Chelwood (born 1864, died 1958)

  British statesman and diplomat who helped draft the League of Nations Covenant (1919).

  • 1937 Nobel Prize winner for Peace (see list of Nobel Peace Prize Winners)
• Robert Clive (born 1725, died 1774)

  British military leader and statesman.

  • A key figure in founding the empire of British India (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
• Robert E. Cowen

  American judge.

  • Circuit Judge, Third Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
• Robert L. Crandall
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company AMR (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert Crauford

  British general known as ''Black Bob.''

  • Led the famous Light Division on the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic wars (see list of Generals of the Napoleonic Wars)
• Robert J. Darnall
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Inland Steel Industries (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert E. Denham
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Salomon (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert J. Eaton
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Chrysler (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Chrysler (see list of 1997 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert J. Farling
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Centerior Energy (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert W. Gillespie
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Keycorp (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert C. Grier

  American jurist.

  • U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1846-70 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
• Robert D. Haas
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Levi Strauss Associates (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert H. Harrison

  American jurist.

  • U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1789-90 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
• Robert H. Henry

  American judge.

  • Circuit Judge, Tenth Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
• Robert T. Herres
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company United Services Auto. Association (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert Frederick Hoke

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia (see list of Some Confederate Generals of the Army of Northern Virginia)
• Robert M.T. Hunter

  U.S. Representative from Virginia.

  • Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1839-41 (see list of Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives)
• Robert I (born 1274, died 1329)

  King of Scotland, 1306-1329.

  • Known as ''''the Bruce''''; fought Edward I, Edward II and Edward III of England to secure Scotland''s independence (see list of Scottish Monarchs)
• Robert II (born 1316, died 1390)

  King of Scotland, 1371-90.

  • Son of Walter the Steward; founded the Stuart (or Stewart) dynasty (see list of Scottish Monarchs)
• Robert III (born 1340, died 1406)

  King of Scotland, 1390-1406.

  • Disabled by an accident, he was forced to leave the real work of ruling to his unscrupulous brother, the Duke of Albany (see list of Scottish Monarchs)
• Robert H. Jackson

  American jurist.

  • U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1941-54 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
• Robert G. Stone, Jr.
  • Fellow of Harvard (see list of The President and Fellows of Harvard College)
• Robert J. Tarr, Jr.
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Harcourt General (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert Francis Kennedy (born 1925, died 1968)

  American lawyer, legislator, and government official. Assassinated while campaigning for the Presidency.

  • U.S. attorney general under his brother, John F. Kennedy, 1961-64; U.S. senator, 1965-68 (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
• Robert D. Krebs
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Burlington Northern Santa Fe (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert Edward Lee (born 1807, died 1870)

  American soldier. General in chief for the armies of the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. President of Washington College, 1865-70.

  • Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1862-65 (see list of Some Confederate Generals of the Army of Northern Virginia)
• Robert M. Long
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Long''s Drug Stores (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert E. Martini
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Bergen Brunswig (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• H. Robert Mayer

  American judge.

  • Circuit Judge, Federal Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
• Robert G. Miller
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Fred Meyer (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert Morris
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Pennsylvania (see list of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
• Robert Owen (born 1771, died 1858)

  Welsh socialist and philanthropist.

  • Worked to improve the conditions of workers; founded cooperative communities (see list of Noted Social Reformers and Educators)
• Robert Treat Paine
  • Signer, Declaration of Independence, Massachusetts (see list of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
• Robert B. Palmer
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Digital Equipment (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert M. Parker

  American judge.

  • Circuit Judge, Fifth Circuit Court (see list of Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals)
• Robert Peel (born 1788, died 1850)

  British statesman who spearheaded monetary and social reforms in the first half of the 19th century.

  • British prime minister, 1834-35, 1841 (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
• Robert L. Peterson
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company IBP (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert N. Pokelwaldt
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company York International (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert B. Shapiro
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Mansanto (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert E. Shaw
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Shaw Industries (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert E. Stauth
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Fleming (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert A. Tinstman
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Morrison Knudsen (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert G. Tobin
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Stop & Shop (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert Trimble

  American jurist.

  • U.S. Supreme Court justice, 1826-28 (see list of U.S. Supreme Court Justices)
• Robert E. Turner
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Turner Broadcasting (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert J. Ulrich
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Target (see list of 2000 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Dayton Hudson (see list of 1999 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Dayton Hudson (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert Walpole (born 1676, died 1745)

  English statesman.

  • Britain''s first prime minister, serving 1715-17, 1721 (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)
• Robert D. Walter
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Cardinal Health (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert E. Weissman
  • CEO of Fortune 500 company Dun & Bradtreet (see list of 1996 Fortune 500 Company CEOs)
• Robert Winthrop

  U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

  • Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, 1847-49 (see list of Speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives)

Miscellaneous

• Robert Coles

  American child psychiatrist, educator and writer.

  • 1998 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Robert Simpson Ford
  • National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
• Robert J. Kleberg, Jr.
  • National Cowboy Hall of Fame (see list of National Cowboy Hall of Fame)
• Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. (born 1915)

  American government official and diplomat. First director of the Peace Corps.

  • 1994 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Robert J. Kiphuth
  • 1963 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Robert W. Komer
  • 1967 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Robert A. Lovett (born 1895, died 1986)

  American statesman. Secretary of Defense, 1951-53.

  • 1963 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Robert Strange McNamara (born 1916)

  American statesman. Secretary of Defense, 1961-68.

  • 1968 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Robert H. Michel (born 1923)

  American legislator.

  • 1994 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Robert Russa Moton

  American educator. President of Tuskegee Institute, 1915-35.

  • 1932 Spingarn Medal winner (see list of Spingarn Medal Winners)
• Robert Peel (born 1788, died 1850)

  British statesman who spearheaded monetary and social reforms in the first half of the 19th century.

  • On the cover of Sgt. Pepper''s Lonely Hearts Club Band (see list of Faces on the Cover of ''Sergeant Pepper'')
• Robert Siegel

  American public radio host.

  • Host of ''''All Things Considered'''' (see list of National Public Radio Hosts)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (born 1850, died 1894)

  Scottish novelist, essayist and poet.

  • Had tuberculosis (see list of People Who Have Had Tuberculosis)
• Robert Penn Warren (born 1905, died 1989)

  American novelist and poet.

  • 1980 recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see list of Presidential Medal of Freedom Winners)
• Robert C. Weaver (born 1907, died 1997)

  American economist, educator and government official. First African-American cabinet secretary.

  • 1962 Spingarn Medal winner (see list of Spingarn Medal Winners)
• Robert B. Woodward (born 1917)

  American chemist known for his work in organic synthesis.

  • 1960 Time Magazine Man of the Year (see list of Time Magazine's Man of the Year Honorees)
• Robert Zemeckis (born 1952)

  American writer, director and producer.

  • 1996 gross earnings: $10 million (see list of Top-paid Stars)

Science and Philosophy

• Robert Barany (born 1876, died 1936)

  Austrian physician known for his work on the inner ear.

  • 1914 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Robert Bird
  • 1987 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert Bunsen (born 1811, died 1899)

  German chemist.

  • Invented the Bunsen burner; co-discovered the elements cesium and rubidium (see list of Chemists)
• Robert H. Burris
  • 1979 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert D. Cabana (born 1949)

  American astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Discovery (1990, 1992), Columbia (1994) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert J. Cenker

  NASA astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Columbia (1986) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert L. Crippen

  Astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Columbia (1981), Challenger (1983, 1984) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert Henry Dicke (born 1916, died 1997)

  American physicist.

  • 1970 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert W. Fogel (born 1926)

  American economic historian who wrote a controversial book in which he concluded that slavery was an efficient economic system.

  • 1993 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, with Douglass North (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics)
• Robert F. Furchgott (born 1916)

  1998 Nobel Laureate in Medicine co-winner with Ferid Murad and Loius J. Ignarro ''for their discovery concerning nitric oxide as a signalling.''

  • 1998 Nobel Laureate in Medicine (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Robert L. Gibson (born 1946)

  American astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Challenger (1984), Columbia (1986), Atlantis (1988, 1995), Endeavor (1992) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert R. Gilruth (born 1913)

  American aerospace engineer.

  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Robert H. Goddard (born 1882, died 1945)

  American physicist and rocketry pioneer.

  • Built the first liquid-fueled rocket (see list of Mathematicians, Physicists & Astronomers)
  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Robert E. Gross (born 1897, died 1961)

  American aircraft industry executive; president of Lockheed Corporation.

  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Robert Hofstadter

  American physicist known for his studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei.

  • 1961 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with Rudolf Mossbauer (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
  • 1986 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert W. Holley (born 1922, died 1993)

  American biochemist known for his work on protein synthesis in cells.

  • 1968 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Har Khorana and Marshall Nirenberg (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Robert A. Hoover
  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Robert Huber

  German scientist known for his work on photosynthesis.

  • 1988 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with Johann Deisenhofer and Hartmut Michel (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Robert J. Huebner
  • 1969 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert F. Curl, Jr. (born 1933)

  American chemist. Co-discoverer of fullerenes -- ball-shaped carbon molecules.

  • 1996 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with Harold W. Kroto and Richard E. Smalley (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Robert L. Curbeam, Jr. (born 1962)

  American astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Discovery (1997) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (born 1937)

  American economist known for his theory of rational expectations, which posits that the economic decisions of individuals can negate the effects of government intervention.

  • 1995 Nobel Prize winner for Economics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics)
• Robert W. Kates
  • 1991 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert Koch (born 1843, died 1910)

  German bacteriologist who discovered tuberculosis bacillus.

  • 1905 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
• Robert B. Laughlin (born 1950)

  1998 Nobel Laureate in Physics. Co-winner with Daniel C. Tsui and Horst L. Störmer ''for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations.''

  • 1998 Nobel Laureate in Physics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
• Robert E. McNair

  American astronaut.

  • Astronaut killed on Challenger (1986) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert C. Merton (born 1944)

  American economist who helped develop a widely used formula for valuing stock options.

  • 1997 Nobel Prize winner for Economics, with Myron S. Scholes (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics)
• Robert King Merton (born 1910)

  American sociologist.

  • 1994 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert A. Millikan (born 1868, died 1953)

  American physicist who measured the elementary charge of electricity.

  • 1923 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
• Robert S. Mulliken (born 1896, died 1986)

  American chemist and physicist known for his work on chemical bonds.

  • 1966 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Robert A. Mundell (born 1932)

  Canadian born economist

  • The 1999 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for ''''for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas '''' (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics)
• Robert N. Noyce

  American scientist and inventor of the microchip.

  • 1979 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• J. Robert Oppenheimer (born 1904, died 1967)

  American physicist.

  • One of the key developers of the atomic bomb (see list of Mathematicians, Physicists & Astronomers)
• Robert F. Overmyer

  NASA astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Columbia (1982), Challenger (1985) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert A. R. Parker

  NASA astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Columbia (1983, 1990) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert V. Pound

  American physicist.

  • 1990 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert C. Reeve
  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Robert C. Richardson (born 1937)

  American physicist. Known for his work on cooling the helium-3 isotope to a superfluid state.

  • 1996 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with David M. Lee and Douglas D. Osheroff (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
• Robert Robinson (born 1886, died 1975)

  British chemist whose research helped lead to the development of penicillin and antimalarial drugs.

  • 1947 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)
• Robert A. Rushworth (born 1924)

  American experimental research pilot and Air Force general.

  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Robert J. Schrieffer

  American physicist known for helping develop the theory of superconductivity.

  • 1972 Nobel Prize winner in Physics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
  • 1985 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert P. Sharp
  • 1989 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert Forman Six

  President of Continental Airlines, 1938-82.

  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Robert M. Solow

  American economist known for his work on economic growth.

  • 1987 Nobel Prize winner for Economics (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Economics)
  • 1999 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert C. Springer

  NASA astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Discovery (1989), Atlantis (1990) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert M. Stanley

  American test pilot.

  • Member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame (see list of National Aviation Hall of Fame)
• Robert C. Stewart

  Astronaut.

  • Astronaut on Challenger (1984) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
  • Astronaut on Atlantis (1985) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert Brent Thirsk (born 1953)

  Canadian astronaut and physician.

  • Astronaut on Columbia (1996) (see list of Spaceflight Veterans)
• Robert A. Weinberg (born 1942)

  Member, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical

  • 1997 National Medal of Science Award winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert W. Wilson

  American physicist who helped discover cosmic microwave background radiation.

  • 1978 Nobel Prize winner in Physics, with Pyotr Kapitsa and Arno Penzias (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics)
• Robert P. Wilson
  • 1973 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
• Robert B. Woodward (born 1917)

  American chemist known for his work in organic synthesis.

  • 1964 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)
  • 1965 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry)

Sports

• Robert Awalt

  American football player.

  • 1987 National Football League Rookie of the Year (see list of NFL Rookies of the Year)
• Robert Balch

  Skier.

  • Elected to the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in 1978 (see list of Members of the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame)
• Robert Beamon

  American athlete.

  • 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Long Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the Long Jump)
• Robert Brazile

  American football player.

  • 1975 American Football Conference Rookie of the Year (see list of NFL Rookies of the Year)
• Robert Byrne
  • 1972 U.S. Chess champion (see list of United States Chess Champions)
• Robert de Castella

  Australian runner.

  • 1986 Boston Marathon champion (see list of Boston Marathon Winners)
• Robert Clotworthy

  American athlete.

  • 1956 Olympic gold medal winner for Springboard Diving (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Springboard Diving)
• Robert Ferguson
  • 1880-82 British Open golf champion (see list of British Open Golf Champions)
• Robert Garrett

  American athlete

  • 1896 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Shot Put and Discus (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)
• Robert ''Lefty'' Grove

  Baseball player.

  • 1931 American League Most Valuable Player (see list of American League Most Valuable Players)
  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
• Robert F. ''Ace'' Gruenig

  American basketball player.

  • Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1963 (see list of Basketball Hall of Fame)
• Robert Hayes

  American athlete.

  • 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 100m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the 100 Meter Sprint)
• Robert Heron

  Skier.

  • Elected to the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in 1985 (see list of Members of the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame)
• Robert ''Cal'' Hubbard (born 1900, died 1977)

  American athlete. The only person to be elected to the baseball, college football and professional football halls of fame.

  • Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963 (see list of Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame)
  • Elected to the Professional Football Hall of Fame in 1963 (see list of Professional Football Hall of Fame)
• Robert Johnstone

  Skier.

  • Elected to the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in 1988 (see list of Members of the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame)
• Robert T. Jones, Jr.
  • 1923, 1926, 1929-30 U.S. Open golf tournament winner (see list of U.S. Open Golf Champions)
  • 1926-27, 1930 British Open golf champion (see list of British Open Golf Champions)
• Robert Kerr

  Canadian athlete.

  • 1908 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 200m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
• Robert King

  American athlete.

  • 1928 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for High Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the High Jump)
• Robert Korzeniowski

  Polish athlete.

  • 1996 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the 50km Walk (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
• Robert Mathias (born 1930)

  American decathlete.

  • 1948, 1952 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the Decathlon (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Decathlon/Heptathlon/Pentathlon)
  • 1952 Associated Press Athlete of the Year (see list of Associated Press Athletes of the Year)
• Robert Maynard

  Skier.

  • Elected to the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in 1993 (see list of Members of the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame)
• Robert Parker

  Skier.

  • Elected to the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in 1980 (see list of Members of the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame)
• Robert Richards

  American athlete.

  • 1952, 1956 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Pole Vault (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)
• Robert Keyser Schul

  American athlete.

  • 1964 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 5000m (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Track Events)
• Robert Seagren

  American athlete.

  • 1968 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for Pole Vault (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Field Events)
• Robert Shavlakadze

  Soviet athlete.

  • 1960 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for High Jump (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in the High Jump)
• Robert Skelton

  American athlete.

  • 1924 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 200m breaststroke (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Swimming Events)
• Robert Tisdall

  Irish athlete.

  • 1932 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for 400m Hurdles (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Hurdles)
• Robert ''Fuzzy'' Vandivier

  American basketball player.

  • Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1974 (see list of Basketball Hall of Fame)
• Robert Wazner

  Basketball player.

  • Elected to Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1986 (see list of Basketball Hall of Fame)
• Robert Webster

  American athlete.

  • 1960, 1964 Olympic gold medal winner for Platform Diving (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Platform Diving)
• Robert Windle

  Australian athlete.

  • 1964 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 1500m Freestyle (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Freestyle Swimming)
• Robert D. Wrenn
  • 1893-94 U.S. Open tennis champion (see list of U.S. Open Tennis Champions)
• Robert Zmelik

  Czechoslovakian athlete.

  • 1992 Olympic track and field gold medal winner for the Decathlon (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Decathlon/Heptathlon/Pentathlon)

Stage and Screen

• Robert Alda (born 1914, died 1986)

  American actor.

  • 1951 Tony Award winner for his performance in Guys and Dolls (see list of Tony Winners for Best Actor in a Musical)
• Robert Alden

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Dabbs Greer (see list of Characters on ''Little House on the Prairie'')
• Robert Altman (born 1925)

  American actor, writer, editor, director and producer.

  • Winner of the 1992 Cannes Film Festival Best Director award, for The Player (see list of Cannes Film Festival Best Director Winners)
• Robert Beltran (born 1953)
  • Portrays Cmdr. Chakotay (see list of Actors on ''Star Trek: Voyager'')
• Robert Benchley (born 1889, died 1945)

  American writer.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Benton (born 1932)

  American writer and director.

  • 1979 Academy Award winner for Kramer vs. Kramer (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)
• Robert Bresson (born 1907)

  French writer and director. He trained as a painter before moving to films.

  • Winner of the 1957 Cannes Film Festival Best Director award, for A Man Escaped (see list of Cannes Film Festival Best Director Winners)
• Robert Butler

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by James Sloyan (see list of Characters on ''Murder, She Wrote'')
• Robert Casadesus (born 1899, died 1972)

  French musician and composer.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Chapman

  Actor.

  • Portrayed Ralph Little (see list of Actors on ''Father Knows Best'')
• Robert Clary (born 1926)

  French actor.

  • Portrayed Cpl. Louis LeBeau (see list of Actors on ''Hogan's Heroes'')
• Robert Clohessy

  Actor.

  • Portrayed Officer Patrick Flaherty (see list of Actors on ''Hill Street Blues'')
• Robert Cummings
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Donat (born 1905, died 1958)

  English actor, writer, director and producer.

  • 1939 Academy Award winner for his performance in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Actor)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Donner
  • Portrayed Yancy Tucker from 1972-79 (see list of Actors on ''The Waltons'')
• Robert Duvall (born 1930)

  American actor, writer, director and producer.

  • 1983 Academy Award winner for his performance in Tender Mercies (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Actor)
• Robert Edeson
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Foulk

  Actor.

  • Portrayed Ed Davis (see list of Actors on ''Father Knows Best'')
• Robert Fuller
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Goulet (born 1933)

  American singer and actor.

  • 1968 Tony Award winner for his performance in The Happy Time (see list of Tony Winners for Best Actor in a Musical)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Guillaume (born 1937)

  American actor. Original name: Robert Williams.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Portrayed Benson Tate from 1977-79 (see list of Actors on ''Soap'')
• Robert Hegyes

  American actor.

  • Portrayed Juan Luis Phillipo de Haevos Epstein (see list of Actors on ''Welcome Back, Kotter'')
• Robert Hirschfield

  Actor.

  • Portrayed Officer Leo Schnitz (see list of Actors on ''Hill Street Blues'')
• Robert Hogan
  • Actor on soap opera ''''One Life to Live'''' (see list of Performers on ''One Life to Live'')
• Col. Robert Hogan

  Fictional character.

  • Portrayed by Bob Crane (see list of Characters on ''Hogan's Heroes'')
• Robert Downey, Jr. (born 1965)

  American actor and writer.

  • A cast member on ''''Saturday Night Live,'''' from 1985-1986 (see list of Saturday Night Live)
• Robert Z. Leonard
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Q. Lewis
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Lindsay (born 1951)

  English actor.

  • 1987 Tony Award winner for his performance in Me and My Girl (see list of Tony Winners for Best Actor in a Musical)
• Robert Mandan (born 1932)
  • Portrayed Chester Tate (see list of Actors on ''Soap'')
• Robert Duncan McNeill (born 1964)
  • Portrays Lieut. Thomas Eugene Paris (see list of Actors on ''Star Trek: Voyager'')
• Robert Merrill (born 1919)

  American opera singer.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Mitchum (born 1917, died 1997)

  American actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Henry Montgomery (born 1904, died 1981)

  American actor and director. Father of actress Elizabeth Montgomery.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert W. Morgan
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (see list of Radio Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Morse (born 1931)

  American actor.

  • 1990 Tony Award winner for his performance in Tru (see list of Tony winners for Best Actor in a Play)
  • 1962 Tony Award winner for his performance in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (see list of Tony Winners for Best Actor in a Musical)
• Robert Newman
  • Actor on soap opera ''''Guiding Light'''' (see list of Performers on ''Guiding Light'')
• Robert De Niro (born 1943)

  American actor, director and producer.

  • 1980 Academy Award winner for his performance in Raging Bull (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Actor)
  • 1974 Academy Award winner for his performance in The Godfather, Part II (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Supporting Actor)
• Robert Pastorelli (born 1954)

  American actor.

  • Portrayed Eldin Bernecky from 1988-1994 (see list of Actors on ''Murphy Brown'')
• Robert Picardo (born 1953)

  American actor.

  • Portrays the holographic doctor, who has difficulty choosing a name for himself (see list of Actors on ''Star Trek: Voyager'')
• Robert Preston (born 1918, died 1987)

  American actor.

  • Two-time Tony award winner for Best Actor in a Musical: 1958, for The Music Man; 1967, for I Do! I Do! (see list of Tony Winners for Best Actor in a Musical)
• Robert Prosky (born 1930)

  American actor.

  • Portrayed Sgt. Stan Jablonski (see list of Actors on ''Hill Street Blues'')
• Robert Redford (born 1937)

  American actor, director and producer.

  • 1980 Academy Award winner for Ordinary People (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)
• Robert Reed (born 1932, died 1992)

  American actor.

  • Portrayed Mike Brady (see list of Actors on ''The Brady Bunch'')
  • Portrayed William Reynolds (see list of Actors on ''Roots'')
• Robert Ripley
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (see list of Radio Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Rossen (born 1908, died 1966)

  American director and producer.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • On The Hollywood Blacklist (see list of Blacklisted Hollywood Figures)
• Robert Adrian Scott
  • On The Hollywood Blacklist (see list of Blacklisted Hollywood Figures)
• Robert Shaw (born 1916, died 1999)

  American conductor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording (see list of Recording Personalites with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • 1991 Kennedy Center Honors recipient (see list of Kennedy Center Honors Recipients)
• Robert F. Simon (born 1908, died 1992)
  • Portrayed Frank Stephens (see list of Actors on ''Bewitched'')
• Robert Stack (born 1919)

  American actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Portrayed Eliot Ness (see list of Actors on ''The Untouchables'')
• Robert Sterling (born 1917)

  American actor. Original name: William Sterling Hart.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Stoekle
  • Actor on soap opera ''''The Young and the Restless''''. (see list of Performers on ''The Young and the Restless'')
• Robert Taylor (born 1911, died 1969)

  American actor, known for his perfect profile. Original name: Spangler Brugh.

  • On Hollywood''s Footprints of Fame (see list of Celebrities Honored by Mann's Chinese Theater)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Urich (born 1947)

  American actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Portrayed Peter Campbell in 1977 (see list of Actors on ''Soap'')
• Robert Vaughan
  • Actor on soap opera ''''As the World Turns'''' (see list of Performers on ''As The World Turns'')
• Robert Walker (born 1914, died 1951)

  American actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert Wightman
  • Portrayed John Boy Walton from 1979-81 (see list of Actors on ''The Waltons'')
• Robert Wilson
  • Portrayed by Steven Eckholdt (see list of Actors on ''Melrose Place'')
• Robert Wise (born 1914)

  American actor, director and producer.

  • Two-time Academy Award winner for Best Director: 1961, for West Side Story; 1965, for The Sound of Music (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
• Robert S. Woods
  • Actor on soap opera ''''One Life to Live'''' (see list of Performers on ''One Life to Live'')
• Robert Young (born 1907, died 1998)

  American actor.

  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television (see list of Television Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Motion Picture (see list of Movie Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio (see list of Radio Personalities with Stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame)
  • Portrayed Marcus Welby (see list of Actors on ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'')
  • Portrayed Jim Anderson (see list of Actors on ''Father Knows Best'')
• Robert Zemeckis (born 1952)

  American writer, director and producer.

  • 1994 Academy Award winner for Forrest Gump (see list of Oscar Winners for Best Director)

The Literary World

• Robert L. Bartley
  • 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Writing (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing)
• Robert Benchley (born 1889, died 1945)

  American writer.

  • Wrote From Bed to Worse (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
• Robert Bly (born 1926)

  American poet.

  • 1968 National Book Award winner for Poetry, for The Light Around the Body (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Poetry)
• Robert Boyd
  • 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner for National Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting)
• Robert Bridges (born 1844, died 1930)

  English poet.

  • Poet Laureate of England, 1913-30 (see list of English Poets Laureate)
• Robert Browning (born 1812, died 1889)

  English poet. Husband of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.

  • Wrote ''''My Last Duchess'''' (see list of Poets of the Victorian Era)
• Robert V. Bruce (born 1923)

  American historian.

  • 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner for History, for The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846-1876 (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for History)
• Robert Burns (born 1759, died 1796)

  Scottish poet.

  • Wrote ''''To a Mouse'''' (see list of Writers of the Romantic Period (1785-1830))
• Robert Burton (born 1577, died 1640)

  English clergyman, playwright, and medical writer.

  • Wrote The Anatomy of Melancholy (see list of Writers of the 17th Century)
• Robert N. Butler
  • 1976 Pulitzer Prize winner for General Nonfiction, for Why Survive? Being Old in America (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction)
• Robert Olen Butler (born 1945)

  American novelist and short-story writer.

  • 1993 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction, for A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
• Robert Cahn
  • 1969 Pulitzer Prize winner for National Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting)
• Robert Campbell
  • 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for Criticism (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism)
• Robert S. Capers
  • 1992 Pulitzer Prize winner for Explanatory Journalism (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Journalism)
• Robert A. Caro
  • 1975 Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography/Autobiography, for The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography)
• Robert P. Tristram Coffin (born 1892, died 1956)

  American poet and biographer.

  • 1936 Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry, for Strange Holiness (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
• Robert Cormier
  • Author of The Chocolate War (see list of Authors of some of the most frequently banned books between 1990-99, in the United States)
• Robert V. Cox
  • 1967 Pulitzer Prize winner for Spot Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot Reporting)
• Robert White Creeley (born 1926)

  American poet, novelist, short-story writer, essayist and editor

  • 1999 Bollingen Prize in Poetry winner (see list of Winners of the Bollingen Prize for Poetry)
• Robert Dohay

  Fictional character.

  • A boy killed when the Kitchener Ironworks explode in Stephen King''s novel It (see list of Characters in It)
• Robert Everett

  Fictional character.

  • The postman in Stephen King''s novel Firestarter (see list of Characters in Firestarter)
• Robert Frost (born 1874, died 1963)

  American poet.

  • Four-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry, in 1924 for New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes, in 1931 for Collected Poems, in 1937 for A Further Range, and in 1943 for A Witness Tree (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
  • 1962 Bollingen Prize winner (see list of Winners of the Bollingen Prize for Poetry)
  • Wrote North of Boston (see list of Poets of the 20th Century)
• Robert Fulghum (born 1937)

  American essayist and clergyman.

  • Author of the 1989 nonfiction best-seller All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten (see list of Bestselling Nonfiction Authors in the U.S.)
• Robert Graves (born 1895, died 1985)

  English poet, novelist and critic.

  • Wrote The White Goddess (see list of Poets of the 20th Century)
• Robert Hass

  American poet.

  • Poet Laureate of the U.S., 1995-96 (see list of United States Poets Laureate)
• Robert Herrick (born 1591, died 1674)

  English poet.

  • Wrote Hesperides (see list of Writers of the 17th Century)
• Robert Hillyer (born 1895, died 1961)

  American poet.

  • 1934 Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry, for Collected Verse (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
• Robert H. Jackson
  • 1964 Pulitzer Prize winner for Spot News Photography (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography)
• Robert B. Semple, Jr.
  • 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Writing (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing)
• Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
  • Co-author of the 1983 nonfiction best-seller In Search of Excellence (see list of Bestselling Nonfiction Authors in the U.S.)
• Father Robert Koestler

  Fictional priest and detective.

  • Created by author William X. Kienzle (see list of Fictional Detectives)
• Robert Kowalski
  • Author of the 1988 nonfiction best-seller The Eight-Week Cholesterol Diet (see list of Bestselling Nonfiction Authors in the U.S.)
• Robert Lasch
  • 1966 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Writing (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing)
• Robert Lathan
  • 1925 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Writing (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing)
• Robert Lawson
  • 1945 Newbery Medal winner, for Rabbit Hill (see list of Newbery Medal Winners)
• Robert B. Lowe
  • 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner for Investigative Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting)
• Robert Lowell (born 1917, died 1977)

  American poet.

  • 1960 National Book Award winner for Poetry, for Life Studies (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Poetry)
  • 1947 Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry, for Lord Weary''s Castle (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
  • Wrote For Lizzie and Harriet (see list of Poets of the 20th Century)
• Robert Ludlum (born 1927)

  American novelist.

  • Author of the 1979 best-selling novel The Matarese Circle (see list of Bestselling Fiction Authors in the U.S.)
  • Wrote The Aquitaine Progression (see list of Prose Writers of the 20th Century)
• Robert K. Massie
  • 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography/Autobiography, for Peter the Great: His Life and World (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography)
• Robert D. McFadden
  • 1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for Spot Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot Reporting)
• Robert D. Mullins
  • 1962 Pulitzer Prize winner for Spot Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Spot Reporting)
• Robert Munsch
  • Author of I Have to Go (see list of Authors of some of the most frequently banned books between 1990-99, in the United States)
• Robert C. O'Brien
  • 1972 Newbery Medal winner, for Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (see list of Newbery Medal Winners)
• Robert Peck
  • Author of A Day No Pigs Would Die (see list of Authors of some of the most frequently banned books between 1990-99, in the United States)
• Robert Pinsky

  American poet.

  • Poet Laureate of the U.S., 1997-2000 (see list of United States Poets Laureate)
• Robert M. Porterfield
  • 1980 Pulitzer Prize winner for Investigative Reporting (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting)
• Robert V. Remini
  • 1984 National Book Award winner for Nonfiction, for Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Democracy, 1833-1845, vol. 5 (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Nonfiction)
• Robert Schenkkan (born 1953)

  American playwright.

  • 1992 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, for The Kentucky Cycle (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
• Robert E. Sherwood (born 1896, died 1955)

  American playwright and screenwriter.

  • 1949 Pulitzer Prize winner for Biography/Autobiography, for Roosevelt and Hopkins (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography)
  • Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama, in 1936 for Idiot''s Delight, in 1939 for Abe Lincoln in Illinois, and in 1941 for There Shall Be No Night (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama)
• Robert Southey (born 1774, died 1843)

  English poet.

  • Poet Laureate of England, 1813-43 (see list of English Poets Laureate)
• Robert Southwell (born 1561, died 1595)

  English essayist and poet.

  • Wrote ''''The Burning Babe'''' (see list of Writers of the 16th Century)
• Robert Louis Stevenson (born 1850, died 1894)

  Scottish novelist, essayist and poet.

  • Wrote Treasure Island (see list of Prose Writers of the Victorian Era)
• Robert Stone (born 1937)

  American novelist.

  • 1975 National Book Award winner for Fiction, for Dog Soldiers (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Fiction)
• Robert Lewis Taylor

  American novelist.

  • 1959 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction, for The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
• Robert James Waller (born 1939)

  American novelist.

  • Author of the 1993 best-selling novel The Bridges of Madison County (see list of Bestselling Fiction Authors in the U.S.)
• Robert Penn Warren (born 1905, died 1989)

  American novelist and poet.

  • 1947 Pulitzer Prize winner for Fiction, for All the King''s Men (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)
  • Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry, in 1958 for Promises: Poems, 1954-1956 and in 1979 for Now and Then: Poems 1976-1978 (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry)
  • 1967 Bollingen Prize winner for Poetry (see list of Winners of the Bollingen Prize for Poetry)
  • 1958 National Book Award winner for Poetry, for Promises: Poems, 1954-1956 (see list of Winners of the National Book Award for Poetry)
  • Poet Laureate of the U.S., 1986-87 (see list of United States Poets Laureate)
• Robert York
  • 1956 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning (see list of Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning)