List of Famous people named Bob

Name Bob is among the most common names in USA, Canada, Australia. Often it's a shorthand for Robert. Similar names: Robert, Bobby, Bobbie, Bobbi, Bobo, Booboo, Boby. Here are some famous Bobs:

Bob Fillion

First Name Bob
Last Name Fillion
Born on July 12, 1920
Died on August 13, 2015 (aged 95)
Born in Canada, Quebec

Joseph Louis Robert Edgar "Bob" Fillion was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played seven seasons for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a member of two Stanley Cup-winning teams during his career with Montreal; in 1944 and 1946. He also spent time with the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL and the Sherbrooke Saints of the Quebec Senior Hockey League (QSHL). He died on August 13, 2015. At the time of his death, Fillion was the last surviving member of the Canadiens' 1944 Stanley Cup team.

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Bob Catley

First Name Bob
Last Name Catley
Born on September 11, 1947 (age 78)

Robert Adrian Catley is an English singer and musician, best known as Bob Catley. He is the lead singer of the British rock band Magnum. He is also a solo artist.

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Bob Burns

Robin Burn
First Name Bob
Last Name Burns
Born on August 2, 1890
Died on February 2, 1956 (aged 65)

Robin "Bob" Burns was an American musical comedian, who appeared on radio and in movies from 1930 to 1947. Burns played a novelty musical instrument of his own invention, which he called a "bazooka". During World War II, the US Army's handheld anti-tank rocket launcher was nicknamed the "bazooka".

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Bob Jungels

First Name Bob
Last Name Jungels
Born on September 22, 1992 (age 33)
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Bob Jungels is a Luxembourgish road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam AG2R Citroën Team.

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Bob Porter

First Name Bob
Last Name Porter
Born on June 20, 1940
Died on April 10, 2021 (aged 80)

Robert Porter was an American record producer, discographer, writer, and radio presenter. He was responsible for reissuing many classic blues and jazz recordings, and in 2009 was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame.

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Bob Paisley

First Name Bob
Last Name Paisley
Born on January 23, 1919
Died on February 14, 1996 (aged 77)

Robert Paisley OBE was an English football manager and player who played as a wing half. He spent almost 50 years with Liverpool and is regarded, due to his achievements with the club, as one of the greatest British managers of all time. Reluctantly taking the job in 1974, he built on the foundations laid by his predecessor Bill Shankly. Paisley is the first of three managers to have won the European Cup three times. He is also one of five managers to have won the English top-flight championship as both a player and manager at the same club.

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Bob Stephenson

First Name Bob
Last Name Stephenson

Robert J. Stephenson is an American film and television actor, film producer and screenwriter who is probably best known as Sheriff Jimmy Taylor on the CBS TV series Jericho.

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Bob Brett

First Name Bob
Last Name Brett
Born on November 1, 1953
Died on January 5, 2021 (aged 67)
Born in Australia, Victoria

Bob Brett was an Australian tennis coach. Brett worked as a ball boy for American player Arthur Ashe and veteran Australian coach Harry Hopman in the 1960s. In addition to one-on-one coaching, Brett's other roles included the founding of a tennis academy in San Remo, Italy, and a coaching job with the Japanese tennis federation.

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Bob Dailey

First Name Bob
Last Name Dailey
Born on May 3, 1953
Died on September 7, 2016 (aged 63)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Robert Scott Dailey was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Vancouver Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers between 1973 and 1982.

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Bob Davidson

First Name Bob
Last Name Davidson
Born on August 3, 1952 (age 74)

Robert Allan Davidson is a former umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Balkin' Bob" and "Balk-a-Day Bob" for his tendency to liberally invoke baseball's balk rule, Davidson was an umpire on the National League (NL) staff from 1982 to 1999, and he was on the combined MLB umpiring staff from 2005 to 2016. He worked one World Series (1992) and several other postseason series.

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