# Your favorite famous people named Robert **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141 "2015-03-27T18:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/21 "2015-03-27T20:33:41Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I guess I don’t do well under pressure. My first name is Robert and when I read the OP; my mind blanked out and seriously all I could think of was Robert Blake; and he’s hardly a favorite. > > Good call on Robert Carlyle; he was awesome as [Begbie in Trainspotting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3E7UkIzt4). And [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4wuH9pSSRo) was really funny in that film and [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CRX8ZHkHsA). ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/22 "2015-03-27T20:58:43Z")
> [@Eddie\_F](#): > > Williams Thanks! 😃 (maybe I’ve said too much… 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/23 "2015-03-27T21:16:04Z")
Robert Mitchum Robert Culp Bob Steele (old time cowboy actor) Bob Newhart Bob Dylan Robert Preston Robert Newton (who played Long John Silver in the 1950 Treasure Island) De Niro Duvall RLS Frost Robert Service ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/24 "2015-03-27T21:30:00Z")
Robert Young Robert Vaughn ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/25 "2015-03-27T21:35:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Robert Mitchum > Robert Culp > Bob Steele (old time cowboy actor) > Bob Newhart > Bob Dylan > Robert Preston > Robert Newton (who played Long John Silver in the 1950 Treasure Island) > De Niro > Duvall > RLS > Frost > Robert Service We think too much alike! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/26 "2015-03-27T21:46:06Z")
Robert the Bruce (also one of my favorite famous people named Bruce) ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/27 "2015-03-27T22:53:21Z")
Robert Frost. Also the author of perhaps the most widely misinterpreted poem of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/28 "2015-03-27T23:41:52Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > Robert Frost. Also the author of perhaps the most widely misinterpreted poem of all time. There was a young man from Nantucket? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/29 "2015-03-27T23:58:37Z")
Robert Mitchum Robert Carlyle ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/30 "2015-03-28T00:02:09Z")
Fripp. (I don’t think of Dylan as a “Robert.”) ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/31 "2015-03-28T00:09:54Z")
Robert Loggia. Spelled R as in Robert Loggia. O as in “Oh my god, it’s Robert Loggia.” B as in “By God! It’s Robert Loggia.” E as in “Everybody loves Robert Loggia.” R as in Robert Loggia. T as in “Tim, look over there! It’s Robert Loggia.” Space. L as in “Look! It’s Robert Loggia.” ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/33 "2015-03-28T08:39:44Z")
Robert Wagner, of _It Takes a Thief_, _Switch_, _Hart to Hart_, and currently _NCIS_ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/34 "2015-03-28T13:51:10Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Fripp. > > (I don’t think of Dylan as a “Robert.”) Think of him as Robert Allen Zimmerman, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/35 "2015-03-28T13:51:42Z")
Robert Picardo, great actor. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/36 "2015-03-28T13:53:26Z")
Robert Heinlein is the first that comes to mind. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/37 "2015-03-28T13:59:36Z")
Robert Urich Robert Downey Jr. …RPattz Robert “RJ” Wagner Yup, all I got are actors. Robbie Robertson is cool, but not actually named Robert. _Edit: :looks at first few posts: Robert Plant! Argh. Yeah, he might have made the list. Edit: Never mind, Robert Loggia is my favorite Robert. I completely forgot about him, though._ ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/38 "2015-03-28T14:03:02Z")
Robert Englund Robert Vaugn ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/39 "2015-03-28T14:09:08Z")
[Oh, look, YouTube has the best orange juice commercial of all time. Featuring Robert Loggia.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZIzRqDOSZo) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/40 "2015-03-28T14:45:10Z")
I always really liked Robert Mitchum. Robert Kennedy is another. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/41 "2015-03-28T16:05:28Z")
Is Roberto Clemente allowed? mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141.md?page=3)