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 Dwyer

First Name Bob
Last Name Dwyer
Born on November 29, 1940 (age 85)

Bob Dwyer AM is an Australian rugby union coach.

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Bob Pettit

First Name Bob
Last Name Pettit
Born on December 12, 1932 (age 93)
Height 206 cm | 6'9

Robert E. Lee Pettit Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. He played 11 seasons in the NBA, all with the Milwaukee/St. Louis Hawks (1954–1965). In 1956, he became the first recipient of the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award and he won the award again in 1959. He also won the NBA All-Star Game MVP award four times. The first NBA player to score more than 20,000 points, Pettit was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1970.

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Bob Clearmountain

First Name Bob
Last Name Clearmountain
Born on January 16, 1953 (age 73)

Bob Clearmountain is an American recording engineer, mixer and record producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones as well as their Tattoo You album, Bryan Adams, Robbie Williams, Toto, Bon Jovi, Altered State, Simple Minds, and 235 other artists. He has been nominated for four Grammy Awards and won a Latin Grammy Award in 2007 for Best Male Pop Vocal Album for his work with engineering Ricky Martin's "MTV Unplugged". He has also won an Emmy and he has won seven TEC Awards for "Best Recording Engineer", two others for "Best Broadcast Engineer", one special "Les Paul Award" and a Monitor Award for the Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge pay-per-view show. He is married to Apogee Electronics CEO, Betty Bennett.

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Bob Runciman

Robert William Runciman
First Name Bob
Last Name Runciman
Born on August 10, 1942 (age 84)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Robert William Runciman, is a veteran Canadian politician and former provincial Leader of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. First elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1981, he held the seat continuously for Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario for the next 29 years. On January 29, 2010, he was appointed to a federal legislative position as a Conservative to the Senate of Canada where he served until August 10, 2017.

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Bob Harras

Robert Joseph Harras
First Name Bob
Last Name Harras
Born on January 11, 1959 (age 67)

Robert Harras is an American comics writer and editor, who was editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics from 1995 to 2000 and editor-in-chief of DC Comics from 2010 to 2020.

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Bob Jack

First Name Bob
Last Name Jack
Born on July 11, 1971 (age 55)
Born in Russia
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Bob Young

Robert F. Young
First Name Bob
Last Name Young
Born on January 19, 1954 (age 72)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Robert Young is a serial entrepreneur who is best known for founding Red Hat Inc., the open source software company. He also owns the franchise for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League and serves as self-styled Caretaker of the team. He was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He attended Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria College at the University of Toronto.

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Bob McCammon

First Name Bob
Last Name McCammon
Born on April 14, 1941
Died on December 23, 2021 (aged 80)
Born in Canada, Ontario

Robert McCammon is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre and a former National Hockey League (NHL) and American Hockey League (AHL) head coach and general manager. He was a pro scout with the Detroit Red Wings.

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Bob O. Evans

First Name Bob
Last Name Evans
Born on August 19, 1927
Died on September 2, 2004 (aged 77)

Bob Overton Evans, also known as "Boe" Evans, was a computer pioneer and corporate executive at IBM. He led the groundbreaking development of compatible computers that changed the industry.

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Bob Haymes

Robert William Haymes
First Name Bob
Last Name Haymes
Born on March 29, 1923
Died on January 27, 1989 (aged 65)

Robert William Haymes, also known by the stage names Robert Stanton and Bob Stanton, was an American singer, songwriter, actor and radio and television host. He is best remembered for co-writing the song "That's All", part of the Great American Songbook. He was the younger brother of singer and actor Dick Haymes.

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