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 Frankston

First Name Bob
Last Name Frankston
Born on June 14, 1949 (age 76)

Robert M. Frankston is an American software engineer and businessman who co-created, with Dan Bricklin, the VisiCalc spreadsheet program in his apartment at 231 Broadway, Arlington, Massachusetts. Frankston is also the co-founder of Software Arts.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Bourne

First Name Bob
Last Name Bourne
Born on June 21, 1954 (age 71)
Born in Canada, Saskatchewan
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Robert Glen Bourne is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played for the New York Islanders and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1974 and 1988. He was inducted into the New York Islanders Hall of Fame.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Beemer

First Name Bob
Last Name Beemer
Born on February 8, 1955 (age 71)

Robert Joseph "Bob" Beemer is an American sound mixer who has won four Oscars.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Joles

Robert W. Joles
First Name Bob
Last Name Joles
Born on July 16, 1959 (age 66)

Robert Joles is an American voice actor and musician. He is known for voicing many characters in many TV shows, most notably the voice of Man Ray in SpongeBob SquarePants, and Bill Green in Big City Greens. He also provided the voice of Bagheera in segments for the Jungle Cubs television series and The Jungle Book 2, and currently voices Grape Ape.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Wise

First Name Bob
Last Name Wise
Born on January 6, 1948 (age 78)

Robert Ellsworth Wise Jr. is an American politician. A Democrat, Wise served as the 33rd Governor of West Virginia from January 2001 to January 2005. He also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2001. In 2005 Wise became the president of the Alliance for Excellent Education, a nonprofit organization that focuses on reforming the nation's high schools. In 2015, North Carolina State University honored Wise with the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation's Friday Medal which recognizes significant, distinguished and enduring contributions to education through advocating innovation, advancing education and imparting inspiration.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Valvano

First Name Bob
Last Name Valvano
Born on January 29, 1957 (age 69)

Bob Valvano is a former college basketball coach and an American sportscaster based in Louisville, Kentucky.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Kahn

First Name Bob
Last Name Kahn
Born on December 23, 1938 (age 87)

Robert Elliot Kahn is an American electrical engineer, who, along with Vint Cerf, first proposed the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Hilliard

Hilliard Goldsmith
First Name Bob
Last Name Hilliard
Born on January 28, 1918
Died on February 1, 1971 (aged 53)

Bob Hilliard was an American lyricist. He wrote the words for the songs: "Alice in Wonderland", "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning", "Any Day Now", "Dear Hearts and Gentle People", "Our Day Will Come", "My Little Corner of the World", "Tower of Strength" and "Seven Little Girls ".

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Galvin

First Name Bob
Last Name Galvin
Born on October 9, 1922
Died on October 11, 2011 (aged 89)

Robert William "Bob" Galvin was a US executive. He was the son of the founder of Motorola, Paul Galvin, and served as the CEO of Motorola from 1959 to 1986.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her

Bob Brown

First Name Bob
Last Name Brown
Born on December 27, 1944 (age 81)

Robert James Brown is a former Australian politician, medical doctor and environmentalist. He was a senator and the parliamentary leader of the Australian Greens. Brown was elected to the Australian Senate on the Tasmanian Greens ticket, joining with sitting Greens Western Australia senator Dee Margetts to form the first group of Australian Greens senators following the 1996 federal election. He was re-elected in 2001 and in 2007. He was the first openly gay member of the Parliament of Australia and the first openly gay leader of an Australian political party.

Know him/her \
Don't know him/her
    index: 1x 0.089376926422119s
fmsppl-page-output: 1x 0.066699981689453s
t_/pages/list-of-people: 1x 0.066642999649048s
t_/blocks/list-of-people: 1x 0.050023078918457s
t_/blocks/person-card: 10x 0.027784109115601s
router_page: 1x 0.022135019302368s
list-of-people-content: 1x 0.021266937255859s
t_/common/header: 1x 0.007382869720459s
headline: 8x 0.0068259239196777s
people-list-rectangle: 6x 0.0049147605895996s
qids: 5.5x 0.001230001449585s
related: 1x 0.00035595893859863s
t_/common/head: 1x 0.00035405158996582s
head-facts: 1x 0.0003199577331543s
t_/common/footer: 1x 0.00024580955505371s
t_/blocks/people-list-rectangle: 6x 7.5101852416992E-5s
t_/blocks/switcher: 1x 1.8119812011719E-5s
using-file-qids-cache: 6x 3.814697265625E-6s
using-qids-cache: 1x 9.5367431640625E-7s
----- END OF DUMP (2026-04-21 22:53:04)  -----