# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/42 "2015-03-28T16:51:02Z")
Robert ‘_Guiscard_’, because very little beats “Robert the Weasel” as a medieval nickname ;). ---
**Author:** ![Teach-me-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/43 "2015-03-28T17:15:56Z")
I just learned that the Scottish king in the [_Bruce and the Spider_ poem](http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/bruce_and_the_spider.html) was a [Robert](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_the_Bruce). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/44 "2015-03-28T17:31:03Z")
Robert “Rob” Roy. I’ll drink to that! Robert H. Jackson ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/45 "2015-03-28T19:36:58Z")
Robert Guillaume. Loved watching _Benson_ as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![chiquitita](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@chiquitita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiquitita)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/46 "2015-03-28T20:47:01Z")
Robert Mitchum Robert Desnos Robert Nesta Marley ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/47 "2015-03-28T21:38:39Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > Robert Crumb You win the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/48 "2015-03-28T21:39:59Z")
> [@Iggins](#): > > Thanks! 😃 > > (maybe I’ve said too much… 🙂 ) Hey, uncle Bob! Long time no see! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/49 "2015-03-28T22:56:11Z")
Rankin ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/50 "2015-03-28T23:18:23Z")
What about listing some scientists? Robert Oppenheimer (okay it’s J Robert Oppenheimer) Robert Hooke (discovered the cell) Robert Brown (discovered Brownian motion) Robert Boyle (Boyle’s Law) Robert Goddard (rocketry & propulsion) Robert Bunsen (Bunsen burner & many other discoveries) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/51 "2015-03-28T23:30:09Z")
Rules of Order ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141/52 "2015-03-28T23:33:09Z")
Robert Benchley Robert Preston (with a capital P) Robert Hall Robert J. Flaherty Robert Browning Robert Burns Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Altman Robert Donat Robert Walker Robert Armstrong Robert Enrico Robert Frost Robert Herrick J. Robert Oppenheimer Theodore Robert Bundy (OK, the last two aren’t _favorites_, so much as people whom I find very interesting.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-famous-people-named-robert/716141.md?page=2)