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 Sebra

First Name Bob
Last Name Sebra
Born on December 11, 1961
Died on July 22, 2020 (aged 58)

Robert Bush Sebra was an American professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds, and Milwaukee Brewers, in all or part of the 1985 to 1990 seasons. He threw and batted right-handed.

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Bob Thiele

Robert Thiele
First Name Bob
Last Name Thiele
Born on July 27, 1922
Died on January 30, 1996 (aged 73)

Bob Thiele was an American record producer who worked on numerous classic jazz albums and record labels.

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Bob Wollek

Robert Jean Wollek
First Name Bob
Last Name Wollek
Born on November 4, 1943
Died on March 16, 2001 (aged 57)
Born in France, Grand Est

Bob Wollek, nicknamed "Brilliant Bob", was a race car driver from Strasbourg, France. He was killed on 16 March 2001 at age 57 in a road accident in Florida while riding a bicycle back to his accommodation after the day's practice sessions for the following day's race, the 12 Hours of Sebring. He won a total of 76 races in his career, 71 in Porsche cars.

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Bob Cochran

First Name Bob
Last Name Cochran
Born on December 11, 1951 (age 74)

Robert Bruce "Bob" Cochran, M.D. is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the United States.

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Bob Fu

First Name Bob
Last Name Fu
Born on November 30, 1967 (age 58)

Bob Fu is a Chinese American pastor. He is the founder and president since 2002 of China Aid, which provides legal aid to Christians in China. Bob Fu was born in Shandong in 1968 and studied English literature at Liaocheng University in the 1980s. He converted to Christianity after an American teacher gave him a biography of a Chinese Christian convert. After his studies, Fu taught English at the Central Party School in Beijing while participating in the house church movement. In 1996, Bob Fu and his family emigrated to Hong Kong and then the United States, after his wife became pregnant without the government permission to have a child. Fu founded the China Aid Association in Philadelphia in 2002, but moved its headquarters to Midland, Texas in 2004. Fu is also known for his role in helping negotiate barefoot lawyer Chen Guangcheng's immigration to the United States; in this sense, has been described as a "liaison" between oppressed groups in China and foreign governments or media that can help them.

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Bob Lambert

First Name Bob
Last Name Lambert
Born on July 18, 1874
Died on March 24, 1956 (aged 81)
Born in Ireland

Robert James Hamilton Lambert was an Irish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler, he played 51 times for the Ireland cricket team between 1893 and 1930, including 23 first-class matches, captaining them on 13 occasions. He also played first-class cricket for London County and Woodbrook Club and Ground. On his death, the Wisden Cricketer's Almanack described him as the best all-rounder produced by Ireland.

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Bob James

First Name Bob
Last Name James
Born on December 25, 1939 (age 86)

Robert McElhiney James, known professionally as Bob James, is an American jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. Music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and has contributed to the formation of hip hop. Among his most well known recordings are "Nautilus", "Westchester Lady", "Tappan Zee", and his version of "Take Me to The Mardi Gras".

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Bob Kauffman

First Name Bob
Last Name Kauffman
Born on July 13, 1946
Died on July 27, 2015 (aged 69)
Height 203 cm | 6'8

Robert Kauffman was an American professional basketball player and coach. Kaufmann was a three time NBA All-Star.

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Bob Ehrlich

Robert Leroy Ehrlich
First Name Bob
Last Name Ehrlich
Born on November 25, 1957 (age 68)

Robert Leroy Ehrlich Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 60th Governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007. A Republican, Ehrlich represented Maryland's 2nd Congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. Prior to that, he was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.

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Bob Clendenin

Robert Treman Clendenin
First Name Bob
Last Name Clendenin
Born on April 14, 1964 (age 62)
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